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Afrofuturism, Utopia, and the Prospect of a Better Now by Woody Dismukes

Dec 13, 2020 | Issue 10, Nonfiction

Recently, I was approached by an editor friend of mine to assist with founding a creative writing program…

John Pierce’s Introduction to A Critical Reading of The Glass Empire, with Annotations by Gordon Bishop

Oct 12, 2020 | Fiction, Issue 9

It has been suggested by certain critics that Nathaniel Marwood’s play The Glass Empire is somehow ‘lesser Marwood’…

Review: The Haunting of Tram Car 015

Oct 12, 2020 | Issue 9, Nonfiction

The Haunting of Tram Car 015, a 2019 novella by American writer P. Djèlí Clark, became a finalist for three awards this year…

The French Disease by Sarah Parke

Oct 12, 2020 | Fiction, Issue 9

Archibald Gilchrist, London’s War-Lock, trudged through the foul-smelling streets from Spitalfields to Charing Cross…

The Alt-history of King Kong by Renoir Gaither

Oct 12, 2020 | Issue 9, Poetry

Braced against skyscraper, he clawed at webs of malty stars…

All of Us by Kathleen Naytia

Oct 12, 2020 | Fiction, Issue 9

Lara listened intently to the sound of cracking and snapping in the distance…

Speculative City features literary works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard.