The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – July/August 2020

C.C. Finlay et al.

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NOVELLAS
Byzantine   –   Holly Messinger

NOVELETS
Spirit Level   –   John Kessel
All Hail The Pizza King And Bless His Reign Eternal   –   David Erik Nelson
‘Omunculus   –   Madeleine Robins
The Monsters of Olympus Mons   –   Brian Trent

SHORT STORIES
Knock, Knock Said the Ship   –   Rati Mehrotra
Last Night at the Fair   –   M. Rickert
Bible Stories for Adults No. 37: The Jawbone   –   James Morrow
Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo   –   Ana Hurtado
A Bridge from Sea to Sky   –   Bennett North
Crawfather   –   Mel Kassel
The Staircase   –   Stephanie Feldman
The Shape of Gifts   –   Natalia Theodoridou

POEMS
A Quartet of Alphabetic Bubbles   –   Mary Soon Lee

DEPARTMENTS
Editorial   –   Charles Coleman Finlay
Books to Look For   –   Charles de Lint
Musing on Books   –   Michelle West
Films: Darkness Visible   –   David J. Skal
Science: What the Heck Is an Analemma?   –   Jerry Oltion
Coming Attractions   –
Curiosities   –   Thomas Kaufsek

CARTOONS
Arthur Masear, Arthur Masear, Danny Shanahan, Kendra Allenby, Nick Downes, Nick Downes.

COVER
Alan M. Clark for “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal”

 

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