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Penumbra [No. 6, Autumn 2025] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $15.00, 251pp, cover by Daniel V. Sauer) []
Subtitled “A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Eternal Circles · Dmitri Akers · ss

· Mourning Mireille · Manuel Arenas · ss

· The Igloo · Maureen O’Leary · ss

· The Third Horn of the Moon · Mark Howard Jones · ss

· A Schizophrenic’s Diary · Aditya Dwarkesh · ss

· The Worm Death · Joshua Green · ss

· Saki’s Windows · John C. Tibbetts · ar

· The Writhing Plateau: Tentacular Cities, Dystopia, and the Weird in Pompeu Gener’s “La coronada villa tentacular” (1911) · Mario Sánchez Gumiel · ar [Ref. Pompeyo Gener]

· Ramsey’s Rant: Musical Musings · Ramsey Campbell · ar

· The Three Versions of Ramsey Campbell’s “Made in Goatswood” · S. T. Joshi · ar [Ref. Ramsey Campbell]

· From Boz to Bedeviled: Madness and Mystery in the Urban Gothic of Dickens, Poe, and O’Brien · John P. Irish · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe & Fitz-James O’Brien]

· The Phantom Bus · W. Elwyn Backus · ss Weird Tales September 1930

· House of U. · Adele Gardner · pm

· Dark Comets · Ann K. Schwader · pm

· A Curse Aroused · Scott J. Couturier · pm

· Setebos to Caliban · Wade German · pm

· Ruins of Carcosa · D. J. Tyrer · pm

· The Wild Hunt · J. G. Maybrook · pm

· Lucidity Subsides · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm

· “Infinity Round the Corner of Any Street” · Katherine Kerestman · ar

· “The Oppressiveness of the Incomprehensible”: The William Hope Hodgson Mythos · Karen Joan Kohoutek · ar [Ref. William Hope Hodgson]

· Nightmare Logic · Kyla Lee Ward · ar

· Long vs. Lovecraft · Peter Cannon · ar [Ref. Frank Belknap Long & H. P. Lovecraft]

· Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbra [No. 7, Spring 2026] ed. S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press, $15.00, 221pp, cover by Daniel V. Sauer) []
Subtitled “A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism”.
Details taken from magazine website. Issue not indexed.

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Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 1, October 2011] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Art”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Turin Effect · Larry Ikovich · ss

· Butterfly · Tom Brennan · ss

· Vivid Rendering · David G. Blake · ss

· The Square That Hides a Thousand Stories · Daniel Ausema · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 2, November 2011] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Death”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Cocklebur · Nathaniel Lee · ss

· Inappropriate Gifts · DeAnna Knippling · ss

· Field Trip · J. C. Koch · ss

· Sand from a Broken Hourglass · Scott Overton · ss

· The Voices · Mario Milosevic · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 3, December 2011] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Travel”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Christmas Present · Luke Walker · ss

· Necrocracy · Ken Liu · ss

· Arrhythmia · Terra LeMay · ss

· Time Out · Jay Werkheiser · ss

· Good-bye Hello · Sandra Odell · ss

· Strange Protection · Jemma Chase · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 4, January 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Sports”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Reckoning · Bruce Golden · ss Dark Discoveries #13, Spring 2009

· Piss Match · Alistair Ainscott · ss

· Faerie Football · Catherine Warren · ss

· Substitute · Chris Ward · ss

· Best Football Game Ever · Brian Griggs · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 5, February 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Shakespeare”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· A Deed Without a Name · Nicholas Keith Blatchley · ss

· #solstice #dreams · William Meikle · ss

· Much Ado About Something · Barry Rosenberg · ss

· Troubles with Shakespeare · Genevieve Taylor · ss

· The Globe Theater in Moonlight · S. S. Hampton, Sr. · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 6, March 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Steampunk”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Song of Passing Grief · James Beamon · ss

· A Thousand Words · Shannon Leight · ss

· The Time Machine · Stephen Smith · ss

· The Star of India · A. J. Bell · ss

· The Jade Tiger · Rachael Acks · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 7, April 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Animals”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Love Gaia, Live Green · Lyn C. A. Gardner · ss

· Changeling · Amy Watkins · ss

· Amazing Incredible Sea Mongrels · Brenda Kazar · ss

· Crossing the River · Amy Watkins · ss

· The White Snake · Laurie Tom · vi

· Astray · Bruce Golden · ss

· And So I Awoke and Found Myself Here by the Cold Lake Side · John Moran · ss

· The Second Coming of Thogradorax · Andrew Kaye · ss

· Carniphobe · Stuart A. Barton · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 8, May 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Fractured Fairy Tales”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· When Innocence Falls to the Floor · Damien Walters Grintalis · ss

