Fusion Fragment Monthly - August 2023
The Latest from Fusion Fragment HQ
Upcoming FF Reading Period: The next reading period is less than a month away, kicking off on September 1st and running for a week, closing on September 8th. You can find more details on how to send stories in on the Submissions page.
FF#18 Release: The next issue of Fusion Fragment arrives in September! Still working on an exact release date, but in the meantime check out this great lineup!
July Published Works by FFers
A new story collection, Wolves & Girls & Other Dark Gems, by FFer Maria Haskins, was released last month by Brain Jar Press!
The Summer issue of Kaleidotrope contained stories by 5 (!!) FFers: "Armageddon Bride" by Lindz McLeod, "Misericorde" by Mari Ness, "An Anatomy of Waves" by T.R. Siebert, "Disparate Points in Space and Time" by Maxine Sophia Wolff, and "Niru Wallowed" by Ranylt Richildis.
"Buoyant" by Avra Margariti in Lost Balloon
"Creatures Among Us" by Melissa Ren in The Book of Drabbles
"Good Samaritan" by A.D. Sui in Tree and Stone
"His Heart, Forever Frozen (2013)" by Spencer Nitkey in Body Fluids
"KAOSU, The Last Moving Country in the World" by Angela Liu in Dark Matter Magazine
"Our Days of Tear-Stained Glass" by Avra Margariti in Small Wonders
"Pendulum" by Melissa Ren in MetaStellar
"Significant Dreamers of the Twenty-first Century: An Introduction" by Christi Nogle in Vastarien
"The Beauty of Monsters" by Angela Liu in Small Wonders
"The Day of the Sea" by Jennifer Hudak in F&SF
"We're All Friends Here" by Michelle Ann King in Dark Matter Magazine
"What Remains, the Echoes of a Flute Song" by Alexandra Seidel in Clarkesworld
Recommendations from FF HQ
At first I didn't quite know what to make of Speak, Louisa Hall's novel that intertwines storylines from the 17th century, the 1960s, the future, and the letters of Alan Turing. Somehow, though, these disparate parts gel together to create a thoughtful story about how we communicate (or fail to) with one another.
I'd heard that people tended to either love or hate R.O. Kwon's The Incendiaries, and you can put me squarely in the love category. Kwon pulls off the tricky act of writing from the POV of a bad-guy-who-thinks-he's-the-good-guy character; it's a difficult thing to do well, but Kwon absolutely nails it.
Obligatory Photo of Associate Editor Henry
Moonlighting as a bouncer in front of the bathroom door.
Signoff Video
