“The Soundtrack of My Afterlife” by P. A. Cornell – 4.6
Adventitious, February 2026 This quietly moving novelette is narrated by Red, a 1972 Mustang who is, in fact, a reincarnated human soul. Red has no clear memory of his previous…
Adventitious, February 2026 This quietly moving novelette is narrated by Red, a 1972 Mustang who is, in fact, a reincarnated human soul. Red has no clear memory of his previous…
Apex, February 2026 Set on the back of a living jackalope — a giant mythical creature whose fur serves as the ground an entire community calls home — “Unsettled Nature”…
Lightspeed, February 2026 Warren wakes from surgery after an accident to find that AI surgical bots have drastically altered his body. Rather than simply repairing his injuries, the bots have…
Lightspeed, February 2026 “Six Sides of a Fairy Tale” is a second-person fantasy story told from six distinct perspectives, each labeled like the facets of a geometric shape. The central…
Lightspeed, February 2026 “Sensor Ghosts” is a science fiction story set on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, where two investigators are sent to check on a research vessel that has gone…
Lightspeed, February 2026 “Dream Destinations” is a work of speculative fiction framed as a travel guide to impossible, surreal locations on a mysterious eighth continent that has suddenly appeared on…
Lightspeed, February 2026 The story opens on the necropolis space station of the ancient Tau Andromeda megacivilization, where specially trained keepers harvested “death echoes” — a mysterious energy released at…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 This science fantasy story follows Fray, an eighteen-year-old living in a post-war city built among ruins, where “Rusters” — magic-wielding enforcers — hunt and destroy…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 “To Atone for Evil” is a science-fantasy story narrated by an ancient predator — a winged, clawed Hunter from a civilization that once roamed the…
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 This science-fantasy novelette weaves together two parallel narratives across vastly different eras, united by a single devastating premise: parents who sacrifice their children to appease…