> ## 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, August 2026 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-august-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-01T16:57:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-02T17:11:53.000Z - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror It's a new month: 2026 is speeding right along. That means a new crop of short fiction across the SF/F world. You can check out last month's (newly updated!) installment [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-july-2026/), and the prior installments [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) (August 2026, #4) Subscribe [here](https://www.adventitious.net/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[A Game of Go](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/a-game-of-go-p-a-cornell/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by P.A. Cornell - “[No Iron Can Resist](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/no-iron-can-resist-aimee-ogden/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Aimee Ogden - “[Mother’s Mother’s Daughter](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/mothers-mothers-daughter-audrey-zhou/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Audrey Zhou - “[Life Imitates](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/life-imitates-rio-lombana-kaitlin-schmidt/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Rio Lombana & Kaitlin Schmidt - “[Bath Bomb](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/bath-bomb-liam-hogan/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Liam Hogan - “[A Hole in My Heart the Shape of the Multiverse](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/a-hole-in-my-heart-the-shape-of-the-multiverse-ruth-joffre/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Ruth Joffre - “[The Spacefarer’s Guide to Connecting with Your Daughter’s Descendants](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-spacefarers-guide-to-connecting-with-your-daughters-descendants-stewart-c-baker/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Stewart C. Baker - “[The Fruit Is Very Acceptable Here](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-fruit-is-very-acceptable-here-kari-maaren/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Kari Maaren - “[Heartwood](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/heartwood-moira-richardson/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Moira Richardson - “[HELLO](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/hello-jeanna-cammarano/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Jeanna Cammarano - “All Aboard” by Hannya Kay - “[The Unnamed City, As Seen at Three Points](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-unnamed-city-as-seen-at-three-points-adrian-ward/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Adrian Ward - “[How to Lose to Death](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/how-to-lose-to-death-priya-sridhar/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Priya Sridhar - “[The Grammar of Jespersen-b](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-grammar-of-jespersen-b-holly-schofield/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Holly Schofield - “[Saul & Noah’s Hot Bouleutophagy Summer](https://www.adventitious.net/stories/saul-noahs-hot-bouleutophagy-summer-elijah-j-mears/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Elijah J. Mears --- ## [*Amazing Stories*](https://amazingstories.com/free-stories/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Life During Wartime](https://amazingstories.com/2026/08/life-during-wartime-by-david-mann-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David Mann - "[The Marriage of True Minds](https://amazingstories.com/2026/08/the-marriage-of-true-minds-by-peter-floyd-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Peter M. Floyd - "[Inflection Point](https://amazingstories.com/2026/08/inflection-point-by-dave-creek-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dave Creek - "[The Summoning](https://amazingstories.com/2026/08/the-summoning-by-daniel-kason-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Daniel Kason - "[Designated Android Bro (D. A. B.)](https://amazingstories.com/2026/08/designated-android-bro-d-a-b-by-jennifer-canaveral-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jennifer Canaveral --- ## [*Apex Magazine*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Summer 2026, Issue 154) Subscribe [here](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/apex-magazine-one-year?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Cervidae, New and Sharp](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/cdn/shop/articles/2%5F22022550-9919-497b-978a-c3edf7a81354.png?v=1786119412&width=600&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Anj Baker - "[When I Heard Calypso](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-magazine/when-i-heard-calypso?view=apex-magazine&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rob Cameron - "[Dispatch From My Ex-Girlfriend's Lower Intestine](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/cdn/shop/articles/4%5F548472bb-9705-4ae3-b1d8-66746977c37e.png?v=1785325244&width=600&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.M. Maris - "Parts and Halves" by Alia Ai-Ming Shahzad - "It Starts With Teeth" by Stefan Alcalá Slater - "The Light Below" by C.M. Sullivan - "[Boys of the Fellwood](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-magazine/boys-of-the-fellwood?view=apex-magazine&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David R. Hoffman - "In the Blue Hour" by RJ Aurand - "We Were Once Twelve" by S.C. Pires - "The Once-girl Made of Mycellium" by Shingai Njeri Kagunda - "N-raptured" by Justin C. Key ### Nonfiction - "[Musings from Maryland](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-magazine/musings-from-maryland?view=apex-magazine&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lesley Conner - "Learning From the Nerds: Game Writing Techniques That Apply To Fiction" by Richard Dansky - "Reality, Exhaustion, and AI" by Lesley Conner - "[Words for Thought](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-magazine/words-for-thought-1?view=apex-magazine&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.C. Wise - [Interview with Author Anj Baker](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-magazine/interview-with-author-anj-baker?view=apex-magazine&ref=andrewliptak.com) by Marissa van Uden - Interview with Author Alia Ai-Ming Shahzad by Marissa van Uden - [Interview with Artist Jeleynai](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/cdn/shop/articles/17%5F4f49ffa2-2534-46e0-b246-f80306045d50.png?v=1786392035&width=600&ref=andrewliptak.com) by Bradley Powers --- ## [*Aurealis*](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue #192) Subscribe [here](https://aurealis.com.au/product-category/subscriptions/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Square](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#thesquare)" by E.L. Edwards - "[Sons & Fathers](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#sonsfathers)" by Ben Peek - "[Tethered](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#tethered)" by John Mavin ### Nonfiction - [From the Cloud](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#editorial) - [](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com)[What Science Fiction Gets Wrong about Colonising Mars](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#whatsciencefictiongetswrongaboutcolonisingmars) by Daniel Thompson - [Potatoes Don’t Go There: Medieval Cuisine and its Portrayal in ‘Medieval European’ Fantasy](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#potatoesdontgotheremedievalcuisineanditsportrayalinmedievaleuropeanfantasy) by Annie Mills - [](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com)[Kpop Demon Hunters (2025): The Politics of Murdering Demons](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#kpopdemonhunters2025thepoliticsofmurderingdemons) by Ani White --- ## [*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue 463 and 464) Subscribe [here](https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[My Blue Silk Fan](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/my-blue-silk-fan/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Richard Parks - "[The Heart of the Fox Spirit](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-heart-of-the-fox-spirit/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Chezza Lee - "[Bind the Herbs to Bring the Shift](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bind-the-herbs-to-bring-the-shift/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.Z. Held - "[The God Thieves](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-god-thieves-by-derek-kunsken/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Derek Künsken - "[The Fall of Father Anatolio](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-fall-of-father-anatolio/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lars Wehman Dabney - "[Precogs in the Machine](https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/precogs-in-the-machine/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nat Katz --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(August 2026, Issue 239) Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[As the Tide Loves the Diver, As the Diver Loves the Tide](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/silver%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ravn J. Silver - "[All the Ruined Doorways of the Moon](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/oneal%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eilis O'Neal - "[Passenger Pigeons, Dodos, Neanderthals](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alexander%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jordan Alexander - "[Piece de Resistance](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires - "[Feed Them on Your Dreams](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/auslender%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by E.N. Auslender - "[The Universal Human Happiness Program](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pang%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Y.M. Pang - "[When You Give a Dokkaebi Taco Tuesday](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by H.H. Pak ### Nonfiction - [Destination: Saturn](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liptak%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andrew Liptak - [The Minds and Bodies of Robots: A Conversation with James Patrick Kelly](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kelly%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [What We Want to Leave Behind: A Conversation with Carolyn Ives Gilman](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/gilman%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Editor's Desk: A European Adventure and More](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke%5F08%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Neil Clarke --- ## [*Cosmic Horror Monthly*](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) Subscribe [here](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Toothbrush](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/toothbrush/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michael A. Destro - "[Party Line](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/party-line/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Christi Nogle - "[Ignition](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/ignition/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Margo Pecha - "[From the Crypt: The Finale](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/from-the-crypt-the-finale/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by WM. MERRIT --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue #135) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Baby Blue](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/baby-blue/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by[Seán Padraic Birnie](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/authors/sean-padraic-birnie/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[Jackrabbit Crunch](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/jackrabbit-crunch/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by[EC Dorgan](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/authors/ec-dorgan/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - "[The Long March of the Bones](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-long-march-of-the-bones/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byMalena Salazar Maciá - "[Portrait of a Woman in a Red Qipao](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/portrait-of-a-woman-in-a-red-qipao/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" byTina S. Zhu --- ## [*Diabolical Plots*](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) Support [here](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/support/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “[Njiran Folk Beliefs, Volume II](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-138a-njiran-folk-beliefs-volume-ii-by-claire-jia-wen/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Claire Jia-Wen - “[We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-138b-we-burst-across-the-theoretical-gore-by-sara-s-messenger-and-simo-srinivas/?ref=andrewliptak.com)” by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas --- ## [*Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction*](https://fiyahlitmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Summer 2026, #39) Subscribe [here](https://fiyahlitmag.