> ## 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, April 2026 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-april-2026/ - Published: 2026-04-01T16:10:20.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-01T15:44:48.000Z - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror I've often thought of short fiction being the engine that drives speculative fiction. So many authors cut their teeth with shorter works, and it's a phenomenal way to meet new storytellers and creators – as well as new publications. Since I've launched this column, I've been adding new publications as I come across them, and if you turn back to [March's installment](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-march-2026/), you'll find a whole bunch of newer publications that have arrived on the scene. Give them a try and see what they're bringing to readers. Find this column useful? Consider leaving a tip to help underwrite the work that goes into assembling it: [Learn more ](#/portal/support) Okay, here are the short stories coming out this month: --- ## [*Adventitious*](https://www.adventitious.net/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 2) Subscribe [here](https://www.adventitious.net/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[All Under Heaven](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/all-under-heaven-marie-brennan/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Marie Brennan - “[Madam Strzyga’s Pagan Pest Control](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/madam-strzygas-pagan-pest-control-katharine-tyndall/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Katharine Tyndall - “[Fernie](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/fernie-angela-liu/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Angela Liu - “[Passing Through](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/passing-through-laurie-doyle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Laurie Doyle - “[We Decay In The Dark](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/we-decay-in-the-dark-ayida-shonibar/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Ayida Shonibar - “[Of Sight, Of Mind, Of Heart](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/of-sight-of-mind-of-heart-samantha-murray/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Samantha Murray - “[Penance](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/penance-jennifer-hudak/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Jennifer Hudak - “[Fractal House](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/fractal-house-merc-fenn-wolfmoor/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - “[Raze My Brain, Open My Eyes](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/raze-my-brain-open-my-eyes/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Faith Allington - “[Spirit Alembic Keeper](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/spirit-alembic-keeper-emma-burnett/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Emma Burnett - “[The Place of Oblation](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/place-of-oblation-deborah-l-davitt/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Deborah L. Davitt - “[Last Edit to THE ALL BANGERS LIST Made By Your Sex Robot at 11:39 A.M.](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/all-bangers-list-natalie-zutter/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Natalie Zutter - “[Fire and Brimstone](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/fire-and-brimstone-s-i-fapohunda/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by S. I. Fapohunda - “Biter” by Michelle Knudsen --- ## [*Amazing Stories*](https://amazingstories.com/free-stories/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026) ### Fiction - "[Junie and Kamal in the Machine](https://amazingstories.com/2026/04/junie-and-kamal-in-the-machine-by-jessy-randall-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jessy Randall - "[Rock and Roll](https://amazingstories.com/2026/04/rock-and-roll-by-norman-cowie-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Norman Cowie - "[Make Space Great Again](https://amazingstories.com/2026/04/make-space-great-again-by-mike-strickland-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mike Strickland --- ## [*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 - [Excerpt of *The Cellar Below the Cellar*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/excerpt-of-the-cellar-below-the-cellar-by-ivy-grimes?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Ivy Grimes (4/6) - "[One Last Light to Guide Me Home](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/one-last-light-to-guide-me-home?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Avery Parks (4/28) ### Nonfiction - "[Intellectual Colonialism and the Erasure of South and Eastern European Writing Voices: Another Tikka-Masala](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/intellectual-colonialism-and-the-erasure-of-south-and-eastern-european-writing-voices-another-tikka-?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos (4/14) - "[Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/words-for-thought-short-fiction-review-issue-152?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.C. Wise (4/21) --- ## [*Aurealis*](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue #189) Subscribe [here](https://aurealis.com.au/product-category/subscriptions/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "From the Cloud" by Stephen Higgins - "Out of Time" by Carolyn Galbraith - "Little Drid Makes a Call" by Andrew Renganathan Roberts - "Epimetheus" by Luke Weavell ### Nonfiction - William Walker, His Fiction and Now-Solved Mystery by Gillian Polack - Fallout as Critical Retrofuturism by Ani White - Building Empires and Stories: A Conversation with Nicola Zhang by Natalia Soriano --- ## [*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issues 445 and 456) Subscribe [here](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Sparrow Tree](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-sparrow-tree/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alma Alexander - "[Song, Skin, Sea](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/song-skin-sea/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tamara Vardomskaya - "[Concerto for Winds and Resistance](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/concerto-for-winds-and-resistance/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Cara Masten DiGirolamo - "[In The Blood](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/in-the-blood/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alex Irvine - "[The Long Weeping Arms of the Parasitic Horde](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-long-weeping-arms-of-the-parasitic-horde/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Bee Hyland - "[On the Origin of