> ## 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, March 2026 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-march-2026/ - Published: 2026-03-03T14:00:04.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-01T15:29:22.000Z - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Welcome to the March installment of Table of Contents, a roundup of the latest short fiction hitting the web for the science fiction and fantasy world. You can check out last month's installment [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-february-2026/) – it's been newly updated with the stories that came out over the course of February 2026\. I've also added a couple of publications to the longer list. You can check out prior installments of this column [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tag/table-of-contents/). Here are the short stories coming out this month: --- ## [*Adventitious*](https://www.adventitious.net/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (February / March 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.adventitious.net/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[*What Any Dead Thing Wants*](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/what-any-dead-thing-wants-aimee-ogden/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aimee Ogden - *"*[*The Soundtrack of My Afterlife*](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-soundtrack-of-my-afterlife-pa-cornell/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P. A. Cornell - *"*[*Recording of Professor Elizabeth Boucher’s Opening Lecture on Death Ages Novels, University of Presque Isle, March 32, 2667.*](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/professor-boucher-lecture-turner/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Stacie Turner - *"*[*This is Why Magical Realism and Family Tree School Projects Shouldn’t Mix*](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/magical-realism-family-tree-guerrero/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Abigail Guerrero - "[A Húlíjīng Always Keeps One Tail Hidden](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hulijing-always-keeps-one-tail-hidden-melissa-ren/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Melissa Ren - "[What A Name Does Is Let You Leave](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/what-a-name-does-is-let-you-leave-meagan-kane/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Meagan Kane - "[Hunter Mother Sailor Wife](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/hunter-mother-sailor-wife-catherine-tavares/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Catherine Tavares - "[Teapot](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/teapot-williams/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ben Williams - "[The Furthest Point](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-furthest-point-alethea-paul/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alethea Paul - "[To Devour Your Own Name](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/to-devour-your-own-name-katlina-sommerberg/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Katlina Sommerberg - "[A Place to Grow](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/a-place-to-grow-sarah-grace-tuttle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sarah Grace Tuttle ### Nonfiction - [This won’t exist yesterday](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/this-wont-exist-yesterday/?ref=andrewliptak.com) --- ## [*Amazing Stories*](https://amazingstories.com/free-stories/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) ### Fiction - "[Freshly Minted](https://amazingstories.com/2026/03/freshly-minted-by-nick-hartland-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nick Hartland - "[Shells](https://amazingstories.com/2026/03/shells-by-alexander-zelenyj-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alexander Zelenyj - "[The Tyrant in Retrograde](https://amazingstories.com/2026/03/the-tyrant-in-retrograde-by-scott-morris-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Scott Morris - "[The Factory](https://amazingstories.com/2026/03/the-factory-by-lucy-egan-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lucy Egan - "[Dreaming of Home](https://amazingstories.com/2026/03/dreaming-of-home-by-josh-clark-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Josh Clark ## [*Apex Magazine*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 152) Subscribe [here](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/apex-magazine-one-year?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Ascension" by P.L. McMillan — 3/3 - "The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood" by Angela Liu — 3/17 - "Un Lamento de Flores" by A.P. Thayer — 3/24 - "Citizen Komarova Finds Love" by Kat Sedia — 3/31 ### Nonfiction - ["Musings from Maryland"](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/musings-from-maryland-issue-152?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Lesley Conner - Interview with Author P.L. McMillan by Marissa van Uden — 3/5 - "Not a Scab, but a Wound" by Storm Humbert — 3/17 --- ## [*Analog Science Fact and Fiction*](https://analogsf.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March/April 2026,*Vol. XCVI No. 3 & 4*) Subscribe [here](https://analogsf.com/order-now/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Consumer" by Stephen Case - "And Wear A Golden Sorrow" by Eric Del Carlo - "Rovers" by Paul Carlson - "False Light" by MB Valente - "Songbirds" by H.A.B. Wilt - "Shade" by David Whitmarsh - "Slingshot" by David Gerrold - "Carbon" by Jay Werkheiser - "The Pearl Divers Of Connell-b" by Scott Steensma - "The Three Billion Base Pairs Of The Prophet" by Gregor Hartmann - "Godspeed" by C.R. Hodges - "Seeking Singularity" by Joel Richards - "The Shiny New Folk" by Steve Rasnic Tem - "Conscience" by Tom R. Pike - "On The Origins Of The Species" by Edd Vick - "No Place On Earth" by Mary Soon Lee - "Sour Grapes" by Holly Day ### Nonfiction - Homes Away From Home, Michael Carroll - Seeds Of Cities: Science Fiction Novums, M.c. Childs - Patterns And Plausibilities, Howard V. Hendrix - Guest Editorial: Artificial Stupidity, Stanley Schmidt - In Times To Come - The Alternate View, John G. Cramer - Unknowns: Out Of Sequence, Alec Nevala-lee - The Reference Library, Rosemary Claire Smith - Brass Tacks --- ## [*Asimov's Science Fiction*](https://asimovs.