We’re sorry this wasn’t available earlier. It turns out our server slept in for Daylight Saving Time. @chasej.xyz’s excellent story is now up! smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-once...

What would you do to become the person you should always have been? Come wrestle with that question along with the narrator of "I Once Fell in Love With a Jackalope", by @chasej.xyz . smallwondersmag.com/...

Behind the scenes peeks into the editorial process? Chats with the Small Wonders team? Cool new stickers and/or ideas for cool new stickers?

If we were to offer perks (on a discord server, for instance) for upgraded subscriptions, what would you like to see included? Give us ideas so we can give you goodies!

In Julia August's story, Modern Cassandra is here to warn you, but alas, all of her warnings go to the spam folder.

What kind of insect would you and your partner be? The protagonist of Melanie Mulrooney's story "An Insect Who Dreamt She Was a Woman" cycles through many options as they sleep.

Today, Jesterbells invites us to consider the circular nature of life in her piece, "They Live So Little and They Die So Fast".

There's a special kind of surprised delight in realizing that you've outlived your planned obsolescence, as in Manuela Amiouny's poem "Obsolete is a Word That No Longer Exists".

Have you ever wondered what aliens might make of the glittering objects far above our heads? Marie Brennan's poem "Cutting the Cord" offers one possibility.

We love a good erasure poem, where the poet creates a poem by removing words from an existing text. In "tell us about doubt", Rath Mercury has gifted us with a two-stranded poem about the universe.

The world is awful right now, but know that, if worse comes to worst, Judith will be here to tell you to "Have a Nice Apocalypse!"

.Rikarirang⁷'s story "Gifted and Talented" from Issue 27 shows us the cost of being good at time travel.

I'm proud to say that--for the first time--I have a poem nominated in both the short and long categories of the Rhysling Award. "Black Hole Framing" at @foofarawpress.bsky.social and "An Aging AI Tries to Remember Its Life" at @smallwondersmag.com

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Start your Monday off by reviewing the seven virtues and how Chevalière Jacqueline Aridon embodies them while taking part in mech jousting in today's story by S. C. Mills .

It's a buck wild time to be putting together our little social media posts for next month's @smallwondersmag.com issue.

We're thrilled to have published five poems that are on this year's Rhysling Award nomination list! First up is Renfield At His Windowsill, by Courtney Floyd, about mad desire and love in the face of indifference. smallwondersmag.com/... 1/5

Psst, can we interest you in a cover for next month's issue? We love Sandy Butchers's bucolic painting of a young kid with their dragon. It's not too late to get this issue if you subscribe today! smallwonders.lemonsq...

This is such a good story - if you've been sleeping on either @jenniferhudak.bsky.social or @smallwondersmag.com then you are missing out!!

Let yourself enjoy the bond between human and ship, a true artificial intelligence worthy of the word, in "Doves Fly in the Morning" by Sam W. Pisciotta:

Every monument tells a different story, depending on your perspective. Find a new perspective today in Wen Wen Yang's "To Kiss the Chrysanthemum Moon":

We all shift who we are, at least a little bit, in different contexts. But what happens when you lose sight of who you are when you're by yourself? Check out "A Simulacrum of Self" by Aimee Ogden to find out:

We’re excited that @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social shouted out Elitsa’s “The Metabolism of Grief”, a story that hit us as hard as it did them. All of Alex’s recommendations are, as always, aces. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

The vibrant imagery of "Arbor Ouroboros" by Fizza Fatima draws us into a space where chronic illness and thriving life are side by side:

Are you staying hydrated? "A Taste of Clean Water" by Ian Li is a reflection on something precious that we all too often take for granted:

"(Just) Alice" by Diana Olney is a hard tumble down a long tunnel into a less wonderful wonderland. In the midst of old wounds and new and so many choice to make, having the courage to face your own mirror is a triumph:

Are you forgetting something? How about now? Read "A Botanist's Guide to Memory and Forgetting" by E. M. Linden and try to remember why you thought you had forgotten...

Today, Devin Miller's "The Fox's Cartographer" leads us to places that smell like wind and witching. Join the journey:

The broadsheets are all abuzz, but we have the EXCLUSIVE on "7 Things the Tychonaut Princess Elisabeth Did NOT Experience on her Marvellous Voyage to the So-Called Medicean Stars!" Many thanks to the diligent Michael Pettit for this scoop!

I got notified yesterday that my poem, "Renfield at His Windowsill," has been nominated for a Rhysling award! I am so very delighted and honored. 🖤🕷️

Or maybe you're in the mood for something a little less bittersweet today, in which case, maybe my story in December's @smallwondersmag.com will help you find out just how easy it is to love the alien!

Happy Valentines Day! Here's a lovely* romantic** story of mine from @smallwondersmag.com to mark the occasion**: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/ *gross **you could call it that ***don't worry about it.

For a more hopeful, yearning take on exoplanets and discovery, check out "Seeds Travel" by Beth Goder:

What's in a name? So, so much. Hold tight to yours as you read Megan Chee's "The Dreamweaver's Name"

What does beauty mean to you? Perfection? And if you could embody it, would you? Take a look today at "The Beauty You Cannot Buy" by Marie Vibbert :

"Terror Formed" by Keyan Bowes is an extremely satisfying poem about exploring alien worlds and making them our own:

Listen, today, to Toby MacNutt's "An Ache With No Name" and let it guide you to unexpected places:

"She never learned quite how one is supposed to be a lady. She’s sitting at a table outside of a one-room teahouse two streets away from the British Museum." My Mary Poppins poem is new free to read over @smallwondersmag.com!

Go on, take a peek inside "Mary's Bag." Today's poem by Marscia Pichette is a glimpse at the tools of a wonder worker - you probably know a few yourself.

What creatures will you be, when you "Dream the Sea"? Read Clara Ward's Hawaiian mountain shrimp and pleated nerite here:

We love the many layered approach to story-telling in "The Founding of Zeget" by Diana Dima. History as document and act and act of documenting:

We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:

We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:

In Dawn Vogel's "Grandmother Firebird," family dynamics get complicated. It's bound to happen when creatures of myth and legend are involved:

This one's for all the horse girls: "The Horses and Ponies of 8th Avenue" by Jennifer Lesh Fleck in our issue 26:

We round out this week with "Grief Trawling" by Suzanne J. Willis. When you throw your nets in these waters, you'll find more than just fish:

If you heed the call of adventure, you will surely also have "A List of Sharp Things I've Held In My Mouth." Some of the items in J. Kosakowski's poem might surprise you, though...

Davian Aw's "Dead Season" is creepy in but overt and subtle ways. Dive into it today, but don't forget to mark the exits well, lest you get lost:

"Straw Gold" by @mariness.bsky.social is a take on Rumplestiltskin we hadn't seen before, with a thoughtful look at what comes after the fairy tale ends:

Two years ago we shared Aidan Doyle's "The Royal Wizard's Apprentice Explains the Prophecy of the Return of the Sorceror King in Varying Levels of Complexity" with you, and today you should read it again!