Beneath the eerie, arid cover by Tais Teng you’ll find an exciting pre-release peek at Advent by Michael Kamakana; transformative short fiction from Sylvia Stopforth, Richard J O'Brien, and Susan Pieters; aliens and insects from Jasmin Nyack and Charity Tahmaseb; poetry from James Norcliffe and Maria Pascualy; Spencer Stevens in the age of steam; runaway-turned-fugitive Allaigna in Aria; a return visit to Nine Isles with Joseph Stilwell and Hugh Henderson; and the winner of the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest.