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ByChelsea Sutton

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Brainpink Umber

As her hair thinned, so did her skull, and they started to keep her out of the direct sun, for fear of her memories evaporating in the afternoon heat.

ByEugen Bacon

Memories of the Old Sun

An email from Jordan. In it, the photo of a marigold-eyed kitten, head cocked at the camera. You want to tell Mae about Jordan, but on a spell like today she’s no listener.

ByLucy Zhang

Life Wager

Because Waigong ran out of money due to the rice shortage, he gambled away my mother, an eighteen-year-old girl known for her beauty and dance prowess.

ByJason Sanford

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Don’t Let Our Current Golden Age of Genre Magazines Fade Away

There are actually more genre magazines being published today than decades ago. Along with the magazines mentioned earlier, other famed titles currently being published include Apex Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld Magazine, The Dark, Escape Pod, FIYAH Literary Magazine, Interzone, khōréō, Lightspeed, Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, and Uncanny Magazine. And that’s not even scratching the surface of all the genre magazines out there.

ByDana Cameron

Experiences: On Not Being Creative Enough to Be Creative

I didn’t want adventures, not like that. I supposed I wasn’t creative enough to be a writer. I told myself this for years. Decades.

ByZohair

Quietus

The fate of this stranger had been decided by the four wise men of the village, who after little deliberation and zero protest from any one (including the stranger himself), had condemned him to be expelled from the village.

ByLesley Conner

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It’s Not a Sub Drive but It’s a Sub Drive

If we gain zero new subscribers over the next two weeks, then beginning with the January 2024 issue, each issue will have 16,000 words of original fiction, one essay, one reprint, two interviews (one author and one artist), two pieces of themed flash fiction, and AC Wise’s “Words for Thought.” This will save us $815 per issue. Not a small chunk of change.

ByMarissa van Uden

Interview with Author Lyndsie Manusos

But it’s important to remember that much of the workforce of large corporations or government entities have many layers and few privileges, especially those who live hand to mouth with minimum wage.

ByApex Magazine

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Snap Judgment Episode 8

Every quarter, industry professionals Lesley Conner, Rebecca E Treasure, and a special guest offer live feedback on the first page (up to 250 words) of genre short stories or novels. These first pages are read aloud by our talented host and narrator, Aly Grauer. We are pleased to announce that our special guest editor for this event is author and editor Richard Thomas!