Table of Contents November 2025

Here's the latest installment of Table of Contents, which rounds up the latest short fiction releases for November 2025.

You can check out the list of stories from October here (which has been updated with new links!) and past installments of this series here.

Apex Magazine (Issue 151, October-December 2025)

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Fiction

• "Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner
• "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares
• "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson (11/04/25)
• "We Used to Wake to Song" by Leah Ning (11/18/25)
• "The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night" by J.A. Prentice (12/02/25)
• Excerpt from ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction — "The Water Runner" by Eugen Bacon
• "The Fate You Choose" by Nadia Radovich
• "FAQ on My Vagina Dentata" by Jarune Uwujaren (11/11/25)
• "Cassandra and the Changeling" by R.J. Sterling (12/09/25)
• "Before, After, and the Space Between" by Kel Coleman (11/25/25)
• "Come Here, Ofelia" by Cynthia Gómez
• "Exuviae" by Mari Harrison
• "Don't Hide from the Mirror" by Nico Martinez Nocito (11/13/25)
• "Involuntary Self" by Jim Horlock (12/11/25)
• "Horse and Rider" by Christine Beres (12/16/25)

Nonfiction

• Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner
• "Dust, Stars, and Shadows: How Western Genre Literature Helped Shape Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror" by Michael Knost (11/06/25)
• "More than Lighting: Speculative Noir" by Premee Mohamed (12/18/25)
• "Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review" by A.C. Wise
• Interview with Author Anita Moskát and Translator Austin Wagner by Marissa van Uden
• Interview with Author Leah Ning by Marissa van Uden (11/13/25)
• Interview with Artist Natasa Illincic by Bradley Powers (12/04/25)

Analog Science Fact and Fiction (Vol. XCV No. 11 & 12, November/December 2025)

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Fiction

• "Aleyara’s Flight" by Christopher L. Bennett
• "The Dancing Bear" by Joyce & Stanley Schmidt
• "Faith" by Kate Maruyama
• "One Step Away" by Lance Robinson
• "Pirates Of Pan" by James Dick
• "The Starworthy Slip" by A.c. Koch
• "With Lanterns Borne Aloft" by Mark W. Tiedemann
• "Termina" by Subodhana Wijeyeratne
• "One Peek" by Lilian Garratt-smithson
• "The Wi-fi Womb," by Avi Burton
• "And Every Galatea Shaped Anew" by Marissa Lingen
• "People Of The Consortium Worlds V. Rax, God Of Misery" by Leonard Richardson
• "Mammoth" by C.l. Schacht
• "The Riches We Take" by Sam W. Pisciotta
• "Earth’s Last Library" by James Van Pelt
• "Cobalt Plate Special" by Jon Hansen
• "The Underappreciation Of Danny White" by David Ebenbach
• "Chalice" by James L. Cambias
• "The Mountain At The Heart Of The Labyrinth" by Deborah L. Davitt

Poetry

• "Constructs" by Thomas Belton
• "Irrational Faith" by Richard Schiffman

Nonfiction

• Out Of “some Warm Little Pond,” Part Ii: Bios And The Last Universal Common Ancestor by Kelly Lagor
• Guest Editorial: A Matrix And (At Least Three) Curves by Howard V. Hendrix
• Unknowns: Noble Guesses by Alec Nevala-lee
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• In Times To Come
• The Reference Library by Rosemary Claire Smith
• Brass Tacks

Asimov's Science Fiction (Vol. 49 Nos. 11 & 12, November/December 2025)

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Fiction

• "Spare Parts for the Mind" by Greg Egan
• "Because It’s There" by Susan Shwartz
• "Lagrange Point 5" by Sean McMullen
• "Solemnity" by Mark D. Jacobsen
• "Miiracle" by Tegan Moore
• "Mudfoots" by Eric Del Carlo
• "The Recovery of Lemuria 7" by Allen M. Steele
• "Within God" by Garrett Ashley
• "Can You Outrun a T-Rex?" by Sean Monaghan
• "Catch a Tiger in the Snow" by Ray Nayler

