“We need to have a movement that is willing to let
everyone speak, to create space, to listen to different voices, to be
challenged.”
—Talissa M. Soto
—Talissa M. Soto
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Issue 2023.64
Short stories
- ‘Purity’, Jennifer R. Donohue - art by Fluffgar
- ‘His New Body’, Simon Kewin - art by Miguel Santos
- ‘The Thousand Tongues of Sara’, Jonathan Olfert - art by Cécile Matthey
- ‘Side Effects May Vary’, Avra Margariti - art by Toeken
Poetry
- ‘Going Under’, Ujjvala Bagal Rahn
- ‘Solitary’, David Birch Ellis - art by Joyce Chng
- ‘The Later Life of Herr Samsa’s Picture’, Elizabeth R. McClellan - art by Dr T. Eratopo
- ‘Mageochory’, S. Brackett Robertson - art by Dr T. Eratopo
Great stuff throughout if I do say so myself. Especially loved Margariti's 'Side Effects May Vary,' which rang painfully true. - Jon O.
ReplyDeleteIn Strange Horizons' “Short Fiction Treasures”, Maria Haskins includes a lovely short review of The Thousand Tongues of Sara, concluding, ‘Olfert explores language and interspecies communication in an intriguing and entertaining way, and I loved Sara’s ingenuity, her determination, and her curiosity about alien cuisine.’
ReplyDeleteThe first story i read in Future Fire wad Purity by Jennifer R. Donahue. Since then I've enjoyed all the stories and poems, but Purity rings in my head. Beautiful magazine.
ReplyDeleteNoah Berlatsky reviews Elizabeth R. McClellan’s “The Later Life of Herr Samsa’s Picture” in Split Lip Mag at quite some depth, seeing in it radicalism, dysphoria, marginalization and liberating transformation. (They title this a “Micro Review”, but it's longer than the work it's reviewing!)
ReplyDeleteThe Thousand Tongues of Sara also makes it onto Maria Haskins's 2023 Recommended Reading List, along with many other wonderful SFF offerings from that year.
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