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• 1 •  The Pink Hydra, October 2025 • interior artwork by
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• 2 • Four Flowers in Formaldehyde • short story by Heather Valentine
• 15 • A different proposal • poem by Charles Richard Livesay
• 17 • Body and Mind • short story by J. Aster
• 23 • The Lambs • short story by Rye Miles
• 26 • The Emerald Affliction • short story by McKynzie Bair
• 39 • Season's Bleedings • short story by Christy Hartman
• 45 •  Friends • interior artwork by Denny E. Marshall
• 46 • Before Sookie Stackhouse Fell in Love with a Vampire • poem by Karen J. Weyant
• 47 • Before Liz Parker Finds Out About Aliens • poem by Karen J. Weyant
• 48 • The Badlands • novelette by W. H. Hall
• 81 • The Village • poem by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
• 83 • Possessive Compulsive Disorder • short story by Kay Hanifen
• 87 • I'm Just a Ghoul–I'd Rather Not Be • short story by Alyson Tait
• 91 •  Gem • (2016) • interior artwork by Denny E. Marshall
• 92 • Watering the Family Tree • short story by Mary Jo Rabe
• 100 • Witches Upon the Mountain • (2024) • short story by Ben Williams
• 104 • Song of the Sea-Ice • short story by Emilia M. Pulliainen
• 115 • The Grotto • short story by Dee Holloway
• 123 • Shadow of the Princess • short story by Alejandro Brito
• 132 • Glow the Hell Up • poem by Pixie Bruner
• 135 •  Death Sea • interior artwork by Viviana de Cecco
• 136 • When Found in the Sun, a Monster • poem by Sarah Grace Tuttle
• 138 • Join with Me Tomorrow • (2023) • short story by Emma Burnett
• 141 • I will wear the island like a hat • poem by Adegboyega Kayowa
• 142 • God and the Aquifer • poem by Marie Vibbert
• 143 • Instructions for Taming the Sea • novelette by E. Nightingale