Poetry

• "Good Dogs" by Leslie J. Anderson
• "Inheritance Haiku" by Bruce Boston
• "My Flintstones Thermos, 1962" by Rob Loughran
• "Field Note from an Outlier Physicist" by Robert Frazier
• "What We Learn from Quantum Mechanics" by Fred D. White
• "Almost Immortal" by Bruce Boston
• "The Paper Swift" by Ciarán Parkes

Nonfiction

• Editorial: 39th Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results by Sheila Williams
• Reflections: Science Fiction Predicts the Future by Robert Silverberg
• On the Net: Coverage by James Patrick Kelly
• On Books by Peter Heck

Augur Magazine (8.2)

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Fiction

• "Liminal Spaces" by Azure Arther 
• "Four Elements of the Affair" by Britt Gillman
• "Unrepeat: an incantation" by Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal
• "What's Mine" by Lulu Kadhim
• "Mother Tree's Idols" by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
• "Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers" by A.J. Van Belle
• "For Godzilla" by Qurat Dar
• "The Thunder Boy" by Cathy Smith
• "Mother Tongue" by Pooja Joshi
• "Detritivore" by Binoy Zuzarte
• "Of Blood and Pomegranates" by Saad Omar Khan
• "Red Cliff" by Eva Haas
• "The Event Horizon of Honey" by Braydon Beaulieu

Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Issue 445 and 446, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "The Crow’s Second Tale" by Marissa Lingen
• "The Loaf in the Woods" by David Marino
• "The Unmasking Of Fioha Dubhan" by Samuel Chapman
• "Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head" by J.A. Prentice

Clarkesworld Magazine (Issue 230, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "The Stone Played at Tengen" by R.H. Wesley
• "Jade Fighter" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
• "The Apologists" by Tade Thompson
• "Trees at Night" by Ramiro Sanchiz, translated by Sue Burke
• "Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World" by Chisom Umeh
• "Ratlines" by Brent Baldwin

Nonfiction

• What is the Retirement Age of a Jedi? by João Pedro de Magalhães
• Breaking Bones: A Conversation with K.A. Teryna by Arley Sorg
• Needing to Make Sense of the World: A Conversation with R.T. Ester by Arley Sorg
• Editor's Desk: Four from our Readers by Neil Clarke

The Dark (Issue 126, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Totensonntag" by Brian Evenson
• "The Window at My Mother’s Back, the Door in My Belly" by A. W. Prihandita
• "Tragedia dell’Arte" by TJ Cimfel
• " Twilight Tide" by Samir Sirk Morató

Dark Horses Magazine (Issue 46, November 2026)

Fiction

• "Only Time Will Tell" by Alice Baburek
• "Passerine" by Melanie Hamon
• "Red Hunger" by Kidron Grifter
• "Sap Of Eternal Satisfaction" by Daniela Tabrea
• "Dead Of Night: Tool" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer
• "To Quell A Phoenix" by Nicholas Samuel Stember
• "Toll Road" by Sylke Lesinski
• "Our Discontent" by Paul Cesarini
• "The Mask Maker’s Imagination" by Hayden Kanicki
• "Watchdog" by Jaryd Porter

The Deadlands (Issue 40, Fall 2025)

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Fiction

• "The Last Minute Before the Rooster Crows" by Malena Salazar Maciá (fiction; online 10/20)
• "Amanita Season" by Belle Biscotti (poetry; online 10/23)
• "Hamaka, Leave Me Alone" by Testimony Odey (fiction; online 10/27)
• "I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things" by Shana Ross (poetry; online 10/30)
• "The Destruction of All That is Good and Holy, Otherwise Known as Green Beans" by Erin Ulm (fiction; online 11/3)
• "The Ritual" by Matthew Wollin (nonfic; online 11/6)
• "The Ghost of Cerrera Orbital Station Makes Herself Known" by Laila Amado (fiction; online 11/10)
• "The Pretendian" by Jason Pearce (fiction; online 11/13)
• "Bay nakht afn altn mark: A rehearsal" by R.B. Lemberg (poetry; online 11/17)
• "Punks Don’t Die" by Kat Sedia (fiction; online 11/20)
• "Not a Bird" by Ellen Romano (poetry; online 11/24)
• "Liminalities of the Second Contraction" by Scott Payne (fiction; online 11/27)

