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A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go by Claire Jia-Wen – 3.7

Clarkesworld, February 2026 This nested science fiction narrative follows Mason (Maxexcelson), son of tech CEO Rembrandt Crow, who becomes the navigational consciousness of the Diviner—a luxury sleeper ship carrying wealthy…

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Academic Review: “Crisis Actors” by Maddison Stoff and Corey Jae White – 4.4

Introduction "Crisis Actors," co-authored by Maddison Stoff and Corey Jae White and published in Strange Horizons in January 2025, represents a significant entry in contemporary speculative fiction's engagement with surveillance…

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The Commodification of Care: A Critical Analysis of Thomas Ha’s “The Patron” – 4.0

Introduction Thomas Ha's "The Patron," published in The Sunday Morning Transport in March 2025, represents a significant contribution to contemporary speculative fiction's exploration of technological mediation in human relationships. Ha,…

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Academic Review: Erin Brown’s “Garden of the Bloodpotter” – 4.1

Introduction Erin Brown’s “Garden of the Bloodpotter,” published in Psychopomp Magazine in September 2025, represents a significant contribution to contemporary dark fantasy literature, particularly within the tradition of feminist revisionist…

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Liminal Grief: A Critical Review of Ren Hutchings’s The Legend Liminal – 4.0

Introduction Ren Hutchings’s The Legend Liminal (2025) represents a sophisticated evolution in contemporary speculative fiction’s engagement with grief, trauma, and temporal dislocation. Published by Stars and Sabers as a 27,881-word…

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