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March/April 2026, *Vol. 50 Nos. 3 & 4*) Subscribe [here](https://asimovs.com/order-now/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "The Ghosts of Goldilocks" by Kevin J. Anderson & Rick Wilber - "Satan’s Slave" by R. Garcia y Robertson - "Quest for the Corpus Mundi" by Preston Grassmann & Paul Di Filippo - "How to Live With Polar Bears" by Octavia Cade - "A Fierce Need" by James Van Pelt - "The Placemat at Baldy’s Diner" by Michael Libling - "How Else" by David Ebenbach - "The High Shrines" by Stephen Case - "Antarctic Radio" by Gu Shi (translated by Andy Dudak) - "Decoherence" by Jennifer Crow - "Ice House" by Anuel Rodriguez - "Spacesick" by Grace Fitzgibbon - "AITA for Killing All the Humans?" by Jenna Hanchey - "Time-Lost Stamps" by Adele Gardner - "Sounds of Silence" by Robert Frazier - "Zero-G Soliloquy" by Connor Yeck - "Creation" by Archie Abaire ### Nonfiction - Editorial: Nothing Gold Can Stay by Sheila Williams - Reflections: Round-Robin by Robert Silverberg - On the Net: Impending Dooms by James Patrick Kelly - On Books by Peter Heck --- ## [*Aurealis*](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue #188) Subscribe [here](https://aurealis.com.au/product-category/subscriptions/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[A New Game](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#anewgame)" by Matt Freeman - "[Anna, in the Abstract](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#annaintheabstract)" by Andrew David - "[The Book of Middles](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#thebookofmiddles)" by EC Fuller - "[The Quirky Life of Hugo Gernsback](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#thequirkylifeofhugogernsback)" by Lynne Lumsden Green - "[An Interview with Stephen Higgins, Creator of ‘Valis’, a Musical Album Inspired by the Words of Philip K Dick](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#aninterviewwithstephenhigginscreatorofvalisamusicalalbuminspiredbythewordsofphilipkdick)" by Michael Pryor - "[Hacking the Flesh: the Future of the Human Form](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#hackingthefleshthefutureofthehumanform)" by Stuart Olver ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: From the Cloud](https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-188/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Eugen Bacon --- ## [*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issues #452 and #453) Subscribe [here](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Mother’s Hearth](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/mothers-hearth/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by W.A. Hamilton - "[The Sea Child](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-sea-child/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Justin Wesley Ferguson - "[Where the Dream Train Goes, Pt. I](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/where-the-dream-train-goes/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jason Sanford - "[Where the Dream Train Goes, Pt. II](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/where-the-dream-train-goes-pt-ii/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jason Sanford - "[The Book Collectors](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-book-collectors/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by J.W. Halicks --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(March 2026, Issue 234) Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Bend Like the Palm](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/levine%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David D. Levine - "[First Human Ghost on Mars](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/meza%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.L. Meza - "[Crosstalk, Elysium](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/zhao%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Carolyn Zhao - "[Scion](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thomas Ha - "[Scion: Afterword](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha2%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thomas Ha - "[Those Who Left History](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/fengnian%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu - "[You Are Invited to Our SPRING CELEBRATION](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dyer%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thoraiya Dyer - "[Person, Place, Thing](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marissa Lingen ### Nonfiction - [The Hands and the Brain: Complementary Dominance](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kinney%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Benjamin C. Kinney - [Anatomy of a Novel: A Conversation with J.M. Sidorova](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sidorova%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Fluidity, Desire, and Survival: A Conversation with Rebecca Roanhorse](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/roanhorse%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Editor's Desk: The Best from 2025](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke%5F03%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Neil Clarke --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 130) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Ugly House](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-ugly-house/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byBianca Carvalho - "[Nameless](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/nameless/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byAliya Whiteley - "[The Empty Vessel](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-empty-vessel/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byRhys Hughes - "[R is for Remains](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/r-is-for-remains/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" bySteve Rasnic Tem --- ## [*Dark Horses