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Table of Contents, September 2026

A new crop of stories to start the fall off with

Table of Contents, September 2026

September has arrived. I'm still recovering from WorldCon, where I got to chat with a bunch of fellow writers and editors, and it was nice to see the community in person, rather than just words on a page or website. I heard from at least one person who said that they appreciated this roundup, which I was thrilled to hear: I'm glad it's useful.

Here are the short stories coming out in September. As usual, I've updated last month's list, which you can read here, and the prior installments here.

Analog Science Fact and Fiction (September / October 2026 Vol. XCVI No. 9 & 10)

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Fiction

  • "The Light Of Darian" by Sean Mcmullen
  • "Beggars Mounted" by Eric Del Carlo
  • "The User Manual" by Tony Ballantyne
  • "Septo’s Taj" by R.R. Corvi
  • "Bella’s Heart" by A.T. Sayre
  • "Robo Bashers" by Harri Hemlock
  • "Socrates" by Geoffrey Hart
  • "Relative Error" by Jay Werkheiser
  • "Meeting A Mom At The Edge Of Space by Xu Mason
  • "A Dark Or Red Forest by Jakub Tomczyk
  • "The Supply-side Ouroboros by Noah Lemelson
  • "Roots Rememberance by Jennifer S. Hane
  • "Upcoast by J.L. Rifkin
  • "Career Considerations For Starship Burglars by Hans Ege Wenger
  • "The Daughter by Stephen Case
  • "Wee Man by David Mcgillveray
  • "Bright Points On The Quiet Sun by Jody Rich
  • "Preggo Bomb by J.R. Dewitt
  • "Neomergence by Paul E. Franz
  • "Will Everyone Please Rise? by Adam-troy Castro
  • "The Hubble Constant by Ashleigh Gill
  • "Time Between Wars by Carol Dorf

Nonfiction

  • Editorial: The Long Road by Trevor Quachri
  • Astounding And von Braun by Edward M. Wysocki Jr.
  • Out Of “Some Warm Pond” Part 3 by Kelly Lagor
  • Anlab Results
  • Unknowns, Naming Convention by Todd Mcclary edited By Alec Nevala-lee
  • Alternate View by John G. Cramer
  • In Times To Come
  • The Reference Library by Sean CW Korsgaard
  • Brass Tacks

Asimov's Science Fiction (September/October 2026 Vol. 50 Nos. 9 & 10)

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Fiction

  • "Visiting Skins" by Christopher Ruz & Rich Larson
  • "Night Caller from Outer Space" by Dale Bailey
  • "Forever and Again" by Leah Cypess
  • "The Case of the Lost Busker" by David Ira Cleary
  • "The Weight of a Heart" by Tegan Moore
  • "The Wages of Saints" by Eric Del Carlo
  • "We Shall Be Monsters" by Esther M. Friesner
  • "This World is a World of Dew" by Andrea Kriz
  • "The Great Game" by Lois Metzger
  • "The Invisible Bone" by Stephanie Feldman
  • "Embers" by Lawrence C. Connolly
  • "Curiosities Found on Captain Nemo’s Nightstand" by Gretchen Tessmer
  • "Why We Give" by Andy Dibble
  • "Roadside Geology of Hell" by Jennifer Crow
  • "Every Atom of Your Flesh is as Dear" by Marisca Pichette

Nonfiction

  • Editorial: Fortieth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results by Emily Hockaday
  • Reflections: Starting Out by Robert Silverberg
  • On the Net: I, Chatbot by James Patrick Kelly
  • Thought Experiment: The Haunting of the Nostromo by Kelly Lagor
  • On Books by Peter Heck

Aurealis (August 2026, Issue 193)

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Clarkesworld Magazine (September 2026, Issue 240)

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Fiction

Nonfiction

The Dark (September 2026, Issue 136)

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Fiction

Dark Horses Magazine (September 2026, Number 54)

