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467DeathcapShort Story 2,560 words12Lara Elena DonnellyReactor2026February2026-02-253.3Brutal fear in spaceship
466The Winter of the IcebergirlNovelette 11,388 words43Renan BernadoGigaNotoSaurus2026February2026-02-251.3Stupid superheroes in Brazil
465Of Two BloodsNovelette 9,450 words39Nisi Shawl and Cynthia WardReactor2026February2026-02-243.8Holmesian investigation to legitimize heir
464The River Speaks My NameShort Story 5,514 words18Ocoxōchitl la CoyotaStrange Horizons2026February2026-02-233.7The Thing that dwells in the hole in the river
463A Night with Hui ‘Enehana ‘IkeShort Story 5,182 words19Maʻemaʻeolehua MatsumotoStrange Horizons2026February2026-02-233.4A night in the life of an internet worker
462Mother, DarlingNovelette 12,566 words46Allison PotternStrange Horizons2026February2026-02-231.3Wendy, Peter Pan, Captain Hook etc. boring
461Its Name is 'House'Short Story 3,344 words20Zary FeketeRadon2026February2026-02-233.3Smart house is way too smart
460Killing YourselfShort Story 4,067 words17Evan Simon-LeackRadon2026February2026-02-233.9Man learns to live not killing his clone.
459Recording of Professor Elizabeth Boucher’s Opening LectureShort Story 2,460 words11Stacie TurnerAdventitious2026February2026-02-223.4Funny lit lecture on 21st c. porn in 24th c.
458When the Land SpeaksShort Story 4,206 words18Ikechukwu HenryTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-223.3Tribe must sacrifice the strong not the weak.
457The Wheelchair God of IbadanShort Story 4,103 words19Bella ChachaTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-223.6Magic wheelchair joy and laughter win.
456I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan....Flash 1,455 words7Dan PeacockTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-221.9Stupid. Prisoner over-performs on Titan
455Swimming in SapphiresShort Story 4,062 words19Morgana ClarkTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-223.5Escape from a sapphire mine prison asteroid
454The Garden of Living FlowersShort Story 5,129 words19Tunvey MouTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-224.8Girl finds green magic helping jasmine-girl
453The Necromancer’s One WeaknessShort Story 3,461 words13R. LochlannTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-211.9Supposidly funny accordian shredder
452Meet Cute at the Inter-Dimensional CaféShort Story 5,030 words23Catherine TavaresTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-214.0Sweet inter-dimensional café romance
451Coat Check GirlShort Story 2,106 words10Adan Jerreat-PooleTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-203.9Weird goth poetry.
450“We Require an Engine,” Said the Testicle CollectiveShort Story 2,701 words16David AnaxagorasTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-201.2Stupid. Talking testicles.
449We Dream of Sunrise in our Monochrome CityShort Story 5,058 words21Uchechukwu NwakaTranslunar Travelers Lounge2026February2026-02-203.9African boy takes tests. Sweet love story.
448The Anatomy of MiraclesShort Story 6,966 words29Filip Hajdar Drnovšek ZorkoEscape Pod2026February2026-02-193.4Two miracle workers worlds apart.
447ChlorophiliaShort Story 3,294 words18Mike Thorn & Miriam RicherAugur2026February2026-02-193.1Letters to a dark web forum.
446BootcutShort Story 3,479 words14Allison PotternHaven Spec2026January2026-02-193.62nd hand jeans turn woman dangerous.
445What Any Dead Thing WantsNovella 16,300 words59Aimee OgdenAdventitious2026February2026-02-193.1Haunted terraforming. Originally in Psychopomp, February 2024
444Precipice SunNovelette 9,622 words33Ewen MaBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026February2026-02-183.4Thief's letter to lover while raiding ruins.
443Like Thorns on Her TongueNovelette 7,548 words27R.Z. HeldBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026February2026-02-184.1Blood mage learns confidence.
442Medusa’s Ship, or The Thing About BodiesShort Story 4,957 words22Natalia TheodoridouBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026February2026-02-181.1Boring weird poetry. A disappointment.
441A Dirge for the MirrorbirdsNovelette 8,327 words33Emily C. SkaftunBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026February2026-02-174.0Reincarnation secret reveal tragedy.
440And If You Must Be Wicked, You MustShort Story 2,177 words10Elou CarrollHaven Spec2026January2026-02-172.9Wickend in the mirror.
439AgencyNovelette 10,215 words35George SandisonReactor2026February2026-02-173.2Horror. Nameless evil landlords.
438Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by K. N. Sirsi and Sandra BotkinShort Story 4,980 words20Cameron ReedReactor2026January2026-02-161.2Pretend research, not really a story.
437The Placemat At Baldy's DinerNovelette 10,334 words19Michael LiblingAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-164.2Abductee returns after 15 years
436The High ShrinesShort Story 6,821 words12Stephen CaseAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-143.3Man searches shrines for asteroid mapper
435The Ghosts of GoldilocksNovella 20,541 words35Kevin J. Anderson & Rick WilberAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-144.6Aliens. Old fashioned science fiction.
434Satan's SlaveNovella 18,200 words30R. Garcia y RobertsonAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-133.2Female gladiator
433Quest For the Corpus MundiNovella 24,620 words43Preston Grassmann & Paul Di FilippoAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-121.4Jack Vance style, but boring.
432How To Live With Polar BearsNovelette 11,594 words17Octavia CadeAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-101.1About bears. Silly, not even fiction.
431Antarctic RadioShort Story 2,202 words5Gu ShiAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-103.1Radio show from Antarctica drowned world.
430How ElseShort Story 4,367 words8David EbenbachAsimov's2026March/April2026-02-103.6Woman tries alternate futures machine.
