Unreal Magazine: Vol. 1

Featuring Martha Wells, Yoon Ha Lee, Emily Devenport, Adithi Rao, J.D. Astra, Tais Teng, Jessica Needham, Joe Taylor, George Salis, and Liz Kellebrew. Nonfiction by David R. Grigg and Eric Del Carlo. Edited by Daniel Scott White.

This magazine is about fiction that isn't made for this world. So let go. Get unreal for a moment. Let the magic take you away!

- In "Adaptation" by Martha Wells, we find a shapeshifter struggling to cope with being transformed into a shape he's not comfortable with.
- "In Her Fingerless Hands She Holds the Ice and All the Oceans" by Tais Teng is based on Inuit mythology, a story about a fingerless queen who rules the lives of kings from other kingdoms as she is attended by her dubious servants.
- "Shadow's Weave" by Yoon Ha Lee reveals a man who has lost his shadow and a woman determined to get it back for him.
- "Immortal" by Adithi Rao is about a man who will be remembered forever, but not in a way that he wants it to be.
- "The Drifter" by Jessica Needham tells the story of wind people and earth people and a drifter come to town.
- "Lawrencium" by Liz Kellebrew is about a small town's attempts to rid its street of gigantic jellyfish that have come to occupy it.
- "Lure" by George Salis details one man's descent to the bottom of the ocean and the ultimate surprise he finds there.
- "Midnight Murmurs" by J.D. Astra involves a young king trying to pick a bride to be his queen and the discovery of his true bloodline.
- "A Most Practical Imperative" by Joe Taylor is a fabulist work about a Peter Rabowski that is meant to make you giggle.
- The story "Destry" by Emily Devenport provides a curious account of creatures hiding on Earth as they battle for control.
- "The Possessed" by David R. Grigg is a humorous look at a writing workshop he attended under the guidance of Ursula K. Le Guin.
- "The Myth and the Phule" by Eric Del Carlo is a profound account of his experience co-authoring books with Robert Asprin.

Thanks for reading. I hope you walk away filled with the curiosity and wonder of what makes life so special.