– Editors, “The Weight of the World”
“Tasting Menu” by Kristen Koopman
Judith, the aforementioned prodigy, held the door open with a smirk. “We don’t do subtle. We do amazing.”
“Miss Karami’s Academy for Time-Warping Ladies” by Kat Otis
That’s how I got caught doubling myself—warping time in a manner that was, as Mother phrased it, “unbecoming for a lady in proper Society.”
“Dissonance” by Kelly Washington
Eight human beings stumble from the wreckage and find themselves in a wasteland of muted colors…
“The Narrow Lands of Truth” by Daniel Rosen
The priests say it is desperation that drives men into the desert, seeking the dead city of Zetzura.
“Necessary as a Rose” by Mary E. Lowd
Sleek and silver, your spaceship sliced through the darkness of space.
“Magenta and Indigo and Rust and Blackish-Green” by Matt Weber
Our story begins at rush hour on the floor at Heartbeat City, the disco ball anointing all of us with angel dust.
“The Last Ship Out of Exville” by Phoebe Barton
They call me the Sorceress, because holding together a community like Exville takes a little magic.
“Fishing” by Cassandra Rose Clarke
“Mattress World” by Shannon Connor Winward
“The Hot One” by Marie Vibbert
“Archipelagic Constellations” by Nin Harris
Artwork by Shaenon K. Garrity