This anthology collects all 25 original stories from the fourth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Manuals for memory tourism, a secret order of monks that tries to use a scriptural technicality to put off the end of the world indefinitely, a friendly nonbinary tank at a science fiction convention, a questionable academic paper published at a university of magic, living fossils awakened when the coal formed of them burns. The stories vary from humo...

Join us for a feast!Step into a roadside diner run by witches. Attend a banquet with aliens who are as crass as they are brutal. Eat oysters on the half shell with a pair of conjurers, or scratch out a meal with warring pilots marooned on a desolate planet. Pity the ghost who must cook her way to freedom, and mourn with the warrior who seeks a final delicacy for his lost love. Search the far reaches of space for sustenance or descend into a hellscape of culinary horrors.In ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our April 2024 issue (#211) contains:* Original fiction by Eleanna Castroianni ("The Lark Ascending"), Tia Tashiro ("An Intergalactic Smugglers Guide to Homecoming"), Rich Larson ("The Indomitable Captain Holli"), Derrick Boden ("The Arborist"), Shen Dacheng ("The Rambler"), Kelly Jennings ("Occurrence at O1339"), and N...

From Lost Friends to Changed Worlds to Goodbye EarthThe Unbound Collection is the first three editions of the Unbound Anthology Series published by Science Fiction and Fantasy Publications.26 Amazing Authors26 Amazing StoriesOne CollectionWith themes of Lost Friends, Changed Worlds, and Goodbye Earth, eveyone will find at least one favorate story. Enlightening, dark, fantasitical,***Warning***The Unbo...

Welcome to the second year’s-worth of stories from the online magazine ZNB Presents published by the small press Zombies Need Brains. In these pages, you will find original science fiction and fantasy stories of awe and wonder, darkness and light, ranging through all of the subgenres, including urban fantasy, alternate history, space opera, future fairy tales, and more. They come from the most talented authors in the field today—new voices as well as trusted and familiar names. Join us as ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our August 2022 issue (#191) contains:Original fiction by M. J. Pettit ("Tender, Tether, Shell"), Bo Balder ("The Pirates Counselor"), Finbarr O’Reilly ("Pollatomish"), Carrie Vaughn ("Polly and (Not) Charles Conquer the Solar System"), R.T. Ester ("Slight Forms"), Leonard Richardson ("The Scene of the Crime"), an...

Unbound ILost FriendsThis is our first ecliptic collection of short stories with the underlying theme of Lost Friends. The Unbound Anthology series published by Science Fiction and Fantasy Publications started with over 100 submissions. Over time we laser sliced that down to 27 and asked seven avid readers to help us pick the last few.After half a year, the anthology is now ready for publication. And now it is in your hands.We take you on a wild ride to Mars...