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - **"**What The Lotus Said To The Water Lily" by Jahid Wilson Jr. - "The Great Proxima Agricultural Fair" by K.W. Onley - "The House" by Ann Michelle Harris - Pixels" by T’asia Driggs ### Poetry - "various —cides" by Clifton Gachagua - "Dispatch from Watchmakers" by Abu Bakr Sadiq - "Kwan" by Natasha McDonnell-Tanoh --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Milk](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#milk)" by Caitlin Devlin - "[The Alien You Love](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#the-alien-you-love)" by Jonathan Huston - "[iron & garlic & salt & blood](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#iron-garlic-salt-blood)" by Nico Martinez Nocito - "[Eyeballs of My Eyes](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#eyeballs-of-my-eyes)" by Abigail Guerrero - "[Meatball](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#meatball)" by S.L. Harris - "[Pomegranates](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#pomegranates)" by G.M. Mitchell ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: Meatsac Fiction](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#editorial-meatsac-fiction) by Rebecca Halsey --- ## [*Flash Point SF*](https://flashpointsf.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue 4) Subscribe [here](https://flashpointsf.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Memoirs of the Spontaneous Combustion Marching Band](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/08/28/issue-4-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#memoirs-of-the-spontaneous-combustion-marching-bandby-jamie-lackey)" by Jamie Lackey - "[No Harm Done](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/08/28/issue-4-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by AP Ritchey - "[Phineas Gage Went to Work With A Hole In His Head](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/08/28/issue-4-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by Avi Burton - "[The Saint of the Baking Aisle](https://flashpointsf.com/2026/08/28/issue-4-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#story-title-1)" by Andrew Knighton --- ## [*Forever Magazine*](https://forever-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue 139) Subscribe [here](https://forever-magazine.com/subscribe.html?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “Glitch” by Alex Irvine - “Cost of Doing Business” by Nancy Kress - “Webs” by Mary Anne Mohanraj --- ## [Future Tense Fiction](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Where the Wild Things Grow](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/where-the-wild-things-grow-osahon-ize-iyamu/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu ### Nonfiction - "[How Can We Sustain Sustainable Housing?](https://issues.org/futuretensefiction/sustainable-housing-nigeria-gambo/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Muhammad Gambo --- ## [*GigaNotoSaurus*](https://giganotosaurus.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Four Sparrows](https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/08/01/four-sparrows/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Angela Hsieh --- ## [*Interzone*](https://interzone.press/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Issue 305) ### Fiction - "Scelerat" by E.G. Condé - "Cops and Robbers #2: Negative Space" BY Rachael Cupp - "A Perfectly Good Train: A Supermamadou Story" by Mame Bougouma Diene - "The Spider at the Heart of It" by Josh Pearce - "Unhomely" by Ben Tufnell - " Nowhere Town" by Corey Jae White - "Philoctetes" by Rebecca Zahabi ### Nonfiction by - Alexander Glass - Una McCormack - Val Nolan - Aliya Whiteley - Kelly Jennings - Paul Kincaid - Nick Mamatas - Paul McAuley - Val Nolan - Nick Lowe --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue #195) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Legs](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/legs/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.M. Maris (8/6) - "[Infinite Wishes](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/infinite-wishes/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (8/6) - "[Fragments of the Whole](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/fragments-of-the-whole/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Brooke Bolander (8/13) - "[The Age of Cancer](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-age-of-cancer/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Vajra Chandrasekera (8/13) - "[What Do You Mean the Nanobots Formed a Union??](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/what-do-you-mean-the-nanobots-formed-a-union/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Joel W. D. Buxton (8/20) - "[Of All Who Dream](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/of-all-who-dream/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Adelehin Ijasan (8/20) - "[Ladd’s Robot Repair](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ladds-robot-repair/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by David Anaxagoras (8/27) - "[The Goddess of Not Enough](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-goddess-of-not-enough/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Susan Palwick (8/27) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: August 2026](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams (8/6) - [Announcement: We’re Launching a New Kickstarter Soon. Sign up to be notified when it launches!](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/announcement-were-launching-a-new-kickstarter-soon-sign-up-to-be-notified-when-it-launches/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams - [Author Spotlight: A.M. Maris](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-a-m-maris/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Robin Jeffrey (8/6) - [Author Spotlight: Brooke Bolander](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-brooke-bolander-5/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by A. Humphrey Lanham (8/13) - [Book Review: *The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass* by Leslye Penelope](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass-by-leslye-penelope/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Melissa A Watkins (8/13) - [Author Spotlight: Joel W. D. Buxton](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-joel-buxton-2/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Phoebe Barton (8/20) - [Author Spotlight: Adelehin Ijasan](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-adelehin-ijasan/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Delia Cullity (8/20) - [Book Review: *Forged in FIYAH* by DaVaun Sanders, ed.](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-forged-in-fiyah-by-davaun-sanders-ed/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Arley Sorg (8/20) - [Book Review: *All We Have Is Time* by Amy Tordoff](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-all-we-have-is-time-by-amy-tordoff/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Chris Kluwe (8/27) --- ## [*MIT Technology Review*](https://www.technologyreview.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Mother tongue](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/21/1141726/mother-tongue-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jenny Williams --- ## [*Nature Futures*](https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=futures&ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The recovered notes of Professor Alborough](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02252-7?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Gemma Church - "[System lag](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02408-5?