> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.andrewliptak.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Table of Contents December 2025 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-december-2025/ - Published: 2025-12-03T18:20:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-07T16:13:08.000Z - Description: One final batch of short stories for 2025! - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror December is upon us, and that means one final batch of short stories from across the world of SF/F publishing. You can check out last month's installment [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-november-2025/), and prior installments of this series [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tag/table-of-contents/). Here are the short stories coming out this month: --- ## [*Apex Magazine*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 151, October-December) Subscribe [here](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/apex-magazine-one-year?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Cassandra and the Changeling" by R.J. Sterling (12/09/25) - "Involuntary Self" by Jim Horlock (12/11/25) - "Horse and Rider" by Christine Beres (12/16/25) ### Nonfiction - "More than Lighting: Speculative Noir" by Premee Mohamed (12/18/25) - Interview with Artist Natasa Illincic by Bradley Powers (12/04/25) --- ## [*Augur Magazine*](https://augursociety.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 8.3) Subscribe [here](https://augursociety.org/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Natural Desire](https://augursociety.org/natural-desire/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kelley Tai - "Observer Effect" by Morgan Cross - "Leave Your Skins by the Shore" by Natasha King - "Flame Weeding" by Colleen Coco Collins - "[Rocky Mountain Gothic](https://augursociety.org/rocky-mountain-gothic/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ev Datsyk - "Bonds of the Forest" by Ally R Colthoff - "Blueberry" by Jade Riordan - "On Fields of Purple Grass" by Ian Li - "Tapetum Lucidum" by U.M. Agoawike - "The Great Divide" by Meryem Yildiz - "[Chlorophilia](https://augursociety.org/chlorophilia/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer --- ## [*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 447, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[A Good Brother](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-good-brother/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Anne Wilkins - "[Vanya and the Dog Witch](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vanya-and-the-dog-witch/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Walter J. Wiese --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(Issue 231, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Tomorrow. Today](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ester%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.T. Ester - "[Imperfect Simulations](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michelle Z. Jin - "[The Cold Burns](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Anne Wilkins - "[The Hole](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/samsa%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ferenc Samsa - "[Between Here and Everywhere](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/reed%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Robert Reed - "[This Sepulchral Aegis](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/gillham%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rob Gillham - "[Home Grown](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vigneron%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Madeleine Vigneron ### Nonfiction - [Decoding Animal (and Alien?) Language](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dewinter%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Gunnar De Winter - [Allegory and Worldbuilding: A Conversation with Simon Stålenhag](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/stalenhag%5Finterview%5F2025?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Climate, Hope, and the Global Community: A Conversation with Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/finn-eschrich%5Finterview%5F2025?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Editor's Desk: The End of the Year](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke%5F12%5F25?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Neil Clarke --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 127, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Most Likely To . . . (Class of 1997)](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/most-likely-toclass-of-1997/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byA.C. Wise - "[Lustre Mining](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/lustre-mining/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byEliza Chan - "[Beneath the Duwak Tree](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/beneath-the-duwak-tree/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byJorja Osha - "[Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements-expressed-as-units-of-separation/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byM. L. Krishnan --- ## [*Dark Horses Magazine*](https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (Issue 47, December 2025) ### Fiction - "Bite" by David Sheskin - "A New Captain" by Griffith Pound - "Horror Business" by Jeff Seeman - "The Lost Sprites" by Mikel J. Wisler - "Every Blade Of Grass" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer - "Flight 23" by Alec Wallin - "Riding Off Into A Sun That Does Not Set" by Cy Hill - "The Thing In Nacho Cave" by Anthony Neil Smith - "Finally, Doomsday!" by Bendix Vagle - "Watchdog" by Jaryd Porter --- ## [*Fantasy Magazine*](https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 99, Winter 2025) ### Fiction - "More Than A Blank Parenthesis Equals God’s Forgetfulness" by Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan (poetry; online 12/5) - "The Matriarchs" by Malena Salazar Maciá (flash; online 12/12) - "A Cup of Forgetting" by Eleanor Glewwe (short story; online 12/19) - "Grove of Jealous Lovers" by Alex Jennings (poetry; online 12/19) - "When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You’ve Gone Too Far" by Cory Farrenkopf (flash; online 12/26) - Ichthyosis" by M. L. Krishnan (short story; online 1/2) ### Nonfiction - Unlikely Friends on a Quest: A Conversation with Kemi Ashing-Giwa" by Arley Sorg (interview; online 12/5) - Collective Action: A Conversation with Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older" by Arley Sorg (interview; online 12/12) - Marked for Destruction: A Conversation with Moniquill Blackgoose" by Arley Sorg (interview; online 12/26) --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 147, December 2025) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “Homonyms” by Laurence Klavan - “Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings” by M. R. Robinson - “Shedding the Weight” by Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu - “Reflexive Benevolence Imperative” by Matt Dovey - “Growing House” by Madison Ellingsworth, and - “Small Prayers for the God of Sow Thistle Hill” by Kate Francia --- ## [Future Tense Fiction](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (December 2025) ### Fiction - "[Bonum Certamen](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/fiction-bonum-certamen-martinez/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Andrés Martinez ### Nonfiction - [Can an AI Manage the “Beautiful Game](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/ai-alignment-sport-olukotun/?ref=andrewliptak.com)”? by Deji Bryce Olukotun --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 187, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Reality Check](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/reality-check/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nancy Kress (12/4) - "[You Always Told Her You’d Give Her the World](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/you-always-told-her-youd-give-her-the-world/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aimee Ogden (12/4) - "[Us, in Another Universe](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/us-in-another-universe/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.C. Wise (12/11) - "[Crickets in Lost Light](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/crickets-in-lost-light/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jonathan Olfert (12/11) - "[The Hub Living Among the Stars](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-hub-living-among-the-stars/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (12/18) - "[HagioClass](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hagioclass/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by José Pablo Iriarte (12/18) - "[The Space Between Us](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-space-between-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P.A. Cornell (12/25) - "[Memories of the MindMine](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/memories-of-the-mindmine/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David Marino (12/25) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: December 2025](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-december-2025/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams (12/4) - [Author Spotlight: Nancy Kress](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-nancy-kress-7/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Delia Cullity (12/4) - [Book Review: *Sinister Societies: Six Novellas of Secrets and Horrors* edited by Linda Hartley](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-sinister-societies-six-novellas-of-secrets-and-horrors-edited-by-linda-hartley/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Melissa A Watkins (12/4) - [Author Spotlight: Jonathan Olfert](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-jonathan-olfert-3/?ref=andrewliptak.com) byErik Grove (12/11) - [Book Review: *The Trident and The Pearl* by Sarah K.L. Wilson](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-trident-and-the-pearl-by-sarak-kl-wilson/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Chris Kluwe (12/11) - [Author Spotlight: Oyedotun Damilola Muees](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-oyedotun-damilola-muees-4/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Robin Jeffrey (12/18) - [Book Review: *These Bodies Ain’t Broken* edited by Madeline Dyer](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-these-bodies-aint-broken-edited-by-madeline-dyer/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg (12/18) - [Author Spotlight: David Marino](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-david-marino/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by A Humphrey Lanham (12/25) --- ## [*Luna Station Quarterly*](https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (Issue 064, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/support-us/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io). ### Fiction - "All Creatures" by Morgan Lockhart - "Trespassers" by Mina Ramirez - "Secrets of the Goblin Market" by Valerie Hunter - "Sunk Cost Fallacy" by M.J. Jones - "Magical Thinking" by J Amanda Ferry - "What Should We Do With the Body?" by Amelia Weissman - "Bussola" by Teresa Koeppel - "Vale of the Firefae" by Jalyn Renae Fiske - "The Museum of Lost Sound" by Vikki Stea - "Seedpod" by Ellen Parent - "Diving into the Wreck" by Sierra Bibi - "Gig Economy" by Ali MacLeod - "Winter Finds" by Heather D. Norton - "Attach" by Mikhaela Woodward - "The Smoldering Kittens in Her Wake" by Jo Weir - "Big Sister" by Jang Ami , translated by Joheun Lee - "The Weather Girl" by Summer Jewel Keown - "Bumblecat" by Johanna Ivy Levene --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 159, December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Short History of a Long-Forgotten, Ill-Fated Telenovela](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-short-history-of-a-long-forgotten-ill-fated-telenovela/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Dante Luiz - "[Shahmeran](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/shahmeran/?ref=andrewliptak.com)"by Leyla Hamedi (12/17) - "[Blacula](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/blacula/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P.C. Verrone (12/24) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: December 2025](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-december-2025/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Wendy N. Wagner - [Author Spotlight: Dante Luiz](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-dante-luiz/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Clay Vermulm - [Review: *When the Baby Sleeps*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/review-when-the-baby-sleeps/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Lyndsie Manusos (12/10) - [The H Word: Double Dog Dare You](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word/the-h-word-double-dog-dare-you/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kristina Ten (12/10) - [Author Spotlight: Leyla Hamedi](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-leyla-hamedi-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Clay Vermulm (12/17) - [Media & Book Review: December 2025](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/media-book-review-december-2025/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Adam-Troy Castro (12/24) --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(December 2025) ### Fiction - "[All That Means or Mourns](https://reactormag.com/all-that-means-or-mourns-ruthanna-emrys/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ruthanna Emrys --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 30, December 2025) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Loving the Alien is the Easiest Thing in the World](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/loving-the-alien-is-the-easiest-thing/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Elijah J. Mears - "[Your Mom, The Space Sailor](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/your-mom-the-space-sailor/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Pam Yve Simon --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (December 2025) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[I Wish You Died Laughing](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/i-wish-you-died-laughing/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lio Abendan - "[Morning Shed](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/morning-shed/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Namita Krishnamurthy](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/namita-krishnamurthy/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Bloodless](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/bloodless/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Emily Woodworth](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/emily-woodworth/?ref=andrewliptak.com) ### Poetry - "[Excerpt From the Memoirs of a Saint](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/excerpt-from-the-memoirs-of-a-saint/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jenna Le - "[Thalassophile After Visiting Exoplanet TOI 733 