Auraist selects the best-written recent literary and speculative fiction from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, with sample passages and author interviews on prose craft. It also runs articles on AI writing and a satirical series, The Demon Inside David Lynch.
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Cristian Mihai publishes short-form fiction in serial installments, each issue opening a new story with a distinct period and setting, such as a post-apocalyptic radio scene, a 1986 low-budget film set, and a rural wedding. Readers get dense, sensory, carefully crafted prose with strong concrete detail and a literary voice.
Night Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine publishing one or two original stories per issue. Excerpts show literary, atmospheric work with strong imagery and an unsettling, dreamlike sensibility.
Cetera Magazine publishes short literary fiction, with each issue offering a self-contained story of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Readers get immersive, carefully crafted narratives about grief, illness, childhood friendship and memory.
A weekly book newsletter where Maris Kreizman shares her enthusiasm and sharp, irreverent takes on recent reads, organized around a loose weekly theme. Readers get personal recommendations on literary fiction and nonfiction, along with commentary on politics and culture.
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