short story

Mouth & Marsh, Silver & Song,
by Sloane Leong

short story

Letters from Yours,
by Em Liu

short story

The Boy with the Golden Arm,
by Danian Darrell Jerry; illustrated by Don Rimx

short story

Object Permanence,
by James Yu

short story

Realism,
by M. R. Herbert

short story

In the Glass Hall of Supreme Women,
by Jaymee Goh

essay

Da Art of Speculatin’,
by Regina N. Bradley

A breakdown of the afrofuturistic stylings of OutKast

short story

Chosen,
by Kate Sheeran Swed

A rag-tag crew’s unexpected return home

essay

Thank You for Your Service,
by Ryan Van Loan

short story

Fifteen Dogs in a Human Suit,
by Paul R. Hardy

short story

Body, Remember,
by Nicasio Andres Reed

short story

Try This One Weird Trick for A More Youthful Look in Minutes,
by Maria Romasco Moore

An unsettling look at an unorthodox beauty regimen.

short story

synthia.py,
by Hal Y. Zhang; illustrated by Anna Dittmann

A programmer writes code through the echoes of a relationship.

short story

Narrative Control,
by Kyle Kirrin

Anxiety Bot takes our protagonist on a harrowing ride.

short story

Disassembly,
by Makena Onjerika

An aching and brutal story that will leave you in pieces, then pick you back up.

short story

Holes The Body Leaves Behind,
by Jeremy Packert Burke

A warm and aching look back at the time after the cataclysm.

short story

Fracture,
by Marianne Kirby

The story of a ship; a woman; a knife, cleaving a path through space.

short story

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.

short story

The Roman Road,
by Vajra Chandrasekera

Follow the journey of a homunculus as it uploads into its new container.

short story

Please Don't Let Go,
by Jo Lindsay Walton

A delightful dossier chronicling Ms. Wolfboy’s recovery.

short story

Redemption,
by Mary Soon Lee

An arresting story where days bleed into each over over time.

short story

Worm Song,
by David Naimon

A musical, painful, and hopeful paean to all that resists, survives, and renews.

short story

Down,
by Jo Kaplan

A deep meditation on abuse and resilience.

short story

An Incomplete Account of the Case of the Bird-Talker of Yaros,
by Eleanna Castroianni; illustrated by Pao-ju Lin

An epistolary chronicle of resistance on an island prison.

short story

Even the Clearest Water,
by Andi C. Buchanan

A story about water fae, autistic families, bargains, and love.

short story

Bury Me Standing,
by Dora Klindžić

The story of workers who make robots, and of Roma resistance.

short story

The Spice Market,
by Sangeetha Thanapal

A story about discovering new tastes, and the blooming of commerce.

short story

The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly,
by Alix E. Harrow

An epistolary recounting of a kidnapping turned… sweet.

short story

How to Build a Unicorn,
by AJ Fitzwater

A step-by-step guide to spitting cold vengeance upon the world.

short story

The Liberation of Ghost City,
by Elly Bangs

Those who would be liberated must free their minds before their worlds will follow.

short story

On Lore,
by Tamara Jerée

A tale of bargains and trade-offs at a restaurant with a unique menu that will have you salivating at the eyes.

short story

Dog Years,
by Ace Tilton Ratcliff

A heart-rending story of how far we will go for the ones we love.

short story

Sun, Moon, and Wretched Star,
by Ashley Deng; illustrated by Shaina Lu

A girl grapples with her family’s past through the haze of incense on her Pohpoh’s altar.

short story

The Last Librarian,
by Trace Yulie

Guerilla archivists work to liberate culture from a corporate hegemony.

short story

And For My Next Universe…,
by Matthew Castleman

A tale of show business, and messing with quantum forces.

short story

For Change is the Moon’s Domain, and Tonight She Watches,
by Izzy Wasserstein

A tale of yearning, and of growing into your self.

short story

Dirt Under the Nails,
by Aaron Menzel; illustrated by David Plunkert

A farmer and his robot ruminate on life, craft, and the solitary nature of their work.