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Fireside Magazine Issue 91, May 2021
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Empty Space,
by Sidney Maris Hargrave
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The Census Faces Unusual Challenges on Audvarn-3,
by Jo Miles
Fireside Magazine Issue 90, April 2021
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Lesser Things,
by EJ Sidle
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To Hear Them Sing,
by Rebecca Burton; illustrated by Christina Chung
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Deadlock,
by Aimee Ogden
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Strange Music,
by Nicole Bade
Fireside Magazine Issue 89, March 2021
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Phases of the Moon,
by Alice Towey
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Contract Witch,
by Elizabeth Cobbe
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Those We See at the Twilight Bridge,
by Wendy Nikel
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We Are Not Phoenixes,
by John Wiswell
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Sugar,
by Ashley Park; illustrated by Rachel Wada
Fireside Magazine Issue 88, February 2021
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Diamonds and Pearls,
by JL George
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Whistle Posts of Forgotten Railroads,
by Jason Sanford; illustrated by Marcia Diaz
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Navigational Error,
by Lucy A. Snyder
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At the Intersection of Light and Sound,
by Michelle Mellon; illustrated by Daniel Castro Maia
Fireside Magazine Issue 87, January 2021
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That Time I Found a Phone Booth Where I Can Talk to My (Dead) Dad,
by Alisa Alering
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Mouth & Marsh, Silver & Song,
by Sloane Leong
Fireside Magazine Issue 86, December 2020
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Letters from Yours,
by Em Liu
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The Boy with the Golden Arm,
by Danian Darrell Jerry; illustrated by Don Rimx
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Object Permanence,
by James Yu
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Realism,
by M. R. Herbert
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In the Glass Hall of Supreme Women,
by Jaymee Goh
Fireside Magazine Issue 85, November 2020
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Da Art of Speculatin’,
by Regina N. Bradley
A breakdown of the afrofuturistic stylings of OutKast
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Thank You for Your Service,
by Ryan Van Loan
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Fifteen Dogs in a Human Suit,
by Paul R. Hardy
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Body, Remember,
by Nicasio Andres Reed
Fireside Magazine Issue 84, October 2020
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Try This One Weird Trick for A More Youthful Look in Minutes,
by Maria Romasco Moore
An unsettling look at an unorthodox beauty regimen.
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synthia.py,
by Hal Y. Zhang; illustrated by Anna Dittmann
A programmer writes code through the echoes of a relationship.
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Narrative Control,
by Kyle Kirrin
Anxiety Bot takes our protagonist on a harrowing ride.
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Disassembly,
by Makena Onjerika
An aching and brutal story that will leave you in pieces, then pick you back up.
Fireside Magazine Issue 83, September 2020
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Holes The Body Leaves Behind,
by Jeremy Packert Burke
A warm and aching look back at the time after the cataclysm.
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Fracture,
by Marianne Kirby
The story of a ship; a woman; a knife, cleaving a path through space.
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A Machine, Unhaunted,
by Kerstin Hall; illustrated by Melody Newcomb
The story of an AI in mouring, and how they cope and move forward through their grief.
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The Roman Road,
by Vajra Chandrasekera
Follow the journey of a homunculus as it uploads into its new container.
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Please Don't Let Go,
by Jo Lindsay Walton
A delightful dossier chronicling Ms. Wolfboy’s recovery.