IZ 302

In this issue: stories by Seán Padraic Birnie, Rachael Cupp, Bogdan Domakha, Alexandra Grunberg, E F McAdam, Carlos Norcia, Yukimi Ogawa, Kate Orman, Tamsin Showbrook, R.L. Summerling, and Steve Toase; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, Una McCormack, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; and book reviews by Kelly Jennings, Paul Kincaid, Giselle Leeb, Nick Mamatas, Val Nolan, and Marian Womack. The cover art, I Object is by Carly A-F.

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IZ 302 // June 2025

Stories

I Object 4510 words
Kate Orman

How Heroes are Made 2570 words
Alexandra Grunberg

Nyobo 3630 words
Yukimi Ogawa

Cordiális Through the Eyes of My Mind 11,320 words
Carlos Norcia

Breach 2150 words
E F McAdam

What I Owe 1970 words
Rachael Cupp

No Shelter Beneath the Searchlights 5050 words
Steve Toase

Interlopers 590 words
Tamsin Showbrook

Vanitas 890 words
R.L. Summerling

The Toy 1640 words
Seán Padraic Birnie

Out of Orders 540 words
Bogdan Domakha

Columns

Climbing Stories
Aliya Whiteley

Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe

Dancing in the Library
Una McCormack

The A to Z of Zelazny
Alexander Glass

Folded Spaces
Val Nolan

Book Reviews

Kelly Jennings on books by Kit Whitfield, T. Kingfisher, John Scalzi, John Wiswell, Annalee Newitz, Mary G. Thompson, and Katherine Addison; Paul Kincaid on City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley; Giselle Leeb on recent Nightjar stories; Nick Mamatas on short story collections by Eugen Bacon and Deborah Urbanski; Val Nolan on books by Alan Bilton and Paul Kincaid; and Marian Womack on three books by Nicholas Binge.

Art

I Object
Carly A-F