Table of Contents
July/August 2026 Vol. 50 Nos. 7 & 8
NOVELLAS
A Flame in the Dark by Sam W. Pisciotta
Better the Devil You Know by Allen M. Steele
NOVELETTES
Roma Delenda Est by Alan Smale
Oliana’s Skull by Robert Reed
SHORT STORIES
Gumchew by Zack Be
Last Train to Gertrude Stein by Sandra McDonald
Brother Adalbert’s Last Shift by Karol Lagodzki
Seeking by Gregory Marlow
The Translation of the Sirens by Matthew De Abaitua
The Hydrological Cycle of Souls by Minister Faust
POETRY
The Cosmic Knot by Geoffrey A. Landis
Ghazal by Joshua Gage
The Mussel Shell by Marianne Hoffard
Someday We’ll Look Back on This and Laugh by Marissa Lingen
So This Is The Middle Kingdom by Mary Soon Lee
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial: The 2026 Must Read Books Award by Emily Hockaday
Reflections: One Thing Happens by Robert Silverberg
On the Net: Worldwide Editors by James Patrick Kelly
On Books by Paul Di Filippo
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