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short fiction
Sand
When Suzy was born, her parents filled her mouth with sand. But this is normal and natural and the way things are always done.
And if she finds it uncomfortable to keep it there, to eat with it there, to talk with it there, she’s just going to have to learn to live with it.
“Sand” is a heart-wrenching tale about generational trauma and healing.
Anti-Doorstoppers: Ten Great SFF Novellas and Novelettes
Read “Wait for Night” by Stephen Graham Jones
The Bookstore at the End of America
Winter Came, Now Spring Arrives: Announcing the Table of Contents for The Way Spring Arrives
Questions Asked in the Belly of the World
For the residents of this mycological ecosystem, creating art feeds the World around you and requires working in harmony with your inner voice. When one artist's voice begins screaming, he's forced to travel farther than he ever has before to reconcile with the noise in his head and find his true place in society before it's too late.
With Her Eyes
Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre
Judge Dee returns to solve a new case involving a Parisian party gone wrong. But this time? Everyone in attendance is a suspect, including the judge himself.
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: August 2021
The Station of the Twelfth
In this Martian city, each stop along the monorail has a purpose behind it's namesake. However, none are quite like the Station of the Twelfth, and if you decide to visit, you'll be sure to learn why.
The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie
In a fairy tale equal parts gorgeous and gruesome, village couples seek approval for marriage from a stag with golden rings adorning its horns. That is until one suitor, determined to convince a woman to fall in love with him, makes a rash decision.
L’Espirit de L’Escalier
Anti-Doorstoppers: 10 Great SFF Novellas and Novelettes
The Future Library
New in Series
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