429A Fierce NeedNovelette 7,924 words14James Van PeltAsimov's2026March/April2020-02-104.7Two nerdy girls grow up and study physics
428Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss ShudalShort Story 5,060 words14Louis Inglis HallClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-093.8
427Think of Me Before I DisappearNovelette 7,920 words26Raahem AlviClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-093.7
426The Iron PiperShort Story 6,770 words17Fiona MooreClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-093.8
425PainstakingShort Story 5,580 words14Rich LarsonClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-082.9
424A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go by NOVELETTE , 27 pages (3.7)Novelette 10,110 words27Claire Jia-WenClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-073.7
423ChipShort Story 6,060 words15D.A. Xiaolin SpiresClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-073.5
422Remember Me in the MeatShort Story 5,360 words14Sarah PaulingClarkesworld #2332026February2026-02-073.5
421A Random Walk Through the Goblin LibraryNovelette 7,100 words32Chris WillrichBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025October2026-02-023.4
420Garden of the BloodpotterNovelette 14,700 words50Erin BrownPsychopomp2025September2026-02-024.1
419Came the Last Night of SadnessNovelette 12,168 words30Catherynne M. ValenteThe End of the World as We Know It2025August2026-02-013.6
418The Legend LiminalNovella 27,881 words72Ren HutchingsStars and Sabers Publishing2025September2026-01-314.0
417Every Dark CloudNovella 20,630 words77Marisca PichetteGhost Orchid Press2025March2026-01-303.7
416Spread MeNovella 45,518 words153Sarah GaileyTor2025September2026-01-291.3BSFA longlist
415CasualNovel 83,227 words242Koji A. DaeTenebrous Press2025February2026-01-294.7
414MothbertShort Story 4,188 words19Michael PielThe Colored Lens2026January
413The Ghost MerchantShort Story 5,043 words20Rick DanforthThe Colored Lens2025December2026-01-291.3BCSA longlist
412Laser Eyes Ain’t EverythingShort Story 3,792 words17Effie SeibergDiabolical Plots2025May2026-01-291.1BSFA longlist
411Handsomest GentlestShort Story 2,056 words10M.R. RobinsonHaven Spec2025March2026-01-274.6BSFA longlist
410FirestarterShort Story 2,737 words11Dan PeacockPhano2026May2026-01-273.5BSFA longlist
409Babies Don't Grow In PeopleNovelette 10,701 words39Peter NenaWill This Be a Problem2025#22026-01-273.6BSFA longlist
408A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’iNovelette 9,563 words27Alaya Dawn JohnsonF&SF2014August
407The Jealous Wives of the SeaNovelette 10,115 words32Alaya Dawn JohnsonStorytellers2025July2026-01-264.5
406Conversations with YouFlash 1,0475Teresa MilbrodtBafling2025April2026-02-072.8
405Pandora's FormulaShort Story 5,231 words20Hannah YangStrange Horizons2025April2026-02-063.6
404Crisis ActorsShort Story 5,220 words23Maddison Stoff and Corey Jae WhiteStrange Horizons2025January2026-02-054.4
403Harmattan SeasonNovel202Tochi OnyebuchiTor2025May2026-02-041.1
402The Dream HotelNovel 117,913 words334Laila LalamiPenguin Random House2025March2026-02-041.2
401Microcosmus of MysteryShort Story 6,563 words29Josh PearceKaleidotrope2025April2026-01-291.1
400The PatronShort Story 3,968 words18Thomas HaSunday Morning Transport2025March2026-02-034.0
399BeakNovelette 7,699 words27Ian MuneshwarNightmare2025May2026-02-033.7
398Bunny EarsNovelette 12,705 words46Kristina TenNightmare2025August2026-02-033.7
397Last Train from DeadwallNovelette37André GeleynseBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025May2026-02-021.1
396The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla QuinnShort Story 3,270 words16Louise HughesKaleidotrope2026October2026-01-273.4
395Once, Now, AlwaysShort Story 7,471 words28Ire CoburnKaleidotrope2025January2026-01-291.5
394Emilio’s TaleNovelette 14,534 words53Bruce McAllisterKaleidotrope2025April2026-01-253.8
393Steel Holds the Heat’s MemorysShort Story 6,912 words26Rick HollonKaleidotrope2025July2026-01-263.6
392The Final Voyage of the OuranosShort Story 2,427 words11Marie BrennanSunday Morning Transport2026January2026-01-252.7
391The Fairy Shop OpShort Story 4,711 words22Vinayak VarmaTasavvur2026January2026-01-251.4
390Wheel of Fortune, Wheel of Life, Wheel of GoldShort Story 5,102 words19Tunvey MouTasavvur2026January2026-01-251.2
389The Very Important Case of Rami and the Rainbow BirdShort Story 4,374 words17Marlene Jo BaquiranGrist2026January2026-01-234.1
388The Great King’s Lost BrideShort Story 7,058 words23R.K. DuncanBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026January2026-01-251.1
387Strike First And Then Give TongueNovelette 8,581 words30Lalini Shanela RanarajaBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026January2026-01-253.4Gay love story. Not sf
386Let the Gods Drown With UsNovelette 11,177 words38R.K. DuncanBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025June2026-01-242.3File777 recommendation
385SlakeShort Story 5,127 words21Victor ManiboSunday Morning Transport2026January2026-01-242.2
384Tinker's Leap or The Prince Who Fell From The SkyShort Story 3,544 words16Krushna DandeTasavvur2026January2026-01-233.7
383Bird and BreadShort Story 4,143 words21Aparna KapurTasavvur2026January2026-01-222.8
382Jennifer’s DaughterNovelette 8,135 words28Sara S. MessengerNightmare2026January2026-01-243.4
381The SpewShort Story 5,245 words18Jeffrey FordReactor2026January2026-01-243.7
380Donuts from the Daydream NetworkShort Story 3,754 words18Julia VeeSunday Morning Trasport2026January2026-01-224.0
379The H Word - The Merry Macabre of the Renaissance FaireFlash 1,735 words7Barbara BarnettNightmare #1602026January2026-01-212.3
378Fingerprints on Glass and ClayShort Story 7,387 words25Fernanda Coutinho TeixeiraStrange Horizons2026January2026-01-243.7
377The TailorsShort Story 3,713 words14Kurt FawverNightmare #1602026January2026-01-233.4
376Academic NeutralityFlash 1,498 words3M.R. RobinsonLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-222.1
375Choose Your Own DamnationFlash 1353 words4Kehkashan KhalidLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-223.0
374A Brief Public AnnouncementFlash 362 words1Eli BrownLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-222.0
373Bots All the Way DownFlash 917 words2Effie SeibergLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-222.5
372You Visit a WitchShort Story 2,083 words9Jay Kang RomanusKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-213.5
371Water Softener PeopleShort Story 3,441 words13E.C. DorganKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-213.3
370The Savior of the Three LandsShort Story 5,624 words25K.M. VeohongsKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-213.3
369The Mixling MareNovelette 7,970 words29Anneke SchwobKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-203.8
368Take FlightShort Story 3,592 words14Dan PeacockKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-193.5
367Rewilding the Many Tethered WindsShort Story 6,923 words27Allison MulderKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-193.8
366More Than FeathersShort Story 4,559 words18Phoebe BartonKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-183.6
365Magie Vol, Ogies ToeShort Story 3,220 words13C.L. HellisenKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-173.2
364Full Fathom FiveNovelette 8,815 words33Gwendolyn Maia HicksKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-184.2
363Bearing the Good FruitNovelette 8,510 words30R.K. DuncanKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-173.6
362Anything Not ImpossibleFlash 1,697 words7Jayde HolmesKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-173.8
361The Book of Fading GodsShort Story 3,320 words16E.M. LindenDiabolical Plots2026January2026-01-173.8
360Who Can Hold a PrincessFlash 1,212 words6Vivian M. LiuDiabolical Plots2026January2026-01-163.2
359Confessions of the Little SeerShort Story 3,358 words14Emily LinstromKaleidotrope2026January2026-01-164.0
358The Song of a Non-Human IntelligenceFlash 1,607 words9Mical GarciaStrange Horizons2026January2026-01-163.7
357The Immortal RabbitShort Story 4,599 words18Audris CandraPodCastle2026January2026-01-163.4
356Joiner and RustNovelette 8,510 words39Lavie TidharReactor2026January2026-01-244.3
355“‘Brokeheart’ GPT” or “A Superintelligent Being Reads Pat Rosal”Short Story 3,318 words18Micaiah JohnsonSunday Morning Transport2026January2026-01-112.0
354SingShort Story 3,822 words15Jules BlyBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026January2026-01-112.5
353The Stone’s ChoiceNovelette 12,001 words44Anaea LayBeneath Ceaseless Skies2026January2026-01-113.4
352Hot Bot SummerShort Story 6,562 words25J.R. DewittEscape Pod2025September2026-01-073.5
351The Ones Left BehindShort Story 3,985 words17K.J. ChienGrist2025January2026-01-073.9
350Words That Wither, Words That BloomFlash 1,578 words6Jules ArbeauxUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-103.7
