It’s 3:00 a.m. and the doorbell rings, because that’s always when the doorbell rings, if it’s going to. I don’t have to go to the door; I can pull up the video on my phone, always overexposed, too whi...

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Read Inheritance, by Shobhita Narayan, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

Read Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols, an essay from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

Read Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols, an essay from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

Read Maybe, by Phodiso Modirwa, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

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Read Your Name Goes Here, by Rich Larson, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

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Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet?, by Andrew Kozma, from issue 43.

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

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

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but once, after Sunday service, she heard the sexton say that there are places where the dead traverse a river after death, paying a boatsman to ferry them across the water.

Today we are taking my daughter apart.

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Read "Maybe" by Phodiso Modirwa from issue 43 of The Deadlands.

We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak

We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak

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The Deadlands is a twice-hugo-nominated quarterly journal that publishes death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Read The Deadlands online for free.