Baubles From Bones

We accept fiction that broadly falls in the realm of science fiction and fantasy. We’re open to most subgenres and themes but have a particular fondness for compelling adventures, folk-retellings, stories of hope in the dark, emotional healing, love of all sorts, environmentalism, and the humanity (or lack of it) among the fantastical and speculative. Good characters pump the hearts of our favorite stories, and we live for lushly-built worlds, though magical realism can be just as inspiring as a dyson sphere or floating castle. Experimentation and strangeness excite us, but they are by no means a prerequisite for quality. Above all else, we’re eager to be surprised and thrilled, made melancholy and heartbroken by imaginative sci-fi and fantasy tales.

Any form, meter, or style of poetry that deals with the fantastical, supernatural, or speculative is welcome in our book. We're looking for pieces that construct captivating scenes and tell stories with a flourish of emotional grace. Give us poetry that challenges our perception of well-explored genre tropes, offering inventive explorations of what we think we know. We want to be left pondering and re-reading as we find meaning in the mundane, the magical, and the minute. Most of all, we want to come away changed by what we find in new fantasy and sci-fi poetry and prose.