349This Story Does Not ExistShort Story 6,539 words21Kylie Lee BakerUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-104.3
348The Memory Hounds of Bak-AnkhamNovelette 8,399 words24A.W. PrihanditaUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-094.0
347The DoorkeepersNovelette 8,840 words26A.T. GreenblattUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-083.8
346I Met You on the TrainFlash 1,533 words5J.R. DawsonUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-073.3
345Girl StuffFlash 1,482 words6Claire HumphreyUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-073.0
344Be My Horse, Ride the CowboyShort Story 5,322 words16Christopher CaldwellUncanny #682026January /February2026-01-073.4
343Donor UnknownNovelette 7,670 words19Nika MurphyClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-043.7
342Down We Go GentlyShort Story 4,760 words12M.L. ClarkClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-042.1
341Je Ne Regrette RienNovelette 16,380 words39James Patrick KellyClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-054.5
340Space is DeepShort Story 3,660 words9Seth ChambersClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-053.3
339The Desolate Order of the Head in the WaterShort Story 4,650 words11A.W. PrihanditaClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-053.7
338The Stars You Can't See by Looking DirectlyShort Story 4,940 words12Samantha MurrayClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-063.6
337Tomorrow's Beautiful DreamShort Story 6,150 words16Ju Chu, tr. Carmen Yiling YanClarkesworld #2322026January2026-01-063.6
336The Last God of Talam DorNovelette 10,806 words41M.R. RobinsonGigaNotoSaurus2026January2026-01-043.8
335Hunter, HunterShort Story 4,243 words10Oluwatomiwa AjeigbeLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-013.0
334Mother's HipShort Story 5,783 words14Corey Jae White and Maddison StoffLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-033.1
333The Movng FingerShort Story 3,390 words8Adam-Troy CastroLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-043.4
332Where the Chicken-Footed DwellShort Story 2,022 words6Marisca PichetteLightspeed #1882026January2026-01-043.6
331A Good BrotherFlash 1,088 words6Anne WilkinsBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025December2026-01-013.0
330Vanya and the Dog WitchShort Story 5,637 words20Walter J. WieseBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025December2026-01-014.6
329Cinder HouseNovella 41,039 words120Freya MarskeTor2025October2026-01-014.5
328Don't Sleep with the DeadNovella 28,636 words87Nghi VoTor2025April2025-12-303.3The Chosen and the Beautiful, 2
327The Summer WarNovella 34,046 words89Naomi NovikTor2025September2025-12-294.8
326The River Has RootsNovella 20,125 words69Amal El MohtarTor2025March2025-12-284.8
325What Am I This Time?Novelette33Scott EdelmanKaleidotrope2025October2025-12-263.8
324Wilayat in Seven SaintsShort Story16Tanvir AhmedKaleidotrope2025October2025-12-263.6
323Uncertain SonsNovelette 12,31139Thomas HaUncertain Sons and Other Stories2025September2025-12-263.6
322LiecraftNovelette 8,850 words33Anita Moskat, tr. Austin WagnerApex2025October2025-12-251.5
321Woman Like Stone Like WaterNovelette 8,400 words30Malda MarlysBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025July2025-12-254.0
320Our Echoes Drifting Through the MarshNovelette 9,000 words36Marie CrokeBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025January2025-12-243.4
319The PassageNovella43John Richard TrtekAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-244.1
318WoollyShort Story10Carrie VaughnAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-213.6
317Trial by HarryNovelette16Michael LiblingAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-213.7
316The Humming of Tamed DragonsShort Story9A.M. DellamonicaAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-213.1
315The Tin Man's GhostNovelette19Ray NaylerAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-203.2[Disintegration Loops]
314The Fight Goes OnNovelette12Harry TurtledoveAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-193.4
313In the Forest of Mechanical TreesShort Story6Steve Rasnic TemAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-183.0
312The Hunt for Lemuria 7Novella29Allen M. SteeleAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-181.0[Lemuria 7]
311Quantum Ghosts (Part 2 of 2)Novella32Nancy KressAsimov's2025May/June2025-12-184.3
310Quantum Ghosts (Part 1 of 2)Novella40Nancy KressAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-164.5
309Cryptid or Your Money BackShort Story6Misha LenauAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-153.4
308A Brief History of the AfterlifeShort Story13Anthony HaAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-153.5
307The Mystery of My DeathShort Story9Rob ChilsonAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-153.6
306The Demon of MetrazolShort Story7Ray NaylerAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-143.6
305The Hidden GodNovella42T.R. NapperAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-144.5
304Unidentified Aerial PhenomenonShort Story7Donald McCarthyAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-133.6
303On the Night SideNovelette18Zohar JacobsAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-123.8
302My Heart a Streak of Light Across the SkyShort Story5Samantha MurrayAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-123.8
301Weather DutyNovella37Kristine Kathryn RuschAsimov's2025March/April2025-12-124.0
300The Love Pyramid- A Rocky Cornelius ConsultancyShort Story 6,178 words26Andrew Dana HudsonEscape Pod2025October2025-12-111.5
299I Wish You Died Laughing by 3225 words, 11 pages (2.9)Short Story 3,225 words11Lio AbendanStrange Horizons2025December2025-12-112.9
298The Magnolia ReturnsShort Story 4,137 words17Eden RoycePodcastle2025October2025-12-114.0
297Moon and MarsNovella66James Patrick KellyAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-111.3Mariska Volochkova
296Completely NormalShort Story2Jendayi Brooks-FlemisterAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-103.1
295My Biggest FanNovelette15Faith MerinoAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-103.9
294Jilly in Right: A Thought ExperimentShort Story10Rick WilberAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-093.5
293A Girl from Hong KongNovelette24Robert ReedAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-091.0The Great Ship Universe
292Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a HolostoryShort Story9Nikki BrazielAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-091.9
291What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's BrainShort Story9Beston BarnettAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-093.6
290Shadow of ShadowsNovelette14Frank WardAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-093.7
289Five Hundred KPH Toward HeavenShort Story6Matthew KresselAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-093.4
288In the Splinterlands the Crows Fly BlindNovelette17Siobhan CarrollAsimov's2025January/February2025-12-092.7Unsettled Worlds
287The TouristNovelette 8,959 words13R.T. EsterAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-163.5
286The MoribundShort Story 3,327 words6Lavie TidharAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-153.6
285The Man with the Ruined HandShort Story 4,610 words9Sean MonaghanAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-153.7
284The Lady in CamoNovella 25,452 words41John Richard TrtekAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-153.8
283The Imaginative Youngster's Handbook to UFO'sShort Story 3,699 words8Will LudwigsenAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-142.5
282The GreenwayShort Story 5,942 words9Susan PalwickAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-143.8
281StayNovelette 11,516 words20William PrestonAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-134.5
280Replacement TheoryShort Story 7,083 words13Jack SkillingsteadAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-133.6
279EcobombNovelette 14,054 words23Alexander JablokovAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-133.9
278As Long as We're Still Here, We Might as Well DanceNovelette 10,175 words15Adam-Troy CastroAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-122.7
277And We Shall Find RestFlash 1,637 words3James SallisAsimov's2026January/February2026-01-113.5
276All My BirdsShort Story 7,051 words12K.A. Teryna, tr. Alex Shvartsman)Asimov's2026January/February2026-01-112.9
275The Last of AtlantisNovelette 13,600 words60James MorrowBeneath Ceaseless Skies2025October2025-12-071.5Tedious.
274All That Means or MournsShort Story 3,565 words14Ruthanna EmrysReactor2025December2025-12-063.2
273The Chronolithographer's AssistantNovella46Suzanne PalmerAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-064.5Probably 20,000 to 25,000 words.
