F(r)iction #19: Arcana
$25.00
Join us for our Pioneering Writer Feature with the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award-winning speculative fiction author Rebecca Roanhorse, who brings us a truly stunning graphic short about finding one’s meaning among the stars. Dig into K-Ming Chang’s tale “Divination” about looking into the future and Charlie Claire Burgess’s tarot-infused creative nonfiction “Fools and Believers.” For poetry, relish the vibrant language and divine diction of “Toward Light,” our Community Feature with Writers Without Margins, and a suite of poetry by Taisia Kitaiskaia. And there’s even a cheeky otherworldly quiz by Holly Black to kick the issue off.
Arcana is anything mystical, paranormal, or uncanny. This issue exists to bear witness to events that defy explanation, to catalogue experiences that deny objectivity, and to illuminate the unknowable.
- Editor’s Note, words by Dani Hedlund, art by Zach Meyer
- So You Think Your Wife Might Have Been Stolen Away to Faerie? A Quiz, words by Holly Black, art by Sam Dow
- Whale Eye, words by Dan Tremaglio, art by Braeden Sherrell
- Three Poems, words by Taisia Kitaiskaia, art by Hailey Renee Brown
- Every Woman Is A Haunted House, words by Audrey R. Hollis, art by Carly A-F
- Fools and Believers, words by Charlie Claire Burgess, art by Enrica Angiolini
- Where She Keeps His Handprints, words by Melissa Bowers, art by Nicole Sagal (AKA qiorno)
- The Domesticated Satan: A Guide, words by Laura Maylene Walter, art by Braden Maxwell
- Farewell, Space Drifter, words by K. B. Carle, art by Julian Mateus
- Toward Light: A Community Feature with Writers Without Margins, words by Barbara Brewster Lewis, Diane Funston, Martin Rodriguez, Stratusfier, art by Tyler Champion
- From Maiden to Evil Queen in Seven Easy Affirmations, words by Katrina Smith, art by Sam Dow
- Divination, words by K-Ming Chang, art by Braden Maxwell
- Three Poems, words by Jessica Kim, art by Hailey Renee Brown
- Hunting Season, words by Stephanie Ogrodnik, art by Daniel Reneau
- Starlit Journeys: A Pioneer Writer Feature with Rebecca Roanhorse, words by Rebecca Roanhorse, art by Isabel Burke
- Bone, words by Jillian Smith, art by Kayla Rader
- The Great Merlan Dies in Agony Live on Stage!, words by Chelsea Sutton, art by Bradley Clayton
| Publication Date | September 15, 2023 |
| Page Count | 132 |
| Language | English |
| Cover | Full-colour with gold-iridescent design accents and a glossy finish |
| Interior | Full-color illustrations throughout, with glued binding |
| Paper Stock | 128gsm matte paper |
| ISSN/ISBN | 725274298198 21 |
| Dimensions | 10" x 7" x .25" / 25cm x 18cm x .64cm |
| Weight | 0.94lbs / 428g |
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