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    “What Any Dead Thing Wants” by Aimee Ogden – 3.1

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    • Post published:February 19, 2026
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    Adventitious, February 2026 (Originally published in psychopomp, 2024) Hob is a weary exorcism specialist leading a crew tasked with clearing the ghost-life from a freshly terraformed planet — a world…

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    “The Placemat at Baldy’s Diner” by Michael Libling – 4.2

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    • Post published:February 16, 2026
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    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.…

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    “The Ghosts of Goldilocks” by Kevin J. Anderson & Rick Wilber – 4.6

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    • Post published:February 14, 2026
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    Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April 2026 Forty years after the damaged generation ship Hind barely managed to land its passengers on the planet Goldilocks, humanity struggles to survive on a world…

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    “Satan’s Slave” by R. Garcia y Robertson – 3.2

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    • Post published:February 13, 2026
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    Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April 2026 In a future where slavery has returned to the outer solar system, Diana Spartaca is a gladiator fighting to survive in Nova Roma, a colony…

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    The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings – 4.0

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    • Post published:January 31, 2026
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    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…

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    Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette – 3.7

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    • Post published:January 30, 2026
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    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…

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    The Lady in Camo by John Richard Trtek – 3.8

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    • Post published:January 15, 2026
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    Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2026 Jack Twice, a streetwise “gitman” (investigator) and clone of a powerful political figure, takes on what seems like a simple missing persons case in the…

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    Cinder House – 4.5

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    • Post published:January 11, 2026
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    Summary of Cinder House by Freya Marske Summary of Cinder House by Freya Marske Tordotcom Publishing, 2025 by Freya Marske This is a Cinderella retelling featuring a ghost, a cursed…

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