Issue of January 26, 2026

Anthill by Benjamin Wilson — Cover story speculative fiction

Benjamin Wilson currently lives in central Texas, is a recent college graduate, and may or may not actually exist. He tends to write weird speculative fiction with a focus in horror.

Who Would Have Imagined? by Patty Somlo — Essay

Patty Somlo’s most recent book, Hairway to Heaven Stories (Cherry Castle Publishing), was a Finalist in the American Fiction Awards and Best Book Awards.

On Abraham Van Helsing by Jerry A. Sierra — Fiction

The vampire spokesman tells it all.

Mr. Upside Down by Sascha Goluboff — Fiction life

Sascha Goluboff is a writer, mother, and academic with a PhD in Anthropology and an MFA in Writing. She lives in Virginia.

The Gift by Jiel Narvekar — Poem

"...A million fragments scatter..."

2025 by Taylor Dibbert — Poem unrhymed

Remembering a good season...

A Shared Belief in the Sanctity of Human Life by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Are we not emotive and spiritual creatures?..."

Break Through by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal — Poem unrhymed

"...Slow traffic for miles and miles..."

OK Google, Is It OK to Cry After LASIK? by James Croal Jackson — Poem unrhymed

"...Society rains hate on men who cry..."

Scree by Stephen Kingsnorth — Poem unrhymed

"...here’s scree too heavy, mountain clad..."

Shoveling Snow by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"... the brutal cold takes his breath away..."

Waterloo Sunset by Dan Holt — Poem unrhymed

"...stronger as we found our voices..."

Ngongo Chronicle: Copper: A Memoir 12 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

Conclusion and Acknowlegements