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For thirteen years and counting, Luna Station Quarterly has shared with you the freshest voices in female fronted fantastic fiction. And this issue is no different, except... This issue of Wyrd Women Wandering (errrm, I mean LSQ) draws from the best traditions of the macabre and uncanny to give you surprise after dark surprise during the normal lushness of high summer. In other words, THIS IS BEACH READING FOR STRANGE PEOPLE! From grandmother's curses to rat queens, from animal transmutation to hexed vcr's, with a dash of friendship bracelets & timely AI creepiness, this is not your ancestor's LSQ. Except for when it is... Excelsior! This issue features: - "The Broken Princess" by K.R. Segriff- "Left At The Alter" by Lindsey Duncan- "We're Sorry, This Number Has Been Disconnected" by E.A. Brenner- "All Our Whiskered Idols" by Kahlo Smith- "Tracks" by Elizabeth Guilt- "Silk" by Alyssa Greene- "Mother Mangue" by Lis Vilas Boas- "Birds Are Not the Village" by Merri Andrew- "Before the Unicorn Hunt" by Hesper Leveret- "The Tale of the Mother and the Hexed VCR" by Nika Murphy- "The Doula" by AKMay- "Home for the Rising Sun" by Devon Borkowski- "The Soundtrack of Your Life" by Lesley Morrison- "Last Letter First" by Kristina Ten- "Friendshop" by Zoe Marzo

"It is a sad and beautiful world!" It was true long ago, in that back alley in New Orleans, where the Radio DJ told the Good Egg to BUZZ OFF, and it's still true now, as this dark and delicious issue of LSQ illustrates. We've got vampires and Venice, post-apocalyptic Canada (?!?) haunted woods and stolen names, and more darkness on the edge of town than you'd care to admit, especially if it was your town. There might even be a happy story or two in here as well, but I won't tell if you won't. Just as we wait impatiently for Autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, these tall tales and melancholy monsters are waiting for you, to let your guard down and be pulled under by their velvety subterranean goodness. Best not to keep them waiting."Good News, Bad News" by Rhonda Parrish"Lips Like Sugar" by Cynthia Gómez"The Very Hand of God" by Ellen Morris Prewitt"Built for Her" by Camden Rose"Forest-sister" by Avril Mulligan"In The Field" by L.S. Johnson"Skip, Hop, Jump" by Amanda Bintz"Sleep Well, My Prince" by Lyndsey Croal"Technical Magic" by Samantha Carr"The Dreamweaver's Name" by Megan Chee"Who Do We Become?" by Tannara Young"Captain Courageous in Venice" by Janna Layton"Fittonia" by Libby Feltis"Kryvoye Lake" by Oksana Marafioti"A Lullaby for Mattie Barker" by B. Zelkovich"Jovis" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa, Tali Arima

Stories, they say, reflect the times we live in, as well as the concerns and obsessions of those courageous enough to get their words down on the page. Here, then, are thirteen stories of their time, of this time, a baker's dozen of bittersweet, beautiful tales, as only Luna Station could deliver.Our authors are asking important questions, about technology, about climate change, about what happens to the human (and non-human) heart after our long believed in social agreements have failed. With their concerns filtered through the metaphors of science fiction, fantasy and folklore, you have an issue where a holographic zoo sits comfortably next to a Russian selkie story, where a post-apocalyptic Hansel & Gretel setup gets turned on its ear, and androids and demons have the biggest of hearts.All of this and more from Luna Station Quarterly, darkening your summer days since 2009!

There is a line between day and night, between the ancient and modern, between the known and the unknown, and we can walk there together. Our latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly contains the usual melange of flavors and textures that you've come to expect. Magic and mystery, more than one queer love story, a lotus girl and an ice giant, crones and cookbooks and family secrets, and sweetness in even the darkest of circumstances. Oh. And there are more aliens than usual this issue. Don't ask why. They tend to do what they want.

In the worlds of Luna Station Quarterly, crones & ghosts & witches & djinn & kaiju are creatures for all seasons.These stories are hopeful & scary, funny & sad, just like regular life. You need them more than you realize.We invite you to join us (and the cats of Ganymede) for this latest round of Too True Tales (from a certain point of view) as we wait, one day, for the rains to fall again.

Just as a journey may begin with a single step, the stories in this issue hinge on a single moment. Driven by choice or happenstance, bonding two people together or driving them apart, this lynchpin in time may even occur before the tale begins. We are witnesses to all that is unveiled in the telling.Regardless of when, where, or how the moment occurs, each of the tales within contains a single instant wrapped in layers of story, leading the characters to places they did not imagine. Come join them on their journey, and see where the power of a single moment can lead you...