Editorial

Welcome to the eleventh issue of Baffling Magazine.

For the first time, we’ve had the honor of publishing writers whose work we’ve previously been able to feature. If you enjoy Ann LeBlanc’s “The Little Free Guide To Dronewatching, Abridged & Annotated,” be sure to also read her story “Frequently Asked Questions About the Dead Woman Beneath Sang-D’Heloise Subway Station” in Issue Seven. If you like “How to Stay Married to Baba Yaga” by S.M. Hallow, you might enjoy “Brother One Wing” in Issue Three. And if you like our cover story “‘Sup Handsome?” by Sharang Biswas—illustrated by the fantastic Matthew Spencer—you might also enjoy “Assimilation” in Issue Six. These three stories do a great job of showcasing queer slices of speculative fiction that explore interesting forms, something I’m tempted to talk my co-editor into theming a future issue around.

Of the four other stories in the issue, two deal in liminal science fiction (Phoebe Barton’s “All the Things I Could’ve Done That Wouldn’t Have Been So Devastating” and “The Flame Without” by Tarver Nova) and two with liminal fantasy (“A Practical Study of Time” by M.P. Rosalia and “You Who Should Not Exist” by Aigner Loren Wilson).

I hope you find something amongst these offerings that speaks to you!

Enjoy!

dave ring
Co-Editor, Baffling Magazine