Magazine*](https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (March 2026, No. 50) ### Fiction - "Abednego Wept" by Cy Hill - "Devour" by Alyssa Wallinder - "The Tale Of The Three Sages (Metamorphosis)" by John Randolph - "The Tokyo Tango" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer - "A More Perfect Union" by Edward Ahern - "Capture The Magic Press" by G. W. Mcclary - "Evidence" by Ty Cronkhite - "Encounter" by Nick Young - "Night Visits" by Matt Fox - "Grasshoppers" by Theodora Sterling --- ## [*The Deadlands*](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Winter 2026, Issue 41) Subscribe [here](https://psychopomp.com/grave-goods/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[You Build Your House on Your Father’s Corpse](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/you-build-your-house-on-your-fathers-corpse/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sadoeuphemist (fiction; online 3/2) - "[The Breeze & The Black Door](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-41/the-breeze-the-black-door/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mack W. Mani (poetry; online 3/5) --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 150) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “The Sacrificials” by Andrew Kozma - “Moss Senses” by Beth Goder - “The Piano Made of Fingers” by Abigail Koury - “Float. Sink. Tread. Swim.” by Shelly Jones - “The Oil King” by Bree Wernicke - “Moonmouse” by S.L. Harris, and - “Second Film” by Chistopher St. Prince. --- ## [*Diabolical Plots*](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) Support [here](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/support/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[Jefferson Dines Alone](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-133a-jefferson-dines-alone-by-s-l-harris/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by S.L. Harris - “[Well Tester](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-133b-well-tester-by-e-m-faulds/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by E.M. Faulds --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Float. Sink. Tread. Swim](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#float-sink-tread-swim)" by Shelly Jones - "[The Piano Made of Fingers](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#the-piano-made-of-fingers)" by Abigail Koury - "[Moss Senses](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#moss-senses)" by Beth Goder - "[The Sacrificials](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#the-sacrificials)" by Andrew Kozma ### Nonfiction - "[Transformations: 150 Issues & Counting!](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#transformations-150-issues-counting)" by Rebecca Halsey --- ## [*Fusion Fragment*](https://www.fusionfragment.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 27) Support [here](https://www.patreon.com/cw/fusionfragment?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “A Prescription for Suicide” by Anya Leigh Josephs - “Digital Love Spell – 78% Effective!” by Katharine Tyndall - “Extinction” by Ross Showalter - “One Last Round in the Arena of Little Gods (Or, Asan and the Lion)” by Ewen Ma - “Overgrowth” by Cate W. Tam - “The Animal Years” by Jaye Case - “The Sum of Her Parts” by J.Y. Zhang --- ## [*Future Tense Fiction*](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) ### Fiction - "[The Pocket Box™](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/fiction-the-pocket-box-gunnar-anderson/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Gunnar Anderson ### Nonfiction - "[What Happens When a Groundbreaking Invention Falls Victim to Human Impulse?](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/technological-adoption-consumerism-bosch/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Torie Bosch --- ## [*GigaNotoSaurus*](https://giganotosaurus.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(March 2026) ### Fiction - "[About Face](https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/03/01/about-face/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Teresa Milbrodt --- ## [*Kaleidotrope*](https://kaleidotrope.net/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Spring 2026) Subscribe [here](https://kaleidotrope.net/supporters/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - [“Once Upon an Invasion”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/once-upon-an-invasion-by-amanda-cecelia-lang/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Amanda Cecelia Lang - [“Outbreak](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/outbreak-by-michele-h-porter/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michelle H. Porter - [“Out to Sea”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/out-to-sea-by-dom-d-borg/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Dom D. Borg - [“Ponyhenge”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/ponyhenge-by-faith-allington?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Faith Allington - [“The Tipping Point”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/the-tipping-point-by-s-m-french-byrne?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Sean French-Byrne - [“Diamonds”](https://kaleidotrope.net/sping-2026/diamonds-by-grant-stone?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Grant Stone - [“Astral Source”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/astral-source-by-k-l-neidecker/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by K.L. Neidecker - [“A Life in the Day: with Chris Wheeler, CEO of Tricentennial”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/a-life-in-the-day-with-chris-wheeler-ceo-of-tricentennial-by-matt-hornsby?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Matt Hornsby - [“Ma’anu Wei: What We Know Thus Far”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/maanu-wei-what-we-know-thus-far-by-eliezra-schaffzin/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Eliezra Schaffzin - [“A Tree That Can’t Be Chopped](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/a-tree-that-cant-be-chopped-by-timothy-mudie?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Timothy Mudie - [“Wolftongue”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/wolftongue-by-em-harriett?