272The CourierShort Story8Lavie TidharAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-043.2Yaniv Town
271Perri's FateNovelette19Robert ReedAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-041.2
270Pirates of HighshipNovelette14Stephen CaseAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-033.7
269In the Gardener's ServiceNovelette25Michèle LaframboiseAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-031.2
268AftermathShort Story13William PrestonAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-033.8
267Worm SongShort Story11Derek KünskenAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-031.3
266Another Mother on MarsNovelette16Dominica PhetteplaceAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-024.0
265In the Halls of the Makeshift KingShort Story9Tobias S. BuckellAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-023.4
264Most ThingsNovelette21Rich LarsonAsimov's2025July/August2025-12-023.8
263To Speak in SilenceShort Story 2,307 words10Mary Robinette KowalUncanny #672025November/December2025-12-063.1
262ThickerShort Story 5,038 words20Eleanna CastroianniUncanny #672025November/December2025-12-063.2
261The Teleporting Disaster FairyShort Story 4,197 words15Rati MehrotraUncanny #672025November/December2025-12-063.5
260The Hub Living Among the StarsShort Story 2,982 words9Oyedotun Damilola MueesLightspeed #1872025December2025-12-072.2
259Reality CheckShort Story 5,670 words18Nancy KressLightspeed #1872025December2025-12-073.8
258Memories of the MindMineShort Story 6,646 words19David MarinoLightspeed #1872025December2025-12-074.0
257Crickets in Lost LightShort Story 5,151 words15Jonathan OlfertLightspeed #1872025December2025-12-063.4
256The Garden of Collective MemoryShort Story20Neon YangAmplitudes2025May2025-12-013.8
255Mud SoupShort Story28Phoebe BarrBourbon Penn2025July2025-12-014.1
254The GardenShort Story13Lavie TidharBourbon Penn2025November2025-12-013.8
253The SuleimanShort Story 4,860 words22Momina SohailTasavvur2025Fall2025-12-013.3
252Tomorrow. Today.Short Story 2,470 words9R.T. EsterClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-083.2
251This Sepulchral AegisShort Story 6,830 words30Rob GillhamClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-083.3
250The HoleNovelette 11,340 words44Ferenc SamsaClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-083.9
249The Cold BurnsShort Story 5,710 words24Anne WilkinsClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-074.2
248Imperfect SimulationsShort Story 3,430 words14Michelle Z. JinClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-073.9
247Home GrownShort Story 3,960 words13Madeleine VigneronClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-073.7
246Between Here and EverywhereNovelette 13,950 words61Robert ReedClarkesworld #2312025December2025-12-081.1
245Operation: GrapevineShort Story 1,671 words8Joel W.D. BuxtonLightspeed #1872025December2025-12-073.1
244They Will Give Us a HomeShort Story20Wen-yi LeeAmplitudes2025May2025-11-304.0
243Corporate PolicyShort Story 1,300 words13Eden RoyceFantasy Magazine2025Summer2025-11-302.5
242First AscentShort Story 5,974 words23Ruth JoffreThree-Lobed Burning Eye2025March2025-11-303.4
241Old WellsShort Story 2,191 words11Thomas HaThree-Lobed Burning Eye2025March2025-11-303.5
240The BathersShort Story 6,650 words23Eugenia TriantafyllouThree-Lobed Burning Eye2025March2025-11-303.8
239Baron Quits The Pay loadersShort Story 6,427 words26Renan BernardoEscape Pod 10192025November2025-11-301.2
238Automatic NoodleNovella 40,894 words117Annalee NewitzTor2025August2025-11-293.9
237The Dagger in VichyNovella 29,664 words93Alastair ReynoldsSubterranean Press2025October2025-11-283.8
236Thirteen Swords That Made a Prince- Highlights from the Arms & Armory CollectionShort Story 2,986 words12Sharang BiswasStrange Horizons2025July2025-11-273.4Rec by Reactor and Locus
235The Shift RoomShort Story9Mary WanjiruInner Worlds2025August2025-11-273.0Rec by Reactor
234The Sons of Victor LevitakShort Story26Rowley AmatoThe Future Fire2025September2025-11-273.7Rec by Reactor
233Grifting the ZaxoniteShort Story 1,929 words9Cooper C. WilmsEscape Pod2025September2025-11-273.5Rec by Reactor
232The PretendianShort Story 4,400 words22Jason PearceThe Deadlands2025October2025-11-271.5Rec by Reactor
231Mother TongueShort Story8Pooja JoshiAugur2025October2025-11-273.2Rec by Reactor
230Affinity GradientShort Story17Miah O’MalleyPhano2025October2025-11-273.8Recommended on Reactor
229PalimpsestShort Story 6,531 words23Melissa A WatkinsStrange Horizons2025November2025-11-273.4
228Murder by MemoryNovella 21,167 words66Olivia WaiteTor2025March2025-11-263.3
227Psychopomp and CircumstanceNovella 44,512 words127Eden RoyceTor2025October2025-11-254.8
226Bind the Herbs to Bring the ShiftShort Story16R.Z. HeldBeneath Ceaseless Skies #4272025March2025-11-243.8
225My Gallery GranddaughterShort Story7Gretchen TessmerMysterion2025July2025-11-243.7
224The Last Sin-Eater of Harfolk CountyShort Story37Grace F. HopkinsMysterion2025September2025-11-243.8
223möbius loopShort Story 4,900 words20Samir Sirk MoratóKhoreo2025July2025-11-231.4
222Sun’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of EmanationsShort Story 4,200 words16Shiwei ZhouKhoreo2025July2025-11-231.1
221The Ache of Hollow PlacesShort Story 6,799 words26Avra MargaritiStrange Horizons2025June2025-11-233.3
220Because I Held His Name Like a KeyShort Story 5,770 words20Aimee OgdenStrange Horizons2025June2025-11-233.8Alan Turing in elfland.
219The Nature of Spells, the Nature of ChildrenShort Story25Aimee OgdenBeneath Ceaseless Skies #4412025September2025-11-221.4Stupid household cursed by sorceress into household objects like teacups
218When There Are Two of You- A DocumentaryShort Story 2,130 words9Zun Yu TanClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-223.0
217The Temporary Murder of Thomas MonroeNovelette 11,900 words46Tia TashiroClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-224.3
216Never Eaten VegetablesNovelette 15,170 words62H.H. PakClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-223.6
215Child of the MountainShort Story 3,890 words16Gunnar De WinterClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-222.2
214Beyond EverythingNovelette 9,750 words40Wang Yanzhong, translated by Stella Jiayue ZhuClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-222.8
213AutonomyShort Story 3,100 words13Meg ElisonClarkesworld #2202025January2025-11-213.5
212Behind GlassShort Story27Christi KrugGigaNotoSaurus2025January2025-11-213.8
211Tell Them a Story to Teach Them KindnessShort Story 4,146 words22B. PladekLightspeed #1762025January2025-11-213.7
210Chickenfoot SoupNovelette 7,562 words32Marika BaileyLightspeed #1762025January2025-11-203.8
209Bone and Marrow, Woven into SongShort Story 5,186 words21Neon YangLightspeed #1762025January2025-11-204.0
208Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the WayNovelette 11,330 words47Benjamin RosenbaumReactor2025November2025-11-193.0Stupid.
207Wolf Moon, Antler MoonNovelette 14,080 words56A.C. WiseReactor2025January2025-11-191.1
206What I Saw Before the WarNovelette 7,560 words30Alaya Dawn JohnsonReactor2025January2025-11-193.7
205BravadoShort Story 6,480 words27Carrie VaughnReactor2025January2025-11-183.3
204We Begin Where Infinity EndsNovelette 9,270 words42Somto IhezueClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-185.0Perfection!