· Concerning the Awkward Affair of the Cape and the Nightgown · Pauline Alama · ss

· The Princess’s Kiss · Chuck Rothman · ss

· The Red Shoes · Lea C. Deschenes · ss

· Path of Stones · Robert Lowell Russell · ss

· The Domen · Lyn McConchie · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 9, June 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Greco-Roman Myth”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Triumph of Arachne · Michele Lang · ss

· Like Narcissus, Hope, and Again, Icarus · Ira Schaeffer · ss

· On Moonlit Wings · Jessica Eanes · ss

· Nemesis: The Case of the Hell Hound · Nicholas Keith Blatchley · ss

· Epidora · Marsheila Rockwell · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 10, July 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Politics”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Warhol of the Worlds · Gary Wolf · ss

· The Dragon of the Apocalypse · Larry Hodges · ss

· Mr. Kick-ass Werewolf President · Sarina Dorie · ss

· A Luscious Kurdistan Strawberry · S. S. Hampton, Sr. · ss

· Price of Allegiance · Alex Shvartsman · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 11, August 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Dreams”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Road to the Beach · Polenth Blake · ss

· A Dream of the City’s Future · Daniel Ausema · ss

· Oblivion’s Queen · Lyn C. A. Gardner · pm

· Rekindled Dreams · Jamie Lackey · ss

· A Gentleman’s Needs · T. D. Edge · ss

· Harpsong and Dreamsmoke · Lyn McConchie · ss Plot #8, Winter/Spring 1997

· Beach Combing a Singularity · G. O. Clark · ss

· Circle Dance, with Pirouettes · Patricia Russo · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 1 Issue 12, September 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Native American”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Memory of Huckleberries · Rebecca Birch · ss

· She Who Waits for the Rain · Nicole Prestin · ss

· The Silhouette and the Smoke · Richard Baldwin · ss

· Dream Catcher · Miriah Hetherington · ss

· The Bone Train · Amanda Forrest · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 1, October 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Edgar Allan Poe”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Ghost Writer to the Dead · Barbara A. Barnett · ss

· Red · Kate O’Connor · ss

· The Face Behind the Wall · Larry Ikovich · ss

· What Approaches · Karen Heuler · ss

· A Keepsake Box for Poe · Lyn C. A. Gardner · pm

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 2, November 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Exploration”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Not Fragile · Randy Lindsay · ss

· Time Hoppers · Edoardo Albert · ss

· Good News, Bad News, and Both · Joyce Frohn · ss

· Philosophy · Kirt A. Dankmyer · ss

· Arachnid Man · Barry Rosenberg · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 3, December 2012] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Utopia”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· (Retro)causality and Effect · A. D. Spencer · ss

· The Ones Who Ate Amelia’s Bones · Liz Coleman · ss

· Rain · Kaitlin Bevis · ss

· Comfortably Numb · Brenda Kazar · ss

· For Your Safety and Comfort Please Keep Arms, Legs, and Tentacles Inside the Car at All Times · Michelle Ann King · ss

· Seven Fish for Sarah · Michael Hodges · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 4, January 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Ray Bradbury”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Driver · Steve Chapman · ss

· Livestock · Sean Houlihan · ss

· The Slide · Davyne Ryals Wellnitz · ss

· Guy · T. D. Edge · ss

· A House in the Woods · Samuel Marzioli · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 5, February 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Zombie Apocalypse”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· A Three Percent Chance He’ll Ever Know I Lied · Jude-Marie Green · ss

· Oh the Places You’ll Hide—A Brief Guide for the Library Specialist After the Undead Uprising · Megan Engelhardt · ss

· Last Man Standing · Anatoly Belilovsky · ss

· Business Is Dying · Dantzel Cherry · ss

· What Remains · Beth Cato · ss

· Midnight Visitors · Samuel Marzioli · ss

· Bleeding Heartland · Christopher Cornell · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 6, March 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Space Opera”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Spaces Between the Stars · Julia Nolan · ss

· Playing to Win · Nathaniel Lee · ss

· Hal and Dave · Bruce Golden · ss

· Light Chimes · Matthew S. Rotundo · ss

· Homecoming · Beth Cato · ss

· Wendell, Custodian of the Galaxy · Brian Griggs · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 7, April 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Lost”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· And with Ah! Bright Wings · K. M. Tonso · ss

· Losing Home · Jamie Lackey · ss

· The Skeleton in Her Closet · Heidi Kneale · ss

· Ol’ Soapy’s Revenge · Marina J. Lostetter · ss

· Two to the Power of One · Melanie Rees · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 8, May 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Oceans”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Clementine, Who Swims with Mermaids · Beth Cato · ss

