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Kaleidotrope

Ethereal Vibrations

After piercing the boundary between life and death, Mourad must protect his discovery from those who would exploit its unimaginable potential.

Family Inequality X Death
A photograph of an ornate, multi-level historic library interior, with floor-to-ceiling wooden bookshelves filled with old books, an elaborate wrought-iron balcony railing in the foreground, and a large, white, sans-serif text overlay across the center that reads "Coming Soon".
Bad Romance (Parsec Ink)

Never Again, Yet Again

The afterlife is nothing like you imagined, and much, much more! Nude selfies, gilded antiques, and white truffles. Watch your pennies!

Far Future Queer Inequality X Family
A photograph of an ornate, multi-level historic library interior, with floor-to-ceiling wooden bookshelves filled with old books, an elaborate wrought-iron balcony railing in the foreground, and a large, white, sans-serif text overlay across the center that reads "Coming Soon".
Utopia Science Fiction

Pomegranates for Kangaroos

Twins Nesma and Nady make the best of life in a refugee camp until the raptors intervene.

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Near Future Inequality X Family
Cover of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Volume VII June, 2026, featuring an illustration of an astronaut looking out from behind a plant stem where an orange caterpillar crawls.
Reckoning

Life According to Tabeeb

To care for humans, CAMS-45 must first learn what it means to be human: exploitation but also community, and eventually Rebellion.

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Near Future Inequality X Climate Machine Sentience
Cover of Reckoning: It Was Paradise, featuring an intricate, symmetrical illustration of a horned, green, and white mythological monster mask with striking red eyes and an open mouth on a plain white background.
Cast Of Wonders

Life According to Tabeeb

To care for humans, CAMS-45 must first learn what it means to be human: exploitation but also community, and eventually Rebellion.

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Near Future Inequality X Climate Machine Sentience
A cropped section of the header artwork for Cast of Wonders 654, featuring an abstract illustration composed of ink-sketch lines, a prominent vibrant red shape speckled with white splatters, and the outline of a stylized human face.
Learning to be Human (Flame Tree Press)

Life According to Tabeeb

To care for humans, CAMS-45 must first learn what it means to be human: exploitation but also community, and eventually Rebellion.

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Near Future Inequality X Climate Machine Sentience
Cover of Gothic Fantasy: Learning to be Human Short Stories, featuring a highly ornate, glowing teal filigree border surrounding a central text frame, below which a small, pixelated green digital face is visible.
Translunar Travelers Lounge

Redemption for the Unseen

The afterlife is nothing like you imagined, and much, much more! Nude selfies, gilded antiques, and white truffles. Watch your pennies!

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Far Future Queer Inequality X Family
Cover of Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue Nine, August 2023, featuring an illustration of a figure standing on a wooden suspension bridge holding a torch aloft toward a large, glowing orange phoenix flying in the night sky.
Metaphorosis

The Diamond Noose

To keep the job she desperately needs, Laila endures a journey through humanity's writhing underbelly.

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Far Future Inequality X Colonialism Rebellion
Cover of Metaphorosis speculative fiction, May 2023, featuring a watercolor illustration of a wooden display cabinet filled with various items, including seashells, coral, medals, rolled scrolls, and a framed black-and-white sketch of a person reading by the sea.
Anathema Magazine

Semsema of the Zabbaleen

Semsema is caught between clinging to the familiar and venturing into the unknown.

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Near Future Inequality X Colonialism Family
Cover of Anathema: Spec from the Margins, Issue 14, December 2021, featuring a stylized graphic illustration of a person sitting at a desk working on a laptop surrounded by tall stacks of paper, with a massive cloud of black smoke billowing from their head against an orange background.
Curiouser Magazine

Immortify

A revolutionary new medication solves all your age-related problems, once and for all!

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Satire Inequality X Legal
Cover of Curiouser Magazine, Issue Two, featuring a textured grey and white seashell resting on a glossy, rippled black background.