Issue of September 8, 2025

An Occurrence on Mount Albert by Alyssa Willeford — Cover story fiction horror

Alyssa Willeford is a Seattle-born, New York City-based new writer working in the fields of sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction.

Mosaic by Jerome Berglund — Poem art

Art as poem, poem as art...

Ariadne and Doctor Ramani by Kate Hill-Charalambides — Poem unrhymed

"...She got completely lost in his maze..."

Babeltopia by Jim Murdoch — Poem unrhymed

"...I rehave fondmems of stalenows and felts longgo..."

Breaking Free from Yesterday by Saadatu Uzairu — Poem unrhymed

"...what my eyes saw wasn’t an illusion, but reality..."

Don't Make Me Stand by Bradford Middleton — Poem unrhymed

"My knee aches with age..."

Flipbook by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"... I tuned into an unconscious space..."

Mini-Bike by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"...Engines roaring as those few years raced by..."

On a Date in Bulawayo by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...she had a beautiful blind date..."

Confessions by Ian C. Smith — Prose

The consequences of actions ...?

Ngongo Chronicle 09 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

Pierre recounts travels after obtaining his degree.

The Happiest Man in the World by Daniel Stride — Speculative fiction

Daniel Stride has a lifelong love of literature in general, and speculative fiction in particular. He writes both short stories and poetry. Daniel lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

The Nam 2.0 by Eric Burbridge — Speculative fiction

An attack, a battle, or plain old war?