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Em Harriett - [“Rara Avis”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/rara-avis-by-meg-elison?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Meg Elison ### Poetry - [“Awakening”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/awakening-by-mari-ness?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Mari Ness - [“Even in Our Sleep”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/even-in-our-sleep-by-mark-rich/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Mark Rich - [“Bridge and Tunnel”](https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/bridge-and-tunnel-by-anne-perez/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Anne Perez --- ## [*khōréō*](https://www.khoreomag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 20265, Issue 6.1) Subscribe [here](https://www.khoreomag.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[This Kingdom, Your Ficus; Its Belly, Your Fig](https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/this-kingdom-your-ficus-its-belly-your-fig/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lowry Poletti - "[In My Time of Dreaming](https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/in-my-time-of-dreaming/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" [by Megan Chee](https://www.khoreomag.com/author/megan-chee/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[The Tale of Afonso](https://www.khoreomag.com/translation/the-tale-of-afonso/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dea Anugrah, translated by Annie Tucker - "[Letters from Light’s End](https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/letters-from-lights-end/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Phoenix Alexander - "[Banquet for All!](https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/banquet-for-all/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by jesutomisin ipinmoye ### Nonfiction - [Letters from the Editors](https://www.khoreomag.com/editor/letter-from-the-editors-volume-6-issue-1/?ref=andrewliptak.com) --- ## [*Interzone*](https://interzone.press/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 304) Subscribe [here](https://shop.interzone.press/b/IxvFR?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Stories by: - Rachael Cupp - R.T. Ester - Dominic Green - Simon Guerrier - Val Nolan - Jennifer Jeanne McArdle ### Nonfiction by: - Alexander Glass - Una McCormack - Val Nolan - Aliya Whiteley - Kelly Jennings - Paul Kincaid - Paul McAuley - Val Nolan - Nick Lowe --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 190) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Eat, Prey, Love: A Modest Proposal for Ensuring Gender Equality Through Selective Dietary Practices; or, a Geriatric Millennial’s Guide to #GirlDinner](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/eat-prey-love-a-modest-proposal-for-ensuring-gender-equality-through-selective-dietary-practices-or-a-geriatric-millennials-guide-to-girldinner/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jilly Dreadful (3/5) - "[The Devourers of War; or, An Excerpt from the Cookbook of the Gods](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-devourers-of-war-or-an-excerpt-from-the-cookbook-of-the-gods/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (3/5) - "[Espie Droger Dreams of War](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/espie-droger-dreams-of-war/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Matthew Kressel (3/12) - "[The Tide Folk](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-tide-folk/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jennifer Hudak (3/12) - "[An Encounter at the Dawn of the Time War](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/default/an-encounter-at-the-dawn-of-the-time-war/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by JT Petty (3/19) - "[Lotus Dew for the Emperor’s Tea](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/lotus-dew-for-the-emperors-tea/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Vanessa Fogg (3/19) - "[Terms of Enlightenment](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/default/terms-of-enlightenment/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Patrick Hurley (3/26) - "[When We Loved Giants](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when-we-loved-giants/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sara S. Messenger (3/26) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: March 2026](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by John Joseph Adams (3/5) - [Author Spotlight: Matthew Kressel](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-matthew-kressel-5/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Erik Grove (3/12) - [Book Review: *Midnight Somewhere* by Johnny Compton](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-midnight-somewhere-by-johnny-compton/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg (3/12) - [Author Spotlight: Vanessa Fogg](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-vanessa-fogg-4/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by A Humphrey Lanham (3/19) - [Book Review: *The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather’s Whiskers* by Kenneth Hunter Gordon](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-girl-who-made-a-mouse-from-her-grandfathers-whiskers-by-kenneth-hunter-gordon/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Melissa A Watkins (3/19) - [Author Spotlight: Patrick Hurley](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-patrick-hurley/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Phoebe Barton (3/26) - [Author Spotlight: Sara S. Messenger](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-sara-s-messenger/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Delia Cullity (3/26) - [Book Review: *The Franchise* by Thomas Elrod](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-franchise-by-thomas-elrod/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Chris Kluwe (3/26) --- ## [*Luna Station Quarterly*](https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (March 2026, Issue 065) Subscribe [here](https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/support-us/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io). ### Fiction - "The End of the World, Simon et al." by T. L. Xue - "Ghost Story" by Feby Idrus - "Squilla of the Flower Moon" by M. McNamara - "Private Cabin, Ocean View" by Jane Campbell - "Laisha" by Amantia Menalla - "Stevie" by Bendix Ross - "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" by Sylvie Althoff - "The Disparity of Confidence" by Emmie Christie - "Heart's Desire" by K.M. Reed - "Eva" by Ashley Burnett - "Are We There Yet?" by Allison Mulder - "The Sleeper in the Crypt" by Tiffany Tang - "Brighton" by J. Nathan - "The Bride and Her Thief" by Safiya Cherfi - "Warp and Weft Rising" by Pauline Barmby - "Dance It Trippingly" by Sadie Leewood --- ## [*Nature Futures*](https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=futures&ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Sock. Something. Um](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00614-9?ref=andrewliptak.com)." Daniel Roop - "[Evolution](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00612-x?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Zhouhe Zhang and Haochen Hua - "[First bot, singular](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00610-z?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Preston Grassmann - "[All the world is staged](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00131-9?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mark S. Bailen --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 162) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Will the Last One to Leave Please Turn Out the Lights](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/will-the-last-one-to-leave-please-turn-out-the-lights/?ref=andrewliptak.com)?" by Gordon B. White (3/4) - "[The Doll Problem](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-doll-problem/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Angela Liu (3/11) - "[Her Dark Places](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/her-dark-places/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byAdam-Troy Castro (3/18) - "[Zooming Past Shotgun Houses](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/zooming-past-shotgun-houses/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eva Roslin (3/25) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: March 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Wendy N. Wagner (3/4) - [Author Spotlight: Gordon B. White](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-gordon-b-white-3/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Clay Vermulm (3/4) - [The H Word: Laughing to Swallow My Screams](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-laughing-to-swallow-my-screams/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Ryan Habermeyer (3/11) - [Author Spotlight: Adam-Troy Castro](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-adam-troy-castro-18/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Alex Puncekar (3/18) - [Media Reviews: March 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/media-reviews-march-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Adam-Troy Castro (3/25) --- ## [*Otherside*](https://othersidespec.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) () Support [here](https://othersidespec.com/support/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[This Is Not Your Extinction Event](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/this-is-not-your-extinction-event/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Elena Sichrovsky - "[The Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/the-vetala-of-crystal-vellam-inlet/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Simo Srinivas - "[Vitrification](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/vitrification/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ishmael Grey - "[The Claywife](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/the-claywife/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by tanadrin - "[Your First Days Back in the Court of Arthur](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/your-first-days-back-in-the-court-of-arthur/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Abigail Eliza - "[Mother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/mother-mansrot-in-the-glass-mountain/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sarah Pauling - "[Curriculum for Girls Who Will Survive](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/curriculum-for-girls-who-will-survive/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nadia Radovich - "[Situationship](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/situationship/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Seoung Kim - "[The Homeowner’s Bride](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/the-homeowners-bride/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ayida Shonibar ### Poetry - "[blessing for molly grue.](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/blessing-for-molly-grue/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Elisheva Fox - "[Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/ignore-all-previous-instructions-and-inject-estrogen/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ann Leblanc - "[Vulture bees transfigure the man I tried to be](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/vulture-bees-transfigure-the-man-i-tried-to-be/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rick HOllon - "[Eat It Out](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/eat-it-out/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Cypher - "[Electrolysis](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/electrolysis/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nico Santana ### Nonfiction [He Is Survived by His Wife](https://othersidespec.com/pieces/he-is-survived-by-his-wife/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jackie Hedeman --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(March 2026) ### Fiction - "[Blade Through the Heart](https://reactormag.com/blade-through-the-heart-carrie-vaughn/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Carrie Vaughn - "[Cutting Corners](https://reactormag.com/cutting-corners-yoon-ha-lee/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Yoon