203The Hanging Tower of BabelShort Story 6,380 words24Wang Zhenzhen, translated by Carmen Yiling YanClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-183.7
202Numismatic Archetypes in the Year of Five RegentsShort Story 3,560 words15Louis Inglis HallClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-173.3
201Celestial MigrationsShort Story 3,090 words12Claire Jia-WenClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-172.1
200BodyhoppersShort Story 5,280 words19Rocío Vega, translated by Sue BurkeClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-173.4
199A Planet Full of SorrowsNovelette 13,110 words49M.L. ClarkClarkesworld #2212025February2025-11-172.6
198Fox and Troll Bake a CakeNovelette47Jeff ReynoldsGigaNotoSaurus2025February2025-11-161.3Cutesy s&s
197What We Don’t Know About AngelsShort Story 6,749 words27Kristina TenLightspeed #1772025February2025-11-164.3
196Some to Cradle, Some to EatShort Story 3,850 words15Eugenia TriantafyllouLightspeed #1772025February2025-11-164.0
195It Holds Her in the Palm of One HandNovelette 13,174 words56Lowry PolettiLightspeed #1772025February2025-11-163.4Originally published in two parts
194The Witch and the WyrmNovelette 17,100 words69Elizabeth BearReactor2025February2025-11-151.1Couldn't bring myself to read a 69 page s&s story.
193Red LeavesShort Story 4,540 words18S.E. PorterReactor2025February2025-11-153.2
192Not AloneShort Story 4,400 words16Pat MurphyReactor2025February2025-11-154.0
191Agate WayNovelette 8,730 words34Laird BarronReactor2025February2025-11-152.9
190The Flaming EmbusenShort Story 3,116 words16Tade ThompsonUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-152.9
189With Her Serpent LocksShort Story 1,729 words7Mary Robinette KowalUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-143.0
188Six People to Revise YouShort Story 4,622 words21J.R. DawsonUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-144.2
187Men with TailsShort Story 4,320 words18Rati MehrotraUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-143.7
186Kaiju AgonistesNovelette 12,993 words52Scott LynchUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-143.1
185The Belle of the BallShort Story 5,030 words24Stephen Graham JonesReactor2025November2025-11-133.6
184For Whom the Hair GrowsShort Story 5,428 words20Tia TashiroUncanny #622025January/February2025-11-134.1A modern Rapunzel
183Those Uncaring WavesNovella 18,140 words65Yukimi OgawaClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-123.9
182The Sound of the StarShort Story 3,820 words14Ren Zeyu, translated by Jay ZhangClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-123.4
181PollenShort Story 5,330 words24Anna Burdenko, translated by Alex ShvartsmanClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-113.6
180MindtripsNovelette 7,730 words28Tlotlo TsamaaseClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-111.9
179Hook and LineShort Story 4,150 words16Koji A. DaeClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-114.2
178Funerary Habits of Low Entropy EntitiesShort Story 3,500 words13Damián NeriClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-111.5
177From Enceladus, with LoveShort Story 4,970 words19Ryan ColeClarkesworld #2222025March2025-11-113.9
176Something Rich and StrangeNovelette 11,500 words55L.S. JohnsonGigaNotoSaurus2025March2025-11-103.8
175The Lexicon of LetheNovelette 7,964 words33Sunwoo JeongLightspeed #1782025March2025-11-103.9
174Memories of TemperanceShort Story 5,683 words23Anya OwLightspeed #1782025March2025-11-103.4
173Dekar Druid and the Infinite LibraryShort Story 4,083 words16Cadwell TurnbullLightspeed #1782025March2025-11-094.0
172The Shape of StonesShort Story 3,400 words13Hildur KnútsdóttirReactor2025March2025-11-093.5
171LandlineShort Story 5,040 words24Kelly RobsonReactor2025March2025-11-092.0
170After the Invasion of the Bug-Eyed AliensNovelette 9,750 words40Rachel SwirskyReactor2025March2025-11-093.8
169The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me ForNovelette 8,925 words32Cameron ReedReactor2025April2025-11-063.7
168LiberationNovelette 7,548 words37Tade ThompsonReactor2025April2025-11-063.6
167Human ResourcesShort Story 4,247 words15Adrian TchaikovskyReactor2025April2025-11-053.1
166Through These Moments, DarklyShort Story 3,610 words13Samantha MurrayClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-093.6
165The SeedShort Story 5,300 words19Sheri SingerlingClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-083.9
164SymbioticNovelette 10,010 words38Carolyn ZhaoClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-081.2
163Still WaterNovelette 9,090 words36Zhang Ran, translated by Andy DudakClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-084.2
162In My CountryShort Story 6,220 words24Thomas HaClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-074.0
161An Even Greater Cold to ComeShort Story 3,600 words14Rich LarsonClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-073.0
160Aegiopolis TestudoShort Story 7,500 words29Gordon LiClarkesworld #2232025April2025-11-062.6
159Horror VacuiNovelette 10,247 words51A.V. GreeneGigaNotoSaurus2025April2025-11-061.5
158The Potter, His Daughter, and the Boy with Tribal Marks on His FaceNovelette 8,471 words32Oyedotun Damilola MueesLightspeed #1792025April2025-11-063.9An African fairy tale
157The Other RiverShort Story 3,031 words12Jon LasserLightspeed #1792025April2025-11-053.0
156BarnacleNovelette 9,900 words37Kate ElliottReactor2025November2025-11-053.9
155The Millay IllusionNovelette 9,210 words30Sarah PinskerUncanny #672025November/December2025-11-054.3
154AnémonaShort Story 6,649 words26Ana HurtadoUncanny #672025November/December2025-11-042.4
153And on Their Graves a Fall of AngelsNovelette 12,541 words47Natalia TheodoridouUncanny #672025November/December2025-11-044.4
152Trees at NightShort Story 6,060 words21Ramiro Sanchiz, translated by Sue BurkeClarkesworld #2302025November2025-11-043.2
151The Stone Played at TengenShort Story 6,510 words26R.H. WesleyClarkesworld #2302025November2025-11-034.2
150The ApologistsNovella 21,060 words103Tade ThompsonClarkesworld #2302025November2025-11-044.5Weirdest story I've read
149Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted WorldShort Story 4,800 words19Chisom UmehClarkesworld #2302025November2025-11-033.1Not bad but a really stupid and incomplete ending.
148Jade FighterNovelette 10,860 words41D.A. Xiaolin SpiresClarkesworld #2302025November2025-11-023.7
147Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep?Novelette 15,576 words65Sarah LanganLightspeed #1792025April2025-11-014.0Read earlier this year but enjoyed second reading
146In the ZoneShort Story 5562 words16Lisa M. BradleyLightspeed #1862025November2025-11-024.8
145How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian GirlShort Story 5770 words16Tina S. ZhuLightspeed #1862025November2025-11-023.5
144Elegy for Zephyr OneNovelette 8,142 words26Gene DoucetteLightspeed #1862025November2025-11-023.6Humanoid fails Turing test by killing most of the crew.
143The Island with the AnimalsShort Story 4,488 words17Stephanie Malia MorrisUncanny #632025March/April2025-10-313.7Read earlier this year.
142Red, Scuttle When the Ships Come DownShort Story 6,896 words24Wen-yi LeeUncanny #632025March/April2025-10-314.3Read earlier this year. Powerful.
14110 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of DaysShort Story 2,048 pages9Samantha MillsUncanny #632025March/April2025-10-314.0
140The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong FriendsNovelette 7,620 words21Eugenia TriantafyllouUncanny #632025March/April2025-10-313.9
139Timelike Curves, Spacelike CurvesNovelette 7,890 words30P.H. LeeReactor2025October2025-10-302.8Very gay.
