> ## 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, November 2026 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-november-2026/ - Published: 2026-11-05T16:51:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-05T16:51:58.000Z - Description: A new crop of stories for the month - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Table of Contents, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror November is upon us: the days are growing shorter and it's time for a new batch of short stories. You can check out last month's (newly updated!) installment [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-october-2026/), and the prior installments [here](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tag/table-of-contents/). In case you missed it, I recently did a deeper dive into the history of *Clarkesworld Magazine*: [How Clarkesworld Magazine has endured for two decadesClarkesworld Magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2026\. It's come with plenty of challenges in that time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/icon/54948818650_d4d892e6db_w-992138ea-797d-4ebb-8eed-56d788522e31.jpg)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_3508-3ba828fd-a1e8-4e1c-b95f-5cf0ba60ee5c.jpg)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/clarkesworld-magazine-neil-clarke-short-stories-science-fiction-fantasy-20th-anniversary/) Here are the short stories coming out this month: --- ## [*Amazing Stories*](https://amazingstories.com/free-stories/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) ### Fiction - "[Charlie and the Theory of Everything](https://amazingstories.com/2026/11/charlie-and-the-theory-of-everything-by-deborah-sale-butler-free-story/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Deborah Sale-Butler --- ## [*Apex Magazine*](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 155) Subscribe [here](https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/apex-magazine-one-year?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "One Two Three" by Hannya Kay - "The Zen of Godzilla" by Ed Grabianowski ### Nonfiction - Musings from Maryland by Lesley Connor - Interview with Author Rachel Alm by Marissa van Uden --- ## [*Analog Science Fact and Fiction*](https://analogsf.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Vol. XCVI No. 9 & 10) Subscribe [here](https://analogsf.com/order-now/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Murder" by Nick Wolven - "Derailed" by Hûw Steer - "Hundred-handed" by John Markley - "Elder" by James Dick - "Xmas In Derbtown" by M.T. Reiten - "Built To Last" by Clancy Weeks - "A Grove Of Binding" by Tom R. Pike - "When It Came Time To Disband The Dragon Corps" by Eric Del Carlo - "Orders Of Magnitude" by Jerry Oltion - "The Day Before" by Shane Tourtellotte - "Blue Dot And The Unmoving Red Oval" by Jeff Dasteel - "A Question Of Focus" by Craig Kenworthy - "Do Not Ship" by Ted Kosmatka - "A Eulogy For Pandora" by Donald Raymond - "Jumal’s Drift" by Hayden Trenholm - "Father Of The Year" by Brandon Keaton - "What’s A Douglas Fir?" by James Van Pelt ### Nonfiction - Wormholes, Warp Drives, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, And Congress by Tony Rothman - Beyond The Sonic Screwdriver, Part I by Richard A. Lovett - Editorial: Rewriting The Inevitable by David Ebenbach - In Times To Come - Alternate View by John G. Cramer - Unknowns: Dave’s Final Message by Alec Nevala-lee - The Reference Library by Rosemary Claire Smith --- ## [*Asimov's Science Fiction*](https://asimovs.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November/December 2026) Subscribe [here](https://asimovs.com/order-now/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "Cicada" by Will McIntosh & Matt Mikalatos - "How to Write a Suicide Note" by Leah Cypress - "Remnant" by William Preston - "Nothing I Like to do Pays Well" by Peter Wood - “…Even Kings” by John Richard Tre - "Sort" by Alice Towey - "A Soul Unearthed" by Gregory Marlow - "The Water Gods’ Treasure" by Anya Ow - "Rocket Jock" by Nick Wolven - "Night Beach" by Mercurio D.Rivera ### Poetry - "Recovery" by Larina Warnock - "Moon Over the Wasteland" by Kristian Macaron - "Body as Archive" by Sheree Renée Thomas - "NASCAD Needs Your Help on Giving Tuesday" by Timons Esaias - "Betelgeuse" by Michael Meyerhofer - "Every Atom of Your Flesh is as Dear" by Marisca Pichette ### Nonfiction - Editorial: Approaching a Milestone by Emily Hockaday - Reflections: The Pleasure of Calculus by Robert Silverberg - On the Net: 2 + 2 =5 by James Patrick Kelly - On Books by Peter Heck --- ## [*Aurealis*](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 196) Subscribe [here](https://aurealis.com.au/product-category/subscriptions/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[1up](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#1up)" by Scott Steensma - "[We of the Zom](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#weofthezom)" by Greg Foyster - "[Alacrity (For Glenda)](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#alacrityforglenda)" by Stephen Higgins ### Nonfiction - [The Subtle Magic Realism of Barbara Comyns](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#thesubtlemagicrealismofbarbaracomyns) by Lynne Lumsden Green - [Is Ozploitation Dead?](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#isozploitationdead) by Lachlan Walter - [Sinners: Why the True Horror is not the Vampires](https://aurealis.com.au/?ref=andrewliptak.com#sinnerswhythetruehorrorisnotthevampires) by Louise Zedda-Sampson. --- ## [*Clarkesworld Magazine*](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(November 2026, Issue 242) Subscribe [here](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Twenty-Two Steps to Become Us](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yang%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Hannah Yang - "[The Meat Market](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Isabel J. Kim - "[The Exchange Service](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ester%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.T. Ester - "[Trimmed From The Night](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Raahem Alvi - "[Black Ice Burning](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/mehrotra%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Rati Mehrotra - "[Then Is the Ghosts' High Noon](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/delcarlo%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Eric Del Carlo - "[Twenty-Nine Days Before Remaking the World](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/mondal%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mimi Mondal ### Nonfiction - [Building a Better World Through Participatory Science](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bolm%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by W. L. Bolm - [The Future Folding Into the Past: A Conversation with Xueting C. Ni](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ni%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Thirty-Five Years and Into the Future: Diane L. Walton, Edward Willett, and the Legacy of On Spec Magazine](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/onspec%5Finterview%5F2026?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Arley Sorg - [Editor's Desk: Tonight the Stars Are Shining Bright](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke%5F11%5F26?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Neil Clarke --- ## [*Cosmic Horror Monthly*](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) Subscribe [here](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/subscribe/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Golden Dawn Foundation: Never Tempt Fate When It Comes To Your Teeth](https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/golden-dawn-foundation-never-tempt-fate-when-it-comes-to-your-teeth/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by K. A. Sweitzer --- ## [*The Dark*](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 138) Subscribe [here](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Last Season](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/last-season/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by R.L. Summerling - "[The Grinning Woman](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-grinning-woman/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michael Kelly - "[Jimmy James Jim](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/jimmy-james-jim/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Sam J. Miller - "[A Procession of Brides](https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/a-procession-of-brides/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Carina Bissett --- ## [*Diabolical Plots*](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) Support [here](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/support/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - [“Five Accounts of the Story-Woman](https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-141a-five-accounts-of-the-story-woman-by-diana-dima/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Diana Dima --- ## [*Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction*](https://fiyahlitmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (Fall 2026, Issue 40) Subscribe [here](https://fiyahlitmag.com/support-us/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “Squirrels on Palm Trees” by Melissa A Watkins - “A Crude Awakening” by Victor Pope - “In The Father’s Footsteps” by Brienne Guirantes - “The Call of John Crows” by Nadine Tomlinson - “Saint Yaa Academy Walks at Night” by Aishatu Ado - “Deus Ex Fabulae (And Both Feet in the Door)” by LA Knight ### Poetry - The Department of Beautiful Failures” by GLORIA OGO - “Enter: Heads” by Chiwenite Onyekwelu [FIYAH is going on indefinite hiatusIssue #40 will be its last, for now![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/icon/54948818650_d4d892e6db_w-403f8371-c163-4d23-9085-c5ace1191ab7.jpg)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/thumbnail/Copy-of-Triple-image---5--9903c04f-55b4-4bc7-8986-7f23c6277276.png)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/fiyah-black-speculative-science-fantasy-short-fiction-magazine-hiatus/) --- ## [*Flash Fiction Online*](https://www.flashfictiononline.