It’s marvelously well done, firmly planted in the real and everyday, and then slipping a monster into that everyday reality. Bookmarking this for future reference, and retweeted for my specfic-loving friends. But when you are writing speculative fiction, which by definition are what I call ‘what if’ stories, the world building is just as important. “If your story … This month I bring you an eccentric mix of short speculative fiction stories. Accepts reprints. _____ Drabblecast. Accepts reprints. Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2009. When Amari Wilder, a strong hardworking teen, is drafted as a third person in the 100th Hunger Games he sets out with his... Society has become reliant upon the government birthing scheme to conceive. Genre: Speculative fiction and nonfiction articles about the business of writing. It twists and turns through a world where people are haunted by strange dreams and visions, and where people grow roots and bark. Stories like William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings are also considered speculative fiction, even though the term did not exist at the time. It’s not alternate, not like your universe. They want fiction and poetry, all of which must be broadly “speculative fiction” — science fiction, fantasy, alt-history, magical realism, slipstream, or in some other way altered reality. “…she longed to sink her sharp fangs into freshly caught flesh, how delicious a still-beating heart would taste“. Humanity listened to the night sky. A group of friends brought together seemingly by... One end of a wormhole, a tunnel that traverses through time, is buried in the depth of the River Yakshagni. Payment: $0.01 per word, but not less than $20 for any story. We expect our greatest need from the slush will be for middle-length short stories (around 3,000-4,000 words). “When the cave’s ceiling crumples, so do I. Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2008. Genre: Science fiction. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. From girl to boy.” Ripping into questions of gender, identity, and the struggle to be who we really are (even when the world around us wishes we were otherwise), Gray’s story is brutal and beautiful at the same time. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Second, reading about your subject will give you the tools you need to write about the issue effectively. Thank you so much for your kind words regarding my story War dog. Can I bother you with a request to email me the article so that I can read the linked stories at my convenience? The award listings refer to awards and nominations for fiction only! Genre: Speculative fiction: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Magical Realism, Slipstream, or an as-yet-unnamed genre. This one would absolutely fit Atwood’s definition. Note: For hundreds of paying markets, broken down by genre, see: Paying Markets. By this we mean science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, etc. Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009’. Kai has finally hit his stride. Reblogged this on – What Does Not Kill Me – and commented: Come for… This story by Gailey is awesomely weird. It had taken him forever to go to sleep, and he woke up several times to use the bathroom. Awesome! ( Log Out /  It twists the whole “alien invasion” trope inside out AND tips it on its head. Some Breakable Things, by Cassandra Khaw in The Dark. Another collection darkly inspired by fairytales, … Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies, by Brooke Bolander in Uncanny Magazine. Rather than seeking a rigorous definition, a better approach is to theorize “speculative fiction… A collection of short stories where faeries good, bad, and just plain scary roam a world of Rock-n-Roll and Marilyn Monroe. The world-building will help to sell the possibility.. It was used in the 1960s to describe a genre that protests the traditionalized science fiction stories, but use later died off in the mid-1970s. These look fantastic. Even so, I read some awesome short fiction, and here are my favourites. His only memory of home … One desperate woman. Who Binds and Looses the World with Her Hands, by Rachael K. Jones in Nightmare. What: science fiction, fantasy, horror. - Speculative fiction is fiction in which the author speculates upon the results of changing what’s real or possible, not how a character would react to a certain event, etc. Let’s do some thought exercises to flex our imaginations. Machado’s prose is superb – evocative and beautiful – and this story really got under my skin. 3019: War Dog, by Mike Barretta in Apex Magazine. So don’t skip your research, and make sure you’re getting your info from reputable sources. Characteristics of Speculative fiction have been recognized in older works whose authors' intentions, or in the social contexts of the stories they portray, are now known. Utopian and dystopian fiction are genres of speculative fiction that explore social and political structures. Apex Magazine. What really gets me about this tale, is how Jones manages to a) get me to care about a rather unlikable character, and b) get me to understand and sympathize with what might at first glance appear to be some rather questionable choices that character makes, as the story develops. Jones creates a stark and bleak world, alive with its own magic: a magic that does not use spoken spells, but sign language. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Payment: $15. Wickedly Ever After, Edited by Rachel Kenley. September 30, 2016. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “In the ocean depths, where the water is blacker than squid ink, we’ve never seen nets, so we don’t know how to hide from them. The Warrior Boy Who Would Not Suffer, by Abhinav Bhat in Apex Magazine. By this we mean science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, etc. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine … Strange Horizons is a weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. Through this collection edited by Patrice Caldwell, 16 award-winning and best-selling authors explore the Black experience of women and nonconforming individuals through speculative fiction. – Maria. This basically tells you where to take your story and makes it urgent and impactful, so you don’t want to skip that. The adventures of Kai Gilling continue. Together, let's empower the story that seeks to be told. It’s been a strange month for me, and maybe some of you as well. And Pecola had accepted this as fact. The way we distinguish between speculative fiction, she says, is to consider whether the events of the novel could conceivably happen. I do not want to lose you. “Speculative fiction” works nicely as a catch-all in my opinion, so here goes: here are 13 excellent speculative fiction short stories I read this past month: So, You’re In an Alternate Universe, by Jeremy Packert Burke in Metaphorosis. Quite simply because I include stories that are horror, magical realism, and, well… whatever other kind of beautiful weirdness I can find. From ugly to divine. The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. “As though to make up for his absence in life, your father’s ghost follows you everywhere.” This evocative ghost story by Cassandra Khaw is dark and heart-wrenching. “He had seen the Dog twice before, and they had acknowledged each other at a careful distance. By making that aspect literally true—by making that metaphor literally true—we are able to gain a different perspective and understanding of reality. Fertility medication is scarce and entry onto the programme is both competitive and selective... A family driving through Europe is trapped and enslaved in a small town for decades. It’s one of those stories that really lingers after I’ve read it. Publication format: digital, audio, print. His would be the old not of frailty, but of strength and wisdom and … cruelty. Speculative Fiction Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics. For example, the ancient Greek dramatist, Euripides, (c. 480–406 BCE) … It’s an amazing story that takes a familiar place and tweaks it so you’re not quite sure what reality is anymore. Three Kingdoms, by Matthew Sanborn Smith in Kaleidotrope. Otherwise I’d have never found them.” This is a spectacularly good, and very dark story that I might have to go back and study a few times just to get the full flavour of it. Her novel The Handmaid’s Tale is a great example of speculative fiction under this definition. It features stories from Elizabeth Acevedo, Justina Ireland, L.L. ( Log Out /  The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. There’s a little something for everyone in June, from a … Flash Fiction and Short Stories September 30, 2019 September 30, 2019 by Speculative Spinner. Really great review. * A jaded ex-military, a genetically altered human, and a society that has no time or place for those who do not obey… this one’s a gut-wrenching heartbreaker. Therefore, the thing being speculated upon must be more elemental than character or plot. Their guidelines say: “The January submission period is for the Spring 2021 issue. Summer is officially upon us, and with it comes a whole new set of amazing short speculative fiction stories. They were stronger than any species known. Genre: Speculative fiction and nonfiction articles about the business of writing. Earth abandoned. 12 awesome speculative fiction short stories. Necromancy and ghosts, trauma and chronic pain, power and … 13 most excellent speculative fiction short stories. [Carrier Wave is now on sale! This is also the month when I’ve decided to switch from calling the stories I list “fantasy and science fiction”, to calling them “speculative fiction”. As always with Fran Wilde, the world and its people feel real and vivid in the midst of the strange reality they inhabit. Daily Science Fiction "Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories. The Night Cyclist, by Stephen Graham Jones at Tor.com. Utopian fiction portrays a setting that agrees with the author's ethos, having various attributes of another reality intended to appeal to readers.Dystopian fiction offers the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos. I suppose what I would say is, to me, speculative fiction is