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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...
Let’s Go to the Zoo
Equipped with two sandwiches, a couple sets out to the zoo to see the one totally sane human bei...
Tatterdemalion
In a traditional folktale from Alak, a dreamy good-for-nothing young woman seeking excitement di...
Excerpts
Read an Excerpt From Ruinous Ends by I.V. Marie
The future of Blackwood Academy—and the entire afterlife—is at stake.
Read an Excerpt From The River She Became by Emily Varga
A relic-hunter searches for an ancient fae object to restore the magic to her world, but must le...
Read an Excerpt From Null Entity by Seth Haddon
Wylla and Sable take their revenge to the very corporation that keeps the galaxy turning.
Read an Excerpt From These Immortal Truths by Rachelle Raeta
A shapeshifting god. A divine peach. And a woman gifted with forever.
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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