A fanzine for stories that linger.
Essays, reviews, and conversations on sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and fandom. Issue One • Summer 2026
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I'll go first:
"A girl who learned too late that love and duty rarely survive each other."
Now your turn.
Describe your favorite fantasy book in one sentence without naming it.
Let's see how many we can guess.
#fantasybooks #fantasyreader #booklover #readersofinstagram
Okay, serious question:
What fictional world would you actually survive in?
Not where you *want* to live. Where you genuinely think you’d make it.
Fantasy, horror, sci-fi, weird little corners of fandom all welcome.
#bookdiscussion
Unbelievable!
For the evening crowd…
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Okay, real question:
What’s the last book that haunted you?
Not necessarily #horror.
Just a book that stayed with you in a strange, persistent way.
#bookcommunity #scifi #fantasybooks #thriller #romance
Get your tickets to the Locus Awards in May! Guests of Honor are Nnedi Okorafor, Stephen Graham Jones and Tananarive Due, we are so excited to be partnering with the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley!
Tickets at locusmag.com/2026-lo... or via the link in our bio!! C U there.
Call For Submissions: 19th Annual Best Horror of the Year, Edited by Ellen Datlow
There is a movement to recall Louisiana's intensely fascist and deeply hated governor. The state government political warfare against New Orleans has reached unprecedented levels, per folks there. Please share with your networks.
Looking for a novelette to read? I have two out so far this year. Both are getting great reviews. “The Soundtrack of My Afterlife” is fantasy and free-to-read here:
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Amazing Stories
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A soul reincarnated as a car narrates this haunting, music-soaked speculative short story by P. A. Cornell.
