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Book Review: Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures, edited by Alex WoodroeIf you're looking for stories of science fiction blended with horror, Arley Sorg has a recommendation for you: the anthology Dark Matter Presents:...
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Author Spotlight: Ruth JoffreWith this story, I really wanted to tell a story about humanity’s relationship with plants, which have become/are becoming more and more important...
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Bestiary viventemFinch’s dad always said a book could neither plow the earth nor feed a mare, so Finch wasn’t surprised when his secret bestiary turned out to be...
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Queen of the AndesEvery morning before work, I measure the Queen of the Andes. I’ve nicknamed her Nova because her trunk is a ball of spikes that reminds me of a...
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Book Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona WardIf you're looking for a read that's a little bit spooky, Aigner Loren Wilson recommends Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward. Find out why!
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Author Spotlight: Sarah GreyI love dogs! No, seriously, dogs are the absolute best. I wish I could have one (or five) but I don’t have the space they need, nor the time to...
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And All the Fields BelowIt’s only after they’ve loaded the moving truck halfway with boxes that the parents finally notice Parker’s gone. They spend three days yelling for...
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Jaywalk the StarsTake a deep breath. Hold on to something. When you open that door, it’s going to feel like you’re dying, but in the best possible way. You’ve done...
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The Bone-Gatherer’s LamentThe desert is full of bones. Sometimes, if you listen, the bones will speak. From a distance, the Bone-Gatherer may look like he is wandering, with...
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Spaceship JoyrideThe most beautiful boy you have ever seen in your life is hot-wiring a spaceship. It’s an objectively unsexy spaceship, insofar as a spaceship can...
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Book Review: Camp Damascus by Chuck TingleThis month we’re going to get pounded by---ahem, we’re going to read--- a brand new offering from internet phenomenon Chuck Tingle, friend to...
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The Belfry KeeperI rang the Academy bell the first time, when both it and I were new-penny bright, and I rang it at the end, when it was gray-green with the...
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Author Spotlight: Timothy MudieI had a lot of fun writing the corporate-speak that MacLeish uses. While I haven’t worked in super-big corporations, that sort of language seems to...
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Blood for a StrangerCrunches and shrieks buffeted the Magellan LLC smartship as it plunged into Enceladus’s kilometers-thick ice crust, making their way to the...
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Book Review: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole TalabiWole Tolabi's new fantasy novel, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon , is a timely fantasy read that just might be for you.
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Author Spotlight: Wole TalabiI’ve always wanted to write a sequel to “Wednesday’s Story,” which ends with Wednesday, one of the personified Days of the week, having committed a...
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Saturday’s SongThe seven siblings sit in a place beyond the boundaries of space and time, where everything is made of stories. Even them. Especially them. People...
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When Shiva Shattered the Time-StreamWhen Shiva shattered the time-stream, he was in love. Well, maybe he didn’t shatter it per se---more like twisted it into a knot . But there...
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Book Review: The Jasad Heir by Sara HashemIf you're looking for a fun fantasy read, Arley Sorg recommends The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem. Find out why in his full review!
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The Sword, the Butterfly, and the PearlThe butterfly sword of chaos is never the same twice. But then, neither is its wielder. The sword changes those who bear it, transforming,...
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Author Spotlight: Izzy WassersteinDespite being from a big family, I realized I hadn’t written many sibling stories, and I wanted to change that. I loved getting to explore the...
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She Blooms and the World is ChangedMy sister Sera was twelve standard years old when our parents confined her to our family habitat. They kept her there for over a year, and then...
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Author Spotlight: Kat HowardThis story had its roots in something I saw years ago, an article on the strangest things people had ever turned into New York Subway lost and...
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One Heart, Lost and FoundI came to the city to find an egg. A robin’s egg, to be precise, an oval of pale, perfect blue that echoed the spring sky. Inside, not a robin, but...
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Moons We Can Circumnavigate in One Day, or the Space Probe Love StoryFor the last day we have together, I thought we could go back to Io, where I saw you for the first time. Her volcanoes will be reflected on your...
