Introduction Stephanie Feldman's "Half Inside the Spirit Box," published in the May/June 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, arrives as part of a body of work distinguished by its commitment…
"D0G" by Tania Fordwalker: Guilt, Recursion, and the Ethics of Autonomous Weaponry in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Introduction Tania Fordwalker's novelette "D0G," published in Clarkesworld Magazine, arrives at a moment of unusual…
Introduction Angela Liu's short story "What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom," published in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Nine (2026), is a formally restrained yet emotionally…
A Critical Academic Review Introduction Sunwoo Jeong's novelette "Permanent Press," published in Uncanny (Issue Sixty-Nine, March/April 2026), arrives as a formally inventive work from a writer already recognized in speculative…
Introduction Theodora Goss's short story "The Woman Who Stole Flowers," published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 69 (March/April 2026), arrives as a characteristic expression of her mature literary project: the recuperation…
A Formal Academic Literary Review I. Introduction E.M. Linden, a speculative fiction writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, has established a recognizable voice at the intersection of literary and genre fiction—a…
Introduction Anjali Sachdeva's short fiction has consistently demonstrated a preoccupation with the biological, the monstrous, and the tenderly human. Her debut collection All the Names They Used for God (2018)…
Academic Literary Review Introduction Vanessa Fogg's novelette "Lotus Dew for the Emperor's Tea" (2026), published in Lightspeed Magazine, represents a mature and ambitious contribution to the growing body of East…
Academic Review Introduction P. A. Cornell's "The Soundtrack of My Afterlife," published in Issue One of an independent speculative fiction magazine (February 2026), is a novelette of approximately 9,200 words…
Academic Review Mulrooney, Melanie. "Bloom Where You Are Planted." Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #451, Science-Fantasy Month 8, 19 February 2026. I. Introduction Melanie Mulrooney's short story "Bloom Where You Are…