Interzone #295

In this issue: stories by Seán Padraic Birnie, Rachael Cupp, Frank Dumas, Stephanie Lane Gage, Jendia Gammon, Ai Jiang, Jonathan Laidlow, Edward R. Morris, Nozaki Mado, Katie McIvor, H. Pueyo, Amal Singh, R.L. Summerling, Corey J. White, and Aigner Loren Wilson; columns by Alexander Glass, David Langford, Nick Lowe, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; book reviews by Gautam Bhatia, Alexander Glass, Kelly Jennings, and Paul Kincaid; an interview with Agnes Gomillion by Gautam Bhatia; and art by Carly A-F, Martin Hanford, Emma Howitt, Dante Luiz, Juliana Pinho, Vinayak Varma, and Richard Wagner.

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Interzone was founded in 1982 by David Pringle, John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham Jones, Roz Kaveney, and Simon Ounsley. It was published by TTA Press and edited by Andy Cox from 2004 to 2022 and is now published by MYY Press and edited by Gareth Jelley.

IZ 295 // September 2023

Stories

Plague Dream2070 words
Seán Padraic Birnie

Significant Disruption2050 words
R.L. Summerling

Easels4320 words
Amal Singh

O Sole Mio3850 words
Katie McIvor

We Are A Little Hotel2500 words
Ai Jiang

Anomalous Instances of Black Ball Lightningin Daggett, Michigan1900 words
Stephanie Lane Gage

Hollywood Animals6800 words
Corey J. White

Glory Hounds5600 words
H. Pueyo

Copper2000 words
Jendia Gammon

The Fifth Horizon7200 words
Nozaki Mado, translated from the Japanese by Cat Anderson

The Lunar Asylum5900 words
Frank Dumas

Supernaut4200 words
Edward R. Morris

Notes From the Meeting of the First State Feder World Court: Walker Dairy, Freeville, NY, 198 Year One: Jessica Jane Pearson Vs. The Stranger Mr. Jacob Hampton2090 words
Rachael Cupp

Building Blocks3710 words
Aigner Loren Wilson

Strung Along in Seaforth3200 words
Jonathan Laidlow

Columns

Climbing Stories
Aliya Whiteley

Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe

Ansible Link
David Langford

The A to Z of Zelazny
Alexander Glass

Folded Spaces
Val Nolan

Book Reviews & Author Interviews

Gautam Bhatia, Alexander Glass, Kelly Jennings, and Paul Kincaid on new books; and an interview with Agnes Gomillion by Gautam Bhatia.

Art

Plague Dream & Anomalous Instances of Black Ball Lightning in Daggett, Michigan
Carly A-F

Hollywood Animals & Supernaut
Martin Hanford

O Sole Mio
Emma Howitt

Easels & Glory Hounds & Building Blocks
Dante Luiz

Notes From the Meeting of the First State Feder World Court: Walker Dairy, Freeville, NY, 198 Year One: Jessica Jane Pearson Vs. The Stranger Mr. Jacob Hampton
Juliana Pinho

Significant Disruption
Sumit Roy

We Are a Little Hotel & Copper & Strung Along in Seaforth
Vinayak Varma

The Lunar Asylum
Richard Wagner