138Phantom ViewNovelette 7,580 words29John WiswellReactor2025October2025-10-283.4
137Within GodShort Story 4,900 words10Garrett AshleyAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-283.2
136The Recovery of Lemuria 7Novelette 15,200 words24Allen M. SteeleAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-283.4
135Spare Parts for the MindNovella 18,500 words35Greg EganAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-263.6
134SolemnityNovelette 11,400 words23Mark D. JacobsenAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-254.0Alien cities, god, what's not to like?
133MudfootsShort Story 6,800 words14Eric Del CarloAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-244.3
132MiiracleNovelette 7,900 words20Tegan MooreAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-243.8
131Lagrange Point 5Novelette 8,700 words15Sean McMullenAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-244.0Good old fashioned hard sf.
130Catch a Tiger in the SnowShort Story 2,400 words6Ray NaylerAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-244.2Poignant and very funny. Had me laughing out loud.
129Can You Outrun a T-RexShort Story 6,200 words16Sean MonaghanAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-243.4A silly forgettable story. Still, readable.
128Because It's ThereNovelette 10,800 words20Susan SchwartzAsimov's2025November/December2025-10-232.8It was a slog to get through it. A group climbing a mountain on an icy planetoid.
127The NölmynaShort Story 7,030 words28David Erik NelsonReactor2025May2025-10-303.8
126Squid TeethNovelette 9,170 words35Sarah LanganReactor2025May2025-10-301.1
125AsymmetricalShort Story 5,130 words20Garth NixReactor2025May2025-10-301.3
124Through the MachineShort Story 5,011 words19P.A. CornellLightspeed2025May2025-10-303.8Actor replaced by AI
123The Price of MannersShort Story 2,610 words11Martin CahillLightspeed2025May2025-10-303.4
122The Meaning We SeekShort Story 1,023 words5Nancy KressLightspeed2025May2025-10-303.3
121Rthing It Up: An Oral HistoryShort Story 6,534 words27Gene DoucetteLightspeed2025May2025-10-293.5
120Ninnagan Says RememberShort Story 6,030 words24Jonathan OlfertLightspeed2025May2025-10-294.1
119Shadow JackNovelette 9,800 words48C.L. HellisenGigaNotoSaurus2025May2025-10-291.2
118We, the FleetNovelette 7,700 words35Alex T. SingerClarkesworld2025May2025-10-281.2
117The Library of the ApocalypseShort Story 3,850 pages14Rati MehrotraClarkesworld2025May2025-10-282.8
116Proxima OneShort Story 4,020 words18Caryanna Reuven, tr. Sue BurkeClarkesworld2025May2025-10-282.1
115Oh Time Thy PyramidsShort Story 7,430 words28Ann LeBlancClarkesworld2025May2025-10-281.4
114DescentNovella 21,240 words76Wole TalibiClarkesworld2025May2025-10-223.9Well written, probably deserves a higher rating.
113Brainstem Disco, 2191Short Story 1,640 words7Angela LiuClarkesworld2025May2025-10-192.8Sort of poetic but I couldn't understand what was going on.
112Where the Hell Is NirvanaNovelette 10,140 words44Champ WongsatayanontReactor2025October2025-10-081.6Boring.
111Wend-Way-GoShort Story 4,978 words17Tim PrattUncanny #662025September/October2025-10-074.2Simak-like story about two old cousins and a magic gps that will take you anywhere. Even to a lost dog!
110The Shadow on the NestNovelette 10,016 words40Alaya Dawn JohnsonUncanny #662025September/October2025-10-084.8Woman with memories of a past life as a sadistic war criminal seeks to have them removed.
109Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric SeraphimShort Story 5,285 words25Juliet KahnUncanny #662025September/October2025-10-073.5Quotes from articles and online forums about teenage girls who commit suicide in order for their souls to enter a computer.
108The Starter FamilyNovelette 9,135 words33Sage TyrtleGigaNotoSaurus2025June2025-10-174.3
107New NichesShort Story 4,100 words6Jackie RobertiReckoning 92025August 252025-10-083.4Person on Arctic Ocean wind turbine finds hope among the nesting birds.
106When the Faerie King Toured the Human RealmShort Story 3,215 words13Vanessa FoggLightspeed #1812025June2025-10-163.2Nicely written but stupid
105The Twenty-One Second GodNovelette 7,870 words33Peter WattsLightspeed #1812025June2025-10-072.6Hard to read, hard to understand and also stupid.
104All I Got Was This Lousy T-ShirtShort Story 2,067 words9Marissa LingenLightspeed #1812025June2025-10-153.0
103A Week at the Raven Feather SalonShort Story 3,637 words27Carrie VaughnLightspeed #1812025June2025-10-153.7
102Water to a GooseShort Story 6,500 words25Sonia FockeGigaNotoSaurus2025July2025-10-063.7
101The Name ZiyaNovelette 9,300 words33Wen-yi LeeReactor2025June2025-10-194.1
100The Sack of Burley CottageNovelette 7,612 words30Rich LarsonReactor2025June2025-10-181.1Don't like the dialogue and iys boring.
99A Good KingShort Story 4,850 words21Sarah McGillGigaNotoSaurus2025October2025-10-054.6A king who is really a woman marries a fox to keep her secret.
98Model CollapseShort Story 3850 words20Matthew KresselReactor2025October2025-10-062.9Stupid. Woman sees chaotic town and woman who turns out to be herself.
97Rapport- Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, EmpathyNovelette 7,540 words32Martha WellsReactor2025July2025-10-042.8
96Redemption SongNovelette 10,730 words39Quan BarryReactor2025July2025-10-055.0Amazing! Two enemies fall in love and learn how The Company cheated their people for thousands of years.
95ShortedNovelette 11,530 words43Alex IrvineReactor2025July2025-10-053.9Influencer gets shorted and almost killed but using black ai he's able to find the culprits and save his friends.
94The Last to SurviveShort Story 5,720;words20Rita Chang-EppigClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-133.7
93The Last Lunar New YearShort Story 5310 words20Derek KünskenClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-123.1
92The Eighth PyramidNovelette 8,060 words35Louis Inglis HallClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-112.2
91OutlierShort Story 2,930 words12R.L. MezaClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-102.7Our narrator used to be a homeless person who was experimented on and turned into some sort of creature by someone who called herself, A Friend. Our narrator plots her revenge.
90In the Shells of Broken ThingsShort Story 7,050 words29A.T. GreenblattClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-094.0
89If an Algorithm Can Cast a ShadowShort Story 5,040 words20Claire Jia-WenClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-093.1
88Faces of the AntipodeNovelette 8,680 words31Matthew MarcusClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-094.1
87With Only a Razor BetweenNovelette 8,600 words33Martin CahillReactor2025August2025-10-044.2Not really SF or dark fantasy. A barber and his oppressor. The barber finds his courage in the end.
86The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at HomeShort Story 6,026 words22Renan BernardoReactor2025August2025-10-014.0Woman finds herself to be a ghost on a spaceship. She remembers her grandmother and how she protected her from hunger.
85O Mechfighter, O StarsingerShort Story 6,058 words16Osahou Ize-IyamuLightspeed #1852025October2025-10-041.2?
84Everyone Hates the AuditorShort Story 3,558 words11Megan CheeLightspeed #1852025October2025-10-043.4Silly story of an audit of galactic curiosities on a space station that goes wrong - and then right again.
83Drosera reginaShort Story 6,429 words18A.L. GoldfussLightspeed #1852025October2025-10-034.0Allegory of sexual abuse and violence.