b](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/thalassophile-after-visiting-exoplanet-toi-733-b/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Colleen S. Harris - "[The World To Come](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-world-to-come/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Jennifer Hudak](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/jennifer-hudak/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[O ASHY WINGS STILL FLUTTERING](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/o-ashy-wings-still-fluttering/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Joemario Umana](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/50699-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[The ghosts of me are in your machine](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-ghosts-of-me-are-in-your-machine/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [R.B. Lemberg](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/rb-lemberg/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Skull-God — A Broadcast from the Trenches](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/skull-god-a-broadcast-from-the-trenches/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Yucheng Tao](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/yucheng-tao/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Captain’s Lay Back](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/captains-lay-back/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Jeané D. Ridges](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/jeane-d-ridges/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Addendum to the Martian Social Studies Textbook, 5th Ed.](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/addendum-to-the-martian-social-studies-textbook-5th-ed/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Maya Wristen](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/maya-wristen/?ref=andrewliptak.com) ### Nonfiction - [For Your Consideration: Strange Horizons 2025 Award Eligibility](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/azimuth/for-your-consideration-strange-horizons-2025-award-eligibility/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by the *Strange Horizons* staff - Feminist Futurism Versus Project 2025: An Empowering Speculative Salon by Ada Palmer and Charlie Jane Anders ### Reviews - Monday: [*Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air* by L. Timmel Duchamp](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/like-shards-of-rainbow-frolicking-in-the-air-by-l-timmel-duchamp/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by William Shaw - Wednesday: [*The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre* by Philip Fracassi](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-autumn-springs-retirement-home-massacre-by-philip-fracassi/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by David Lewis - Friday: [*Automatic Noodle* by Analee Newitz](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/automatic-noodle-by-annalee-newitz/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nileena Sunil - Monday: [*What A Fish Looks Like* by Syr Hayati Beker](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/what-a-fish-looks-like-by-syr-hayati-beker/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Octavia Cade - Wednesday: [Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/harmattan-season-by-tochi-onyebuchi/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Duncan Lawie - Friday: [Startlement by Ada Limón](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/startlement-by-ada-limon/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Amy Nagopaleen - Monday: [*Slashed Beauties* by A. Rushby](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/slashed-beauties-by-a-rushby/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Marisa Mercurio - Wednesday: [*The Deep Forest* by Sofía Rhei, translated by Kendal Simmons](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-deep-forest-by-sofia-rhei-translated-by-kendal-simmons/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Seamus Sullivan - Friday: [*Hammajang Luck* by Makana Yamamoto](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/hammajang-luck-by-makana-yamamoto/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Safia H. Senhaji - Monday: [*Honeyeater* by Kathleen Jennings](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/honeyeater-by-kathleen-jennings/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Roseanna Pendlebury - Wednesday: [*Black Hole Heart and Other Stories* by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/black-hole-heart-and-other-stories-by-k-a-teryna-translated-by-alex-shvartsman-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Rachel Cordasco - Friday: [*The Macabre* by Kosoko Jackson](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-macabre-by-kosoko-jackson/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Shannon Fay --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (December 2025) ### Fiction - "[Listener Supported](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/listener-supported?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Juan Martinez - "[A Skull in Reverse](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/a-skull-in-reverse?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Stephanie Feldman - [SMT 2025 Holiday Storyflod Part 1](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/smt-2025-holiday-storyflod-part-1?ref=andrewliptak.com) - [SMT 2025 Holiday Storyflod Part 2](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/smt-2025-holiday-storyflod-part-2?ref=andrewliptak.com) --- ## [*Uncanny Magazine*](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 67, November / December 2025) Subscribe [here](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - [To Speak in Silence](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/to-speak-in-silence/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mary Robinette Kowal - "[The Teleporting Disaster Fairy](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-teleporting-disaster-fairy/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rati Mehrotra - "[Thicker](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thicker/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eleanna Castroianni ### Poetry - "[Welkin Burials for Drones](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/welkin-burials-for-drones/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Hannan Khan - "[My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/my-duende-in-the-wall-and-in-the-mirror/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Angel Leal ### Nonfiction - [The Mistletoe Creeps for You or A Discussion of the Transformation of Xmas Horror from Societal to Fantastic](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-mistletoe-creeps-for-you-or-a-discussion-of-the-transformation-of-xmas-horror-from-societal-to-fantastic/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jordan Shiveley - [The Stranger Next Door: The Domestic Fantastic in Classic Nordic Children’s Fantasy](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-stranger-next-door-the-domestic-fantastic-in-classic-nordic-childrens-fantasy/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Marissa Lingen - [Interview: Eleanna Castroianni](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/interview-eleanna-castroianni/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by [Caroline M. Yoachim](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/authors/caroline-m-yoachim/?ref=andrewliptak.com) --- Remember to check back at the end of the month for updates as new stories come online, and to let me know in the comments what caught your eye!