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short fiction

Scene from a short film adaptation of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge": a man and woman stand in mid-embrace.

The Weirdness of Ambrose Bierce: From “Owl Creek Bridge” to Horror and Satire

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Cover art for three pieces of short fiction first published in February 2024

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: February 2024

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A woman walks along a busy highway median while the specter of a three-headed dog watches her.

Median

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A young person drinks from a bowl of red liquid as around them, waves crash into ships and flames burn a village in the background.

The River Judge

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A massive bird takes flight from an outcrop of green rocks.

You Don’t Belong Where You Don’t Belong

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Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology

The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: “If Damon Comes” by Charles L. Grant

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A silhouetted figure contemplates a red sun in a green sky overlaid with graph lines.

Nine Billion Turing Tests

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Book cover of Night of the Cooters, a story collection by Howard Waldrop

Nine Stories From a Master: Night of the Cooters by Howard Waldrop

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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2024

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Revealing Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson

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Selection from the book cover of The Weird, an anthology from editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

The Things We Do For Life Lists: Liz Williams’ “The Hide”

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Close-up photograph of paint brushes covered in red, yellow, and orange paint, resting on a partially painted canvas. Paint tubes with dabs of blue, green, yellow, orange, and red paint appear in the background.

Seven SFF Stories About Artists and the Creative Struggle

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