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An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by Cislyn Smith (@cislyn) and Stephen Granade (@sargent).
Joined January 2023
"Sympathy for Wolves," by John Gregory Betancourt, asks you to consider werewolves in a different light, specifically the warm light of a cabin in winter.
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I could hear wolves scratching like dogs at my door again. It was a full moon, or close to it, and I still felt a stirring deep in my soul, a longing to join them for the hunt, just as they longed to...
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Jamie Simpher's poem "Protocol", about exploring the galaxy, was a finalist for the 2024 Rhysling Award. We invite you to read it (or re-read it!) and see why. https://t.co/6fyBWmn9LS
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Count down from ten. / You may wish to close your eyes. / Don’t.
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Did you miss "Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind", one of Bogi Takács's "Jobs for Magical People (That Do Not Involve the Military)" series of poems? If so, you're in for a treat. https://t.co/reBx1xyViT
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Words borne out of need, of a reaching-out, of / tact and impoliteness and long shudders / of breath— / and you to write them all down
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Marina Cooper's poem "expense" is a lovely, painful exploration of what we give up for what we dream, and also a sea witch's sadness.
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the beach stands white: a shore massacre / ripe for a ghostly wash or photograph. / the life we sought lies tossed across spent / beer bottles, flotsam, and plastic rings salted
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You have to strap in, because they're going to start the "slowdown" tonight and you'd better not unstrap when mom isn't looking. https://t.co/QJc2nsbFbr
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Mom says I have to strap in because they’re going to start “the slowdown” tonight, and I better not unstrap when she isn't looking, and she’s serious.
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Frustrated with or angry about artificial intelligence? You need the Sterling Analog Shut Down Kit! Read Bret Nelson's quick start guide and you, too, can be shutting down AI left and right. https://t.co/PHEZDyIAPQ
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If you suspect your robot, doorbell, or smart appliance is actively plotting against you, it’s time to put the contents of this box to use.
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If you're a good little child, maybe Grandpa Argle will rise from the swamp on Arglemas and bring you what you truly need. If so, you'd best read Ray Chanteur's "Grandpa and the Ghosts" in this month's issue.
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There was no Grandpa Argle waiting at the end of the pier to listen to eager children’s dreams. No one tunneled through the planet's crust with magic Drill Moles on Arglemas Night. It didn’t matter...
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"Choosing" by Susan Taitel is a different take on The Little Mermaid. Check it out in our issue 5: https://t.co/E5pGTYFFyV
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The silent girl concerns you. You’re told she materialized from the sea, naked and speechless. She follows your betrothed like a besotted puppy and dances with a grace that makes your chest constrict.
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Meet the 800 year old thirty-year old man in Timothy Quinn's "The Warfighter": https://t.co/KM66aJ3vn9
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Cadence noticed the warfighter on her way to school, and then later walking home along Sixth Avenue he was still in the tiny fenced park and there was a pigeon watching him, which the police had...
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Brace yourself for all the feelings with today's reprint, "With Nothing Left" by Emma Burnett: https://t.co/KvHu9jOtsk
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I buy us some printed burgers. One for you, two for me, because you like me soft, for comfort, and this body needs to eat to keep the padding fed, all wrapped around and through the metal subframe.
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"Your pictures are nice: also, unmistakably, / of death." Kodakromen by Elizabeth R. McClellan in our issue 5 starts strong and keeps going: https://t.co/roYGpOhW5y
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Your pictures are nice: also, unmistakably, / of death.
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It's all about location, location, location in "skeletal arms will sprout" by Isabel Cañas: https://t.co/F1kgeYooaR
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air ripples hot over the parched valley. the roads / buckle with it.
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The cards flip and then slip out the door in "Between Shuffles" by M.C. Childs. Read on to discover what happens in the in-between: https://t.co/0jZ1aZXi1I
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Ensconced in the granite-walled sub-basement, deeper than the oldest strata of ruins, in the wee hours before the cold death of the universe, the Fates and Furies’ poker game smoldered.
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The professor in "Imagine Yourself Happy" by Premee Mohamed takes just four minutes to record a message. Take a few to read it and a few more to have a cry afterward: https://t.co/rWptd5XrAx
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Isn't that interesting? I will die in perhaps two minutes because of something I couldn't even see.
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What scents speak to you of home? Especially when home is in flux? Take a journey today with "The Scent of a Thousand Homeless Footsteps" by Carol Scheina: https://t.co/YatKYeN6ax
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We couldn’t take our land with us when we escaped the demon infestation, so I bottled up our familiar aromas.
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Let's spin a little pink magic today, with "Pink Witches" by Melissa Jornd. https://t.co/mNfne0I1Qd
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Things I want: a house big enough to swallow the sky; Grandma growing an entire jungle in her backyard; Grandma.
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Stroll through our archives ( https://t.co/4yhjEkD8xm), and share what you like! Subscriptions are greatn treats to keep us publishing amazing flash fiction and poetry, if you'd like to give us something sweet today. Happy Halloween! https://t.co/3EHyscLO7m 6/6
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Some horrifying ASMR ( https://t.co/n3m5chGqzS), an extremely trustworthy forest ( https://t.co/tYTLW5xLl5), whale fall ( https://t.co/EMtL12FbRi), and tasks for the mourning ( https://t.co/TkSH1LvWmv). And those are just from 2025! 5/6
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1. Say something kind about the day, / perhaps / that it will be good enough.
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Throw in a bit of auto-cannibalism ( https://t.co/3HxPCr8OyH), creepy blackberries ( https://t.co/5Xee6OlEok), ants ( https://t.co/czFBR0R4Zx), wicked enchantresses ( https://t.co/xfAQcCZiLj), the end of the world ( https://t.co/wQtNJnp8xM) ... 4/6
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On the heath at the beginning and the end of the world, a witch once built a cottage where she could live with the past, the present, and the future.
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And then there's poisonous fungi ( https://t.co/Y74xlk7Tpl), skeletal arms ( https://t.co/F1kgeYooaR), bad beets ( https://t.co/Geqd8b9Olf), hungry ghosts ( https://t.co/7tM9MZthJn), a haunted house ( https://t.co/708CyEp5Hv) ... 3/6
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The exterior of the house peels and scrapes in the sun. Once cream, now smudge-stained yellow, it beckons towards you, long and curling fingers of peeling paint crooked up.
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