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    “Deathcap” by Lara Elena Donnelly – 3.3

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:February 25, 2026
    • Post category:Horror/Reactor/Short Story
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    Reactor, February 2026 Note: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault.“Deathcap” is a tense, claustrophobic science fiction short story set aboard a doomed spaceship overrun by a parasitic alien creature.…

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    “Of Two Bloods” by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward – 3.8

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:February 24, 2026
    • Post category:Fantasy/Novelette/Reactor
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    Reactor, February 2026 Set in late 19th-century Boston, “Of Two Bloods” is a clever homage to Sherlock Holmes told through the lens of two unconventional medical students navigating racial prejudice,…

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    “Agency” by George Sandison – 3.2

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:February 17, 2026
    • Post category:Horror/Novelette/Reactor
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    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…

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    The Spew by Jeffrey Ford – 3.7

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 24, 2026
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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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    Joiner and Rust by Lavie Tidhar – 4.3

    • Post author:johnhamm
    • Post published:January 24, 2026
    • Post category:Four/Novelette/Reactor/Science Fiction
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    Reactor, January 2026 In this poignant science fiction novelette, an aging robot named Rust journeys through rural China to visit an old friend, Joiner, carrying a watermelon as a symbolic…

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