// A.M. Maris
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Aug 6, 2026
He called her Legs. “Legs for days,” he’d say, his voice thick with wonder. When he spoke to her, she was filled with a warm, heady feeling that made her purr and rub against him. She had to be careful when she did, because she was still growing into her spikes and she’d already drawn blood more than once. His skin was so flimsy, so tearable. Sh...
// Adam Pracht
// Escape Pod
// Aug 27, 2026
// Oyedotun Damilola Muees
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Sep 3, 2026
If every effort to bring down your child’s fever is unsuccessful and the doctors cannot diagnose anything wrong with her, then you should seek other means to alleviate her health. Before you help her into the house, if you notice that her shadow refuses to follow her body, then you should know that her sickness is numinous, and it is beyond what...
// Wil Wheaton
// Uncanny Magazine
// Sep 1, 2026
// B. Pladek
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Jul 23, 2026
He hates the birds. There are two, a breeding pair. Their eyes are red as devils’. On land they’re stupid, little feet pushed so far back on their bodies that they can’t escape by running. Yet they glide over the water, glossy mottled boats. Their chicks ride their backs. The adults protect them, tuck black wings up to shield them from wave and ...