Newly anointed editor C. C. Finlay has released the cover and table of contents of the upcoming issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. I like it, not least because I have a story in it: “The Mantis Tattoo,” 8700 words, a paleolithic fantasy in which the earliest Homo sapiens encounter a trickster god and an older race.

Here’s the cover:

 

And here is the impressive TOC.  I’m flattered as all heck to be part of this line-up!

NOVELLAS

• “What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear” by Bao Shu

 

NOVELETS

• “A Residence For Friendless Ladies” by Alice Sola Kim
• “The Mantis Tattoo” by Paul M. Berger

 

SHORT STORIES

• “Things Worth Knowing” by Jay O’Connell
• “La Héron” by Charlotte Ashley
• “This Is The Way The Universe Ends: With A Bang” by Brian Dolton
• “Last Transaction” by Nik Constantine
• “Little Girls In Bone Museums” by Sadie Bruce
• “A Small Diversion On The Road To Hell” by Jonathan L. Howard
• “How To Masquerade As A Human Before The Invasion” by Jenn Reese
• “A User’s Guide To Increments Of Time” by Kat Howard
• “Bilingual” by Henry Lien

 

DEPARTMENTS

• Publisher’s Note by Gordon Van Gelder
• Editorial by C. C. Finlay
• Books To Look For by Charles de Lint
• Musing On Books by Michelle West
• Films: The Faults In Our Stars And Ourselves by Kathi Maio
• Coming Attractions
• Curiosities by Paul Di Filippo
• Cartoons by Bill Long and Mark Heath

Cover By David A. Hardy For “What Has Passed Shall In Kinder Light Appear”