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 158) Donate [here](https://weightlessbooks.com/flash-fiction-online-12-month-subscription/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Wolf Who Swallowed a Star](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/november-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#the-wolf-who-swallowed-a-star)" by Em Harriett - "Egg Song" by Mandy Lange - "Osedax" by H.V. Patterson - "What the Bone’s Edge Sings" by H. Marin - "Conversations with the Dead Deer My Brother Has Strung Up in the Garden" by Janel Comeau - "Afternoon Tea Over Innsmouth" by Lena Ng ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: Quietly Surviving Another Day](https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/november-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com#editorial-quietly-surviving-another-day) by Rebecca Halsey --- ## [*Forever Magazine*](https://forever-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, 142) Subscribe [here](https://forever-magazine.com/subscribe.html?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “Barbarians” by Rich Larson - “I Am Not the One Who Gets Left Behind” by Eric Smith - “The Last Cathedral on Earth” by Tobias S. Buckell --- ## [*GigaNotoSaurus*](https://giganotosaurus.org/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(November 2026) ### Fiction - "[The Books / The Sisters / The Books](https://giganotosaurus.org/2026/11/01/the-books-the-sisters-the-books/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by D. Matthew Urban --- ## [*Lightspeed Magazine*](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 198) Subscribe [here](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Selected Case Notes from the Judicial Oversight Council of the Gatarn Empire](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/selected-case-notes-from-the-judicial-oversight-council-of-the-gatarn-empire/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ian Li - "[The Oracle at Ikeja](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-oracle-at-ikeja/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Tobi Ogundiran - "Repentance in Blue" by Phoenix Alexander - "The Tongue That Makes the Mountain Sing" by Nibedita Sen - "A Map to Sideways Places" by Jenn Reese - "Choke, Writhe Perish: A Recipe for Forging a Virgin Sacrifice to Feed the Dragon" by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - "On the Thermodynamics of a Perfect Cup" by Georgina Kamsika - "The Means" by Christopher Rowe ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: November 2026](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-november-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by John Joseph Adams - [Author Spotlight: Tobi Ogundiran](https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-tobi-ogundiran-3/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Robin Jeffrey - Author Spotlight: Phoenix Alexander by Delia Cullity - Author Spotlight: Nibedita Sen by Phoebe Barton - Book Review: *Chimera Skin* by Johnny Compton by Melissa A Watkins - Author Spotlight: Jenn Reeseby A Humphrey Lanham - Book Review: *It Looks like You in the Dark* by Mathilda Zeller *by* Arley Sorg - Author Spotlight: Georgina Kamsikaby Phoebe Barton - Author Spotlight: Christopher Rowe byPhoebe Barton - Book Review: *The Years of Apocalypse: A Progression Fantasy Epic (Book 1)* by Uranium Phoenixby Chris Kluwe --- ## [*Nature Futures*](https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=futures&ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) Subscribe [here](https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The oracle of the second quadrant](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03369-5?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by [Chao Liu](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03369-5?ref=andrewliptak.com#author-0) --- ## [*Nightmare Magazine*](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 170) Subscribe [here](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/store/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[Horse Girls](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/horse-girls/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lyndsie Manusos - Pricks*"* by Laura Garrison - The Warehouse of Exiled Things" by Shiwei Zhou - "what wears the flesh" by Rukman Ragas ### Nonfiction - [Editorial: November 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial/editorial-november-2026/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by [Wendy N. Wagner](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/authors/wendy-n-wagner/?ref=andrewliptak.com) - [Author Spotlight: Lyndsie Manusos](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-lyndsie-manusos/?ref=andrewliptak.com)by Devin Marcus - The H Word: Everything Old Is New Again by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas - Author Spotlight: Shiwei Zhou by Clay Vermulm - Plumbing the Depths: Against the New Weird by Zachary Gillan --- ## [*Reactor*](https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/?ref=andrewliptak.com)(November 2026) ### Fiction - "[The ​Best of all Possible Solar Systems](https://reactormag.com/the-best-of-all-possible-solar-systems-dominica-phetteplace/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Dominica Phetteplace --- ## [*Small Wonders Magazine*](https://smallwondersmag.