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    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
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    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…

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    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
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    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…

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    Emilio’s Tale by Bruce McAllister – 3.8

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    • Post published:January 25, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Kaleidotrope/Novelette
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    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…

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    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
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    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…

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    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
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    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…

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    The Spew by Jeffrey Ford – 3.7

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

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    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
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    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…

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    Bird and Bread by Aparna Kapur – 2.8

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    • Post published:January 22, 2026
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    Tasavvur, January 2026 “Bird and Bread” is a clever speculative fiction story told through three interconnected narratives that ultimately reveal how the end of the world was prevented by an…

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    The Immortal Rabbit by Audris Candra – 3.4

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 16, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Misc./Short Story
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    PodCastle, Episode 925, January 2026 This powerful story follows a protagonist who cycles through multiple reincarnations, repeatedly finding and losing their soulmate across different historical periods and cultures. The narrative…

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