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MonopticonI am thinking of a word. I will not tell you what it is. I will tell you a few other words. The words you were looking for, though not all the...
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Book Review: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction AnthologyArley Sorg recommends a new anthology stuffed with exciting dark fiction: Never Whistle at Night , edited by Shane Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
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Author Spotlight: Scott EdelmanBecause I create stories by poking and prodding at the concept in my journal, asking myself endless questions. Some of the questions I scribbled...
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All the Colours of the Death KnellWhat is the colour of pain? In the growing carmine tide that creeps in her heart-mind, Mathilde would swear all that hurts is red, like her...
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The Letters They Left BehindMy dearest Evie: I am so terribly sorry, my darling daughter, but by the time you read this letter, I will be gone. I wish I could have delayed my...
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Editorial: August 2023Be sure to check out the editorial for a rundown of this month's terrific content.
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Author Spotlight: Sloane LeongI drew on Hawaiian history, specifically the story of Kamehameha and how he unified the islands with an armada of war canoes and soldiers. I...
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The Blade and the BloodwrightThe soldiers slit the woman’s throat every evening before bedding down so they can sleep without worry. She mocks them but never fights the knife...
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The Things You Can Maintain YourselfJill wiped xylem from her gloves and closed her car’s leafy hood. She’d kept Snapdragon on the road for almost twenty years, and if the world would...
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Muna in BarishMuna shuts the storeroom door as quietly as she can. Holding a just-waxed bundle of letters to her chest, she sticks out her head to check the...
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The United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All TimeThe backdrop of the greatest concert performance of all time was catastrophic solar behavior that devastated the Tau Ceti system in 4032, knocking...
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Book Review: He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-ChanWondering if He Who Drowned the World , the second volume of Shelley Parker-Chan's Radiant Emperor Duology, holds up to the first book? Aigner...
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The Real WorldsThe possible worlds hung and spun in five-dimensional space like ever-twisting jewels of sand-brown and burgundy, frost and ocean. Mother, Father,...
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Author Spotlight: Ashok K. BankerThe Indian fig tree family is one of the most extraordinary species with whom we share this planet. Even today, in India you’ll find them growing...
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The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For the Safe Return of Her BelovedWelcome, Ambassador. I trust your voyage to the outer rim was a pleasant one? As promised, my forces did not attack your vessel and you passed...
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Book Review: The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan has a new anthology: The Book of Witches. Find out why Arley Sorg says: "In these careful selections, Strahan has put together a...
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Author Spotlight: Sandra McDonaldAs much as I love the conference, I discovered there’s no quicker way to become invisible than to walk around with a toddler at an academic...
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StarpoopFirst off, your name. I remember that night clearly. We were tucking you into your big boy bed upstairs after reading from your new book about the...
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Death Is BetterSix minutes and a behemoth. That is all that stands between us and freedom. I glance at Abiola’s face. The helmet she wears prevents me from seeing...
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Author Spotlight: J.B. ParkIt’s a story in the format of a prompt. Of course, nothing like this would actually work or even be needed. But this is a short story so I did what...
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Monsters of the Drunken ShoreYou are sitting on the third-floor balcony facing the beach when you see it breach the water. It rises upward with a snort of steam and sparks of...
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Six Months After All Life on Titan DiedI need a binge-worthy banger about the incident on Titan. Let’s start with that one picture from Titan that leaked, the one of the weird fishes in...
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Author Spotlight: Deborah L. DavittThere was an anthology call for stories that took inspiration from Greek and Roman mythology, but that used them for unexpected voices. Around the...
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Philoctetes in KabulCall me Philoctetes. My real name doesn’t matter, and I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you what it is, anyway. Security concerns, you understand. What...
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Always PersonalKess stepped through the scrolling yellow police holo, rubbing her bagged eyes. The latest victim was male, mid-forties, sprawled in a small dark...
