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Editorial: Myths and Delusions

Elegy for Robert Sheckley by Florence Major

Joseph Carey Merrick by Florence Major

Babel Before Babel by Howard V. Hendrix

The Description of a Wish by Sonya Taaffe

The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente

The Magic Walnut by SofÍa Rhei • Translation by Lawrence Schimel

Little Girls, Atom Bombs by Jeannine Hall Gailey

The tenured faculty meets to discuss the Moon’s campus visit by Rose Lemberg

Alien Graffiti by Darrell Schweitzer

Space Dogs by Ann K. Schwader

Claiming Tyche; Nemesis Rising by Michael Fosburg

Nobody’s Song by Jessica Paige Wick

An Unkindness of Ravens by Rachel Manija Brown

Yurei by Susan Slaviero

Silence by Mari Ness

Cloth Demon by Alexandra Seidel

Moon Girl, Earth Guy by Mary A. Turzillo

Trans-Neptunian Shores by Wade German

Venus Crossing the Sun by Melissa Frederick

Raven Singing by Mari Ness
 
Illustrations by Daniel Trout, Paula Friedlander,
Terrence Mollendor, Don Eaves

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Editorial: Myths and Delusions

Moon Monkeys by Gary Every

The Wine of Mercury by Joshua Gage

Folding Money by Denise Dumars

Summoning a Southern Devil by J.C. Runolfson

Athena Watches Polamalu Bail Out Pittsburgh Again by Jason Mccall

Sing not by W. Gregory Stewart

The Last Dragon Slayer by Elissa Malcohn

Chrysalis by Kacey Ezell

Particle Accelerator by Zoë Gabriel

Counterfactual Photos by Ian Watson

Binnorie by Theodora Goss

Behind the Greasepaint Door by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

Tail by F.J. Bergmann

The Wedding Party by Lucien E.G. Spelman

Wisdom by Sonya Taaffe

A Semblance by Nima Kian

Eureka by Lyn C.A. Gardner

The true poem by Serena Fusek

Torn Out by Ann K. Schwader

The Library, After by Shira Lipkin
 
Illustrations by Tim Mullins, Paula Friedlander,
Terrence Mollendor, Don Eaves, Daniel Trout

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Editorial: Myths and Delusions

The Gospel of the Rope by Jane Yolen

Midnight Posture by Lyn C.A. Gardner

In the Absence of Ghosts by Darrell Schweitzer

Cemetery Monologues by Caitlyn Paxson

Ovid’s Two Nightmares by Sonya Taaffe

Soma, Ganga, Agnideva by Shweta Narayan

A Charming Acquisition: A Sestina by Phoebe Nir

the sorcerer’s lament by Eric Marin

River of Silk by Rachel Manija Brown

Tigerskin by J.C. Runolfson

She Who Rules the Bitter Reaches by C.S.E. Cooney

Machine Dancer by Sharon Mock

How the Dead Teach the Living by Kurt Newton

Light Enemy by Kacey Grannis

Death by Theodora Goss

Occidental by F.J. Bergmann

Song of the Bogs by S. Brackett Robertson

As I Was Walking by Theodora Goss
 
Illustrations by Paula Friedlander, Daniel Trout,
Bob Snare, Don Eaves and Terrence Mollendor

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Editorial: Myths and Delusions

The Birth of Science Fiction by J.C. Runolfson

The Poppet Wakes by Wade German

Tarantelle by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back

The Second Wife by Adrienne J. Odasso

Nursery Rhymes for Stolen Children by Reina Hardy

Rats by Joshua Gage

Cave-smell by Shweta Narayan

Espero by Rosalind Casey

Heaven and Sea, Horatio by Sonya Taaffe

The Anchorite’s Song by Shawna Lenore Kastin

Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Shawna Lenore Kastin

The Reaper’s Wife by Susan Slaviero

Madame Blavatsky’s Ghost Visits the White Dog Café by Susan Slaviero

Citadel Ascendant by Ann K. Schwader

Of Asteroids & Moons & Practical Matters by Kendall Evans

Aftermath by Simon Thalmann

Gospel of the White Dwarf by Emily Gaskin

Fireflies and Thunderstorms by Rose Lemberg

Ere One Can Say It Lightens by C.S.E. Cooney

Jar of Salts by Gemma Files
 
Illustrations by Paula Friedlander, Tim Mullins,
Bob Snare, Daniel Trout, Don Eaves and Terrence Mollendor

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Editorial: Myths and Delusions

Coyote Knock by Jessica Paige Wick

Cooks’ Tricks Nix Sticks by Anna Tambour

The Gentleman by Theodora Goss

Before the Knock by Holly Dworken Cooley

Card Tricks by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Rain Face by Jaime Lee Moyer

The Animal Heart: She Warns Him by Jeannine Hall Gailey

Egyptology by Samantha Henderson

Red Silk by F.J. Bergmann

Trickster Weather by Deborah P Kolodji

Tricksters Are Spinning My Hair by Erzebet YellowBoy

Silk Sleeve Song by Sonya Taaffe

Red Engines by Catherynne M. Valente

We Took Our Gods by Jennifer Crow

The Gods We Left Behind by Darrell Schweitzer

Other Fires by Constance Cooper

Not Without a Struggle by David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Kendall Evans

Gentle Hestia by Kacey Grannis

The Ones Who Met Them by Ann K. Schwader

Maiden & Raven by Ann K. Schwader

The World Belongs to the Young by Danny Adams

Initiation by Gary Every
 
Illustrations by Oliver Hunter, Bob Snare,
Daniel Trout, Paula Friedlander, Tim Mullins,
Don Eaves and Terrence Mollendor.