Ha Lee - "[Tatterdemalion](https://reactormag.com/tatterdemalion-michael-cisco/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michael Cisco --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 33) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Seven Virtues of Chevalière Jacqueline Aridon](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-seven-virtues-of-chevaliere/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by S. C. Mills - "[Nothing Bright but the Shine of Your Coat](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/nothing-bright-but-the-shine-of-your-coat/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Cressida Roe - "[Foxes on Her Wrist, Fire on Her Ankle](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/foxes-on-her-wrist-fire-on-her-ankle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Akis Linardos - "[Just Before the Mission Gulch Fire](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/just-before-the-mission-gulch-fire/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Taylor Jones - "[The Dragon and It](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-dragon-and-it/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kate Francia - [Gemini creatures](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/gemini-creatures/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rachael Brooks - "[I Once Fell in Love With a Jackalope](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-once-fell-in-love-with-a-jackalope/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Chase Anderson - "[They Live So Little and They Die So Fast](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/they-live-so-little-and-they-die-so-fast/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mira Singer - "[tell us about doubt](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/tell-us-about-doubt/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rath Mercury --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Bitter as the Sea](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/bitter-as-the-sea/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by M.E. Bronstein - "[This Obituary Has Been Retracted](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/this-obituary-has-been-redacted/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P.C. Verrone - "[Five Medicines You Found in the Garden of Unfinished Poems](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/five-medicines-you-found-in-the-garden-of-unfinished-poems/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jenna Hanchey ### Poetry - "[Afterstory](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/afterstory/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Janet McAdams - "[You Will Disembowel the Bird (Viator)](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/you-will-disembowel-the-bird-viator/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dacey Eliot - "[An Inheritance of Air; or, You Are Cordially Invited to Attend My Presentation on Genealogy](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/an-inheritance-of-air-or-you-are-cordially-invited-to-attend-my-presentation-on-genealogy/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sophia Zhao - "[Narcissus Meets the Ghost of AI in a Dark Alley Behind a Fusion Restaurant](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/narcissus-meets-the-ghost-of-ai-in-a-dark-alley-behind-a-fusion-restaurant/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lesley Hart Gunn - "[\[minutes between city and forest #4\]](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/minutes-between-city-and-forest-4/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ceridwen Hall - "[Pennsylvania Cryptid](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/pennsylvania-cryptid/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Amelia England - [The O’Neill Cylinder in Geostationary Orbit Above Earth’s Equator](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-oneill-cylinder-in-geostationary-orbit-above-earths-equator/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Katlina Sommerberg ### Nonfiction - [Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/spec-fic-and-the-politics-of-identity/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Eugen Bacon - [That Soft and Gentle Feeling: Relationships In Cosy SFF](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/that-soft-and-gentle-feeling-relationships-in-cosy-sff/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by S.L. Dove Cooper ### Reviews - Monday: [*The Inescapable March* by Hana Carolina](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-inescapable-march-by-hana-carolina/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nick Hubble - Wednesday: [*Into the Midnight Wood* by Alexandra McCollum](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/into-the-midnight-wood-by-alexandra-mccollum/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jenny Hamilton - Friday: [*The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts* by Kim Fu](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-valley-of-the-vengeful-ghosts-by-kim-fu/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Tina S. Zhu - Monday: [*ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction* edited by Marissa van Uden](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/eco24-the-years-best-speculative-ecofiction-edited-by-marissa-van-uden/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Octavia Cade - Wednesday: [*This Brutal Moon* by Bethany Jacobs](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/this-brutal-moon-by-bethany-jacobs/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Roseanna Pendlebury - Friday: [*The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains* by Reena McCarty](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-tricky-business-of-faerie-bargains-by-reena-mccarty/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Anushree Nande - Monday: [*Crisis at Proxima* by Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/crisis-at-proxima-by-travis-s-taylor-and-les-johnson/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andy Sawyer - Wednesday: [*Witchcraft for Wayward