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Toshiya Kamei - "[Delisted](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02410-x?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ximing Zhang - "[Like coffee and ice cream: an interview with Sam and Eli Morten](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02412-9?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by C.L. Holland --- ## [*Neon Dystopia*](https://www.neondystopia.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Paper Winter](https://www.neondystopia.com/?p=100043655&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ashley Mangtani - "[Tower Fall](https://www.neondystopia.com/?p=100043665&ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mark Derks --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue #167) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Dark Follows Me](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-dark-follows-me/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Quincy Lee (8/5) - "[My Parts, Collected](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/my-parts-collected/?ref=andrewliptak.com)*"* by Melissa A Watkins (8/12) - "[Room 602 at the Hotel In-Between](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/room-602-at-the-hotel-in-between/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Georgina Kamsika (8/19) - "[Shapeshifting Recovery Staff](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/shapeshifting-recovery-staff/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Bogi Takács (8/26) ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: August 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial/editorial-august-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Wendy N. Wagner (8/5) - [Author Spotlight: Quincy Lee](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-quincy-lee/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Alex Puncekar (8/5) - [The H Word: The Revolution Will Be Horrorized](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-the-revolution-will-be-horrorized/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kurt Fawver (8/12) - [Author Spotlight: Georgina Kamsika](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-georgina-kamsika/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Alex Puncekar (8/19) - [Plumbing the Depths: Beasts in the City—Horror Meets the Gangster](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/plumbing-the-depths-tk/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Matthew Sorrento (8/26) --- ## [*Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine*](https://www.penumbric.com/index.html?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue vol x issue 2) ### Fiction - "[Asleep in the Graveyard, Asleep by the Sea](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/meurerAsleep.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lyra Meurer - "[Reality](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/davittReality.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Deborah Davitt - "[Moon Lodge](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/lomaxMoon.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Alyce Lomax - "[Better Monster](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/catoMonster.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Beth Cato - "[Product Warnings](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/crowWarnings.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jennifer Crow - "[Low Spirits](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sunSpirits.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Gordon Sun - "[As Sweet](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/goftonSweet.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Jess Gofton - "[Villain Origin Story](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/shabkhezOrigin.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Hibah Shabkhez - "[One Who Helps](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/fennOne.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Cecil Fenn - "[The Game's Afoot](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/johnsonAfoot.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Stephanie Johnson - "[Sirens](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/rajbanshiSirens.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Reema Rajbanshi - "[Departures](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/panegyresDepartures.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Anthony Panegyres - "[Said the Banshee to the Bogeyman](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/obrienBanshee.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by James Edward O'Brien - "[Ambrose](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/shestackAmbrose.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Gabriel Shestack - "[Blank](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/yeeBlank.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Abby Nicole Yee - "[Immortals](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/chuImmortals.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Nathan Chu - "[Eidolon](https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/simonEidolon.html?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marge Simon --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Not Like Other Girls](https://reactormag.com/not-like-other-girls-a-l-goldfuss/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by A.L. Goldfuss - "[The Fastest Martian Mile](https://reactormag.com/the-fastest-martian-mile-thoraiya-dyer/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thoraiya Dyer - "[Turned All To Silver Screens](https://reactormag.com/turned-all-to-silver-screens-madeline-ashby/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Madeline Ashby --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026, Issue 38) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/ragescarf-a-knitting-pattern-for-a/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Amanda Saville - "[dopamine vortex](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/dopamine-vortex/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Julia Ember - [“Silence, in the Doorway, With the Gun”](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/silence-in-the-doorway-with-the-gun/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nadia Radovich - "[Tendons](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/tendons/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Matt Bliss - "[Does Bublé Dream of Electric Sheep?](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/does-buble-dream-of-electric-sheep/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by John Paul Davies - "[The Mortification and Ecstasy of Sally Colt, Deserter and Outlaw](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-mortification-and-ecstasy-of-sally/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rio Lombana - "[When Yard Becomes Garden](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/when-yard-becomes-garden/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ian Li - "[White Roses](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/white-roses/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Thehara