EDITORIALWords from the Editor-in-Chief by Jason SizemoreFICTION"Folk Hero" by Mary Pletsch"Cuckoo Girls" by Douglas F. Warrick"Memorials" by Aliette de Bodard (eBook only)The Kraken Sea Excerpt by E. Catherine ToblerPODCAST FICTION"Folk Hero" by Mary Pletsch, narrated by Lisa ShiningerPOETRY"Later, they found her journal" by Tina Parker"Ghost Plague" by Tina Jens"By Payette Lake" by Cullen ...

Edited by Lisa Mangum with Wendy ChristensenWith an all-new zombie story by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan MaberryDeath comes for us all. But for some, it doesn't stay. Mythology and lore are full of undead creatures, and each one has a story to tell—of their life, their death, or their afterlife.From a haunting melody that leads a ghost to her killer, to a piano that provides s...

Is the glimmer on the horizon a lake, shimmering under the hot desert sun – or a flying saucer visiting from a distant planet? Are those swirling clouds dust devils or djinn? In Mirages and Speculations seventeen authors of science fiction and fantasy take you on journeys to high mountain deserts, scorching sands, and wind-swept plateaus. Their stories will make you laugh and make you cry, as you visit worlds both futuristic and fantastic, the products of imaginations ...