Apr 5, 2020
Seasons of Glass and Iron, by Amal El-Mohtar. Tabitha is cursed to walk in iron shoes. Amira is imprisoned, alone, atop a hill of glass. Two fairy tales converse in this story, and two women rescue each other.
(Content note: contains some strong language and references to sexual harassment and intimate partner...
Mar 16, 2020
Evangelina Concepcion, by Ani Sison Cooney. A young Latina woman growing up in Los Angeles struggles with grief after her mother is killed in a car accident.
(Content note: contains some strong language and references to death.)
(This story first appeared in Epiphany Magazine in 2019.)
Mar 2, 2020
Acknowledgments, by Maggie Shipstead. On the eve of the publication of his self-referential debut novel, The Canon According to D. M. Murphy, Daniel M. Murphy narrowly avoids a moment of self-awareness.
(Content note: contains some strong language and a brief reference to suicide.)
(This story first appeared on BuzzFeed...
Feb 17, 2020
Auspicium Melioris Aevi, by Neon Yang. In a future where famous historical leaders are cloned and trained in a mysterious Academy to become advisors to the world’s nations, the fiftieth copy of Harry Lee Kuan Yew tries to buck the system.
(This story first appeared in Issue 15 of Uncanny Magazine.)
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Feb 3, 2020
The Story of the Woman Who Fell in Love with Death, by Chaya Bhuvaneswar. A young boy immerses himself in story, trying to find meaning and wholeness after his sister goes missing.
(Content note: contains references to child abuse and gendered violence.)
(This story first appeared in The Bangalore Review in 2016, and is...