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The Boo Hag - A Feminist’s Travel Guide Through Southern Folklore
by Laura Holt
“In the olden times, way back in the day, there were always witches going around, and they…
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Because Your Fingers Are Soft, Slender, and Long
The hand first appeared when you returned home to practice the fourth song again, wrapping over your own hand clutching onto the neck of your viola, holding on iron tight until the strings slice through your built-up calluses, until blood coats the strings with your fingerprints.…
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Part Three of Building Latine Community in Speculative Fiction - A Three-Part Series
By A.P. Thayer
(Read Part I and II of this series first.)
Latine Heritage Month is well and truly…
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Notes on Speculative Mysteries
You can find mystery in almost every story, but what we'll be including in this collection are stories…
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In the Saying, Make This True
Mama tells a different version, when she’s had a cup or two of swamp-rice wine. We’re cursed, all right, she insists, but we’re cursed from the inside out. It was the first Dread Lord that put a hex on his own people, when he figured out he was going to lose.…
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3 Short Stories We Read, We Reviewed, and We Loved
Double Edged Sword - Abby Powers
Ren, a girl who appears the same as anyone else, is kept locked away in…
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Part Two of Building Latine Community in Speculative Fiction - A Three-Part Series
By A.P. Thayer
Author's note: As I wrote in part one, there are many terms given to…
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Stories You Missed - 11/5/24
November's picks from our fellow magazines.
1. Omar’s Perfect Falafel - Ramez Yoakeim
"Omar’s small stand…
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Huggin’ Molly - A Feminist’s Travel Guide Through Southern Folklore
by Laura Holt
“…On a cold, dark, rainy night…so bitterly cold, damp, and dark…when even street lights won’…
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Fill My Heart With Galaxies
“We don’t want you here,” said Ana. A pizza magnet still hung on one of her branches. “It’s not a place for you.”
“We’re the Iron Squad,” said Beto. “You’re made of flesh.”…
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Stories You Missed - 10/3/24
October's picks from our fellow magazines.
1. The Fairgrounds - Thomas Ha
A young boy goes to the fairgrounds…
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Anu and the Knowledge of Tomorrow
That was the first time he was certain he could taste knowledge. Of course they didn’t believe him at first, but then he started eating their knowledge. When he found a strand of his mother’s kinky afro he plopped it into his mouth without thinking. He found her fear and told her about it.…