Quarterly Update, July 2025

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 14

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Strange Horizons [April 14, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Skink Song · Edryd Bowmer · pm

· The Church at the Edge of Time · Angela Liu · pm

· Azimuth: Novelette Submission Guidelines · [uncredited] · cl

· Pandora’s Formula · Hannah Yang · ss

· Azimuth: Indigenous Author Submissions · [uncredited] · cl

Strange Horizons [April 21, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· low flying owls · K. Meera · pm

· Entangled Hearts: The Quantum Mechanics of Love · Massimo Mitolo · pm

· Nian: A New Year Story · Leeyee Lim · ss

Strange Horizons [May 5, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Everything We Lost in the Apocalypse · Mar Vincent · ss

· The Strangers Came · Adam Ford · pm

· Come Back Wrong · Izzy Wasserstein · pm

· Azimuth: Call for Volunteers: Webmaster · Gautam Bhatia · cl

Strange Horizons [May 12, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Five Things You Can See · Nadia Radovich · ss

· Instructions for Borrowing Time · Subham Rai · pm

· Stranger · Vivian Estelle McMeekin · pm

Strange Horizons [May 19, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· The Admiral Pub Pinball Repairman Repairs Witch Mountain · M. C. Childs · pm

· Rabbit Delusion with Desire Line · Em Setzer · pm

Strange Horizons [May 26, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Lego Rhapsody · Faye Susan · pm

· r/ask physics: can a light be bright enough to shine through a human body without damaging it? · Tara Labovich · pm

· Neither Girls nor Friends: The Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction · William Shaw · ar

· How to Dispose of a Dead Albatross · Octavia Cade · ss

Strange Horizons [June 2, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Hansel & Gretel Part Ways · Ziggy Edwards · pm

· Customer Service Representative’s Notes on Soul Processing · Dana Wall · pm

Strange Horizons [June 8, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
Subtitled “Fund Drive 2025”.
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· View Window · A. T. Greenblatt · ss

· Space Worm Poem · Libby Graham · pm

· A Mermaid Falls in Love with Icarus · Elena Sichrovsky · pm

· In the Year of the Wedding · Lalini Shanela Ranaraja · pm

· Do Ghosts Have Department Stores? · Brittany Decker · pm

· The Wild Courage of Despair · Ian Muneshwar · ar

· No Defeat Is Final: Kerry Ryan interviews Pat Cadigan and Nicola Griffith · Kerry Ryan · ar

· It’s About Connection: Kerry Ryan interviews Julianne Pachico, Emily Tesh, and Hanna Thomas Uose · Kerry Ryan · ar; illustrated by Kerry Ryan

· The Ache of Hollow Places · Avra Margariti · ss

Strange Horizons [June 9, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· infertile oracle · Sterling-Elizabeth Arcadia · pm

· A Journey Through the Dystopiaverse · Jason P. Burnham · pm

Strange Horizons [June 16, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· Women Who Crossed · Claudia Excaret Santos · pm

· Why Some Towns Get Extra Bears · Amelia Gorman · pm

· Because I Held His Name Like a Key · Aimee Ogden · ss; illustrated by Catarina João

Strange Horizons [June 23, 2025] (online) (Full Text)
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· The Minotaur Joins a New-Age Self-Help Forum · Edryd Bowmer · pm

· Filaments · Devan Barlow · pm

· Sceach Gheal · Katie McIvor · ss

Strange Horizons [June 30, 2025] ed. Yvette Lisa Ndlovu & Shingai Njeri Kagunda (online) (Full Text)
Subtitled “The Afrosurrealist Special Issue”.
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· Dream Logic, Hauntings, and Joy: An Introduction to the AfroSurreal Special Issue · Yvette Lisa Ndlovu & Shingai Njeri Kagunda · ed

· The Black Refinery · Nadia Amatullah King · ss

· Till Earth and Heaven Ring · K. S. Walker · ss

· Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie · Rutendo Chidzodzo · ss

· Set It Off (1996)—Fans’ Cut · Nova Cypress Black · pm

· luminaries · Adebe DeRango-Adem · pm

· parallels · Praise Osawaru · pm

· A Conjuror’s Manifesto: Notes on the Afrosurreal · Shyheim Williams · ar

The Stygian Lepus

The Stygian Lepus [Issue 24, (April 20) 2025] ed. Jodi Christensen, Kara Hawkers & Dean Shawker (The Stygian Lepus Magazine, $14.99, 159pp, quarto)
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vii · Letter from the Editor · The Styg · ed

