Put your tentacles together for the January issue!

A hanging incandescent light bulb holds a cozy winter snowglobe scene with a cabin and a pine tree

Well, it’s 2024 now, which sounds suspiciously made-up and futuristic, but we’ll leave the calendar verification to the goblin particle astrologicians and focus instead on the dramatic unveiling of our one hundred twenty-third issue, which is stuffed with enough delectably weird stories and poems to sustain you through the cold, cold months ahead. Once you’ve bundled up and settled in with fiction from Jimmy Huff, flash from Jon Doughboy and Lydia Storm, poetry from Peter Dellolio and Patrick Meeds, and haiku from Nicholas Klacsanzky, you won’t even hear those unhinged winter winds twistering through the pines outside your cave. And be sure to visit the cosy cover art from Nini Kvaratskhelia.

Hoot it on the website or holler at the .pdf.

Just in time for halloween e’en . . .

cat astronaut waving

Dust off the gramophone, slap on your creepiest record of haunted-house sounds, and prepare to read our one-hundred-twenty-twooth issue in your best Vincent Price voice. With haiku from Tohm Bakelas and Arvilla Fee and verse from Sharon Kennedy-Nolle and Amy Wunders, this selection of bite-sized delights is suitable for even the most discerning trick-or-treater’s candy sack. Space odd-kitty cover art by Mya Woods.

For a Refreshingly Brisk Read, Try Issue 121!

cover image of liquid person  melting in outdoor setting

Ah, summer. The tantalizing smell of incinerated frankfurters, the enchanting tingle of mosquito bites, the gentle BLAP-BLAP-BLAAAAAAAAAPPP of the neighbor’s gas-powered weed whacker. 

Set the box fan on “Hi,” help yourself to a popsicle, and settle into the hottest days of the year (and, you know, the history of recorded temperature) with issue 121. Contributors include Catherine Kelley, DS Maolalai, Ken Poyner, Greg Schwartz, and Miles Varana. Cover art by Alejandro.

Chill with it here or deep-freeze the .pdf.