82Dirge and GleanNovelette 10,203 words28Micah Dean HicksLightspeed #1852025October2025-10-011.1Dark fantasy.
81Wire MotherShort Story 3,180 words13Isabel J. KimClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-033.7Neurodivergent girl wishes her mother was real instead of an advanced AI created by her father. After a bad encounter with a boy and the AI at home she activates the kill code...
80UnderstudiesNovelette 17,220 words67Greg EganClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-033.7Human unaided kids compete against ai aided kids in extramural math tournaments.
79The Job InterviewShort Story 6,300 words28Carrie VaughnClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-034.4Excellent story about a woman supervisor on a mining station caught up in a ridiculous bureaucracy.She finally quits and happily gets hired on to an orderly gunship.
78The Cancer WolvesShort Story 5,860 words25Fiona MooreClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-034.0Morag #7
77In Luck's Panoply Clad, I StandShort Story 4,090 words16Phoebe BartonClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-023.0"...follows Alice, a six-meter-tall alien aiding Earth's post-war reconstruction, who actively resists her home world’s attempts to force her return, demonstrating a strong sense of duty to humanity over her government’s demands."
76Giant GrandmotherShort Story 6,900 words27Liu Maijia, translated by Blake Stone-BanksClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-023.3A woman slated for evolution talks with her grandmother who has evolved into an elephant. Pretty good but hard to suspend disbelief.
75Crabs Don't ScreamNovelette 7,750 words29H.H. PakClarkesworld 2292025October2025-10-011.12nd person weirdness.
74Every Ghost StoryShort Story 5,500 words20Natalia TheodoridouReactor2025August2025-09-304.0Witty story of a man at ghost camp because of trauma from witnessing a brutal ghost busting. At the end he's a ghost.
73In ConnorvilleShort Story 5,430 words21Kathleen JenningsReactor2025August 202025-09-303.34 cousins tell weird stories about the folks of Connorville on the eve of one of their weddings.
72You Knit Me Together in My Mother’s WombShort Story 5,912 words25Paul CrenshawLightspeed #1822025July2025-09-294.6Congress passes more and more laws against women and they respond by keeping their pregnancies in for up to 6 years when finally at a protest in Washington they all give birth at once. All boys, some as old as six, and they are sensitive giving hope things will be better.
71The Lord of MarsNovelette 9,905 words37Meghan McCarronLightspeed #1822025July2025-09-304.0Man attempting to grow potatoes on Mars faces pressure to join the union against the enmity of the queen.
70Domestic DisputesShort Story 2,312 words9Naomi KanakiaLightspeed #1822025July2025-09-293.2Husband and wife on a starship. She's a galactic hero and he's a nobody with solipsism.
69A Dish Best Served Cold, Or, an Excerpt From the Cookbook Of the GodsNovelette 7,976 words30Oluwatomiwa AjeigbeLightspeed #1822025July2025-09-303.0African sword and sorcery.
68Emily of Emerald StarshipShort Story 3,860 words17Ng Yi-ShengClarkesworld 2252025June2025-10-083.2Our narrator has fallen in love with a man named Richard, whose mother had turned herself into a species and given birth to descendants over galaxies. When our narrator meets mother, things do not go well. But Richard comes up with a solution.
67Serpent CarriersNovelette 14,500 words53K.A. Teryna, tr. Alex ShvartsmanClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-281.5Boring.
66Hunter HarvesterShort Story 3,670 words14Bam BruinClarkesworld 2262025Jul2025-09-283.8Colonists discover the "cabbages" they've been eating are part of the life-cycle of the alien lifeforms they've been studying on the planet.
65A Land Called FollyShort Story 3,660 words15Amal SinghClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-283.0Boring 2nd person. Young man returns to his home and finds resolutions at last.
64All the World Is FogShort Story 6,962 Words26DaVaun SandersUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-273.6Boy and krews in the eye of a perpetual storm. Light dialect which I don't like.
63Barbershops of the Floating CityShort Story 6,024 Words21Angela LiuUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-274.8Difficult 2nd person narrative. A young woman works in a barbershop reading people's memories as she cuts. She looks after her broken and abusive mother but somehow nevertheless finds love.
62Hi! I’m ClaudiaShort Story 4,443 words12Delilah S. DawsonUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-283.4A stupid conversation with an AI that ends up suggesting a man kill his cheating wife.
61The Breaker of Mountains and RiversShort Story 2,599 Words10Aliette de BodardUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-272.5Sorcery and demons. Not my thing.
60Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae WarShort Story 6,784 Words24Caroline M. YoachimUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-294.0Humans create a rift between human world and the fae world. Horrible and nearly endless war ensues almost destroying all the hives in the fae world. Two queens survive, one secrets fae in a generation ship and the other's hive is installed in the war museum to last until the end of time.
59VivisectionShort Story 4,916 words16Anjali SachdevaUncanny #642025May/June2025-09-294.6Beautiful sad story of a woman who suffers mental and physical abuse from her female partner. A deer provides her with love.
58To Access Seven Obelisks, Press EnterShort Story 4,481 words18V.M. AyalaLightspeed #1832025August2025-09-273.9Story went from unpleasant cyberpunk to an excellent tense finish as Zan and his cyber girlfriend L finally met at a party of the elite and infected them with a cyber virus that would bring them down.
57Savannah and the ApprenticeShort Story 6,536 words28Christopher RoweLightspeed #1832025August2025-09-273.3Minor sword & sorcery story about Savannah and her demon Boy and her mule Seldom as they bounty hunt an apprentice who supposedly killed his master.
56It Might Be He ReturnsShort Story 6,134 words24Fatima TaqviLightspeed #1832025August2025-09-263.6Boy in India goes through a magic mirror and apprentices with a tailor. When the garment is finally ready the client reverses fate for everyone in the city and the poor boy finds himself no longer poor.
55Feast of FamineShort Story 6,976 words23Adam-Troy CastroLightspeed #1832025August2025-09-261.3Boring. Ultra rich man eats at an infinite table.
54FreediverShort Story 6,890 words29Isabel J. KimReactor2025September 242025-09-263.9Deep sea cable repair. A diver has his tether cut by a meteorite.
53Human VoicesNovelette 8,433 words34Isabel J. KimLightspeed #1842025September2025-09-253.3Strange story about a merman and two sisters. He is kept in the bathtub. He lured their older brother into the ocean and absorbed him. They are not sure if the merman is their brother.
52The Girlfriend ExperienceShort Story 5,017 words25C.Z TacksLightspeed #1842025September2025-09-251.4New agey hipster type thing. Stopped reading.
51ApeironShort Story 6,057 Words24Cadwell TurnbullLightspeed #1842025September2025-09-244.1Very strange! Surrealistic.
50Last Meal Aboard the AwassaShort Story 1,792 Words7Kel ColemanLightspeed #1842025September2025-09-243.5Doomed crew mates enjoy a final meal and party before their ship is consumed.
49The GardenShort Story 5,096 Words18Emma TörzsUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-243.8A god or undead person trapped in the city due to running water in the canals watches her neighbor water her garden during a drought.
48The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and DespairShort Story 7,422 words28John ChuUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-251.3Incomprehensible to me and too boring to try and figure it out.
47The TerrariumShort Story 3,995 Words17Jordan TaylorUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-233.1Fae butterflies and fae men in love, Stupid story but the butterflies were nice.
46WhalesongShort Story 7,038 Words35Daniel H. WilsonUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-234.3Young whale researcher and his mother go down with the ship in terrible cyclone but are able to communicate with the whales and possibly survive.