· The Whale’s Way · Lane Robins · ss

· The Hurricane Cavalry · Lindsey Duncan · ss

· Something About Water: Villanelle, Sea Lions, on the Monterrey Peninsula · Wilda Morris · ss

· Pacific Shore · John Deakins · ss

· Uncommon Ally · Michael Hodges · ss

· Convergent Motion · Elizabeth Porter Birdsall · ss

· Tocsin · B. Morris Allen · ss

· Sailing Titan’s Seas · Rie Sheridan Rose · ss

· Ms. Chalmers and the Silent Service · Helen Jackson · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 9, June 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “H.G. Wells”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Going Home · Chris Pavesic · ss

· Burning Men · Samuel Marzioli · ss

· Target Audience · H. L. Fullerton · ss

· Colossus · Shannon Fay · ss

· New Miracle Celebrity Weight Loss Diet · Jenny Blackford · ss

· Beneath a Cinder Sun · Gordon Cash · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 10, July 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Japanese Mythology”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Cicadas of Okinawa · Stephanie M. Lorée · ss

· The Men Who Loved the Sun · Hannah Adcock · ss

· The Spirit · J. M. Scott · ss

· The Fire Wish · Arthur Lorenz · ss

· Raising Words · Stewart C. Baker · ss

· They Shall Know Us at the End · Kendra Leigh Speedling · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 11, August 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Revolution”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Company Man · Martin Roe · ss

· Sweet Home · Alex Gorman · ss

· Chrysanthemum · Sarah Stanton · ss

· When Animals Spoke · Edoardo Albert · ss

· The World in Front of Me · Chris Pavesic · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 2 Issue 12, September 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “The Fae”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Beloved Changeling Who Was Neither · Randy Henderson · ss

· Queen Mab Goes Forth to Conquer · B. Anderson · ss

· Beware Fairy Books · Lisa Nohealani Morton · ss

· Things I Wish I’d Known Before Drinking the Faerie Wine · Amanda C. Davis · ss

· Virtual Joy · David Elliott · ss

· A Faery Spell in Port Moon C · H. L. Fullerton · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 1, October 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Alfred Hitchcock”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· All the Devils · Randall Keith Jackson · ss

· The Doll Is Dead · Bo Balder · ss

· The Little Man Who Wasn’t There · B. J. Leesman · ss

· Nietzsche’s Children · William R. Eakin & Ron Wolfe · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 2, November 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Gaslight Fantasy”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Leonora · Elise Forier Edie · ss

· Carie’s Way · Johan P. du Plessis · ss

· Heaven’s Shutting Gate · A. Nikki Inkcraft · ss

· Pictures in Coal · Michael T. Banker · ss

· Iron Tang of Blood · Jamie Lackey · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 3, December 2013] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Family Traditions”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Mom · K. M. Tonso · ss

· Legion · Sarah Byrne · ss

· Little Green Soldiers · Patrick Hurley · ss

· A Fond Kiss · William Meikle · ss

· Black Friday · Jaimie M. Engle · ss

· Comet Man · Marina J. Lostetter · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 4, January 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Winter”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Preacher Man · Kate Hall · ss

· Granny’s Time · Gary Cuba · ss

· In the Gray Light of Dawn · Scott Brendel · ss

· Dog Days · Michael Mina · ss

· Contrafactum · Sean Logan · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 5, February 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Egyptian Mythology”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Path of Nephthys · Catherine Walter · ss

· The Scholar and the Books of Thoth · Brian Trent · ss

· The Call of the Benu · Carol Holland March · ss

· The Anubis Gift · Cathy Douglas · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 6, March 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “A Night at the Villa Diodati”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Gray Ebenezer · Brynn MacNab · ss

· The Skin Stealer · Daniel Ausema · ss

· Firefly Girl · Miranda Suri · ss

· Servant of the Aswang · Samuel Marzioli · ss

· Death Warrant · Michael Haynes · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 7, April 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Issac Asimov”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Bluegrass and the Third Law of Robotics · Pete Wood · ss

· Replaced · William R. A. D. Funk · ss

· Robot Mothers · Adam Gaylord · ss

· Electric Hatsusume · Deborah Walker · ss

· For Tomorrow · Richard Zwicker · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 8, May 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Superheroes”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Alien on the Runway · Gini Koch · ss

· Dating Man’s Destiny Arrives · Eric James Stone · ss

· Origin Story · Lindsay Morgan Lockhart · ss

· Saviors · Jon Lasser · ss

· Photon Girl Ascending · Rachael K. Jones · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 9, June 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Isolation”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Self Help · Jennifer Rachel Baumer · ss

