The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2023

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Each double-sized bimonthly issue offers:

  • compelling short fiction by writers such as Kelly Link, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Moorcock, and many others;
  • the science fiction field’s most respected and outspoken opinions on Books, Films, and Science;
  • humor from our cartoonists and writers.

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Novellas

A Half-Remembered WorldAimee Ogden

Novelets

The Very Nasty AquariumPeter S. Beagle

Short Stories

Approved Methods of Love Divination in the First-Rate City of DushagorodKristina Ten
Vanishing PointRJ Taylor
The Pet of OlodumareJoshua Uchenna Omenga and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Serenity PrayerFaith Merino
We Go on Faith AloneK. S. Walker
Little BirdJill McMillan
Gather Me a TreasureJordan Chase-Young
NPC (or Eight Haxploits to Maximuize Your Endgame Farming: A Player’s Guide)DaVaun Sanders
A Meal for FredrickNick Thomas
The Day of the SeaJennifer Hudak
What to Do When a Protagonist Visits Your Generic VillageDan Peacock
Pedestals, Proclivities, and PerpetuitiesCeleste Rita Baker
A Time to SingEddie D. Moore
The Giant’s DreamBeth Goder

Poems

How to Pack for a QuestMary Soon Lee
Lost Lines from Ariel’s SongGretchen Tessmer

Departments

Editorial: Waves On WavesSheree Renée Thomas
Books To Look ForCharles de Lint
Musing on BooksMichelle West
BooksElizabeth Hand
Plumage From Pegasus:Paul Di Filippo
I, For One, Welcome Our New    
Insect Litterateurs    
Coming Attractions    
Competition #105    
By The Numbers 8Arley Sorg
Science: FireworksJerry Oltion
CuriositiesCarol Cooper

CARTOONS: Arthur Masear, S. Harris, Mark Heath, Nick Downes.

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