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Fantasy Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2020): Fantasy Magazine, #62
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2020): Fantasy Magazine, #62
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2020): Fantasy Magazine, #62
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FANTASY MAGAZINE is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy-dark fantasy, contemporary urban tales, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, high fantasy, folktales_and anything and everything in between. FANTASY is entertainment for the intelligent genre reader-we publish stories of the fantastic that make us think, and tell us what it is to be human.

 

Welcome to issue sixty-two of FANTASY MAGAZINE! In this issue we have Kurt Hunt's touching tale of two people struggling to connect in "An Indefinite Number of Birds"; friendship and love in Anjel Kaye's moving and subtle "If These Walls Whispered What Would We Hear?"; Kerry C. Byrne's beautifully imagined poem on communication and other-ness, "Things Might Be Different if We All Lived Underwater"; Hal Y. Zhang's reflective poem "softening, come morning"; a vivid story of survival and sacrifice, "Umami" by Anya Ow; Kristiana Willsey's surreal and captivating "Tiny House Living"; and a biting essay from Meg Elison called "All the King's Women". Enjoy!

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PublisherAdamant Press
Release dateDec 1, 2020
ISBN9781393851998
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2020): Fantasy Magazine, #62
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John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams is the series editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and the editor of the Hugo Award–winning Lightspeed, and of more than forty anthologies, including Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, The Far Reaches, and Out There Screaming (coedited with Jordan Peele).

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    Fantasy Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2020) - John Joseph Adams

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Issue 62, December 2020

    FROM THE EDITORS

    Editorial, December 2020

    Christie Yant and Arley Sorg

    FICTION

    An Indefinite Number of Birds

    Kurt Hunt

    If These Walls Whispered What Would We Hear?

    Aynjel Kaye

    Umami

    Anya Ow

    Tiny House Living

    Kristiana Willsey

    POETRY

    Things Might Be Different If We All Lived Underwater

    Kerry C. Byrne

    softening, come morning

    Hal Y. Zhang

    NONFICTION

    All the King's Women: The Sewer Clown Tragedy of Beverly Marsh

    Meg Elison

    AUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS

    Kurt Hunt

    Anya Ow

    MISCELLANY

    Coming Attractions, January 2021

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    From the Editors

    Editorial, December 2020

    Christie Yant and Arley Sorg | 597 words

    Fantasy Magazine #61 has been very well-received–many thanks to all of our readers, old and new. Now we bring you issue #62 co-edited by Christie Yant and Arley Sorg. Hope you like it!

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     AS: So – 2020. What a year. And what an intense past few months. We’ve had so many challenges! Between elections and personal stuff–as we write this, on November 9th, we are both looking back at a lot of obstacles which are now behind us; and we are looking forward, embracing new opportunities, engaging in new discussions.

    CY:  I think we’re all ready to put this bizarre and tumultuous year in the rear-view mirror and focus on the future and new possibilities. We’ve all had the shared trauma of the pandemic and the U.S. election, which exacerbated whatever personal challenges we’ve all faced, the underlying theme of the year has been one of constant change, instability, and fear. What I’m most hopeful about right now is the sense that change can start to mean something else to us: change for the good, a new normal that can be better for more people than the old normal was.

    AS: What we are doing here, with this magazine, it’s important to both of us. This work inevitably reflects who we are as people as well as our environments. And with this platform hopefully, on some cultural level, we can help move things towards those positive changes.

    CY: The experiences of the past year are certainly going to affect how people tell their stories, and the kinds of stories that we’re drawn to. I’m not sure what that’s going to look like, exactly, but I suspect that themes of justice, hope, and overcoming obstacles will be increasingly appealing.

    AS: I am absolutely excited at that thought. I’m eager to find more wonderful work; and I love the ways that stories can transform, can reframe, can surprise. Whether people respond to the year we’ve had through their writing, or tap into other aspects of their experiences in spite of the year’s best attempts to disrupt their lives, I can’t wait to see what people will show us. It all comes back to our purpose: We are determined to bring quality fiction to readers and we’re determined to do it right!

    CY: Here in the northern hemisphere we’re entering a pandemic winter, a time when we’re going to have to find and embrace ways to bolster our health and happiness while stuck inside and with limited contact with friends and family. One of the things that has always given me comfort is literature, especially reading something written from a fresh perspective. I hope that our readers find little pockets of enjoyment in Fantasy Magazine—find a comfy chair, a blanket, something to sip on, and enjoy the issue!

    • • • •

    In this issue we have Kurt Hunt’s touching tale of two people struggling to connect in An Indefinite Number of Birds; friendship and love in Anjel Kaye’s moving and subtle If These Walls Whispered What Would We Hear?; Kerry C. Byrne’s beautifully imagined poem on communication and other-ness, Things Might Be Different if We All Lived Underwater; Hal Y. Zhang’s reflective poem softening, come morning; a vivid story of survival and sacrifice, Umami by Anya Ow; Kristiana Willsey’s surreal and captivating Tiny House Living; and a biting essay from Meg Elison called All the King’s Women.

    Enjoy!

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    Arley Sorg is an associate editor at Locus Magazine, where he’s been on staff since 2014. He

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