generally the type of fiction that uses the technique of literalizing some aspect of reality that we usually speak of as metaphorical. But what it is exactly speculative fiction? Stories are made of magic. It’s the kind of story that made me ache inside when I read it, because the feelings it evokes are so excruciatingly real. 1180+ Best Speculative Short Stories to Read Online for Free - Reedsy Prompts. Happy submitting! Where the YASciFantasy team give you all manner of contests, challenges, and prompts. Cruelty, wisdom, pain, knowledge… this is a story that cuts deep. Humanity at home on an alien planet. The main character’s desperation and loneliness are vivid and palpable, as Gray’s prose both soars and cuts. Speculative fiction may be … Asking questions about the future is an excellent way to generate ideas for speculative fiction. Professionally-paying science fiction markets top the list, followed closely by fantasy, trailed distantly by markets open to horror. I’m a product of the former Shyler Military Labs, a cybernetic organism joining the elemental living kingdoms of vegetable and mineral.” This is a gripping story of transformation and unlikely friendship, playing out in a rural landscape in a war-torn world where people wield amazing technology: technology that can both harm and help. Let’s Take a Trip to the Future. Since birth, everyone has told Pecola Robinson that she was ugly, unwanted, and unworthy of being loved or loving herself. … If it’s not too much trouble, pgatuna98@gmail.com is my email. Exiled for her high ideals, Asa leaves her home planet to continue her medical career on Concordia in the Eulian Outskirts. It just happens, and no one is sure why it’s happening, or how it’s happening. Messed-up kids, making messsed-up choices. Deadline: December 31, 2020. By the end, it had me sobbing and crying. Something about it, or maybe everything about it, struck a deep and resonant chord inside me, because in many ways, this is what I remember that my adolescence felt like. After spending one year apart, two lovers reunite for a weekend in which the past spills into the present, suspends the future, and defies both time and space. “I am sorry to hide you, she would say. Learn how your comment data is processed. I’ve been a fan of Stephen Graham Jones forEVER, and his story, “The Night Cyclist” at Tor.com is amazing. Daily Science Fiction "Daily Science Fiction (DSF) is a market accepting speculative fiction stories. Hungry, by Shveta Thakrar in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. The only difference: they are just 2 inches tall! And now, they began their explo... Dimarrah Folette is a woman accused of murder and awaiting the executioner when a stranger comes for her. November 29, 2016. Wise, yet cruel.” This short story, written in such a way that it feels like a myth rediscovered, is profoundly moving and unsettling at the same time, and I mean unsettling in the best way: it is unpredictable and strange and wonderful. “She’s staring back at me with those ancient iridescent bug-eyes of hers. Necromancy and ghosts, trauma and chronic pain, power and identity, sentient fruits and killer security units. This includes awards for novels and short fiction, but not for collections, lifetime achievement etc. I love the language here, the fluid vibe of the story, and the characters. ©2020 NI... Aiden Payne is a drifter. Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2020. History. Accepts reprints. Though the Celest-ruled empire is a drastic c... Sci-fi ~ Mystery ~ Action ~ Romance. This is definitely a must-read. Its main purpose is to discuss speculative fiction. Also a big fan of Cassandra Khaw and Carmen Maria Machado. Speculative fiction readers come to a story ready and willing to immerse themselves in the world of that story, eager to suspend their disbelief–but they’re also generally unforgiving of things that don’t make internal sense within the context of the story. In other words, speculative fiction considers a world where the events depicted haven’t happened… yet. Survival in... Lillian has a choice to make. Not that I was in an alternate universe (perhaps), but that feeling of not quite knowing what you are and what you will become, or where you belong… those friends and friendships that feel comfortingly familiar, yet in flux and strange at the same time… all of that. There’s so much tension and suspense threaded through this story, and so much emotion coiled beneath the surface: an amazing read. Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to paradigm-changing and neotraditional works of the 21st century. November 29, 2016. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, and art. Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left, by Fran Wilde in Shimmer. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not … ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. So, dig in, and enjoy! Seanan McGuire: Come Tumbling Down ( Tor.com, 2020) Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2021. Sarah Gailey: Upright Women Wanted ( Tor.com, 2020) Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2021. He's found stability in his new ever-moving home by joining the R&R--an organization dedicated to... Book 1 of the Paradise Series. Shadow Boy, by Lora Gray in Shimmer. “A good speculative fiction story would make you think, provide a new insight into human nature or even give you a new outlook on life.” – Lida E. Quillen “It is a … The homepage given is not always an official one. As veterans, they shared the bond of war, but whereas he had emerged from conflict a respected soldier, she had come out as an illegal gene splice, a piece of dangerous biological equipment.” Barretta’s story starts out feeling like a pretty hardcore, noir-ish military scifi tale, set in a future USA ruled by religion and a fascist-like government, and haunted by a strange disease. Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Sixth Edition. They eat, they speak, and they live their lives in active communities. Well done! This month, like every month, I read a lot of amazing speculative short fiction. Bloody and gloriously grisly, this story about a rakshasi who awakens in the present-day after centuries spent… well, let’s say “petrified”, is a lot of fun, and terribly, awfully good. “My name is Process Five. Escape Pod. (All three will have work at Gamut.). This is also the month when I’ve decided to switch from calling the stories I list “fantasy and science fiction”, to calling them “speculative fiction”. Even stories that Chiang sets in an alternate past or on another world,... Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. The term “speculative fiction” was only coined in 1947 by author Robert Heinlein, but he only used the term as a synonym for science fiction. A Midsummer Night’s Dream conjures a world in which characters move seamlessly through time and space in the woodland and the Fairyland; The Lord of the Rings speculates … … “What it took for Sam to turn into a laurel tree was a river dream.” People are turning into trees – in their rooms, in their offices. Flat rate of $20 for all stories under 2,000 words. Contemporary Speculative Fiction Examples Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. A boy and…well, something that is not quite machine, as we know it, form a bond, and then disaster strikes. I die.” As story-openings go, I’d rate this one a 10 out of 10. Some have submission periods, but most accept stories year-round. Deadline: December 31, 2020. Fantastic stuff. Stories, Sorted by Author. Together they unravel secrets that could ignite a war. Speculative fiction as a category ranges from ancient works to paradigm-changing and neotraditional works of the 21st century. Fiction that asks questions about the world and us by using settings and characters that are created from our … “My shadow seethes and I press my forehead against the rear window glass, neon lights flipping my reflection from infant to ancient. Each author’s page includes some additional information. Diabolical Plots. It’s a harrowing story, beautifully told. Characteristics of Speculative fiction have been recognized in older works whose authors' intentions, or in the social contexts of the stories they portray, are now known. A powerful read. Chara has lived all... Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the... After spending one year apart, two lovers reunite for a weekend in which the past spills into the present, suspends the future, and defies both time and space. Through my body, stone kisses stone. The term “speculative fiction” has three historically located meanings: a subgenre of science fiction that deals with human rather than technological problems, a genre distinct from and opposite to science fiction in its exclusive focus on possible futures, and a super category for all genres that deliberately depart from imitating “consensus reality” of everyday experience. Thus, sh... - It's time for the 100th annual Hunger Games! You’ll need to envision what the world looked like in the past, what it looks like today, and what it might look like in the distant future. I love the original world Smith creates in this story, and it’s a really fresh and original take on the “machines vs. humans” science ficion theme. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Listen... "Hit the fucking Half-Light, now!" Specializing in speculative fiction, Speculative Soul offers editing services to assist with all stages of the revision process. My Body, Herself, by Carmen Maria Machado in Uncanny Magazine. It is fiction that tells stories with a ‘what if?’ element. Payment: $15. Homesick, by Sarah Gailey at Fireside Fiction. The apology mollified the darkness inside me, but never quelled it completely.” This story really knocked the wind out of me. “An old baba come in from the waste, the boy almost smiled. I wrote a blog post about deadlines in which I spoke about the importance of outlining a story.. ( Log Out /  We don’t know how to hide from men either.” Kiste’s story about mermaids, brought up from the ocean to be experimented on, and eventually also sold off as wives, is part horror story, part dark fantasy. The name of this blog is speculative tertulia. The SciFri Book Club finished this fall’s