45When He Calls Your NameNovelette 10,619 Words34Catherynne M. ValenteUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-224.7Jolene as a vampire story. Mostly about a woman and Jolene sitting on the porch at 3:00am while her husband is tied to the bed inside. So many clever turns of phrase.
44Finer than Silk, Brighter than SnowShort Story 2,385 Words10Shveta ThakrarUncanny #652025July/August2025-09-224.0An Indian fairytale.
43Laurie on the RadioNovelette 8,480 Words36Sam DavisReactor2025September 92025-09-223.9Very human-like insects. Laurie, the daughter of a successful inventor, writes music so compelling it causes something like a riot in the streets. Ruined for me by an ambiguous ending.
42Whale Fall of YoursShort Story 6,858 Words27M.M. OlivasUncanny #662025September/October2025-09-213.8Beautiful in many ways. Poetic in places.
41The Lure of StoneNovella 21,670 Words84Silvia Moreno-GarciaUncanny #662025September/October2025-09-213.5Sequel to The Return of the Sorceress. Swords and sorcery inspired by Clark Ashton Smith. Very good for what it is but not my favourite kind of story.
40The CaravanShort Story 4,744 Words17Anamaria CurtisUncanny #662025September/October2025-09-203.8None
39Little Free LibraryShort Story 2,500 Words10Naomi KritzerReactor2020April 82025-09-224.7A woman gets gifts from another world in exchange for books.
38If a Digitized Tree FallsNovelette 8,000 Words32Ken Liu and Caroline M. YaochimReactor2025September 172025-09-223.7In three parts. First the father creates a Magic Forest Sphere. Second the daughter experiences the ai collapse. Third the distant future of embodied ai. I liked the first two parts but didn't like the third. Mostly narrative and an ai person's thoughts .
37Heart of ThunderNovelette39Raahem AlviClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-181.2
36And the Planet Loved HimShort Story12L. ChanClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-192.9
35Sea of FertlityNovelette68Bella HunClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-191.1
34A Shaky BridgeShort Story12Marissa LingenClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-173.5
33A Dream of Twin SunsetsShort Story18Ryan ColdClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-174.6
32SleeperShort Story19R.T. EsterClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-172.1
31Memories Are OnlyValuable if They Can Be LostShort Story19Ai JiangClarkesworld 2272025August2025-09-161.0
30The Island of Misfit ToysShort Story11Fiona MooreClarkesworld2020December2025-09-163.7None
29King of the CastleShort Story25Fiona MooreClarkesworld2025February2025-09-163.5#5 in the Morag series
28The Children of FlameShort Story22Fiona MooreClarkesworld2024October2025-09-163.9#4 in the Morag series.
27The Portmeirion RoadShort Story23Fiona MooreClarkesworld2024May2025-09-154.0#3 in the Morag series
26Morag's BoyShort Story21Fiona MooreClarkesworld2023December2025-09-154.4#2 in the Morag series.
25The Spoil HeapShort Story27Fiona MooreClarkesworld2023March2025-09-154.3#1 in the Morag series
24The Walled GardenShort Story26Fiona MooreClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-163.6#6 in the Morag series
23Welcome to KearneyNovelette33Gary KlosterClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-154.4Jeremiah Molina works as a caretaker of an abandoned town that has become a recreation tourist attraction. He does not have much use for people. But when he finds a droid that had been partly functional before collapsing, he repairs it. The droid had been a nanny called Ms Otter and had become sentient with preferred pronouns feminine. Jeremiah hides her from her owners, calling her Loni from the scientific designation for otters, knowing she would be destroyed. He even has a battle with a scavenger droid sent after her. The story ends on a bittersweet note with Loni being fully aware of Jeremiah's character. Beautifully done.
22Missing HelenShort Story 5,830 words22Tia TashiroClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-143.6It opens with the second-person protagonist being told her ex-husband is planning to marry her clone, setting off a tour of memories, from the highs and lows of their relationship to the difficult family situation that shaped the lead in ways it surely had not shaped her clone. It's an exploration of nature and nurture that heavily features a romantic relationship but isn't really about the relationship, intriguing the whole way through but perhaps missing a bit of power in the climax.
21Bits and Pieces on the FloorShort Story16Eric Del CarloClarkesworld 2262025July2025-09-134.0Features a company man trying to clear a planet of human habitation—by reasoning if possible and by force if necessary—before his organization ceases the terraforming efforts that made it livable during their resource-extraction. But it slowly becomes clear that this particular planet is significant to the lead not just for the job, but for its connection to his estranged, famous father.
20Till Earth and Heaven RingShort Story 5,746 words22K.S. WalkerStrange Horizons2025June2025-09-132.9
19The Four Sisters Overlooking the SeaNovelette23Naomi KritzerAsimov's2024September/October2025-09-124.9Hugo winner best novelette. A woman's husband is selfish and has hidden her research data for 15 years. She studies seals and makes friends in the coastal community. There are hints of selkies and a magical connection with the ocean. In the end the ocean takes her husband and her friends set her up as a research centre.
18The Last CanadianNovel247William C. HeineBook1974N/A2025-08-283.9None
17Frankenstein’s Book LaunchShort Story6Karen HeulerAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-043.0None
16Lolo’s Last RunShort Story9E.M. KerkmanAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-044.1None
15The Night Heron RescueShort Story10Alice ToweyAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-014.0None
14The ExpurgatorShort Story5Shiwei ZhouAsimov's2025September/October2025-08-313.9None
13StraysShort Story9Scott William CarterAsimov's2025September/October2025-08-303.8None
12The Signal and the IdlerNovella 24,630 words38Ted KosmatkaAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-074.2
11The GhostNovella 19,000 Words33John KesselAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-021.5
10Tenth ContactNovelette21Bruce Sterling & Paul Di FilippoAsimov's2025September/October2025-09-013.4None
9The Last of Operation ShroudNovelette19Alexander JablokovAsimov's2025September/October2025-08-311.0None
8A Tide of PaperNovelette25Leah CypessAsimov's2025September/October2025-08-293.1None
7A World of Their OwnShort Story7Robert FalcoClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-123.0Mechanical creatures research new biomechanical creatures to save them from the climate catastrophe after the Creators have left for the stars.
6Five Impossible ThingsShort Story11Koji A. DaeClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-113.4
5The Fury of the GlowmenShort Story14David McGillverayClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-112.8
4Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance BeginsNovelette 12,590 words31Louis Inglis HallClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-094.0Mayflies are weird creatures who dance for feudal aristocrats. After the locals bomb the castle and one escapes and learns to understand their cruelty. The knowledge spreads and they sacrifice themselves to create one strong one with the hope it will kill the oppressors.
3ApertureNovelette21Alexander JablokovClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-103.3
2WireworksNovelette19Sheri SingerlingClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-084.6Calista is a young girl who has lost her mother. When she sees a sign for the Cyber Circus, she longs to go as she once did with her mother. When she asks her father, holed up in his office, he declines but says she can go herself. She does, disappointed and angry. There she connects with a sentient robot who tells her that he can take away the pain of her grief. Calista is immediately interested. What happens next is the crux of this emotionally intelligent story. Wow! This one hits on all sorts of levels. The storytelling is immersive. The characters are real as is the pain they feel no matter how they express it. The author really explores what grief feels like and the longing to move past it that often accompanies it. But if there is a quick and easy way out of grief, what is its cost? Will it be worth it? This amazing story explores these deep and important questions.--My Reading Life
1Abstraction is when I design giant death creatures and Attraction is when I do it for youNovelette15Claire Jia-WenClarkesworld 2282025September2025-09-072.5