New Issue: 2021.58

“I said, ‘I’m not in trouble about being gay but I do have trouble identifying with those queens,’ and then a queen overturned that police car and changed my life.”

—Edith Windsor

Issue 2021.58

Flash fiction

• ‘The Bone Prophet’, Hester J. Rook, illustrated by Dr. T. Eratopo
  

Short stories

• ‘Stitched’, Sarah Salcedo, illustrated by Sarah Salcedo
  
• ‘The Derelict’, Nicasio Andres Reed, illustrated by Eric Asaris
  
• ‘The Mountain’s Wife’, Jennifer R. Donohue, illustrated by Katharine A. Viola
  
• ‘Desolation Corner’, William Squirrell, illustrated by L.E. Badillo

Poetry

• ‘Not for Sale, Used Asteroid, One Owner’, Mary Soon Lee, illustrated by Fluffgar
  
• ‘Until a Hundred Generations of People Have Departed’, E. Saxey, illustrated by Cécile Matthey
  
• ‘Of Weeds and Witches’, Shelly Jones, illustrated by Jason Baltazar
  

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New issue: 2020.55

“Now is the time to warrior up and empower each other to take a stand for our planet. We need to sustain the little we have now, and develop ways not to pollute the environment, and sustain relationships with Mother Earth and save what we have left.”

—Autumn Peltier

Issue 2020.55

Short stories

• ‘We Will Become as Monsters’, Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• ‘Know They Will Die under the Salt of It’, Jennifer R. Donohue
• ‘Mijara’s Freedom’, Eleanor Glewwe
• ‘Scaled Soul’, Rhianwen Phillips

Novelettes

• ‘The Good Hawks’, Danielle Jorgenson-Murray

Poetry

• ‘Whistling Trees and Ironwood’, Hester J. Rook
• ‘Oak Tree’, Fiona M. Jones
• ‘Time Traveller's Memory’, Davian Aw
• ‘Neith and Her Women’, Gerri Leen

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New issue: 2020.54

“It hurts me that, if global warming still continues, if global warming continues on a large scale, it’s going to affect our future only; we the children and the coming future generation is going to suffer. So I wanted to do something about that, and that’s why I sued my government.”

—Ridhima Pandey

Issue 2020.54

Flash fiction

• ‘Dragon Years’, Juliet Kemp (illustrated by Martin Hanford)

Short stories

• ‘A Stereoscopic Landscape View of Torino with Damsels and Distress’, Celia Neri (illustrated by Josep Lledó)
• ‘The Foraging’, Shelly Jones (illustrated by Joyce Chng)
• ‘Strange Engines’, Jordan Taylor (illustrated by Eric Asaris)
• ‘The Facts Are These’, M. Bennardo (illustrated by Cécile Matthey)
• ‘The Shadow Catchers’, Vanessa Fogg (illustrated by Katharine A. Viola)
• ‘Cascade’, A.J. Fitzwater (illustrated by Fluffgar)

Poetry

• ‘Demon Summoning for the Modern Femme’, Avra Margariti (illustrated by L.E. Badillo)
• ‘This Soundless Murk’, Hester J. Rook (illustrated by Miguel Santos)

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New Issue 2020.52

“No, our fight to save the planet didn't start today with the #ClimateStrike and it doesn't end today either. Many of us have been putting in the work for years to save our planet. Don't just amplify our voices today but every day, and support our solutions to save us.”

—Mari Copeny (“Little Miss Flint”)

Issue 2020.52

Flash fiction

• ‘The Lime Monster’, Shelly Jones (art by Martin Hanford)

Short stories

• ‘Pleiades for a New Generation’, Kathryn Allan (art by Grace P. Fong)
• ‘The Third Angel Poured’, Julie Reeser (art by Katharine A. Viola)
• ‘La ruta de la sal’, Malena Salazar Maciá (art by Jason Baltazar)
• ‘The Salt in Her Kiss’, Malena Salazar Maciá (translated by Toshiya Kamei) (art by Jason Baltazar)
• ‘The Wasteland Review’, Aurelia Gonzalez (art by Cécile Matthey)

Poetry

• ‘Spare the Fire, Spoil the Brute’, Gerri Leen (art by Rachel Linn)
• ‘Lost’, Adele Gardner (art by Toeken)
• ‘Drown Me’, Hester J. Rook (art by Carmen Moran)
• ‘Eden’, Stephen Whitehead (art by Dr. T. Eratopo)
• ‘Lucky Fact’, Stefani Cox (art by Dr. T. Eratopo)

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