· Murmuration · Jennifer Noelle Welch · ss

· Turn a New Page · Kat Otis · ss

· Crimson Collapse · Chris Phillips · ss

· Malfunctions in the New Garden · Marge Simon & Bruce Boston · ss

· Transported · Amber Hayward · ss

· The Horned Horror · Tim McDaniel · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 10, July 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Hyperspeed”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Mr. Dash Saves the World · Gini Koch · ss

· Voices in the Black · Jeff Stehman · ss

· Interstellar Tech Support · Sarina Dorie · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 11, Aug 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Pain”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· So Inflamed, I Have Left · Anaea Lay · ss

· Bird Science, and That of Loneliness · Sara Puls · ss

· Foam and Yellow Sand · Jamie Lackey · ss

· Balance Sheet · Richard Thomas · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 3 Issue 12, Sept 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Lewis Carroll”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Catch Your Death · H. L. Fullerton · ss

· Going Among Mad People · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Jabberwocky 3 ed. Sean Wallace, Prime Books, December 2007

· Drink Me · DeAnna Knippling · ss

· Saturday Night at the Wonderland Club · Jennifer R. Povey · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 4 Issue 1, October 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Paranormal Adventures”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· When I Had Eyes, I Didn’t See · Anna Yeatts · ss

· Hauntings · Laura E. Price · ss

· I Promise · Liz Colter · ss

· The Woman on the Bench · Stephanie M. Lorée · ss

· No Body · John P. Murphy · ss

· A Cold Welcome · Floris M. Kleijne · ss

· Extra Innings · José Iriarte · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 4 Issue 2, November 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Aliens”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· Alien Pick-Up · Gini Koch · ss

· Uplifting · Michael Haynes · ss

· Not the Wrong Planet · Mickey Hunt · ss

Penumbra (online) [Volume 4 Issue 3, December 2014] (Musa Publishing, online) []
This issue’s theme is “Arthurian Legend”.
Details taken from magazine website.

· X-Cal · Michael Ryder · ss

· The Knight of the Ice Moon · Pat Bowne · ss

· A Kingdom for a Horse · Aidan Doyle · ss

· La Dame du Lac · A. D. R. Forte · ss

· The Chorus to Nixy’s Swan Song, Allegro · Trent Walters · ss

Penumbric Speculative Fiction (about)

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v1 #1, June 2002] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 25pp, ebook, cover: The Last Sunset by James Cukr) [] (PDF)

2 · First Editorial · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Friends, Family, and Godzilla · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. James Cukr]

6 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

9 · Strange Forces · Rebecca Norman · pm

10 · Damsel’s Last Date · Colleen Donnelly · vi; illustrated by Peri Charlifu

13 · Hector · T. Motley · cs

14 · Rita · Leslie Aguillard · vi; first place contest winner.

17 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether · Eddy Von Mueller · cs

21 · Path · Rebecca Norman · pm

25 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v1 #3, October 2002] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 33pp, ebook, cover: Stand Alone Complex by Production I.G.) [] (PDF)

2 · It’s a Happy, Creepy Time of Year · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Building on a Masterpiece · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Kenji Kamiyama & Yoshiki Sakurai]

8 · The Student’s Nightmare · Anita Harkess · ss; illustrated by Michael Connolly

10 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

12 · Bill and the Night · Leslie Aguillard · ss; illustrated by Leslie Aguillard

16 · Seeds · Peri Charlifu · ss

17 · Hector · Brian Comber · il

30 · Cthulhu · Peri Charlifu · il

31 · Life · Robert Elrod · cs

33 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v1 #6, April 2003] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 30pp, ebook, cover by Peri Charlifu) [] (PDF)

2 · So I’m Rambling…but It’s Important Rambling! · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · The Further Rebirth of Cyberpunk · Jeff Georgeson · ar

9 · Escape Theory · Darren Speegle · ss

10 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

14 · You Never Know · Leslie Aguillard · ss

17 · Hector · T. Motley · cs

18 · As She Walked By · Christina Sng · pm

19 · Home Is Where the Hearth Is · Vincent W. Sakowski · ss

25 · Why He Must Be God · John Grey · pm

26 · Meaningless? · Robert Elrod · cs

30 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v2 #1, June 2003] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 26pp, ebook, cover: Distortion—Remember My Dream by Elantriell) [] (PDF)

2 · The Party’s Just Started! · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Horror and Technology · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Christina Sng]

_6 · Succubus · Christina Sng · pm The Darkside of Eden by Christina Sng, Allegra Press, February 2002