Flash Fiction Online (Issue 146, November 2025)

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Fiction

• “Ursula” by E.M. Linden
• “The Last Oftun in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen
• “A Proper Mother, Unhexed” by Ashlee Lhamon
• “Unfinished Conversations Package” by Chris Baker
• “The Tao of Thorstein Codbiter” by Kate Horsley
• “Loxley Is One Thousand Bats” by Camsyn Clair
• “Gifts from On High” by V.H. Chen, and
• “Hope Is the Thing with Circuits and Steel”” by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska

Future Tense Fiction (November 2026)

Fiction

• "Coser y Cantar" by Gabriela Damián Miravete

Nonfiction

• "Workers’ Hands Tell a Story. What If We Listened?" by Alice Driver

Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction (Fall 2025)

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Fiction

• "Lost and Found" by Charlene Adhiambo
• "Sundown Town" by Zig Zag Claybourne
• "Left Hand Torment" by R.J. Joseph
• "Take me to the Water" by Sarah A. Macklin
• "A City Called Heaven" by Danian Darrell Jerry
• "Hide Me in the Shadows of your Wings" by Christopher Caldwell
• "Grandfather's Drum" by Cosmata Lindie
• "Birds" by Zin E. Rocklyn
• "Penny Candy Lady" by Dedren Snead
• "Common Grounds and Various Teas" by Sherin Nicole

Poetry

• "Sis’ Bouki: the Hyena Gifts" by Rob Cameron 
• "Great Dismal Speaks" by Audrey T. Williams 
• "Bottling Up De Evil" by Linda D. Addison 
• "Conjure of Original Wholeness (Homecoming Ceremony)" by Joy tabernacle KMT-Battle  
• "Word Worlds" by Christina Springer

GigaNotoSaurus (November 2026)

Nonfiction

• GNS Back on Pause Until January 2026 by LaShawn M. Wanak, Editor

Lightspeed Magazine (Issue 186, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Thaw" by An Owomoyela
• "Drosera regina" by A.L. Goldfuss
• "How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu (11/6)
• "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley (11/6)
• "Elegy for Zephyr One" by Gene Doucette (11/13)
• "Beneath the Umdlebe Tree; or, A Vegetable Love Story" by Modupeoluwa Shelle (11/13)
• "Visible Damage" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (11/20)
• "How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl" by Tina S. Zhu (11/20)
• "Operation: Grapevine" by Joel W. D. Buxton (11/27)
• "The Cold Burning Light of Her" by Sam W. Pisciotta (11/27)

Nonfiction

• Book Review: The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely by Chris Kluwe
• Author Spotlight: Lisa M. Bradley by Alex Puncekar (11/6)
• Book Review: The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa by Arley Sorg and Melissa A Watkins (11/6)
• Book Review: Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn by Chris Kluwe (11/13)
• Author Spotlight: Nina Kiriki Hoffman by Delia Cullity (11/20)
• Author Spotlight: Tina S. Zhu by A Humphrey Lanham (11/20)
• Book Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei by Wendy N. Wagner (11/20)
• Author Spotlight: Joel W. D. Buxton by Erik Grove (11/27)

Nightmare Magazine (Issue 158, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" by James L. Sutter (11/5)
• "Primordium" by Erica Ruppert (11/12)
• "Bleed for Me, Bro" by Sharang Biswas (11/19)

Poetry

• "Futakuchi onna speaks of the Kamaitachi" by Betsy Aoki (11/26)