1 · We Made This · Justin Carlos Alcalá · ss

13 · Verdugo [Part 1 of 2] · Elliot Pearson · sl

25 · The Goddess of Boston · Luna McNamara · ss

31 · Kiss of Death · Avery Hunter · pm

37 · The Final Voyage of the Venerable Saucy Nancy [Part 1 of 2] · Glynn Owen Barrass · sl

49 · White Heaven · E. E. King · ss

51 · Tap, Tap, Tap · M. M. Schreier · ss

59 · Sin Eater [Part 1 of ?] · Paul W. La Bella · sl

67 · Seeds of the Future · Elliot Pearson · pm

71 · Phaëthon [Part 2 of 3] · Tyler Whetstone · sl

83 · Mia’s Bird · Andreas Flögel · ss

89 · Malédiction · Nick Young · ss

95 · Beneath · A. J. Dalton · pm

99 · And On the Story Spins [Part 1 of 2] · S. J. Townend · sl

107 · Ambivalence · Ritzi · il

109 · A Penny Saved · Dennis McFadden · ss

127 · 38 Weeks · Paul W. La Bella · ss

The Stygian Lepus [Issue 25, (May 25) 2025] ed. Jodi Christensen, Kara Hawkers & Dean Shawker (The Stygian Lepus Magazine, $14.99, 159pp, quarto)
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viii · Letter from the Editor · The Styg · ed

1 · Phaëthon [Part 3 of 3] · Tyler Whetstone · sl

15 · Gristle and Bone · Allister Nelson · ss

19 · And On the Story Spins [Part 2 of 2] · S. J. Townend · sl

31 · Deception · Cyndi L. Stuart · ss

45 · Death · Ama Francis · pm

49 · One, Two, Free, For… · Dr. Leonard Manchego · ss

65 · Sin Eater [Part 2 of ?] · Paul W. La Bella · sl

77 · Letter of Resignation · Karama Neal · ss

81 · With Love, Entropy · Jina Dcruz · pm

85 · The Final Voyage of the Venerable Saucy Nancy [Part 2 of 2] · Glynn Owen Barrass · sl

97 · In Him We Know Freedom · Stephen A. Roddewig · ss

105 · The Hole · Jared Bryer · ss

117 · The You in Me · Pauline Yates · pm

121 · The Commute · L. S. Murphy · ss

127 · Verdugo [Part 2 of 2] · Elliot Pearson · sl

The Stygian Lepus [Issue 26, (June 22) 2025] ed. Jodi Christensen, Kara Hawkers & Dean Shawker (The Stygian Lepus Magazine, $14.99, quarto)
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viii · Letter from the Editor · The Styg · ed

· Sin Eater [Part 3 of ?] · Paul W. La Bella · sl

· Department of Murderous Vixens · Don Money · ss

· Memories Saved · Allen Cash · ss

· Blood Ties · Malina Douglas · ss

· The Animals of Inkwhich Inn · Steven McClain · pm

· Get In! · Steve Calvert · ss

· Howl · Albert N. Katz · ss

· How Beautiful Things Disappear [Part 1 of ?] · Euan Lim · sl

· In Sections · Dee Allen · pm

· Not All Who Wander · Damir Salkovic · ss

· Dear Raven · Nick Romeo · pp

· The Hungriest Tuesday · Lawrence Dagstine · ss

· One More Drink · Meta Paige Taylor · pm

· Bullshit, Inc · Jeremy Stelzner · ss

· The Hinge That Shouldn’t Have Moved · Fendy S. Tulodo · ss

Swords and Sorcery Magazine

Swords and Sorcery Magazine [Issue 159, April 2025] ed. Curtis Ellett (online)
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· The Cats and the Crimson · Rab Foster · ss

· Edward Fish’s Folly · Zachary Olson · ss

· Grave of Kings · C. W. Stevenson · ss

· Kerta Waja’s Shadow · Fendy Satria Tulodo · ss

· Hurled, Headlong Flaming or the Bishop’s Tale · Anthony Perconti · br [Ref. Matt Holder]

