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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

Closing out 2026, we have two exciting novellas to lead and anchor the issue. Newcomer-to-Asimov’s Matt Mikalatos joins forces with Will McIntosh to deliver a heart-pounding tale of family dynamics and survival against the mysterious “Cicada.” Leah Cypess gives us an unusual detective in “How to Write a Suicide Note”—perhaps in this case, a psychopath is the best person for the job.

ALSO IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

A bouquet of novelettes and short stories fills out the issue: William Preston’s Martian investigators must discover the secret of a “Remnant”; Alice Towey’s plucky robot protagonist shows it can do more than just “Sort”; Mercurio D. Rivera returns with a look at the beauty and grief surrounding a “Night Beach”; Nick Wolven’s tale illustrates the reality of being a “Rocket Jock”; amidst corporate bureaucracy on a distant planet, Peter Wood’s hero laments that “Nothing I Like to Do Pays Well”; Gregory Marlow pens a pensive piece ruminating on “A Soul Unearthed”; high school gumshoes take on an unusual neighborhood phenomenon in John Richard Trtek’s “Even Kings”; and Anya Ow weaves a future where “The Water Gods’ Treasure” must be protected.

OUR EXCITING FEATURES

Robert Silverberg considers “The Pleasures of Calculus” and the possibility of a genetic component to its study; on theme, James Patrick Kelly explores the mental gymnastics required to make “2+2=5” in his newest On the Net, and in so doing revisits the novel 1984; in the next On Books, Kelly Jennings reviews works by Alexis Hall, Theodora Goss, Emily Tesh, Justin Key, Neon Yang, and A.D. Sui.

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Our electronic November/December 2026 issue goes out October 8, 2026, to follow in bookstores. Or subscribe to Asimov’s—in paper format or our own downloadable varieties—by visiting us online at www.asimovs.com. We’re also available individually or by subscription via Amazon.com’s Kindle Unlimited, Barnesand Noble.com’s Nook, and Magzter.com/magazines!