Introduction R.Z. Held's novelette "Like Thorns on Her Tongue," published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #450 during Science Fantasy Month (February 5, 2026), represents a compelling contribution to the increasingly…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 “Like Thorns on Her Tongue” by R.Z. Held — Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #450Trist is a blood mage traveling the settlements along the great Mother…
Introduction Published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #450 (February 5, 2026) as part of the magazine's Science Fantasy Month, Emily C. Skaftun's novelette "A Dirge for the Mirrorbirds" represents a…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 The narrator is a Yem — a species unique in the universe for their ability to direct their own reincarnation using meditative tones, returning life…
Haven Spec Magazine, January 2026 In this quiet, unsettling piece of speculative fiction, Elou Carroll builds a world where every person is accompanied by a “wickend” — a shadow-self pulled…
Reactor, February 2026 Francis is an estate agent in financial freefall, scraping together his salary to service debt while showing rental properties across the United Kingdom. What his colleagues Misha…
Introduction Michael Libling's novelette "The Placemat at Baldy's Diner," published in the March/April 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, represents a mature and formally inventive entry in the author's expanding…
Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April 2026 A grief-stricken man named Shore drives aimlessly through New England, barely sleeping, living in his car, haunted by the loss of his daughter and wife.…
Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April 2026 In a future where benevolent AIs once guided humanity to prosperity before mysteriously vanishing, investigator Galédin searches for missing asteroids that might explain their departure.…
Introduction "The Ghosts of Goldilocks," a novella by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March/April 2026), represents a collaboration between two established science fiction writers…