Bunny Ears by Kristina Ten – 3.7
Nightmare Magazine, August 2025 Hannah Gessen, a thirteen-year-old only child, arrives at Colden Hills Music Camp feeling out of place and unwanted. The camp is poorly maintained, mosquito-infested, and surprisingly…
Nightmare Magazine, August 2025 Hannah Gessen, a thirteen-year-old only child, arrives at Colden Hills Music Camp feeling out of place and unwanted. The camp is poorly maintained, mosquito-infested, and surprisingly…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2025, Issue #443 This metafictional fantasy story follows an unnamed book thief who infiltrates the legendary Goblin Library in the city of Palmary on a dangerous…
Introduction Erin Brown’s “Garden of the Bloodpotter,” published in Psychopomp Magazine in September 2025, represents a significant contribution to contemporary dark fantasy literature, particularly within the tradition of feminist revisionist…
Psychopomp Magazine, September, 2025 Issue 14 In a war-torn kingdom ruled by a relentless king, War Sorcerers known as Bloodpotters resurrect elite fighters called HighSoldiers by creating magical gardens from…
The End of the World asWe Know It This post-apocalyptic novelette follows Fern Ramsey, a mysterious seventeen-year-old wandering alone through an America devastated by plague. Most of humanity has died…
Introduction Ren Hutchings’s The Legend Liminal (2025) represents a sophisticated evolution in contemporary speculative fiction’s engagement with grief, trauma, and temporal dislocation. Published by Stars and Sabers as a 27,881-word…
Stars and Sabers Publishing Version 1.0.0 Stacey M. Kells and her two brothers, Spencer and Shelton, along with their best friend Faye, set out on a road trip west in…
Introduction Marisca Pichette’s Every Dark Cloud (2025) represents a significant contribution to contemporary climate fiction, marking the author’s debut in long-form narrative after establishing a reputation through acclaimed short fiction…
Ghost Orchid Press In a future Earth shrouded in permanent darkness, humanity survives beneath artificially generated clouds that protect them from a sun turned deadly. Eighty years ago, the Coalition…
Summary Casual is a near-future dystopian novel that follows Valya, a pregnant woman in her late twenties living in Old Sofia, as she navigates anxiety, depression, trauma, and difficult choices…