Song](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/on-the-origin-of-song/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Naim Kabir --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)() Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cole%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ryan Cole - "[D0G](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/fordwalker%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tania Fordwalker - "[The Trajectory of Memory is Forward](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/prasad%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rajeev Prasad - "[Eternity in Their Hearts](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/khan%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by K. J. Khan - "[Shelter](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/aldsen%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nadia W. Aldsen - "[The Forgetting Code](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/macia%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Malena Salazar Maciá - "[Human Studies 401](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yee%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Abby Nicole Yee ### Nonfiction - [Sleeping to the Stars: The Science and Fiction of Cryosleep](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/collins%5F04%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jason Collins - [Feynman Lectures Riff: A Conversation with John Chu](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chu%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Hope and Friendship Will Carry Us Through: A Conversation with Suzanne Palmer](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/palmer%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 131) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Windows](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/windows/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byIbrahim Ojedokun - "[The Tale’s in the Telling](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-tales-in-the-telling/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byAngela Slatter - "[Dromedary Mary](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/dromedary-mary/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byPhoenix Alexander - "[Wendigo](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/wendigo/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byMichael Kelly --- ## [*Dark Horses Magazine*](https://darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com/?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io) (April 2026, Issue 51) ### Fiction - "A Past Life" by George Larson - "Grampa’s Shed" by K.b. Olszewski - "Just Birds" by Beau Maibaum - "The Ank Williams Story" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer - "The Melting Pot Of Us" by Khaled T. Aly - "The Slow Apocalypse Of The Clockwork Saints" by Lucien R. Starchild - "The Thing About Ashridge" by Bri Eberhart - "The Simoom" by Rex A. Paar - "We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Program" by James Rumpel - "Grasshoppers" by Theodora Sterling --- ## [*The Deadlands*](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Spring 2026) Subscribe [here](https://psychopomp.com/grave-goods/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[No Mother to Replace](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-42/no-mother-to-replace/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nosawema O. - "[In This Corner of the World](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-42/in-this-corner-of-the-world/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A. E. Weisgerber - "[The Dog](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-42/the-dog/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Phoenix Mendoza - "[After Messiaen: A Quartet for the End of Time](https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-42/after-messiaen-a-quartet-for-the-end-of-time/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.B. Lemberg --- ## [*Diabolical Plots*](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026) Support [here](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/support/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[The House Knows](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-134a-the-house-knows-by-meghan-arcuri/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Meghan Arcuri - “[Davy Jones, Lobsterman](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-134b-davy-jones-lobsterman-by-daire-mcnally/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Daire McNally --- ## [*Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction*](https://fiyahlitmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Spring 2026, Issue 38) Subscribe [here](https://fiyahlitmag.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Minority Museum" by T.T. Gibran - "On The Autonomy Of Whales" by Amanda Helms - "Copula" by Briana N Cox - "The Canines Never Lie" by Virgo Kevonté - "Midnight In The Devil’s Punchbowl" by Lisa Bennett Bolekaja - "What We Do" by Darise Jeanbaptiste ### Poetry - "This Time, Next Time" by Akua Lezli Hope - "Someday" by Christopher Leigh Silverberg - "Root Code" by Argelia Salmon --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 151) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Ten and Out](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#ten-and-out)" by Myna Chang - "[For Solomon Fishkowski Who Carved Chess Sets in Siberia](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#for-solomon-fishkowski-who-carved-chess-sets-in-siberia)" by KD Casey - "[Remembering Dodem Ansibar](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#remembering-dodem-ansibar)" by Sam E. Sutin - "[The Last Eleven Seconds](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#the-last-eleven-seconds)" David Farrow ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: By the Numbers](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#editorial-by-the-numbers) by Rebecca Halsey --- ## [*Flash Point SF*](https://flashpointsf.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 2) Subscribe [here](https://flashpointsf.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[I Crave My Meat a Little Rare](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/04/24/issue-2-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#i-crave-my-meat-a-little-rareby-rajiv-mote)" by Rajiv Moté - "[Driving On](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/04/24/issue-2-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by J. Y. Zhang - "[Grandfather’s Pond](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/04/24/issue-2-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by Aeryn Rudel - "[Raja](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/04/24/issue-2-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by Moh Afdhaal --- ## [*GigaNotoSaurus*](https://giganotosaurus.