Hi, hello and welcome! This week I'm back on my death and morality themed nonsense with my recommendations. But look, I cannot be blamed for this. I found both stories in the same week and I just had to share them together, okay? (Yes, I know I'm predictable

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Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

I've gone heavy on the short fiction this month, with a pair of Magazine Minis and my regular magazine review, alongside a couple of longer reviews from my

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

1. Be patient with each other. Ms Anaria is not a United Earth government official.

by Parker M. O'Neill Listen I'm making soup right now so I'll be quick if you’re really hellbent on visiting Nana you should know there's Mold all through her house water damage hairy black fungus on...

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The first time you killed me, I cried like a baby. Stupid, stupid, to cry over something make-believe—stupid and ugly and pathetic, too, when already the only thing I wanted in the world was for you ...

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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

An old dragon meets a new member of the family. Written by Celia Winter. Featured in Baubles From Bones: Issue 8.

Alt: a sign that says sorry we're open hangs on a glass door

Control first. Curiosity second. That was the rule. Sample before sentiment.

Not dead? Get fed by Ted.

Six of my favorite SFF short stories from 2025 that are doing something really fascinating with form and point of view! These are stories…

Flash Fiction Online’s February 2026 issue features speculative fiction that explores needs, wants, and desires. With these short stories, we welcome you to laugh at the darkest comedies, art…

What genres of books and stories does Locus review? We review science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, surreal, slipstream, crossed genres, similarly themed YA, art books, and related nonfict…

his love’s ashes on his tongue, by Monte Lin, in The Deadlands (January) I love how this story explores grief and death. It’s a journey in a strange city. A journey inside our minds and the v…

This isn’t how I’m supposed to die.