Luna Station Quarterly

It has long been said that the best science fiction & fantasy stories tell us more about ourselves & the world we live in than they do about other worlds, times, or fantastic settings. Never has that been more true than in this latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly. These are human stories, family stories, and personal meditation, of siblings & lineages, of storytellers & celebrity, and of fish & birds & (man's) best friend, disguised as time travel, vampire, & faerie stories, among others. So, if you like your escapism mixed with reflection, and are excited to experience the latests work of an impressive slate of female-identified authors, you've come to the right Station.

We really need the circus right now. Why, you might ask? Think for a moment about what the circus provides. Laughter. Wonder. Courage. Beauty. Possibility. Creativity. I could go on, but I think you get my point. The circus lifts us up. The circus, like the tarot, could be considered a microcosm of the human experience, from Fool to World. If we would just allow ourselves to be simple enough to receive its gifts.

A witch's brew that gives both life and death, a contraband medicine injected beneath the skin, an acid delivered on the tongue as an unjust punishment, an elixir that transforms lives. Potions and poisons come in many forms, often perceived as one and the same, depending on your point of view. In this, our second annual themed issue, our authors have put the definition to the test. Within these pages you will find both potions and poisons and we leave it to you, dear reader, to determine which is which.

As we begin the TENTH YEAR of Luna Station Quarterly (Holy @#$& ) we are proud to present an incredibly varied slate of female fronted fiction for you to enjoy. From the dystopian to the semi-medieval, from Irish Faerie stories to tales of queer discovery, these stories have a giant, a mermaid, a unicorn, an eccentric aunt and a sinister raccoon, often in the most surprising settings and situations But most importantly of all, woven throughout the different tones and genre trappings, these are NEW STORIES, showing the bright minds, sharp tongues and large hearts of the women whose aim is nothing less than to reshape the landscape of what is possible in short fiction. We're Luna Station. It's Year Ten. Come on in.

Welcome to Luna Station Quarterly's first ever themed issue Call her Wise Woman. Call her hag (at your peril). Call her Grandmother or Calliach or Baba Yaga or whatever name the winter hills whisper where you are from. As these thirteen authors show, there are as many manifestations of the Crone archetype as there are places on earth. Each has a voice, and each has a story to tell. The sun is muted and the days grow shorter. It's time for quiet, and for inner work. It's time to meet the Crone.

Stories matter. No matter the season. They are windows. They are mirrors. They are elemental. At Luna Station Quarterly, we publish stories that you might not be seeing elsewhere. Unique permutations on science fiction & fantasy, mythology & folk tale, all written by emerging women writers. Sweet stories. Sad stories. Queer stories. Family stories. Magical stories. Adventure stories. Imaginary friends. Robots. Pirates. Ghouls and golems and even a goddamned stagecoach Issue 35 of LSQ has it all