After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed Aliens
Two ex-military nurses, one human and one alien, share a friendship in a city following an alien...
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Fiction
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Our Award-Winning Original Stories
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The Shape of Stones
As a young scholar sets out on a research project to find the stones where the settlers of Icela...
Landline
A woman about to leave on an overseas business trip, calls home from the airport and discovers t...
The Witch and the Wyrm
A new story set in the world of “The Red Mother.” Hacksilver riddled with a dragon, saved his fa...
Agate Way
A pair of sisters are hired to find--and if necessary, dispose of--whatever is killing neighborh...
Red Leaves
The spirit of a recently deceased young boy helps a group of ghosts seek revenge on a corrupt an...
Not Alone
Mel relishes running the “Enchanted Jungle,” a roadside attraction in the Everglades filled with...
Bravado
Teenage Graff dreams of going off-world to explore the universe as a documentarian, but he never...
What I Saw Before the War
A woman losing her sight turns to small family magics to save the lives of those she loves the m...
Wolf Moon, Antler Moon
In one small town, the delicate balance between predator and prey is threatened when five girls...
Excerpts
Read an Excerpt From Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner
The fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battl...
Read an Excerpt From Exquisite Ruin by AdriAnne May
In this darkly romantic reimagining of the Minotaur myth, a sorceress and a demon are entwined i...
Listen to an Audio Excerpt From Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots
We’re thrilled to share an audio excerpt from The River Has Roots, the acclaimed new fanta...
Read an Excerpt From Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes
Desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death…
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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