In this issue: stories by Daniel Bennett, Cécile Cristofari, Rachael Cupp, Jennifer R. Donohue, Paul E. Franz, Ivy Grimes, Dante Luiz, Tim Major, and James Sallis; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; and book reviews by Zachary Gillan, Alexander Glass, Kelly Jennings, and Paul Kincaid. The cover art, Nanoman, is by Martin Hanford.
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IZ 297 // January 2024
Stories
Drink the Kombucha! 4050 words
Daniel Bennett
The Baby Spoon 5200 words
Ivy Grimes
Lights of the New World 12,200 words
Paul E. Franz
Are You a Bad Girl? (Cosmo Quiz, November 1982) 2500 words
Rachael Cupp
Escobar Medina Plays God 3520 words
Dante Luiz
In the Pines 5170 words
Jennifer R. Donohue
Settlers 8130 words
James Sallis
Wesley Not-There 4250 words
Tim Major
Breathe Me a Breeze, Paint Me a Sea 2150 words
Cécile Cristofari
Columns
Climbing Stories
Aliya Whiteley
Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe
The A to Z of Zelazny
Alexander Glass
Folded Spaces
Val Nolan
Book Reviews
Zachary Gillan on a collection of short stories by Ramsey Campbell; Alexander Glass on a novel by Tim Powers; Kelly Jennings on novels by Jo Graham, Samit Basu, micha cárdenas, Roppotucha Greenberg, Izzy Wasserstein, Grace Curtis, and Michael Mammay; and Paul Kincaid on books by Aliya Whiteley and Judith Clute.
Art
Nanoman
Martin Hanford