_8 · Postwar · Christina Sng · pm The Pedestal Magazine 2001

_9 · After the War · Christina Sng · pm Space and Time #96, Fall 2002

10 · The Ex-Girlfriend · Giovanni Agnoloni · ss

15 · Female of the Species · Cathy Buburuz · il

16 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

17 · Welcome to Mystery Hill · Greg Beatty · vi

19 · Hector · T. Motley · cs

20 · The Taste · Jay Caselberg · pm

21 · Mail Call · Michael Morris · vi

24 · A Good Summertime Read—and Beyond · Jeff Georgeson · br [Ref. John B. Rosenman]

25 · Sleepwalk “Shallow” · Robert Elrod · cs

26 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v2 #3, October 2003] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 33pp, ebook, cover: Yuna from Square Enix’s Final Fantasy X-2) [] (PDF)

2 · Another Happy Halloween! · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Idol Ideal · Jeff Georgeson · ar

10 · In the Beginning · Christina Sng · pm

11 · The Kissing King · John B. Rosenman · ss

14 · Ex Libris Hector · T. Motley · ct

16 · Kissing Off Amber · Ken Goldman · ss

23 · Opportunity Knocks · Trent Zelazny · ss

28 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

32 · That Evening · Christina Sng · pm

33 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [v2 #6, April 2004] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Creative Press, 34pp, ebook, cover: The Jemma and Gehenna Signed Idol Card by Jesper Nordqvist) [] (PDF)

2 · Penumbric Goes Free! and Other Tales · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

10 · Film Artifact: A Review · Bruce Boston · pm Science Fiction Poetry Review January 2002

12 · The Forest for the Trees · Greg Story · ss

18 · Misclassified Romance · Stan Yan · ct

21 · Shrunken Monkey Heads · Christina Sng · pm Dark Animus #2, February 2003

22 · Like Stardust Is the Longing for the Days Gone By · Joseph A. Ezzo · ss

31 · Revival · Julie Shiel · pm

32 · That New Death Start-up · John Grey · pm

33 · Hector · Dana Pattillo & T. Motley · ct

34 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 1, June 2020] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 56pp, ebook, cover: Eclipse/Penumbra by James Cukr) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Dystopian Fiction in a Dystopic World · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Colleen Donnelly]

8 · New Beginnings · Jeff Georgeson · iv; illustrated by Christina Sng [Ref. Christina Sng]

_9 · The Price of Peace · Christina Sng · pm

_11 · Venus · Christina Sng · pm

_12 · The Conjurers · Christina Sng · pm

14 · Projections · Colleen Donnelly · ss

21 · The Kiss of the Beast · Novyl the Mysterious · il

22 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

27 · Consumed · Grace Wagner · ss

38 · Smoke and Shadows and Magic · Novyl the Mysterious · il

39 · All You Can Eat · Mark Anthony Smith · vi

41 · Random Art Drawing · Novyl the Mysterious · il

42 · Angels Don’t Wear Denim · Lenore Sagaskie · ss

48 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs Penumbric Speculative Fiction April 2004

59 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 2, August 2020] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 60pp, ebook, cover: Unicorn/Pegasus by James Cukr) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Mythologies: Getting Outside the West · Jeff Georgeson · ar

13 · Scion of War · Novyl the Mysterious · il

14 · The FuturePresentPast of Afrofuturism · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Ytasha Womack]

17 · Metal Rain · Christina Sng · pm

18 · Stickman from Hell · Novyl the Mysterious · il

19 · Hadija · Hawk & Young · ss

25 · Feral Spring · Kurt Newton · pm

26 · Oaths to Nihilism · Jamal Hodge · pm

27 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

32 · Wings · Callum Pearce · ss

41 · Random Elven Magic · Novyl the Mysterious · il

42 · A Paradigm of Magic · Christina Sng · pm

43 · EMP · Grace Wagner · pm

44 · Double Vision · Carl Scharwath · il

45 · Fall · Jay Bechtol · ss

48 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

59 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 3, October 2020] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 110pp, ebook, cover: Demonic Entity by Novyl the Mysterious) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Artificial Intelligence: Angel or Demon? Data or Human? · Jeff Georgeson · ar

10 · AI Weirdness · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Janelle Shane]

19 · She Is Watching You · Carl Scharwath · il

20 · Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? · Eliza J. Brandt · ss

39 · Entangled · Anahita Ramoutar · il

40 · Avatar Love · Russell Hemmell · pm

41 · Something to Watch Over Us · Mike Morgan · nv Futuristica: Volume 1 ed. Chester Hoster & Kathryn Stauber, Metasagas Press, June 2016