exploration of fantastical fiction and diverse futures in New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction By People of Color. This month, like every month, I read a lot of amazing speculative short fiction. The main character is haunted by regret and grief and memories in addition to the actual ghost of her father. I previously talked about my love for speculative fiction. Speculative fiction plants in the reader hypothesis without scientific basis. James Alan Gardner: The Ray-Gun: A Love Story (Asimov's, February 2008) Available as part of this magazine. You’re most welcome! [2018 Wattys Winner!] What we heard shattered the world. I couldn't be a magician's apprentice or a pig keeper who might or might not be a king's son or a princess with a prophecy hanging over my head. Tochi Onyebuchi: Riot Baby ( Tor.com, 2020) Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2021. Signature Prompt 1k Flash Fiction- Just wrote this, will be back to edit tomorrow. “There must be no compulsion to hide the bodies. Forced to trade identities with a dead woman, Chara becomes entangled in a web of deception that would no doubt cost her her very life in the end. The year is 2083. A great list of speculative fiction. Maria Haskins. In this latter sense, speculative fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but also their derivatives, hybrids, and cognate genres like the gothic, dystopia, weird fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, ghost stories, superhero tales, alternate history, steampunk, slipstream, magic realism, fractured fairy tales, and more. Some reviewers, afraid of “spoiling” the stories, refuse to give the storyline and instead say things like “You won’t regret it”, “You will definitely love this one, I tell yah!” I love your style better; just enough details to pique my attention, and a phrase from within to give me an idea of the style of writing. All the Mermaid Wives, by Gwendolyn Kiste at 87 Bedford. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. “Dylan is from the real universe. The world was now advanced in all sorts of technology. No horror. He slept horribly, the worst night yet. Short Stories; speculative fiction; Submissions; Despite frequent cries to the contrary, there are lots of great places buying speculative fiction these days. They’re starting to frost over — her eyelashes are limned with white and it’s spreading. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books. Lightyears from Earth, Mankind has made a new home in a new system. This is what he’s told you just now, although you’ve known him for years.” I fell in love with this exquisitely told story as I read it. According to an interview with Machado, the idea for this story came from a dream she had, and it has a dream-like, hallucinatory quality to it that I really love. Machado’s story is both haunting and haunted: it deals with death and ghosts and the remains (mind and body and soul) of a girl. The tunnel through which the river flows connects two time p... Parvs are just like ordinary humans. Introduction by Charles Tan Six from Downtown by Dean Francis Alfar The Singer's Man by M. R. R. Arcega Keeping Time by F.H. Your words evoke emotions, create experiences, and explore existence. They publish science fiction, fantasy and horror and writers are welcome to … ©2020 NI... Now A Wattpad Featured Story... The Internet Speculative Fiction Database You are not logged in. There’s so much pain and dread here, and what struck me was how Kiste explores the terror of being separated not only from your home and your family, but also separated from who you are. 10 must-read fantasy & science fiction short stories, 13 brilliant fantasy & science fiction short stories, 11 fabulous fantasy & science fiction short stories, 13 exceptional science fiction & fantasy short stories, 9 amazing fantasy & science fiction short stories, 9 exceptional fantasy & science fiction short stories, 9 strange and captivating fantasy & science fiction short stories, 9 intriguing fantasy & science fiction short stories, Narrative Analysis #1: The Basic Story Critique – Amunani. Change ). It’s also a story of complex relationships that are not what they might seem at first. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084M9PL8J/] Factor Four Magazine publishes flash fiction (up to 1500 words) in quarterly print, ebook and … The sweet spot for submissions is 2,000–3,000 words. This month I bring you an eccentric mix of short speculative fiction stories. “Reading about Bordertown was the first time I saw people like me in speculative fiction. A gorgeous, dream-like tale. Batacan Dreaming Valhalla by Douglas Candano The Sugilanon of Epefania's Heartbreak by Ian Rosales Casocot The God Equation by Michael A. R. Co The Family That E September 30, 2016. She’s grinning at me.” Crab-like, fortune-telling aliens that freeze as they tell your fortune. Thanks for sharing! But, more than that, he felt like a shroud of … Maria Haskins. This story by Fran Wilde is wonderful, strange, and mesmerizing. For more information, see our about page. 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