Nonfiction

• Editorial: November 2025 by Wendy N. Wagner (11/5)
• Author Spotlight: James L. Sutter by Carrie Finch (11/5)
• The H Word: The Forest’s Quiet Hunger for Your Soul by Samuel Peters (11/12)
• Author Spotlight: Sharang Biswas by Clay Vermulm (11/19)
• Plumbing the Depths: When Scientists Go Mad—Ghost-Hunting and Horror by Lisa Morton (11/26)

Reactor (November 2025)

Fiction

• "Barnacle" by Kate Elliott
• "The Belle of the Ball" by Stephen Graham Jones
• "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by Benjamin Rosenbaum

Small Wonders Magazine (Issue 29, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Pink Witches" by Melissa Jornd

Strange Horizons (November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Palimpsest" by Melissa A Watkins
• "Heart Fallout" by Jess Peng

Poetry

• "wani gari" by Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
• "sijo from a spaceship escaping a dying planet" by Annie Bolger
• "The Patience of the Equator" by Brishbhanu Baruah
• "618 Days in Longsleep" by Mahaila Smith
• "Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast" by Jessy Randall
• "The Face Stealer Tells Me What Emptiness Feels Like" by Sean Glatch
• "A Song from Kulara" by  Jayasri Sridhar
• "Strands of Feelings" by A. A. Ademola

Nonfiction

• Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence by Tanvir Ahmed
• Old Enough to Become the Villain: Contemporary Narratives Around Growing Up by P.H. Low
• Stories From The Radio: The Revolt of the Worms by Kuzhali Manickavel

Reviews

• Monday: Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin by Nileena Sunil
• Wednesday: The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh by ubham Rai
• Friday: Field Of Frights by Christian Hagmann by Racheal Chie
• Monday: Colourfields by Paul Kincaid by Shinjini Dey
• Wednesday: Making History by K. J. Parker by Cameron Miguel
• Friday: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji by Eric Hendel
• Monday: The Curators by Maggie Nye by Roy Salzman-Cohen
• Wednesday: Dementia 21 volumes 1 and 2 by Shintaro Kago by Shannon Fay
• Friday: We Like It Cherry by Jacy Morris by Ian J. Simpson
• Monday: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow by Nick Hubble
• Wednesday: A Granite Silence by Nina Allan by David Hebblethwaite
• Friday: Talamasca: The Secret Order by AJ Odasso
  

The Sunday Morning Transport (November 2025)

Fiction

• "Here at the Freezing End" by Benjamin Kinney
• "The Hodges Meteorite" by Andy Duncan
• "An Invitation from the BildungsEssen Restaurant Group" by Kelly Lagor
• "Flower and Root" by J.R. Dawson

Three-Lobed Burning Eye (Issue 46, November 2025)

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Fiction

• "Belly Full of Eyes" by K.S. Walker
• "The Subject" by Brian Evenson
• "Untitled #5" by Nadia Bulkin
• "For When the Night is Behind You and the Depths are Ahead" by Corey Farrenkopf
• "Songs Never Sung" by Premee Mohamed
• "The Somnambulist" by Katie McIvor

Uncanny Magazine (Issue 67, November/December 2025)

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Fiction

• "The Millay Illusion" by Sarah Pinsker
• "Anémona" by Ana Hurtado
• "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou
• "Who Are You Wearing?" by Russell Nichols

Poetry

• "Prayer for Winter" by Romie Stott
• "Call Us Boy." by Somto Ihezue

Nonfiction

• The Uncanny Valley by Michael Damian Thomas
• Thank You, Patreon Supporters! by Michael Damian Thomas
• I Am Insecure About My Character(s) by Javier Grillo–Marxuach
• Portrayals of Disability in The Wheel of Time, Sony Pictures/Amazon Studios by Mari Ness
• Interview: Natalia Theodoridou by Caroline M. Yoachim

Check back at the end of the month: I'll update the links to the stories that haven't come out at the time of publication. As always, let me and your fellow readers know in the comments what stories stood out for you!