in case you missed it! Issue 98 is in your inbox, subscribers! and begins it's free roll-out on the 26th. Click the subscriber link if you, too, want to support Fantasy ✨ ✨

"For a long time, I thought I had failed when I left academia, but I discovered that I am a librarian, not a professor." This time last year, we published Kasey Butcher Santana's CONTRABAND MARGINALIA. Find this memoir on being a jail librarian here: buff.ly/7GEJcNM

"In his youth, The Fan experienced joy. This was his first mistake." Absolutely SMITTEN to feature a new @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social story this week! If you've ever been The Fan (I've been The Fan), then you won't want to miss this incredible look at the cult of IP and fandom! Go get it!

And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉 Wound, by Zi Xu

Fantasy Issue 98 Short Stories: The Dragon and the Bog, by @translunarytree.bsky.social They Return, by @ecastroianni.bsky.social Flash: The Memory Breach, by @wunderkind100.bsky.social Knife Plus, by @teemcbee.bsky.social ‬ 🎉 🎉 🎉

Psst. Our JUNE ISSUE is out and we'd love for you to check out the awesome work from our contributors — including this amazing cover art by Jasper Glen: buff.ly/t7X4ey3

“To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social, “The Lexicon of Lethe” by @translunarytree.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo - locusmag.com/2025/06...

We're enjoying Summer with our brilliant new JUNE ISSUE 😎 Enjoy it at our website: buff.ly/M9YTorb All the love to our contributors! WORDS: Amelia Valasek, Jack Barrie, Ella Harrigan, Alex Bortell ART: Jasper Glen PLUS: @taniamalik.bsky.social interviews Esinam Bediako

My new "What to Read" column also features fiction by @ecastroianni.bsky.social @avgreenewrites.bsky.social @ravenjake.bsky.social @derrickboden.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social @translunarytree.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social & more.

My story, The Lexicon of Lethe, is out in Lightspeed @lightspeedmagazine.com⚡️It’s about a French-Korean restaurant and a word-eating monster✍️💜 Link to the story provided below — there’s both a text and a podcast version! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

A smol piece of mine about mice is up now on Lit Nerds! Link to story provided below!🐭🐭🐭💜 thelitnerds.com/2025/03/31/t...

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him. Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

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Art & words will help us get through 2025. We are honored & grateful to present our beautiful JANUARY ISSUE: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR WORDS: @zoebflavin.bsky.social @sashabrown.bsky.social @jillkitchen.bsky.social & Ciara Alfaro ART: Daisuke Takakura PLUS: Jessika Bouvier interviews Shze-Hui Tjoa

The holiday season brings the gift of our DECEMBER ISSUE!! 💝 A big thank you to our contributors🥰: WORDS: Vanessa Blakeslee, Nini Berndt, Brooke Randel, & Kaitlyn Airy ART: Vónbjørt Vang PLUS: Jamey Baumgardt interviews Richard Mirabella Start reading here: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR

Please help us welcome our gorgeous new 💫 NOVEMBER ISSUE 💫 https://buff.ly/2Z36noR Sending LOVE & THANKS to our contributors 💖 WORDS: C. Russell Price, @christinajcooke.bsky.social , Victoria Hood & Thomas Kearnes ART: Zhuo Xiong PLUS: @alhs.bsky.social reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s THEOPHANIES

Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "The Midnight Spa" by Sunwoo Jeong! You can read it here! @translunarytree.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

"People have no idea how much of themselves they can slough off." Treat yourself and go read this amazing story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. Rae and I saw an early draft of it when we taught at Clarion. I loved it then and I love it even more now.

My story, “The Midnight Spa” is out in Issue Fifty-Nine of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !! It’s about a Korean bathhouse and the strange wonders of bodily exfoliation 🛀✨ Dive in below!🌝 www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

My story, “The Midnight Spa” is out in Issue Fifty-Nine of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !! It’s about a Korean bathhouse and the strange wonders of bodily exfoliation 🛀✨ Dive in below!🌝 www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Or just spreading the word! www.uncannymagazine.com/support-unca...

Behold, Space Unicorns, the Uncanny Magazine Issue 59 Table of Contents and Broci cover!!! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

Our JUNE ISSUE is here!! This one has nature & climate, the past & the future, and some speculative elements thrown in 😉 buff.ly/2Z36noR WORDS Vanessa Hua,Jeremy Wilson, @girlwspottedog.bsky.social, nat raum ART Madeline von Foerster INTERVIEW Krys Malcolm Belc with @earthtokb.bsky.social

Re-upping this Google spreadsheet, which now has 360+ fundraisers for Palestinians seeking help with medical or evacuation costs. Please help if you can.

Valentine’s Day might be over but our February issue is chockfull of love (and anti-love)! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️💔💔💔

Some good news that I’ve been hoarding like a 🐉 — possibly related to a linked story collection💜

Been walking myself diligently for the past few days, as one would a pet dog, only to encounter my old nemesis — lower back pain 🥲

New year, new ✨JANUARY ISSUE✨ WORDS by Craig Tollifson, Razi Shadmehry, Sabrina Bustamante, & Ina Cariño ART by Natalie Fontanez PLUS Ashia Ajani interviews @taylorbyas.bsky.social buff.ly/2Z36noR

This week, @shaenon.bsky.social and @osahon4545.bsky.social showed us the potential of Story Hour. Humor! Puns! Prose as lovely as poetry! Science fiction and fantasy tales about the importance of making a place for oneself in life—and about the power of story. The perfect start to 2024! #Authors

I have a flash piece out in the wonderful @splitlipthemag.bsky.social !! 💜 So thrilled to be a part of this amazing issue! 🐉💜