S. U. - "[The Wallflowers](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-wallflowers/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lora Gray --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Scarcely Gone](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/scarcely-gone/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marissa Lingen - "[Every Child a Changeling](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/every-child-a-changeling/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Samantha Pellegrino - "[A Tiny™ Concert for the No-Name King](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/a-tiny-concert-for-the-no-name-king/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Crowe Powell ### Poetry - "[Diary of a Figurehead - Part II](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/diary-of-a-figurehead-part-ii/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Valerie Wardh - "[The Deicide](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-deicide/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Deborah L. Davitt - "[Indigo](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/indigo/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Heera Kumar - "[death to the phoenix metaphor](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/death-to-the-phoenix-metaphor/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kiki Em - "[Sock Drawer Astronomy](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/sock-drawer-astronomy/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Yanqing Yang - "[To the Reader](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/to-the-reader/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mary Soon Lee - "[Let This Vessel Be My Offering](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/let-this-vessel-be-my-offering/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Joy Donnell, Art by Romie Stott - "[You’re the Only One Who Knows](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/youre-the-only-one-who-knows/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Adam Coday ### Nonfiction - [Move Fast and Don’t Ask Permission: Techno-Optimism in R.U.R. and Arcane](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/move-fast-and-dont-ask-permission-techno-optimism-in-r-u-r-and-arcane/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Claire Jia-Wen ### Review - Monday: [What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/what-we-are-seeking-by-cameron-reed/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Cat Fitzpatrick - Wednesday: [The Vampire Lestat](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-vampire-lestat/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by AJ Odasso - Friday: [The Sovereign by C. L. Clark](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-sovereign-by-c-l-clark/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Tadeo Ward - Monday: [Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/earthly-playing-field-by-radhika-singh/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by aegor ray - Wednesday: [The Midnight Muse by Jo Kaplan](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-midnight-muse-by-jo-kaplan/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Andy Sawyer - Friday: [Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/moon-over-brendle-by-jeff-noon/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nileena Sunil - Monday: [As If by Isabel Waidner](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/as-if-by-isabel-waidner/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by E. C. Barrett - Wednesday: [The Icarus Coda by Timothy Zahn](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-icarus-coda-by-timothy-zahn/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Electra Pritchett - Friday: [Teddy Bears Never Die by Cho Yeeun, translated by Sung Ryu](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/teddy-bears-never-die-by-cho-yeeun-translated-by-sung-ryu/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Shannon Fay - Monday: [The Hugo Award for Best Novel Shortlist 2026: Part One](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-hugo-award-for-best-novel-shortlist-2026-part-one/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nick Hubble - Wednesday: [The Hugo Award for Best Novel Shortlist 2026: Part Two](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-hugo-award-for-best-novel-shortlist-2026-part-two/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Nick Hubble - Friday: [Of the Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/of-the-emperors-kindness-by-chaz-brenchley/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kate Macdonald --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (August 2026) ### Fiction - "[Two Days in May](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/two-days-in-may?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rick Wilber - "[Chorus for Solo Voice](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/chorus-for-solo-voice?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Marie Brennan - "[And the Award Goes To…](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/and-the-award-goes-to?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Curtis C. Chen - "[The Lure](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-lure?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Chris Campbell --- ## [*Uncanny Magazine*](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (July/August 2026, Issue #71) Subscribe [here](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[A Hundred Ways the Story Ends](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-hundred-ways-the-story-ends/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tara Sim (8/4) - "[The Cinema of Babel](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-cinema-of-babel/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sam J. Miller (8/4) - "[Judar of the Island: A Story Told in Four Feasts](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/judar-of-the-island-a-story-told-in-four-feasts/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rida Altaf (8/4) - "[enough johnnie blue](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/enough-johnnie-blue/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by E. A. Bourland (8/4) - "[I called the swan down](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-called-the-swan-down/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Laura Cranehill (8/4) ### Nonfiction - [Interview: Rida Altaf](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/interview-rida-altaf/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Caroline M. Yoachim (8/4) - [Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/middle-aged-love-rereading-in-your-forties-and-beyond/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Marissa Lingen (8/4) - [This Is Not About AI](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/this-is-not-about-ai/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Hana Lee (8/4) --- As always, check back towards the end of the month for an updated list as new stories come out.