Swords and Sorcery Magazine [Issue 160, May 2025] ed. Curtis Ellett (online)
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· The Fishheart Ruby · Sam Belleneuve · ss

· Howl Rising · Kirsty Campbell · ss

· The Hero of Glasire · Becca Dwight · ss

· The Ferryman · Krista Farmer · ss

· Interview with Christopher Ruocchio · Alex Beecher · iv [Ref. Christopher Ruocchio]

Swords and Sorcery Magazine [Issue 161, June 2025] ed. Curtis Ellett (online)
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· The Bloody Briar · Ali Abbas · ss

· A Black Mile to the Surface · Chris Bissette · ss

· Ambush in Herezan · William Morris · ss

· Up the Road · Daniel A. Rabuzzi · ss

· Sometime Lofty Towers · Anthony Perconti · br [Ref. David C. Smith]

Tales of the Unreal

Tales of the Unreal [Volume VI, May 2025] ed. Ogden Nesmer (Unreal Press, $8.99, 222pp, pb)
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1 · Beneath the Waves · Lucas Bineville · ss

21 · The Rime of the S.S. Madrigal · Phil Rot · pm

30 · A Sunken Memory · Donovan Hall · ss Cyberfunk! ed. Milton J. Davis, MVmedia, LLC, 2021

48 · Savannah · Quentin Swarth · ss

62 · Bright! · Jack Norman · ss

82 · Gateway · Payroll Smallz · ss

101 · The Sirens · R. A. Davis · ss Aegeon April 2024

122 · Water Can Carry a Boat · Wenyu · ss

136 · Temples of the Abyss · Carlos Muir · ss

151 · Vermilion Sands · Frater Asemlen & Demodochus · nv

175 · The Bell in the Sea · Amanda Hill · ss

189 · The Waters Above · Alex Beyman · nv

212 · On Chess · Dr. Bourbon Baker · ss

Tasavvur

Tasavvur [Issue 12, Summer 2025] (online, cover: Stars Between Teeth by Zaynah Abbas)
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· Polaris Rising · Zaynah Abbas · ss

· Horror Gone Wrong · Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta · ss

· The Ritual · Maria Zafar · ss

· The Curious Case of Samosas · Maliha Rao · ss

· What Color Was I When I Was Undone? · Ammara Younas · ss

· Sparrow and Parasol · Varsha Dinesh · ss Lightspeed June 2024

· Dimensional Diaries: A Quarterly Roundup of South Asian Speculative Fiction · Ayesha Channa · rv

· The South Asian Speculative Fiction Database Project · Sofea Khan · ar

34 Orchard

34 Orchard [Issue 11, Spring 2025] ed. Kristi Petersen Schoonover (34 Orchard, 118pp, ebook, cover: The Unwritable Entry by Walter H. Von Egidy)

3 · From the Editor’s Desk · Kristi Petersen Schoonover · ed

7 · The Mirror Stage · Dana Wall · vi

10 · All the Pretty Reindeer · Stetson Ray · ss

15 · Fault/Forgiveness · Sarah Cannavo · pm

17 · Late-Night Calls · Amanda Bintz · ss

21 · Change in the House of Flies · Kai R. Hastur · ss

35 · What Hansel and Gretel Never Told You · Kristina Hals · pt

37 · Our Special Games · J. J. House · ss

42 · Origami · Yong Takahashi · pm

43 · I No Longer Work for Frito-Lay · Preston Lang · ss

48 · Lucy’s Treacherous Silence · Marcelo Medone · ss

57 · H.G. Wells on New Year’s Eve · Attar Topobroto · pm

62 · Progress · Teresa Sanchez-Reyes · pt

64 · Best Meal of the Day · L. M. Fontanes · ss

68 · Interior Design · Victoria Nordlund · pm

71 · Kintsugi · Michael Takeda · ss

78 · Fragment of Glassy Black Material · Sarah Jackson · pm

80 · Fool’s Gold · Keira Reynolds · ss

86 · Pinus Taeda · Andrea Ferrari Kristeller · ss

94 · Faith · Richard Brush, Sr. · pt

96 · Talisman · Temidayo Temiloluwa · pm

97 · It’s Electric · C. R. Langille · ss

107 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

116 · Editor’s Reflection: On the Loss of The Sirens Call and Orca · Kristi Petersen Schoonover · ar

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