What do ancient trees say when you can finally listen in on their conversations? Just as he is about to retire, an old forester finds out.

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Old Growth is by Steve Zisson

Steve Zisson is a biotech journalist whose fiction has appeared in Nature’s Future, Daily Science Fiction, and Little Blue Marble, among other places. He edited a science fiction anthology, A Punk Rock Future. He lives north of Boston.

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Rosita boils with fury and has nowhere to put it. So when a hurricane comes bearing down on her beloved city, she does the only logical thing: she steals her dads' airship and flies straight into it.

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Storm Chaser is by Toshiya Kamei

Toshiya Kamei (she/they) is a queer Asian writer who takes inspiration from fairy tales, folklore, and mythology.

This story originally featured in Worlds of IF Magazine: https://worldsofifmagazine.com/

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New Orleans has always had its share of darkness. Tarantulena and her cat, Bright Eyes, have seen it all. When poison starts felling the city's finest families, the witch sets her trap - and something older and more evil takes notice.

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Bright Eyes and the Lantern Path is by M. D. Smith IV

M.D. Smith IV of Huntsville, Alabama, writer of over 350 flash stories, has published digitally in Spillwords, Flash Fiction Magazine, Flash Phantoms, and many more. Retired from running a television station, he lives with his wife of 64 years and three cats.

Find more of his work at: https://mdsmithiv.com/

If you loved this story and want to read another Bright Eyes story, check out:

"They Don’t Walk Alone" here: https://literallystories2014.com/2026/03/29/sunday-whatever-they-dont-walk-alone-by-m-d-smith-iv/

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Strange growths appear where violence has happened. Everyone can see them. Not everyone wants to. This is a story about what we do with the things we can't pretend away.

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Anemone is by J. M. J. Brewer.

J. M. J. Brewer is a staunch supporter of nature conservation. His cats are named after lyrics in John Prine, Guy Clark, and Little Feat songs. You can find more of his fiction at jmjbrewer.com.

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Ship-heart-girl. Hero. Legend. They're making a movie about her and she's earned every frame of it. So why does Alice - new and naive - feel like a threat?

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The Girl Who Shouted ‘Yes!’ at the Heart of Her Ship is by River S.

River is a YouTuber and writer far too obsessed with giant machines and the fragile people who pilot them. Their analysis on the mecha genre can be found on their YouTube channel Pyramid Inu. Currently they are working on a novel that combines their love of mecha angst, realpolitik, and weird fiction.

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Contaminated pods get destroyed. No exceptions. That's what she wrote. That's what she's transmitting to Harlan, hundreds of years from Earth, along with one quiet addition: she was wrong.

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The Pull of the Dough is by Nicholas Packwood

Nicholas Packwood has taught narrative design in Game Design at George Brown Polytechnic, Toronto since 2009 and been program coordinator for Screenwriting & Narrative Design since 2015. Currently on hiatus, he appears to be taking refuge in Quaker body horror.

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Planetary Administrator Worthington built the perfect system for eliminating every last invasive species from the planet. It worked exactly as designed.

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After You Catch Them All is by Grigory Lukin

Grigory Lukin (rhymes with "story" and "win") is an award-winning filmmaker and an internationally published author of fiction and nonfiction. He’s also a vagabond with three passports and far too much free time. His writing has appeared in Phano, The Colored Lens, and multiple anthologies. He enjoys pastries, museums, and hiking from Mexico to Canada. His secret lair is in Montreal. Find him at www.linktr.ee/grigorylukin

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Blog: http://grigorylukin.com/

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Every marriage has moments where you wish your partner were a little different. Marge never expected to be handed the list.

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The Winnowers is by Christopher Thomas

Christopher Thomas lives in eastern Kentucky and has published short fiction in the Los Angeles Review, The Eckleburg Review, Eclectica Magazine, WENSUM and elsewhere. He has one published novel, Never Sated, Never Sane (Chromium Press, 2005).

Check out more of Christopher's work at: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/cadamt

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