Girls* by Grady Hendrix](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/witchcraft-for-wayward-girls-by-grady-hendrix/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Amritesh Mukherjee - Friday: [*When Among Crows and To Clutch a Razor* by Veronica Roth](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/when-among-crows-and-to-clutch-a-razor-by-veronica-roth/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Electra Pritchett - Monday: [*Beings* by Ilana Masad](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/beings-by-ilana-masad/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by David Lewis - Wednesday: [*The Iron Garden Sutra* by A. D. Sui](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-iron-garden-sutra-by-a-d-sui/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Alex Kingsley - Friday: [*Monsters in the Archive* by Caroline Bicks](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/monsters-in-the-archive-by-caroline-bicks/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Eric Primm --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026) ### Fiction - "[When Your Ex-Husband Lies Dying and Only You Can Get Him the Magic Elixir from the Bodega](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/when-your-ex-husband-lies-dying-and?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ben Francisco - "[La Sirena’s Blessing of Belonging](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/la-sirenas-blessing-of-belonging?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by V.M. Ayala - "[Self-Portrait, with Bones](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/self-portrait-with-bones?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alex Irving - "[In Your Dreams](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/in-your-dreams?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Leah Cypess --- ## [*Three-Lobed Burning Eye*](https://www.3lobedmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March 2026, Issue 147) Support them [here](https://www.3lobedmag.com/support.html?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Final Safest Place](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory1.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Wendy N. Wagner - "[Our Darkness to Take](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory2.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Hailey Piper - "[Kindredhood in Medieval Tongues](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory3.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eugen Bacon - "[The Show is in the Basement](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory4.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Keith Rosson - "[Someday, The Rules Were (Mostly) Clear](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory5.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Maxwell I. Gold - "[book club for bots](https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue47/3lbe47%5Fstory6.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Clay McLeod Chapman --- ## [*Uncanny Magazine*](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March / April 2026, Issue 69) Subscribe [here](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-the-hole-in-the-bathroom/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Angela Liu (3/3) - “[Chimera](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/chimera/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Anjali Sachdeva (3/3) - “[When Things Went Bad](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when-things-went-bad/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Stephen Graham Jones (3/3) - “[The Mighty Impervious Woman Considers Retirement](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-mighty-impervious-woman-considers-retirement/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Izzy Wasserstein (3/3) - “[machining of little moons](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/machining-of-little-moons/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Eva Papasoulioti (3/3) ### Nonfiction - “[The *Uncanny* Valley](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-uncanny-valley-64/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Michael Damian Thomas - “[Bittersweet Endings (for All Who Live to See Such Times)](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/bittersweet-endings-for-all-who-live-to-see-such-times/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Samantha Mills (3/3) - “[Endings and Other Lies](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/endings-and-other-lies/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Jim C. Hines (3/3) - [Interview: Anjali Sachdeva](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/interview-anjali-sachdeva/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Caroline M. Yoachim (3/3) --- ## [*Weird Horror Magazine*](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Spring 2026, Issue 12) ### Fiction - Chloe N. Clark - Roy Graham - Rick Kennett - Annika Barranti Klein - "[Moksha](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/moksha?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rajiv Moté - "[You Scream Ice Cream](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/you-scream?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Russell Nichols - "[A View from the Window](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/window?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rory Say - R.L. Summerling - "[Horncrowns](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/horncrowns?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D. Matthew Urban - "[Last Night](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/last-night?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Aliya Whiteley ### Nonfiction - [European Weird Vs. American Weird](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/on-horror-12?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Simon Strantzas - [Suspicious Manors: Old Dark Houses and the New Gilded Age](https://www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/grey12?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Orrin Grey --- 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!