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Five SFF Stories About Embracing New Beginnings

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Five SFF Stories About Embracing New Beginnings

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Dissecting The Dark Descent

Notes on Containing Multitudes: “Night-Side” by Joyce Carol Oates

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Crowns of Bone Are Really Uncomfortable: Gemma Files’ “Little Horn”

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A Tale of Modern Love(craft): “Crouch End” by Stephen King 

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Six SFF Stories About Grief and Bereavement

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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2025

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Five Stories About the Things We Do for the Love of Our Families

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This Haunting Has a Heartbeat: “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens

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Five Short Stories About Defiance and Taking Charge

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Five SFF Short Stories Written as Instructions

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Bravado

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Tourism, Drugs, and Dystopia: “Seven American Nights” by Gene Wolfe 

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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