Bird and Bread by Aparna Kapur – 2.8
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…
The H Word: The Merry Macabre of the Renaissance Faire by Barbara Barnett – 2.3
Nightmare Magazine January 2026 Nightmare 26-01 Barbara Barnett’s essay explores the uncanny darkness that lurks beneath the cheerful surface of Renaissance Faires, revealing how these festivals embody a unique form…
“You Visit a Witch” by Jay Kang Romanus – 3.5
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 In this evocative second-person narrative, you visit a mysterious curiosity shop run by a witch named Sophia and her vampire brother Sage. Initially suspicious of the witch’s…
“Water Softener People” by EC Dorgan – 3.3
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 EC Dorgan’s unsettling short story follows an unnamed narrator who has recently escaped city life to start over in the rural prairie. What begins as a fresh…
“The Savior of the Three Lands” by K.M. Veohongs – 3.3
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 This haunting tale unfolds through the voice of Princess Naree, the third daughter of King Herrik, who addresses her unwilling companion Kawam—a woman stolen from her homeland…
“The Mixling Mare” by Anneke Schwob – 3.8
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 This epistolary science fantasy novella follows Sastu, an ambitious anatomist working at a research outpost called Janartash near the Inclusion Zone—a region transformed by chaotropaic forces that…
“Take Flight” by Dan Peacock – 3.5
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 An ornithologist receives an urgent call from Pearson, a worker at the Heinlein Space Center, claiming to have spotted a nesting pair of northern pipers—a species believed…
“Rewilding the Many Tethered Winds” by Allison Mulder – 3.8
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 In a dying world where wind-tamers have bottled nearly all the winds and left the seas in doldrums and the land in drought, a young woman who…
“More Than Feathers” by Phoebe Barton – 3.6
Kaleidotrope, January 2026 Iadene, a hero who can magically grow to giant size, defeats a mechanical dragon with her partner Tuaamala, but victory comes at a devastating cost—the dragon kills…
Academic Review: Grief, Longing, and Working-Class Identity in Gwendolyn Maia Hicks’s “Full Fathom Five” – 4.2
Introduction Gwendolyn Maia Hicks’s “Full Fathom Five” represents an ambitious merger of Irish folklore and contemporary working-class realism, exploring intergenerational trauma through the lens of speculative fiction. Published as the…
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