Skip to content
  • Reading Database
  • Posts
  • Asimov’s
  • Clarkesworld
  • Lightspeed
  • Uncanny
  • Giganotosaurus
  • Reactor
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Strange Horizons
  • Other
    • Misc.
    • Novel
    • Diabolica Plots
    • Escape Pod
    • Kaleidotrope
    • Sunday Morning Transport
    • Tor.com
    • Nightmare
    • Sammy
Four Purple Pots
  • Home
  • Posts
    • Reading Database
    • Posts
    • Asimov’s
    • Clarkesworld
    • Lightspeed
    • Uncanny
    • Giganotosaurus
    • Reactor
    • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
    • Strange Horizons
    • Other
      • Misc.
      • Novel
      • Diabolica Plots
      • Escape Pod
      • Kaleidotrope
      • Sunday Morning Transport
      • Tor.com
      • Nightmare
      • Sammy

    Fantasy

    1. Home>
    2. Posts>
    3. Fantasy>
    4. Page 2

    A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich – 3.4

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:February 2, 2026
    • Post category:Beneath Ceaseless Skies/Fantasy/Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    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…

    Continue ReadingA Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich – 3.4

    Garden of the Bloodpotter by Erin Brown – 4.1

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:February 2, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Four/Misc./Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    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…

    Continue ReadingGarden of the Bloodpotter by Erin Brown – 4.1

    Handsomest Gentlest by M.R. Robinson – 4.6

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 27, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Four/Misc./Short Story
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Haven Spec Magazine, March 2025 This tender ghost story follows Jackie, an eleven-year-old boy who has recently died and finds himself alone in the woods. Frightened and grieving his own…

    Continue ReadingHandsomest Gentlest by M.R. Robinson – 4.6

    The Jealous Wives of the Sea by Alaya Dawn Johnson – 4.5

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 26, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Four/Misc./Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, 2025 In a post-apocalyptic future where rising seas have forced humanity into underwater cities called SeaCities, Oriana—a twenty-three-year-old settlement woman—travels to SeaCity Oranto to…

    Continue ReadingThe Jealous Wives of the Sea by Alaya Dawn Johnson – 4.5

    Steel Holds the Heat’s Memory by Rick Hollon – 3.6

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 26, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Kaleidotrope/Short Story
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Kaleidotrope, Summer 2025 A nameless girl travels with her father, a stage conjurer who performs under false names while teaching her the secrets of illusion. Their journey takes a dangerous…

    Continue ReadingSteel Holds the Heat’s Memory by Rick Hollon – 3.6

    Emilio’s Tale by Bruce McAllister – 3.8

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 25, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Kaleidotrope/Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Kaleidotrope, Spring, 2025 Twelve-year-old Emilio lives in a tiny fishing village on the Ligurian coast with his mother, a sex worker who refuses to identify his father. Emilio stands out…

    Continue ReadingEmilio’s Tale by Bruce McAllister – 3.8

    Strike First And Then Give Tongue by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja – 3.4

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 25, 2026
    • Post category:Beneath Ceaseless Skies/Fantasy/Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2026 This haunting story unfolds as a confession from Saradiel, a Sri Lankan elephant master and outlaw, to Loku Hamuduruwo, the chief priest who has come…

    Continue ReadingStrike First And Then Give Tongue by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja – 3.4

    Let the Gods Drown With Us by R.K. Duncan – 2.4

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 24, 2026
    • Post category:Beneath Ceaseless Skies/Fantasy/Novelette
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2026 In a dying coastal settlement called the narrow shore, the Favored—descendants of a people whose green land was drowned by the gods—cling to ritual and…

    Continue ReadingLet the Gods Drown With Us by R.K. Duncan – 2.4

    The Spew by Jeffrey Ford – 3.7

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 24, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Reactor/Short Story
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Reactor, January 2026 Eben Cull, an unemployed warehouse worker desperate for money, responds to a mysterious “WRITER WANTED” ad and meets Arathusia, a peculiar woman with raven-black hair who possesses…

    Continue ReadingThe Spew by Jeffrey Ford – 3.7

    Tinker’s Leap or The Prince Who Fell From The Sky by Krushna Dande – 3.7

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 23, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Misc./Short Story
    • Post comments:0 Comments

    Tasavvur, January 2026 This enchanting fairy tale explores the meeting of two dreamers from vastly different worlds during an unprecedented cosmic event. The story begins with the narrator explaining that…

    Continue ReadingTinker’s Leap or The Prince Who Fell From The Sky by Krushna Dande – 3.7
    • Go to the previous page
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • Go to the next page
    New Post
    February 2026
    S M T W T F S
    1234567
    891011121314
    15161718192021
    22232425262728
    « Jan    
    • “Bloom Where You Are Planted”: Bodily Sovereignty, Social Hierarchy, and Queer Resistance in Melanie Mulrooney’s Science-Fantasy Fiction
    • “Bloom Where You Are Planted” by Melanie Mulrooney – 4.1
    • “Deathcap” by Lara Elena Donnelly – 3.3
    • “Of Two Bloods” by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward – 3.8
    • “The River Speaks My Name” by Ocoxōchitl la Coyota – 3.7
    • “A Night with Hui ʻEnehanaʻIke” by Maʻemaʻeolehua Matsumoto – 3.4
    • “Its Name is ‘House’” by Zary Fekete – 3.3
    • “Killing Yourself” by Evan Simon-Leack – 3.9
    • “Recording of Professor Elizabeth Boucher’s Opening Lecture” by Stacie Turner – 3.4
    • “When the Land Speaks” by Ikechukwu Henry – 3.3
    • Novella
    • Novelette
    • Short Story
    • Flash
    • Review
    • Four
    • Science Fiction
    • Fantasy
    Copyright - WordPress Theme by OceanWP