
It’s fantastical, illogical, ambitious, somewhat irreal, even unsettling—you may have read the literary strange in all its jarring, but just didn’t know it by name as ‘slipstream’.
Read MoreThe Radical Nature of Slipstream Fiction
Voting for our annual Reader’s Choice Awards opens January 16th and will close on January 30th.
Read MoreApex 2022 Reader’s Choice Award & Cover of the Year
Snap Judgment # 6 will be livestreamed on Friday, March 03 at 1pm ET (10 am, PT 12 pm CT, 6 pm UTC).
Read MoreSnap Judgment Episode 6: The Slush Reader Episode
It had all sounded reasonable enough, and she had privately welcomed the break from the crowds and the terror and horror and, far worse, pity in their eyes. That remained in the private showings, of course. But at least she faced fewer eyes. But the additional coin had never manifested. Not that she trusted Miguel—no one did—but she did trust Sophie, and Sophie frequently worked the ticket booth.
Read MoreCarnival Ever After
The rule I follow is that the more expansive in scope a concept or setting is, the more personal the story needs to be—if you’re going to go big, go intimate.
Read MoreInterview with Author Isabel J. Kim
Episode 97: "The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside" by Isabel J Kim, Narrated by Julian Maclurg
Read MoreEpisode 97: The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside
She had a poetic edge to her words and used them in full cascade to warn you. She had been in your place years ago, down to receiving the summer offer from Grey & Tender, LLP. But she got out before the transformation took. She still has the slightest point to her ears. A crystalline cast to her fingers where the nails are sharper than they should be. No longer keratin. Some sort of polished chitin.
Read MoreThe Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside
We’re kicking off 2023 with an issue jam packed with mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. I love tales that twist fate and shine a light on societal issues, entertaining the reader while possibly teaching them a lesson.
Read MoreMusings from Maryland
Issue 135 with Original Fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Mari Ness, Lindz McLeod, K.S. Walker, Akis Linardos, and Jordan Kurella. Flash Fiction by Sagan Yee and Michelle Denham. Classic Fiction by V.G. Harrison and LP Kindred. Essays by Eugen Bacon and Monica Valentinelli.
Read MoreIssue 135