// Brooke Bolander
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Aug 13, 2026
Lise’s personas have no warning when the XexlCo Construct appears at the gate of her memory garden, smiling cheerfully at each of her personas in turn like a neighborhood milkman making his daily rounds. They watch the newcomer saunter by with open curiosity, moving aside to let him pass as though he’s a regular guest in Lise’s subconscious. The...
// Rich Larson
// Clarkesworld Magazine
// Sep 1, 2026
Qopa was once a world of marshes. Visitors hear this often, in tones that range from apologetic to bitter, wistful to matter-of-fact—especially when they are shown the vast clay pan […]
// Summer Brooks
// Escape Pod
// Sep 3, 2026
// Scott Andrews
// Beneath Ceaseless Skies
// Jul 9, 2026
By Prashanth Srivatsa in Issue #461 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine There’s a heady blend of cardamom and cloves that go in the third, along with tea leaves that resemble charred twigs. It is the third she fears today, for the Shibra leaves demand time (time she does not have) to settle with the boiled milk. The buck-toothed General o...
// Kaitlyn Zivanovich
// PodCastle
// Sep 8, 2026