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(April 2026) ### Fiction - "[House of Honeyed Soil](https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/04/01/house-of-honeyed-soil/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Natalie Wollenweber --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 191) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/saint-zero-of-the-hollows-and-the-eagle-knight/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by V.M. Ayala (4/9) - "[Hell Is Empty](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hell-is-empty/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by J.R. Dawson (4/9) - "[Dad Died on Discord](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dad-died-on-discord/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Andrew Dana Hudson (4/16) - "[Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley \[Part 1\]](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/six-gun-vixen-and-the-machinist-of-doom-valley-part-one/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ashok K. Banker (4/16) - "[Update on Rules for the Spatiotemporal Use of Campus Spaces](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/update-on-rules-for-the-spatiotemporal-use-of-campus-spaces/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Andrea Kriz (4/23) - "[Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley \[Part 2\]](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/six-gun-vixen-and-the-machinist-of-doom-valley-part-two/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ashok K. Banker (4/23) - "[Empathetic Psychosis](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/empathetic-psychosis/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Justin C. Key (4/30) - "[Time Management](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/time-management/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by P.A. Cornell (4/30) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: April 2026](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams (4/9) - [Author Spotlight: V.M. Ayala](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-v-m-ayala-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Leighanna DeRouen (4/9) - [Author Spotlight: J.R. Dawson](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-j-r-dawson-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Phoebe Barton (4/9) - [Author Spotlight: Ashok K. Banker](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-ashok-banker-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Erik Grove (4/16) - [Book Review: *Sauúti Terrors* by Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton, and Cheryl S. Ntumy, eds.](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-sauuti-terrors-eugen-bacon-stephen-embleton-and-cheryl-s-ntumy-eds/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Arley Sorg (4/16) - [Book Review: *The Witch* by Marie N’Diaye, translated by Jordan Stump](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-witch-by-marie-ndiaye-translated-by-jordan-stump/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Melissa A Watkins (4/23) - [Author Spotlight: Justin C. Key](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-justin-c-key-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Delia Cullity (4/30) - [Book Review: *Aicha* by Soraya Bouazzaoui](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-aicha-by-soraya-bouazzaoui/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Chris Kluwe (4/30) --- ## [*Mythmaxis*](https://mythaxis.co.uk/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(Spring 2026, Issue 45) Support [here](https://ko-fi.com/mythaxismagazine?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Agentic Necklace](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the-agentic-necklace.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Frank Baird Hughes - "[On Miracles](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/on-miracles.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P. W. Lewis - "[The Perfect Mother](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the-perfect-mother.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jude Clee - "[The Negotiation](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the-negotiation.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Vanessa Fabiano - "[Search History](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/search-history.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jon Clendaniel - "[Pultu's Lesson](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/pultus-lesson.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sean Myers ### Nonfiction - [Reintroduction](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/reintroduction.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andrew Leon Hudson - [The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the-spear-cuts-through-waterd-simon-jimenez.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Mattia Ravasi - [Short Reviews – October 2025 to January 2026](https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/short-reviews-oct-2025-to-jan-2026.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andrew Leon Hudson --- ## [*Nature Futures*](https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=futures&ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[False Hope](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00616-7?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Hall Jameson - "Homelessness of the heart" by Tomias Keno - "[Ozymandias undead](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01065-y?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Bryce Saputo - "[New year, old me](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01067-w?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Robert Blasiak - "[Waiting for them](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01069-8?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marissa Lingen - "[The memory dealer of Old Jeddah](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01071-0?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Addidi Youness - "[In the flesh](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01073-y?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Jasmin Kirkbride](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01073-y?ref=andrewliptak.com#author-0) - "[Immolation](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01039-0?