56 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

61 · Assembly · Russ Bickerstaff · vi

63 · Cusp · T. M. Morgan · ss

70 · Stapmars · Toeken · il

71 · Interstellar Affairs · Alexander P. Garza · pm

72 · Dr. Know-It-All · Gordon Sun · ss

82 · Nuclear War · Grace Wagner · pm

83 · Snowstorm · Christina Sng · il

84 · Perfect Daze · James Edward O’Brien · ss

90 · Of Other Worlds · Jamal Hodge · pm

91 · Tracking the Clozxil · John Grey · pm

92 · Lycos of the Night · Novyl the Mysterious · il

93 · The Dog Lover · Agrippina Domanski · ss

100 · Deli Fishing · Kurt Newton · pm

101 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

107 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 4, December 2020] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 118pp, ebook, cover: Reeled by Toeken) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Oh, Horror, Where Art Thou? · Jeff Georgeson · ar

14 · Loving the Grimm · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Cynthia Pelayo]

22 · Skull on Desk · Novyl the Mysterious · il

23 · Ghost House · Sara Connell · ss

33 · Tales Never Told · Colleen Anderson · pm

34 · Soulless · Anahita Ramoutar · il

35 · The Sisters · J. S. Watts · ss

49 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

54 · Wych-Elm Kings Again · Oliver Smith · pm

55 · Our Best Friend · Amy Bernstein · ss

64 · The Left-Hand Path · Jamal Hodge · pm

65 · Dark Solstice · Alexander P. Garza · pm

66 · 10:10 to Throgmorten · Tim Jeffreys · ss

71 · Necromancy (After the Séance Failed) · Aaron Sandberg · pm

72 · Happy Childhood · Elby Rogers · il

73 · Little Fish · Elana Gomel · ss

80 · The Boy Who Caught the Sun in a Cocoyam Leaf · Martins Deep · il

81 · Gods of the Valley · Karen Heslop · ss

95 · Deliquesce · Carl Scharwath · il

96 · Unraveling · David F. Shultz · vi

99 · The End · Christina Sng · pm

100 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

114 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 5, February 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 94pp, ebook, cover: Inspiration Creation by Novyl the Mysterious) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · My Muse Is Music · Jeff Georgeson · ar

10 · Rockstar Ending · Jeff Georgeson · iv; illustrated by Tim Doyle [Ref. Nicola Rossi]

19 · Engine#3 · Toeken · il

20 · A Visit from the Beatles · Bob Ritchie · ss

38 · 2020 Animation Reel · Josie Levin · il

39 · The First Metaphor · Franco Amati · ss

43 · Ghost in Orbit · Jennifer Crow · pm

44 · The War God · N. C. Krueger · pm

49 · [cartoons] · T. Motley · ct

54 · Asteroid Impact · Grace Wagner · pm

55 · Radio Silence · Avra Margariti · pm

56 · Deleting the Dream Machine · Elby Rogers · il

57 · The One I Fell Into · Cory Swanson · ss

69 · Red Shoes · Colleen Anderson · pm

70 · The College City of Trebay · Novyl the Mysterious · il

71 · Apocrypha · Anatoly Belilovsky · pm

72 · The Early-Morning Garden · Umiyuri Katsuyama; translated by Toshiya Kamei · pm

73 · Mnemosyne in Formalin · Darien Dillon · pm

74 · Troupe · Carl Scharwath · il

75 · Regret in Blue Sharp · Arasibo Campeche · ss

82 · The Hit · Gerri Leen · pm

83 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

90 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. IV Issue 6, April 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 114pp, ebook, cover: Omi Wilde’s An Argument in a World of Wonders by Toeken) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Nature and/vs Technology · Jeff Georgeson · ar

12 · What Can We Do About Climate Change? · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. James S. Cannon]

15 · Starry Night · Christina Sng · il

16 · Fugue · Jay Caselberg · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, October 2005

23 · Melancholy Echo · Robert Alexander Wray · pm

39 · Super Volcano · Grace Wagner · pm

40 · Self-Portrait as a Broken Boy · Martins Deep · il

41 · The Book of Father Dominic · Peter Alterman · ss

51 · The City Within · Nathan Batchelor · ss

59 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

64 · 206 · Matthew Hooton · ss

72 · Roses · Claire Smith · pm

73 · Marked and Owned · Novyl the Mysterious · il

74 · Ice · Jennifer Lee Rossman · vi

77 · Godly Business · Tylor James · ss

83 · My Son Is Nothing but a Pez Dispenser · Elby Rogers · il

84 · Death Everlasting · Nyamweya Maxwell · ss

95 · Dream Pillow 1 · Lorraine Schein · pp

96 · One in Nature · Carl Scharwath · il

97 · The Everglades · Lizz Shepherd · vi

100 · The Queen of the Fucking Butterflies, Drunk and Expounding on Existence to Her Subjects · Anton Cancre · pm