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026, Issue 41) Donate [here](https://smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/e180f9a3-2123-4cf2-a934-0457f6fc4cd7?embed=1&logo=0&ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Last Missus](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-last-missus/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by J.A. Bryson - "[The Pyre](https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-pyre/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by P. Anthony Ramanauskas --- ## [*Solarpunk Magazine*](https://solarpunkmagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November/December 2026, Issue 30) Support [here](https://solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - “The Unrooted Sea” by Seiba Rosario - “Bottles, Bones, Skein” by Marisca Pichette - “A Sweetness On The Breeze” by John Leahy - “Blood of the Town, Veins of the Earth” by Katharine Tyndall ### Poetry - “Beneath the Absorbent City” by Joy Donnell - “Bombarding Bloom of Another Disintegration” by CP Nwankwo - “I Carry My Hauntings Into a Stranger’s House” by Sarah Titus - “The Kingdom of Rot Is Within You” by Josh Pearce ### Nonfiction - “The Monsters Have Entered the Garden” by Justine Norton-Kertson - “The Ordinary Was Extraordinary All Along: A reflection on loss, appreciation, and radical hope from Gaza” by Aya Al-Hattab --- ## [*Strange Horizons*](http://strangehorizons.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) Donate [here](http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/donate/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[The Ghost Station](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/the-ghost-station/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Adam Fell ### Poetry - "[Post-Traumatic Syntax of a Massacre](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/post-traumatic-syntax-of-a-massacre/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Ismail Yusuf Olumoh - "[Notes on the Identification and Preparation of Faery for Human Consumption](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/notes-on-the-identification-and-preparation-of-faery-for-human-consumption/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Courtney Floyd ### Nonfiction - [Stories From The Radio:](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/stories-from-the-radio-18/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kuzhali Manickavel Reviews - Monday: [Horde of the Counterwind by Alain Damasio, translated by Alexander Dickow](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/horde-of-the-counterwind-by-alain-damasio-translated-by-alexander-dickow/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Rachel Cordasco - Wednesday: [Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar](https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/seasons-of-glass-and-iron-by-amal-el-mohtar/?ref=andrewliptak.com) by Kyle R. Garton - Friday: Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction: Ray Bradbury’s Elliot Family edited by Miranda Corcoran & Steve Ellerhoff by Thomas E. Simmons --- ## [*The Sunday Morning Transport*](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November 2026) ### Fiction - "[The Lacemakers of Szentkatarina](https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-lacemakers-of-szentkatarina?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Theodora Goss --- ## [*Uncanny Magazine*](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/?ref=andrewliptak.com) (November / December 2026, Issue 73) Subscribe [here](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/?ref=andrewliptak.com). ### Fiction - "[WAG Queen Bella Batista Looks Better than Ever at Super Bowl CLX](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wag-queen-bella-batista-looks-better-than-ever-at-super-bowl-clx/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Juliet Kahn - "[Time Is What Stops Everything](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/time-is-what-stops-everything/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Kristiana Willsey - "[The Godless](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-godless/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Lavie Tidhar ### Poetry - "[The Big Bad](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-big-bad/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Brit Graham - "[Fallen Feathers](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fallen-feathers/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Mari Ness ### Nonfiction - "[The *Uncanny* Valley](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-uncanny-valley-68/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Michael Damian Thomas - "[So Wrong It’s Right](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/so-wrong-its-right/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Yoon Ha Lee - "[Gender Is a Constructicon: Transformers as an Allegory of Queer Liberation](https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/gender-is-a-constructicon-transformers-as-an-allegory-of-queer-liberation/?ref=andrewliptak.com)" by Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne --- That's it for now: check back later in the month for an updated list.