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    Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2
    Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2
    Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2
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    Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2

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    The British Are Coming!
    Fiction by Anton Rose, Steve Toase, Holly Schofield, and Robin White
    Cover by non-British artist Ali Stroczynski

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStrangelet Press
    Release dateMar 7, 2016
    ISBN9781311537966
    Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2
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    Strangelet Press

    Strangelet is a journal of speculative fiction that publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic stories/comics, and artwork six times a year with an anthology at the end of each year. We showcase the intersection where genre and literature collide. We want works to reveal compelling, universal truths that speak to us—from starship computers, from dragons’ mouths, and from everyday worlds tinged with miracles. Genres Strangelet primarily publishes short fiction but we also want exceptional artwork, essays, graphic stories, poetry, and reviews that explore the same space. We are looking for works of science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and anything else that takes the reader to new worlds (or a shadowy corner of ours). Visit our submissions page for more information if you would like to be included in the journal. Visit our store and check out our subscription rates if you would like to purchase an issue. Inspirations Our inspirations include authors and artists like Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, Philip K. Dick, Emily Carroll, Madeleine L’Engle, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rod Serling, and Ralph Steadman, who have broken the bounds of genre and literature (and even form) to keep us transfixed. To find out current news about submissions, upcoming issues, or to see what’s inspiring us right now, sign up for our newsletter, follow us at Twitter, Facebook, and our Goodreads page, or use the contact info below.

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      Strangelet, Volume 2, Issue 2 - Strangelet Press

      Strangelet

      Volume 2, Issue 2

      Published by Strangelet Press

      Boston • Chicago • Indianapolis

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      Strangelet is a new journal accepting speculative artwork, fiction, graphic stories/comics, nonfiction, and poetry. Strangelet is published 6 times a year.

      We want to showcase works where genre and literature collide. We want pieces that situate the gravity of living amid the high energy of imagination to find compelling, beautiful, universal truths that speak to us—whether from starships, from dragons’ mouths, or from an everyday world tinged with miracles.

      Visit strangeletjournal.com/subscribe to subscribe to Strangelet!

      Submissions: We accept submissions year-round. We also accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your submission has been accepted elsewhere.

      Published works appear in both the print and ebook editions of Strangelet. We may occasionally publish excerpts from accepted and/or published pieces on our website and social media platforms.

      Our goal is to notify all submitters of acceptance or non-acceptance within four months of submission. We look forward to reading your work!

      For more information, visit strangeletjournal.com/submit or go here.

      Ebook edition by Franco A. Alvarado

      Cover art is Bait © Ali Stroczynski

      © 2016 by Strangelet Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except in the case of brief quotations within critical articles and reviews. Rights revert to authors and artists upon publication.

      Strangelet

      Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2016

      Executive Editor

      Casey Brown

      Business Manager

      Leah Alaani

      Design and Production Editor

      Franco A. Alvarado

      Content Manager

      Andy Dost

      Advisory Editors

      Chelsea Cohen, Andy Dost, Timothy Ellison, Aaron Krol

      Publicity Intern

      Hannah Sears

      Readers

      Anita Felicelli, Rebecca Jones, Dana Mele, Kurt Newton, Gabrielle Roman, Mikaela von Kursell, Christine Young, Owen Ziegler

      Star Patron

      Cathy Swanek

      Founding Partners

      Chandra Asar, Tami Marie Lawless

      Fiction

      Mildew in the Morning by Steve Toase

      Roots and Bones by Anton Rose

      Comeback by Holly Schofield

      The Ama, The Ningyo, and the Shark by Robin White

      Steve Toase

      Mildew in the Morning

      The tent appeared in Katie’s garden overnight, crumpled and spattered with mildew. Slack guy ropes strewn across the lawn, eight of the once-neon cords pegged at odd angles into the crumbling mud of the flowerbeds.

      Katie spent 20 minutes staring at the canvas from behind the kitchen window’s deformed glass. In her hands, a cup of coffee cooled to the point of undrinkable. Katie tipped the liquid down the sink, slid into her dressing gown, and walked down the back steps.

      The concrete was slick with early morning dew and green, thick, slime. She held onto the metal bannister, avoiding the numerous corroded edges grasping at her hand. Dew soaked through her slippers in a second. Frozen webs spreading across her skin.

      Closer to the tent, Katie stared at the blackened mildew on the fly sheet. A shifting Rorschach test of spores.

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