101 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

110 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 1, June 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 88pp, ebook, cover: Tomorrow’s Architect by Marge Simon) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Sycamore · Laura J. Campbell · ss

14 · Cosmic Dance Aeternum · Novyl the Mysterious · il

15 · How to Mourn Kepler’s Supernova · Mary Soon Lee · pm

16 · Homecoming · Peter J. King · pm

17 · Jon Carver of Barzoon, You Misunderstood · Graham J. Darling · vi Sword & Mythos ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, May 2014

18 · Oumuamua · Carl Scharwath · il

19 · Triage · Margaret Karmazin · ss

28 · Dear Post Master General of the Noosphere · M. C. Childs · vi

29 · Next Stop, the Sun · Elby Rogers · il

30 · A Seed Crystal of Control · Nathan Ahlgrim · ss

39 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

40 · Ruins on Korkhan · Jennifer Crow · pm

41 · ad astra · Marge Simon · il

42 · If You Lead an Earthling to Water, Who Gets to Drink? · Mary Jo Rabe · ss

49 · A Day in the Life of a Human Guinea Pig · John Grey · pm

50 · Sibyl Nightingale · Joe Giordano · ss; given as “Sibyl Nightengale” in the Table of Contents.

52 · Pastoral · Desmond Rhae · il

53 · Peter O’Toole · Monica Joyce Evans · vi

55 · The Freelancer · Laurence Klavan · ss

66 · Lunch 2032 (recharge) · Toeken · il

67 · Form Follows Function · Gustavo Bondoni · ss

72 · The Eternal Fire · Christina Sng · pm

73 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

83 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 2, August 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 100pp, ebook, cover: Revitalized by Novyl Saeed) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Portraits by an Artist · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Novyl Saeed]

13 · World-Building: Plan It or Pants It, You Probably Need It · Jeff Georgeson · ar

21 · The Commander · Steve DuBois · ss Bards and Sages Quarterly January 2021

28 · Ghoul · Jade · il

29 · Restructant#1 · Anton Cancre · pm

30 · Drivers and Their Fares · Lawrence Buentello · ss

39 · Eva · Christina Sng · il

40 · What Good Girls Do · Lauren Marrero · ss

52 · The Road to Golgonooza · T. Motley · cs

57 · The Right Kind of Love, the Wrong Kind of Death · Joe Baumann · ss

65 · April · Alicia Hilton · pm

66 · Amateurs · Gerri Leen · pm

67 · The Dollar Store’s Bottom Bitch · Elby Rogers · il

68 · Content · S. P. Jenkins · ss

77 · Mercury Rises · Anatoly Belilovsky · pm

78 · Amaranth · Marge Simon · il

79 · There Can Only Be One Soul Princess · Michelle Muenzler · pm

81 · The Static and Black Lectures · Maxwell I. Gold · vi

84 · Planet Gazing · Carl Scharwath · il

85 · The World Needle · Amelia Gorman · pm

86 · The Skald Sings of Samhain · Frank Coffman · pm

87 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

96 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 3, October 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 130pp, ebook, cover: Charcot Foundry by Toeken) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Angels Ascending · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Anna Mocikat]

13 · Forms of Address 2050 · Mary Soon Lee · pm

14 · Where Phantoms Touch and Spirits Dance · Rob Hartzell · nv

31 · Polish · Carl Scharwath · il

32 · Holiday Traffic · Oliver Smith · pm

33 · Rocket Ship Temple Blues · Jack Fielding · ss

50 · Migraine · Marge Simon · il

51 · Bit Parts · Arlen Feldman · ss

60 · Human Stride · Denny E. Marshall · il

61 · The Tuning · Anne Carly Abad · pm

63 · Tomorrow Woman · Marge Simon · pm EOTU Ezine August 2002

64 · Regret · Anahita Ramoutar · il

65 · Boundless Vendettas · Michael Rook · ss

79 · Letter to a Young Mathematician · Madeline Barnicle · pm

80 · Hunger in America · Jamie Hittman · ss

89 · They Cut Me Up · Christina Sng · il

90 · The Body Snatcher · Tom Howard · ss

104 · Birds of Prey · Moses Ojo · il

105 · Creator and Creation · Rickey Rivers, Jr. · pm

106 · The Breaking News of Charlie Que · Rin Kelly · ss

115 · Droplets · Brian Hugenbruch · pm

116 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

125 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 4, December 2021] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 78pp, ebook, cover: Dissolve by Cat Scully) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

3 · Flawed Around Perfection · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Jamal Hodge]

