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I am the windkeeper. I live at the edge of the windswept plain. On the newer maps, I am Windkeeper #170. In my house of white-washed stucco-concrete, with its round windows like portholes, I look out ...

I have edited 19 (soon to be 20) issues of my favourite magazine of all time, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now). I started Hexagon as a project to gain editing experience and to improve my own…

I lift a jar of preserved peaches by its hinged top, and it catches the deep orange of the spasming stove light. The counter rolls under my knees as I climb onto it. In the high cabinet, deep as a …

Alt: a cartoon ghost with a surprised look on his face is standing in front of a rock wall .

Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

Please check our schedule for detailed submission window timing. We do not accept submissions year-round. Cast of Wonders is a young adult short fiction market, open to stories up to 6,000…

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