Fiction

  • "Death Trip At Command Of Fat Man" by Samuel Ramirez
  • "Here, The Woods" by Leah Kafetz Rothman
  • "Nightberries And Mammoths" by Griffith Pound
  • "The Dagger And The Chalice" by Wayne Kyle Spitzer
  • "Rock Resurrection" by David Sheskin
  • "Sweet Revenge" by June Trop
  • "Gen-f" by Bill Walthall
  • Playtime With Our Men" by Abigail Shackelford
  • "The Ghosts Adrift And Three Others" by Jack Ranieri
  • "Beer And Tentacles" by Bill Link
  • "Flamenco Frio" by Tom Witherspoon
  • "Salvage" by Kelly Shepherd
  • "Escalot" by Thalia M. Peters
  • "Day 97" by David Blitch

Diabolical Plots (September 2026)

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Fiction

Flash Fiction Online (September 2026)

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Fiction

  • "Welcome, Welcome." by Daniel Roop
  • "Guardian of the Thresholds" by Elijah J. Mears
  • "Ghostwalking" by Jonathon Burgess
  • "By Candlelight, By Blue Jeans" by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska
  • "How to Cross a Covered Bridge" by Stewart C Baker
  • "For the Good of the Engines" by Margaret A. Hanson
  • "One God Loved Me as I Died" by Hannya Kay

Nonfiction

Forever Magazine (September 2026, Issue 140)

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Fiction

  • “Wyatt Earp 2.0” by Wil McCarthy
  • “Cuttlefish” by Anil Menon
  • “Encore” by Wole Talabi

GigaNotoSaurus (September 2026)

Fiction

Lightspeed Magazine (September 2026, Issue 196)

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Fiction

  • "A Guide on How to Repay Your Vow to the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees
  • "Dreamweavers" by Alexander Weinstein
  • "The Chrysalis of Moth One" by V.M. Ayala
  • "Long Goodbyes" by Anya Ow
  • "Alterverse" by Sanjana Raj
  • "The Dragon, the Scarab, the Wolf, the Dragon" by Rhiannon Rasmussen
  • "Maskwork Saltman Giftbox" by Rich Larson
  • "Jempo" by Thomas Ha

Nonfiction

  • Editorial: September 2026 by John Joseph Adams
  • Author Spotlight: Alexander Weinstein by Robin Jeffrey
  • Author Spotlight: Anya Ow by Phoebe Barton
  • Book Review: Africanfuturism Short Stories by Chinelo Onwualu, ed. by Arley Sorg
  • Author Spotlight: Sanjana Raj by A Humphrey Lanham
  • Book Review: Black Arts: Stories by Megan Giddings by Melissa A Watkins
  • Author Spotlight: Thomas Ha by Erik Grove
  • Book Review: Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee by Chris Kluwe

Luna Station Quarterly (September 2026, Issue 067)

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Fiction

  • "The Disappearance" by Kristine Chang
  • "Low Orbit" by Anna Sheffer
  • "The Mischievous Kind" by Spoorthi AG
  • "Marigold and the Toad with Cerulean Eyes" by Morgan Lockhart
  • "The Road from Windy to Dragonroot" by Francesca Forrest
  • "For the Living" by Emma McCoy
  • "Baba Yaga in Chernobyl" by Ava Neumaier
  • "Rules for Inter-Dimensional Refugees" by Esther Lim
  • "Rest for the Weary" by Alexandra Claus
  • "Bahiyyah and the Brass Lamp" by Rozalija Grace
  • "The Hand of Death is Mine" by Tabor Skreslet
  • "Geese are Born Without Fear of Gods" by Erin Keating
  • "The Green Girl and the Creeping Vine" by Lauren Stark

Nature Futures (September 2026)

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Fiction

Nightmare Magazine (September 2026, Issue 168)

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Fiction

  • "The Red Veil" by Daniel Roop
  • "Useless Heart / Stopped Cold" by A. Artemis Chen
  • "Not Even a Fly" by Phoenix Alexander
  • "Sweet Certainty" by Deborah L. Davitt

Nonfiction

  • Editorial: September 2026 by Wendy N. Wagner
  • Author Spotlight: Daniel Roop by Clay Vermulm
  • The H Word: Roadside Dread—Horror at the Diner by Matthew Sorrento
  • Author Spotlight: Phoenix Alexander by Clay Vermulm
  • Book Review: September 2026 by Adam-Troy Castro

Uncanny Magazine (September/October 2026, Issue 72)

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Weird Horror Magazine (Fall 2026, Issue 13)

Fiction

Nonfiction