_6 · The Big Chill · Jamal Hodge · pm

_7 · Colony · Jamal Hodge · pm

14 · The Dead · Mary Soon Lee · pm The Sign of the Dragon by Mary Soon Lee, JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., April 2020

16 · The Canticle of Chak Thel · David A. Hewitt · ss

22 · All Our Mothers · Avra Margariti · pm

23 · Making Amends · Toshiya Kamei · ss

26 · Mebirth · Rickey Rivers, Jr. · pm

28 · The Light · Carl Scharwath · il

29 · The Remaining One · Lenore Sagaskie · ss

36 · Longing · Peter J. King · pm

37 · Subsume/Submerse · Amelia Gorman · pm

38 · My Son Breathes Fire · Alicia Hilton · pm

39 · Untitled · Andrew Graber · il

40 · Sema · Joseph Carrabis · ss; illustrated by Joseph Carrabis; subtitled “A Tale of the Northern Clan”.

55 · Slither · Gerri Leen · pm

56 · Oval Mummies · Denny E. Marshall · il

57 · Four Horsemen of the Happy Hour · Donna J. W. Munro · vi

59 · One Dark Night · Christina Sng · pm

60 · Adam and the Egg · Marge Simon · il

61 · There Was No Apple When Mankind Fell · Andrew Rucker Jones · vi

63 · Final Departure · SaQuan Ellison · il

64 · Car Chat · Gordon Sun · vi

67 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

74 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 5, February 2022] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 104pp, ebook, cover: Tanda by Toeken) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

2 · Much More Than Art… · Jeff Georgeson · iv [Ref. Toeken]

10 · The Feast of the Shepherd · Don Raymond · nv

27 · The Summoning · Cat Scully · il

28 · The Earth Never Forgets · Nnadi Samuel · pm

29 · The Mirror Effect · Rekha Valliappan · ss

36 · Coalescence · Anne Carly Abad · pm

37 · Drowning · Fariel Shafee · il

38 · Syntax · Jay Caselberg · pm

39 · The City · Max Sheridan · ss

55 · The Outpost · Denny E. Marshall · il

56 · Neon Vandals · Avra Margariti · pm

57 · Heading for Home · Peter J. King · pm

58 · The Edge of Doom · Karen Mandell · ss

66 · Ironies · Christina Sng · gp

_66 · The Humans Are Flying · Christina Sng · il

_67 · Play Does Not Cease During War · Christina Sng · il

_68 · I Hold a Cloud · Christina Sng · il

_69 · They’re Here · Christina Sng · il

70 · Pleasant Valley · Nick Scorza · ss

80 · Woman/Wolf · Marge Simon · il

81 · Hand-Me-Down Days · Andrew Dunn · vi

83 · Target with Four Faces · Garrett Rowlan · ss

88 · The Emerging Man · Carl Scharwath · vi

89 · The Promise · Jessa Forest · vi

92 · Great Beast · John Grey · pm

93 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

101 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

Penumbric Speculative Fiction [Vol. V Issue 6, April 2022] ed. Jeff Georgeson (Neomythos Press, LLC, 78pp, ebook, cover: My Friends #1 by Dagny Sellorin) [] (Full Text)

1 · From the Editor · Jeff Georgeson · ed

2 · Girl in Tree · Carl Scharwath · il

3 · Ruba’s Rift · Lisa Towles · ss

14 · Shaft Girl · Elby Rogers · il

15 · Unknown Canadian Artist · Zandra Renwick · ss

21 · Wolf Girl · Christina Sng · pm

22 · Poppy’s Poppy · Douglas Gwilym · vi

24 · Beckoning in the Light · Ritiksha Sharma · il

25 · Umbrella · Anne Carly Abad · pm

26 · Workshop Without End, Amen · Toni Artuso · ss

34 · The Hook · Adele Gardner · pm

35 · Cargo Drop · Denny E. Marshall · il

36 · Black Hole · Matias Travieso-Diaz · ss

41 · The Remembrance Engine · Elad Haber · ss

48 · Failed Frequency · Novyl Saeed · il

49 · Shaman’s Moon · Dean Schreck · pm

50 · Let Me Sleep When I Die · Wendy Nikel · vi Nature #7655, May 25 2017

52 · Ouroboros Commute 2174 · Toeken · il

53 · The Park of Future Heroes · Aaron Emmel · ss

59 · Genius Loci · Deborah L. Davitt · pm

60 · I Fly on Wings of Onyx Ink · Shikhar Dixit · il

61 · Leave the Myths, Leave Home · Lynne Sargent · pm

62 · The Teaseller · B. B. Garin · ss

68 · Mondo Mecho · Jesper Nordqvist · cs

75 · Contributors’ Bios · [uncredited] · bg

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