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lucy Zhang --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 163) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Final Girl Trap](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-final-girl-trap/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.C. Wise (4/8) - "[The Spiders You Swallow in Your Sleep](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-spiders-you-swallow-in-your-sleep/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Wendy Nikel (4/15) - "[We Are All in the Same Boat](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-are-all-in-the-same-boat/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byAvi Burton (4/22) - "[graveyard of butterflies](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/graveyard-of-butterflies/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (4/29) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: April 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-april-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Wendy N. Wagner (4/8) - [Author Spotlight: A.C. Wise](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-a-c-wise-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Clay Vermulm (4/8) - [The H Word: Why Do We Like the Weird?](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-why-do-we-like-the-weird/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by RSL (4/15) - [Author Spotlight: Avi Burton](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-avi-burton/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Devin Marcus (4/22) - [Interview: Dan Coxon](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/interview-dan-coxon/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Alex Puncekar (4/29) --- ## [*Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine*](https://www.penumbric.com/index.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Vol 9, Issue 6) ### Fiction - "[You Must Be This Tall](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/dehaanTall.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Laura DeHaan - "[Formative Years](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/westFormative.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jacqueline West - "[Bones for Safe Keeping](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/winterBones.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Charlie Winter - "[Body Count](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/earlyBody.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sage Early - "[Carrion](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/hirschCarrion.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jordan Hirsch - "[The House with White Walls](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/beehrHouse.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dana Beehr - "[Charts of the Sorcerer 1: Duel](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/emeryDuel.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Phil Emery - "[The Archaeology of Yarn](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/daltonYarn.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A J Dalton - "[Return to Foreverland](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/kevonteReturn.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Virgo Kevonté - "[A Bargain's a Bargain](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/leenBargain.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Gerri Leen - "[So That We May Remember](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/songRemember.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rina Song - "[Unabashed Appetite](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sargentUnabashed.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lynne Sargent - "[Alakhani](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/kashyapAlakhani.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ananya Kashyap - "[My God, What Has Happened?](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/townendHappened.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by SJ Townend - "[In the wake of this decay](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/smithDecay.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mahaila Smith - "[The New Air](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/hudsonAir.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Neil James Hudson - "[The Wedding Speech You Weren't Asked to Give, for the Couple Who Didn't Invite You](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/krigerWedding.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by S.R. Kriger --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(April 2026) ### Fiction - "[Let’s Go to the Zoo](https://reactormag.com/lets-go-to-the-zoo-louis-evans/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Louis Evans - "[The Day-Blind Stars](https://reactormag.com/the-day-blind-stars-christopher-rowe/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Christopher Rowe - "[I Spin Records Into Gold](https://reactormag.com/i-spin-records-into-gold-daria-lavelle/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Daria Lavelle --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026, Issue 34) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[My Favorite Human](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/my-favorite-human/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Corrie Haldane - "[Sacrifice Homecoming](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/sacrifice-homecoming/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Manuela Amiouny - "[The Stars Play Tug-of-War Sometimes](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-stars-play-tug-of-war-sometimes/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jeannie Marschall - "[The Numbers](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-numbers/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Susan Taitel - "[Sea Witch](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/sea-witch/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Faith Allington - "[A Noose is a Knot](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-noose-is-a-knot/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by M. R. Edgeworth - "[Our House](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/our-house/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eleanor Lennox - "[The Vampire Contemplates Skin Care](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-vampire-contemplates-skin-care/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lynne Sargent - [The Things You’ll Wish You’d Known](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-things-youll-wish-youd-known/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kristen Koopman --- ## [*Solarpunk Magazine*](https://solarpunkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (March/April 2026, Issue 26) Support [here](https://solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “The Mycelium Daughter” by Bella Chacha - “Hangnail” by Emmett Amphibia - “The Baobab Data Tree” by Irene W. Collins ### Poetry - “The Soft Reboot of the World” by Aspen Greenwood - “The Ships of Terabythia” by Kray Van Kirk ### Essay - “Humans Aren’t the Only Victims of War” by Aya Al-Hattab --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Houses of the Stars in Heaven](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/the-houses-of-the-stars-in-heaven/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ferdison Cayetano - "[Underneath the Underneath](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/underneath-the-underneath/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Audrey Zhou - "[The Tiger in the Room | 방안의호랑이](https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/27/the-tiger-in-the-room/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Moon Young Park, translated by Paige Aniyah Morris - "[Heavens Fall | 杞忧](https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/29/heavens-fall-%e6%9d%9e%e5%bf%a7/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lu Qiucha, translated by Hal Y. Zhang ### Poetry - "[Many of you have been asking what happens when an angel dies](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/many-of-you-have-been-asking-what-happens-when-an-angel-dies/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Seoung Kim - "[Code Blue](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/code-blue/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Victoria Ojo - "[laurels](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/laurels/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Crystal Sidell - "[Dead City Dreaming](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/dead-city-dreaming/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Joshua Ginsberg - "[Skiinfolk](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/skiinfolk/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jamie McGhee - "[Refuse](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/refuse/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Megan Branning - "[The Shut-in on the 55th Floor](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-shut-in-on-the-55th-floor/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Abby Nicole Yee - "[The Approach of the Dead | نهج الموتى ](https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/05/01/the-approach-of-the-dead/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ali Wajeeh, translated by Muntather Alsawad and Jeffrey Clapp ### Reviews - Monday: [*Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre* by Joy Sanchez-Taylor](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/dispelling-fantasy-authors-of-color-reimagine-a-genre-by-joy-sanchez-taylor/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nick Hubble - Wednesday: [*When They Burned the Butterfly* by Wen-Yi Lee](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/when-they-burned-the-butterfly-by-wen-yi-lee/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kyle R. Garton - Friday: [*The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses* by Malka Older](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-potency-of-ungovernable-impulses-by-malka-older/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Safia H. Senhaji - Monday: [*The Faith of Beasts* by James S. A. Corey](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-faith-of-beasts-by-james-s-a-corey/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Bill Capossere - Wednesday: [*Book of Potions* by Lauren K. Watel](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/book-of-potions-by-lauren-k-watel/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Danielle Hanson - Friday: [*Climate Imagination: Dispatches from Hopeful Futures* edited by Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/climate-imagination-dispatches-from-hopeful-futures-edited-by-joey-eschrich-and-ed-finn/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Seamus Sullivan - Monday: [*Krackle’s Last Movie* by Chelsea Sutton](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/krackles-last-movie-by-chelsea-sutton/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Hana Carolina - Wednesday: [*Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters* edited by Randy Brown](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/cryptids-kaiju-corn-poems-and-micro-stories-about-modern-midwest-monsters-edited-by-randy-brown/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Thomas E. Simmons - Friday: [*Isaac* by Allee Mead](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/isaac-by-allee-mead/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Alex Kingsley --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (April 2026) ### Fiction - "[Strawberries](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/strawberries?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires - "[Corpse Pose](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/corpse-pose?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rich Larson - "[Northern Lights and Southern Robots](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/northern-lights-and-southern-robots?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Brenda Cooper --- ## [](https://solarpunkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) ## [*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 - "[Welcome to Heroism](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/welcome-to-heroism/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by John Wiswell (4/7) - "[The Woman Who Stole Flowers](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-woman-who-stole-flowers/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Theodora Goss (4/7) - "[Permanent Press](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/permanent-press/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sunwoo Jeong (4/7) ### Poetry - "[Nuclear Deterrence Doll](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/nuclear-deterrence-doll/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thomas Mixon (4/7) - "[The Truth About Wolves](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-truth-about-wolves/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marissa Lingen (4/7) ### Nonfiction - [What Does It Mean to Be Immortal?](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what-does-it-mean-to-be-immortal/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Ai Jiang (4/7) - [What Prose Writers Can Learn from Script Writers (and What Not to Learn)](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what-prose-writers-can-learn-from-script-writers-and-what-not-to-learn/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Jane Espenson (4/7) - [Interview: Sunwoo Jeong](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/interview-sunwoo-jeong/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Caroline M. Yoachim (4/7) --- Thanks for reading, and check back at the end of the month: I'll update the links for stories as they come out. I'll have the first book list for April coming next week.