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2024 Shirley Jackson Award finalist

Fiction

Moon Rabbit Song

by Caroline Hung

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The skies are a pitch-black void—cold, empty, unforgiving. Far from home, the rivers of heaven have run dry, the starlight scarce in this part of Father’s empire. Passing comets die out with a pathetic fizzle, and the migrating flocks of magpies care not to bridge the gap between star-crossed lovers.

In Nov. 2024 (Issue 146)

Fiction

MAMMOTH

by Manish Melwani

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If you haven’t seen it yet, you will. Three hooded figures sit cross-legged on the floor of a candle-lit warehouse. There’s something strange about the middle one: its torso somehow both too long and too hunched. The figure flickers, like a transcription error in crimson candlelight.

In June 2024 (Issue 141)

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