“Water Softener People” by EC Dorgan – 3.3
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 EC Dorgan’s unsettling short story follows an unnamed narrator who has recently escaped city life to start over in the rural prairie. What begins as a fresh…
“The Savior of the Three Lands” by K.M. Veohongs – 3.3
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 This haunting tale unfolds through the voice of Princess Naree, the third daughter of King Herrik, who addresses her unwilling companion Kawam—a woman stolen from her homeland…
“The Mixling Mare” by Anneke Schwob – 3.8
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 This epistolary science fantasy novella follows Sastu, an ambitious anatomist working at a research outpost called Janartash near the Inclusion Zone—a region transformed by chaotropaic forces that…
“Take Flight” by Dan Peacock – 3.5
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 An ornithologist receives an urgent call from Pearson, a worker at the Heinlein Space Center, claiming to have spotted a nesting pair of northern pipers—a species believed…
“Rewilding the Many Tethered Winds” by Allison Mulder – 3.8
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 In a dying world where wind-tamers have bottled nearly all the winds and left the seas in doldrums and the land in drought, a young woman who…
“More Than Feathers” by Phoebe Barton – 3.6
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 Iadene, a hero who can magically grow to giant size, defeats a mechanical dragon with her partner Tuaamala, but victory comes at a devastating cost—the dragon kills…
Academic Review: Grief, Longing, and Working-Class Identity in Gwendolyn Maia Hicks’s “Full Fathom Five” – 4.2
Introduction Gwendolyn Maia Hicks’s “Full Fathom Five” represents an ambitious merger of Irish folklore and contemporary working-class realism, exploring intergenerational trauma through the lens of speculative fiction. Published as the…
“Full Fathom Five” by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks – 4.2
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 Jack Kersey accidentally catches a merrow (a mythical sea creature) in a fishing net while working on a trawler off the coast of his struggling Irish town.…
“Magie Vol, Ogies Toe” by C.L. Hellisen – 3.2
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 Two sisters, the narrator and Marieke, are clearing out their recently deceased mother’s cottage when she begins appearing as a restless ghost. The mother, who died painfully…
Bearing the Good Fruit by R. K. Duncan – 3.6
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 Bernard, a young theology student at the University of Paris, confesses to a priest about recent events that have left him uncertain which of his actions were…
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