Table of Contents

A Flame in the Dark by Sam W. Pisciotta

Better the Devil You Know by Allen M. Steele

Roma Delenda Est by Alan Smale

Oliana’s Skull by Robert Reed

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

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

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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