> ## 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, February 2026 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-february-2026/ - Published: 2026-02-03T17:08:49.000Z - Updated: 2026-02-28T18:09:06.000Z - Description: A new crop of short stories to check out this month - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Welcome to another installment of Table of Contents: a roundup of the latest short fiction hitting the web for the SF/F world. You can check out last month's installment [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-january-2026/) – it's been newly updated with the stories that came out over the course of January 2026, and you can check out prior installments of this column [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tag/table-of-contents/). --- ## [*Amazing Stories*](https://amazingstories.com/free-stories/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026) - "[The ICE Man Goeth](https://amazingstories.com/2026/02/the-ice-man-goeth-by-tom-easton-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tom Easton - "[All-Inclusive](https://amazingstories.com/2026/02/all-inclusive-by-bruce-strand-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Bruce Strand - "[Ansible Report](https://amazingstories.com/2026/02/ansible-report-by-r-l-farr-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R. L. Farr - "[Commercial Ambitions](https://amazingstories.com/2026/02/commercial-ambitions-by-d-m-woolston-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D. M. Woolston ## [*Apex Magazine*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Spring 2026, Issue 152) Subscribe [here](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/apex-magazine-one-year?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - ["Unsettled Nature" by Jordan Kurella](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/unsettled-nature?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Piglet Delivers](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/piglet-delivers?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Maria Haskins — 2/17 - "[Shrinkage!](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/shrinkage?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ashlee Lhamon — 2/10 ### Nonfiction - ["Musings from Maryland"](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/musings-from-maryland-issue-152?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Lesley Conner - "Intellectual Colonialism and the Erasure of South and Eastern European Writing Voices: Another Tikka-Masala" by Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos — 2/5 - Interview with Author Maria Haskins by Marissa van Uden — 2/19 --- ## [*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issues 450 and 451) Subscribe [here](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[A Dirge for the Mirrorbirds](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-dirge-for-the-mirrorbirds/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Emily C. Skaftun - "[Precipice Sun](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/precipice-sun/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ewen Ma - "[Like Thorns on Her Tongue](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/like-thorns-on-her-tongue/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.Z. Held - "[Medusa’s Ship, or The Thing About Bodies](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/medusas-ship-or-the-thing-about-bodies/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Natalia Theodoridou - "[Bloom Where You Are Planted](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloom-where-you-are-planted/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Melanie Mulrooney - "[What Might Come of Today](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/what-might-come-of-today/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Leah Ning - "[To Atone for Evil](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/to-atone-for-evil/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Megan Chee - "[Hollow in The Hope](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/hollow-in-the-hope/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aimee Ogden --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(February 2026, Issue 233) Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Remember Me in the Meat](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pauling%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sarah Pauling - "[Chip](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires - "[Think of Me Before I Disappear](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Raahem Alvi - "[A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Claire Jia-Wen - "[The Iron Piper](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Fiona Moore - "[Painstaking](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rich Larson - "[Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss Shudal](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Louis Inglis Hall ### Nonfiction - [Will Tiny Black Holes Solve Dark Matter](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/franklin%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Terry Franklin - [The Literary Buffet: A Conversation with James Sallis](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sallis%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [The Wondrous Nature of Existence: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/swanwick%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Editor's Desk: 2025 Readers' Poll Finalists](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke%5F02%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Neil Clarke --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issue 129) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[In Absentia](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-absentia/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" bySuzan Palumbo - "[Nā Heʻe](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/na-he%ca%bbe/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byWailana Kalama - "[Hunger](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/hunger-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byMichael Kelly - "[Within the Pink Paisley Walls](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/within-the-pink-paisley-walls/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byKelsea Yu --- ## [*Dark Horses Magazine*](https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (February 2026, Issue 49) ### Fiction - "Helpless" by Andy Kumpon - "Whoever Said" by Stephanie Halldorson - "Harold The Harbinger" by Rain Sullivan - "02:28 Hours To Yuma" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer - "The Queen’s Justice" by Solar Hoàng - "I Miss You" by Jeremee Nute - "Islands In The Stream" by Zeke Jarvis - "Lifelong Sentence" by Robin J. Bartley - "A Full Moon Botheration" by Lesley L. Smith - "Long Ride Home" by John Tavares --- ## [*The Deadlands*](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Winter 2026, Issue 41) Subscribe [here](https://psychopomp.com/grave-goods/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - [**in which orpheus is a hmong daughter**](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/in-which-orpheus-is-a-hmong-daughter/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Phoua Lee (poetry; online 2/2) - "[On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/on-the-anthology-entitled-frames-of-colour-and-un-colour/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dmitri Akers (fiction; online 2/5) - "[Mushaboom](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/mushaboom/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jeremy Morris (fiction; online 2/12) - "[Babe](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/babe/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by gray lindsey (poetry; online 2/16) - "[A Woman Is Screaming](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/a-woman-is-screaming/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Joe Koch (fiction; online 2/19) - "[Sole](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/sole/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aliya Whiteley (fiction; online 2/26) ### Nonfiction - [Bible Verses for the Dying and the Heathen](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/bible-verses-for-the-dying-and-the-heathen/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Robin Wheeler (nonfiction; online 2/9) - [Ask a Necromancer: C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/ask-a-necromancer-cest-ici-de-lempire-de-la-mort/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Amanda Downum (nonfiction; online 2/23) --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issue 149) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[Me an’ Streeter (an’ Vince) Chase a Comet](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/me-an-streeter-an-vince-chase-a-comet/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Christopher Degni - “[This Blue World](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/this-blue-world/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Samantha Murray - “[A Thimbleful of Need](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-thimbleful-of-need/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Christine Hanolsy - “[Everyone Hates It When The Alien Shows Up At The Club](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/everyone-hates-it-when-the-alien-shows-up-at-the-club/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Elijah J. Mears - “[A Lesson On Learning Your Place In the Universe](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-lesson-on-learning-your-place-in-the-universe/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Thomas Price, and - “[In Brightness and in Darkness, We Sit](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-brightness-and-in-darkness-we-sit/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Christopher Blake --- ## [Future Tense Fiction](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026) ### Fiction - "[What Would Akanda Do?](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/fiction-what-would-akanda-do-basu/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Samit Basu ### Nonfiction - [The Dividing Towers of Mumbai](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/mumbai-urban-politics-celebrity-shourie/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Moira Shourie --- ## [*GigaNotoSaurus*](https://giganotosaurus.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(February 2026) ### Fiction - "[The Winter of the Icebergirl](https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/02/01/the-winter-of-the-icebergirl/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Renan Bernardo --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issue 189) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Death Echoes Overlapping](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/death-echoes-overlapping/?ref=andrewliptak.com)"by Megan Chee (2/5) - "[Six Sides of a Fairy Tale](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/six-sides-of-a-fairy-tale/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Audrey Zhou (2/5) - "[The Worldbuilder](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-worldbuilder/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Phoenix Alexander (2/12) - "[Dream Destinations (From the Lost Traveler’s Tour Guide)](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dream-destinations-from-the-lost-travelers-tour-guide/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Alexander Weinstein (2/12) - "[Sensor Ghosts](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sensor-ghosts/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Deborah L. Davitt (2/19) - "[The Salt and the Cure](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-salt-and-the-cure/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Rukman Ragas (2/19) - "[Warren’s Tentacle](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/warrens-tentacle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Susan Palwick (2/26) - "[A Handbook to Spirit-Hunting](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-handbook-to-spirit-hunting/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Modupeoluwa Shelle (2/26) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: February 2026](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-february-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams (2/5) - [Author Spotlight: Megan Chee](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-megan-chee/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Phoebe Barton (2/5) - [Author Spotlight: Alexander Weinstein](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-alexander-weinstein-6/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Erik Grove (2/12) - [Book Review: *The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volume One* by Michael Kelly, ed.](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-best-weird-fiction-of-the-year-volume-one-by-michael-kelly-ed/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Arley Sorg (2/12) - [Author Spotlight: Deborah L. Davitt](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-deborah-l-davitt-3/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Robin Jeffrey (2/19) - [Book Review: *The Hospital at the End of the World* by Justin C. Key](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-hospital-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-justin-c-key/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Melissa A Watkins (2/19) - [Author Spotlight: Susan Palwick](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-susan-palwick-5/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Delia Cullity (2/26) - [Book Review: *Reliquary* by Hannah Whitten](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-reliquary-by-hannah-whitten/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Chris Kluwe (2/26) --- ## [*Nature Futures*](https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=futures&ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Eviction notice](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00138-2?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Celso Antonio de Almeida - "[18,000,000 minutes](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00136-4?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Spencer Nitkey - "[Mid-cycle update](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00134-6?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lucien R. Starchild - "[The future perfect continuous passive and other transitive disorders of the mind](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00132-8?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Timothy Quinn --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issue 161) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Ghost in Apartment 5K](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-ghost-in-apartment-5k/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Everdeen Mason (2/4) - "[Rest Stop](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/rest-stop/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Pedro Iniguez (2/11) - "[Twelve Facts About the Dermestid Beetle](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/twelve-facts-about-the-dermestid-beetle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marisca Pichette (2/18) - "[when i die](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/when-i-die/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Matthew Wollin (2/25) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: February 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-february-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Wendy N. Wagner (2/4) - [Author Spotlight: Everdeen Mason](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-everdeen-mason/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Devin Marcus (2/4) - [The H Word: Snakes Beneath the Kudzu](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-snakes-beneath-the-kudzu/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Elizabeth Broadbent (2/11) - [Author Spotlight: Marisca Pichette](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-marisca-pichette/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Carrie Finch (2/18) - [Plumbing the Depths: Haunted Writers and Haunted Writings](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/plumbing-the-depths-haunted-writers-and-haunted-writings/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Mike Thorn (2/25) --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(February 2026) ### Fiction - "[Agency](https://reactormag.com/agency-george-sandison/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by George Sandison - "[Of Two Bloods](https://reactormag.com/of-two-bloods-nisi-shawl-cynthia-ward/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward - "[Deathcap](https://reactormag.com/deathcap-lara-elena-donnelly/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lara Elena Donnelly --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026, Issue 32) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Drinking the Heron](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/drinking-the-heron/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by RJ Aurand - "[Straw Gold](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/straw-gold/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mari Ness - "[Grief Trawling](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/grief-trawling/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Suzanne J. Willis - "[Stop Thinking, the Kid Can Hear](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/stop-thinking-the-kid-can-hear/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lucy Eller - "[Mary’s Bag](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/marys-bag/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marisca Pichette - "[The Beauty You Cannot Buy](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-beauty-you-cannot-buy/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marie Vibbert - "[A Simulacrum of Self](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-simulacrum-of-self/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aimee Ogden - "[(Just) Alice](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/just-alice/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Diana Olney - "[7 Things the Tychonaut Princess Elisabeth Did NOT Experience on her Marvellous Voyage to the So-Called Medicean Stars](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/7-things-the-tychonaut-princess/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by M. J. Pettit --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Mother, Darling](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/mother-darling/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Allison Pottern - "[A Night with Hui ‘Enehana ‘Ike](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/a-night-with-hui-enehana-ike/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Maʻemaʻeolehua Matsumoto - "[The River Speaks My Name](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/the-river-speaks-my-name/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ocoxōchitl la Coyota ### Poetry - "[Plastic Paradise Awaits](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/plastic-paradise-awaits/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Josh Pearce](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/josh-pearce/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[The Sunfish Considers Flotation Therapy](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-sunfish-considers-flotation-therapy/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Alison Clara Tan](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/alison-clara-tan/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Why You Don't Buy Your Wife a Dishwasher for Her Birthday](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/why-you-dont-buy-your-wife-a-dishwasher-for-her-birthday/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Larina Warnock](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/larina-warnock/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[The Point](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-point/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Darius Jones](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/darius-jones/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[They Leave](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/they-leave/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Garth Upshaw - "[The Secret to Being a Dragon](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-secret-to-being-a-dragon/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Carolina Marchioro ### Nonfiction - [Statement on ICE Operations in the USA](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/azimuth/statement-on-ice-operations-in-the-usa/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by the *Strange Horizons* staff ### Reviews - Monday: [Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/spiderlight-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andy Sawyer - Wednesday: [Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/brigands-breadknives-by-travis-baldree/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Anushree Nande - Friday: [Hazelthorn by C. G. Drews](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/hazelthorn-by-c-g-drews/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Cameron Miguel - Monday: [Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/cathedral-of-the-drowned-by-nathan-ballingrud/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Matt Holder - Wednesday: [Arctic Knot by Ivan Leonov](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/arctic-knot-by-ivan-leonov/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Tristan Beiter - Friday: [Manga's First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989 by Andrea Horbinski](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/mangas-first-century-how-creators-and-fans-made-japanese-comics-1905-1989-by-andrea-horbinski/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Rachel Cordasco - Monday: [Into the Sun by C.F. Ramuz, translated by Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/into-the-sun-by-c-f-ramuz-translated-by-olivia-baes-and-emma-ramadan/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Dawn Macdonald - Wednesday: [Lies Weeping by Glen Cook](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/lies-weeping-by-glen-cook/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Roz Kaveney - Friday: [Slow Gods by Claire North](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/slow-gods-by-claire-north/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Ian J. Simpson --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February 2026) ### Fiction - "[Wounds](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/wounds?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Celia Marsh - "[Realm of the Shorn](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/realm-of-the-shorn?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David Bowles - "[The Definition of a Second](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-definition-of-a-second?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Carrie Vaughn - "[Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of sky](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/let-the-waters-bring-forth-swarms?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P. Lee --- ## [*Uncanny Magazine*](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 68, January / February 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - [Words That Wither, Words That Bloom](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/words-that-wither-words-that-bloom/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jules Arbeaux - "[The Memory Hounds of Bak-Ankham](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-memory-hounds-of-bak-ankham/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A. W. Prihandita - "[This Story Does Not Exist](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/this-story-does-not-exist/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kylie Lee Baker ### Poetry - "[A Field Guide for Broken Sons in Transit](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-field-guide-for-broken-sons-in-transit/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Joemario Umana - "[The Parsley Girl](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-parsley-girl/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Theodora Goss ### Nonfiction - [I Write in English Because I Can](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-write-in-english-because-i-can/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jana Bianchi - [Frognative Dissonance](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/frognative-dissonance/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Riley Silverman - [Interview: A. W. Prihandita](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/interview-a-w-prihandita/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Caroline M. Yoachim --- 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!