“Warren’s Tentacle” by Susan Palwick – 3.3
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…
“Six Sides of a Fairy Tale” by Audrey Zhou – 3.5
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…
“Sensor Ghosts” by Deborah L. Davitt – 3.5
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…
“Dream Destinations (From the Lost Traveler’s Tour Guide)” by Alexander Weinstein – 2.9
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…
“Death Echoes Overlapping” by Megan Chee – 2.1
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…
“What Might Come of Today” by Leah Ning – 3.4
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…
“To Atone for Evil” by Megan Chee – 3.5
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…
“Hollow in the Hope” by Aimee Ogden – 3.7
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…
“Bloom Where You Are Planted” by Melanie Mulrooney – 4.1
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, February 2026 In a speculative society where women grow literal flowers on their bodies — a phenomenon overseen by a bureaucratic “Scent Authority” — social status is…
“Deathcap” by Lara Elena Donnelly – 3.3
Reactor, February 2026 Note: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault.“Deathcap” is a tense, claustrophobic science fiction short story set aboard a doomed spaceship overrun by a parasitic alien creature.…
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