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Contemplate space, and worry? "Gravity" by Francine Rubin
January 25, 2024
Author: Francine Rubin Title: “Gravity” Venue: Small Wonders, Dec 2023 (eds. Cislyn Smith, Stephen Granade) Type: Poem – under 50 lines Themes: Science...
The ghosts who watch - "Hijacked Interiors" by leena aboutaleb
January 24, 2024
Author: leena aboutaleb Title: “Hijacked Interiors” Venue: Strange Horizons, Jan 2024 Type: Poem – under 50 lines Themes: Haunting, ghosts, Palestine,...
What is your magical signature? "A Cure for Solastalgia" by E.M. Linden
January 23, 2024
Author: E.M. Linden Title: “A Cure for Solastalgia” Venue: Strange Horizons, Jan 2024 Type: Short story – 2426 words Themes: Fantasy, magic,...
Dying in space can get weird... "The World's Wife" by Ng Yi-Sheng
January 22, 2024
Author: Ng Yi-Sheng Title: “The World’s Wife” Venue: Clarkesworld, Dec 2023 Type: Flash story – 1060 words Themes: Science fiction, extraterrestrials,...
For the Friday paid recommendation, we have a story of future crime...
January 19, 2024
Before we take a look at the Friday paid recommendation, I just want to thank all of you – we got to the second week of the newsletter! I ironed out all the...
Teleportation by... "Brincando Charcos (Jumping Puddles)" by Ben Francisco
January 18, 2024
Author: Ben Francisco Title: “Brincando Charcos (Jumping Puddles)” Venue: Strange Horizons, Oct 2023 (Caribbean SFF special issue, ed. Suzan Palumbo & Marika...
That first sentence - "scythe" by Sodïq Oyèkànmí
January 17, 2024
Author: Sodïq Oyèkànmí Title: “scythe” Venue: Haven, August 2023 (eds. Leon Perniciaro, TJ Price, Danai Christopoulou, Ash Okada) Type: Poem – Under 50 lines...
MEAT SOUNDS! "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson
January 16, 2024
Author: Terry Bisson Title: “They’re Made Out of Meat” Venue: Omni, 1991 Type: Flash story – 778 words Themes: First contact, defamiliarization, body horror...
Eating stories - "Thin Ice" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
January 15, 2024
Author: Kemi Ashing-Giwa Title: “Thin Ice” Venue: Clarkesworld, Nov 2023 (ed. Neil Clarke) Type: Short story – 2110 words Themes: Science fiction, AI, art,...
Indigenous science fiction horror from...
January 12, 2024
A near-future science fiction horror story set on an Arctic research station where the horror elements are genuinely creepy, yet there is both a...
Monsters, or...? "Hollywood Animals" by Corey J. White
January 11, 2024
Author: Corey J. White Title: “Hollywood Animals” Venue: Interzone #295, September 2023 Type: Short story – Not sure about the word count because I read it...
Biological SF that reads like fantasy? "In the Nest Beneath..." by Lowry Poletti
January 10, 2024
Author: Lowry Poletti Title: “In the Nest Beneath the Mountain-Tree, Your Sisters Dance" Venue: Lightspeed, Aug 2023 (ed. John Joseph Adams, Wendy N. Wagner)...
Ambiguous is a worthy name - "Negative Theology of..." by Sonia Sulaiman
January 9, 2024
Author: Sonia Sulaiman Title: “Negative Theology of the Child from ‘The King of Tars’” Venue: Fantasy Magazine, Oct 2023 (eds. Christie Yant, Arley Sorg)...
Body sharing gone awry! "To Carry You Inside of You" by Tia Tashiro
January 8, 2024
Author: Tia Tashiro Title: “To Carry You Inside of You” Venue: Clarkesworld, Nov 2023 Type: Short story – 7330 words Themes: Neuroscience, body sharing, near...
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