More stories from the latest issue:

• Curiosities – Tisab Ting, Or, The Electrical Kiss
  DYJAN FERGUS, pseudonym of Montreal-born New Brunswick resident Ida May Ferguson (1869–1899), wrote a single work, one of the first Canadian science fiction novels and the first by a woman. Set in Montreal in 1996, a century after publication, the speculative elements are mostly minor. China is a world power; there is a war in Egypt between the British Empire and a Franco-Russian alliance; women have more opportunities for education, motorcars are common, and ships are faster. Otherwise, society is indistinguishable from the Victorian Era. The title character is a Chinese man who visits Canada with the goal of marrying
• Lunokhod Dance
  Alex Irvine’s first novel, A Scattering of Jades, won the Locus, Crawford, and International Horror Guild awards. His novels since then include The Narrows, Buyout, and Anthropocene Rag, as well as several dozen licensed books and movie novelizations. His short stories have appeared everywhere from F&SF and Asimov’s to Salon.com and MTV.com; “Form 8774-D,” from Reactor, appeared in the 2024 Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. His comics work includes Daredevil Noir, Iron Man: Rapture, The Comic Book Story of Baseball, and The Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11’s Third Man. He also writes games, most
• From Hell’s Heart I Reach to Thee
  Cat Rambo is a writer living in the Midwest with too many cats. This is their third appearance in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, following Nebula-nominated “Red in Tooth & Cog” (March 2016) and “Crazy Beautiful” (March 2021). Their most recent book is the final volume of the Tabat Quartet, fantasy novel Wings of Tabat (Wordfire Press). They say, “How we cope with deep grief has always fascinated me, and so I wrote this story to explore it.” Somewhere in passage from the Cygnus Gate to the Magellanic Clouds, grief deranged the ship. The first sign of its
• How to Call on the Old Gods Griffin
  Thomas J. Griffin is a sumo wrestling enthusiast who lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and infant daughter. He is also the editor of Flash Point SF, and when he’s not getting thrown around the ring, he’s writing novels to keep his flash fiction skills sharp. This is his first published story with F&SF. “As a Tennessean the Smoky Mountains have always filled me with wonder, but on a recent trip I was overcome by this sense of deepness and mystery. It seemed to me a place where it would be all too easy to get lost and stay
• Ode to Solitude from Mulan-in-a-Tower
  Vivian XW Li (@vivianlicreates) lives in what is colonially known as Toronto, Canada but dreams of the mountains. She is passionate about engaging in intersections of the arts, academia, and community work. She is also excited about her first F&SF publication. Her first poem was inspired by a Halloween costume combining elements of Mulan and Rapunzel, while her second and third poems were written during the initial months of the pandemic. She also hopes to explore more video poetry and film projects in the future. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, and will be looking for a