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In the Hours Preceding the Fall of Tau-Sants
A man and his unusual partner set out to assassinate a tyrant and bring down an empire.
Turn Right For Terror
An elderly woman reminisces about her strange and frightening experiences as an actor in a super...
No Agency Without Identity! Stay In Character Always!
Years after the death of the human it was supposed to help, a digital assistant wakes and search...
Trail Cam
Trail camera footage reveals the strange occurrences and dark secrets hiding in the woods surrou...
The Perpetual Post
A time-traveling transgalactic delivery worker's latest delivery has less to do with galactic ev...
This Is Not My Timeline
A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension.
This Fleshy Side of the Bone
While mourning the sudden death of his family’s first dog, a college student recounts the tale o...
I Spin Records Into Gold
Amid the glitz and glamor of the 1970s American rock scene, a mysterious music exec promises an...
The Day-Blind Stars
An Earth explorer in search of something new and strange in the up and out ends up traveling thr...
Excerpts
Read an Excerpt From The Divine Gardener’s Handbook by Eli Snow
WARNING: MAY CAUSE REBELLION, RADICAL GARDENING, AND ROMANCE.
Read an Excerpt From Immortal Game by Allison Saft
A chess grandmaster will go to any length to save the person she loves the most…
Read an Excerpt From Demons and Diplomacy by Megan Frampton
A tantalizing pact between an ordinary woman and the silver-tongued son of the Devil is all that...
Read an Excerpt From Immortal Rose by Alexandra Bracken
An achingly romantic, slow-burn love story set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume.
Reprints
Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale
There's more to “once upon a time” than meets the eye...
The Woman Carrying a Corpse
We’re excited to reprint “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” by Chi Hui, translated from Chinese...
The Stars We Raised
We’re delighted to share “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from C...
A Dream of Electric Mothers
We're excited to reprint "A Dream of Electric Mothers," the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelett...
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