About the Cover
Our cover is by Quinnzell Kills, a talented illustrator who does a remarkable job of keeping a low profile in today’s Social Media obsessed world. Nevertheless, the art speaks for itself. Vibrant colors and lush detail bring “Fire in the Sky” by Scott Hallam to life. “Jeremiah looked up into the eyes of the closest Shell Giant, who peered down on him, its eyes radiating with the same blue that covered Garden City Beach. A warmth spread over his body as a wave of light cascaded across his skin. The light caused a chasm to open inside of Jeremiah, an exquisite longing…”
By Bruce Boston, Illustrated by Jane Noel
In “Tract,” William Carlos Williams encourages the abandonment of stylistic convention in favor of meaningful poetry. Here, the meaning lies in the democratization of space.
By Scot Noel
Hope has a dignity and a seriousness that cannot be ignored. Yet, our evolutionary adaptation to focus on the negative and the fearful, on conspiracy and scarcity, does little justice to our current capabilities and civilization.

By Jane Lindskold, Illustrated by Elizabeth Leggett

Jane Lindskold’s popular Firekeeper saga continues in the pages of DreamForge as Firekeeper and Blind Seer are sent on a mysterious mission by a jaguar named Truth.

By Gustavo Bondoni, Illustrated by Frank Schurter
It would be a mistake to believe our current allegiances will follow humanity into space, and that those we see as colonists will not see us as madmen left behind.
By Isaac E. Payne, Illustrated by John Blumen
Shame is a prison of the soul, and sometimes the fight to free yourself is a sharper one than even sword and shield can defend against.
By Hal Y. Zhang, Illustrated by Jane Noel
Can one person be born into two bodies, or empathy be so complete that a pair of twins identify as a single being? Where some see oddity, others embrace diversity.
By Scott Paul Hallam, Illustrated by Quinnzel Kills
From a young age, the trials and transgressions of life can turn us against others, dull our empathy, and make us long for the power to lash out in retribution. Or not.
By Mary Soon Lee, Illustrated by Jane Noel
All is not as it is meant to be. Fate plays its part, and in the end we are left with a single possession to call our own: integrity.
By Jennifer R. Donohue, Illustrated by Elizabeth Leggett
The future is as vulnerable as the past and as terrifying as the present. Yet for every one who destroys, there are two who risk everything to save.
By Josh Rountree, Illustrated by Jane Noel
A rogue vinylmancer stands against the Coven of Silence to save the citysong of Austin, Texas. Backspinners and warpers beware, the magic is in the sound.
By George Nikolopoulos
“The journey was an endless ordeal, but I cherished every single moment of it… we had the blessing of working together, confronting all our hardships together.”
By Scot Noel
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