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R. Mac Jones

R. Mac Jones coedited the anthology Found Anew: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the South Caroliniana Library Digital Collections. His poems have appeared in NonBinary Review, Star*Line, Unlost Journal, Eye to the Telescope, and elsewhere.


R. Mac Jones in our archives
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10 Feb 2025
Azimuth, Editorials
Afrosurrealism Special Issue: Submissions Call 
By: Gautam Bhatia
The editors for the AfroSurrealism Special invite you to submit fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Poetry
trogdor walks into a scout meeting 
By: Jennessa Hester
he curls his bicep into ever more and more and more bicep
Poetry
Where Frequencies Talk Over 
By: Mark Dimaisip
Hush. He sees through / the static. Softly. It sees him back.
Fiction
Ticket po mamser. 
By: Caroline Hung
“Please also be reminded of the following prohibited items,” the clerk explains kindly. “No chemicals or toxic substances. No fluids over 1,000 milliliters. No lithium batteries, laptop chargers and power banks, no love, no light, no family, no safety.”
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Podcast: Sandrine 
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Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
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Reviews
Monday: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey 
By: Stephen Case
Wednesday: Dream Machine: A Portrait of Artificial Intelligence by Appupen and Laurent Daudet 
By: Marina Berlin
Friday: Wolfish by Kritika Kapoor 
By: Sneha Pathak
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Issue 27 Jan 2025
Azimuth, Editorials
On Claims and Criticism 
By: Aishwarya Subramanian and Dan Hartland
Articles, Non-Fiction
Who Is In Danger? 
By: Paul Kincaid
Articles, Non-Fiction
Ectogenesis and the Science Fiction Futures of Reproduction 
By: Zoe L. Tongue
Articles, Non-Fiction
Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures         
By: Jacqueline Nyathi
Articles, Non-Fiction
And Back Again: The Enduring Appeal of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy 
By: Tansy Gardam
Articles, Non-Fiction
The Celts Meet Celtic Fantasy 
By: Nat Harrington
Poetry
The Egg 
By: River
Poetry
The Resolution of N 
By: Lillian Tsay
Poetry
Frankenstein’s Tongue 
By: Liam Campbell
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 8: An Interview with Bogi Takács 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Bogi Takács
Reviews
Monday: Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson 
By: Eugen Bacon
,
Wednesday: Takaoka’s Travels by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa 
By: Prashanth Gopalan
,
Friday: We Are All Monsters: How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us by Andrew Mangham 
By: M. L. Clark
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Issue 20 Jan 2025
Azimuth
Stop Surveillance Copaganda: A Collaboration with Fight for the Future 
Strange Horizons
Fiction
A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away From Your Campervan; or, Roamin' Rights 
By: Christopher R. Muscato
Fiction
Crisis Actors 
By: Maddison Stoff
By: Corey Jae White
Fiction
Curlews 
By: Cecilia Ananías Soto
Fiction
Murder in the Clavist Autonomous Zone 
By: Rich Larson
Poetry
age of villains 
By: Gerald L. Coleman
Fiction
Taking Back the City 
By: Christine Phan
Poetry
hypercapnia 
By: Ismail Yusuf Olumoh
Podcasts
Podcast: Bee Season 
By: Michelle Kulwicki
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Reviews
Monday: The Machine Autocorrects Code to I by Chanlee Luu 
By: Tristan Beiter
,
Wednesday: Motheater by Linda H. Codega 
By: E. C. Barrett
,
Friday: Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain The World by Chris Gavaler and Nat Goldberg 
By: Vivian Wagner
Read Issue
Issue 13 Jan 2025
Fiction
Pearlescent Tickwad 
By: Samir Sirk Morató
Poetry
The Quantum and Temporal Properties of Unresolved Love 
By: Massimo Mitolo
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 7: An Interview with John Scalzi 
By: John Scalzi
By: Michael Ireland
Poetry
Of Water, Always Seeking 
By: Ali Trotta
Reviews
Monday: Leaked Footages by Abu Bakr Sadiq 
By: Paul Chuks
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Wednesday: The City in Glass by Nghi Vo 
By: Nileena Sunil
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Friday: Withered Hill by David Barnett 
By: Racheal Chie
Read Issue
Issue 6 Jan 2025
Fiction
Dead Dog Mans the Lighthouse 
By: Max Franciscovich
Poetry
Little Haunted House 
By: Portia Yu
Poetry
Imaginal Discs 
By: Nadine Nakagawa
Podcasts
Podcast: Coming Through In Waves 
By: Samantha Murray
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: 2024 In Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2024 In Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
,
Friday: 2024 In Review: Part Three 
By: Our Reviewers
Read Issue
Issue 23 Dec 2024
Poetry
What Beautiful Heavens These 
By: Kaya Skovdatter
Poetry
The Person Who Reminds the Other Person to Cast a Spell 
By: Bogi Takács
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Holiday Special: Little Brother™, by Bruce Holland Rogers 
By: Bruce Holland Rogers
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: Star Trek: Lower Decks—Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
,
Wednesday: The Great When by Alan Moore 
By: Matt Holder
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Friday: The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer 
By: Cameron Miguel
Read Issue
Issue 16 Dec 2024
Fiction
Exit Interview 
By: K.W. Onley
Poetry
Dad's recipe for never-keeping 
By: Anne Liberton
Poetry
RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE. 
By: Fasasi Ridwan
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 6: An interview with Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li, and a reading of her poems, 'Ave Maria' and 'The Mezzanine' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li
Reviews
Monday: Mevlido’s Dreams: A Post Exotic Novel by Antoine Volodine, translated by Gina M. Stamm 
By: Shinjini Dey
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Wednesday: The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies by Maggie Cooper 
By: William Shaw
,
Friday: Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories edited by Jack Fennell 
By: Aran Ward Sell
Read Issue
Issue 9 Dec 2024
Fiction
A Wish for the Drowned 
By: Corey Farrenkopf
Poetry
The Universe Is Dying 
By: Michelle Koubek
Poetry
On The Shores of Nineveh 
By: Nnadi Samuel
Reviews
Monday: The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry 
By: Catherine Baker
,
Wednesday: Gliff by Ali Smith 
By: David Hebblethwaite
,
Friday: Beyond the Light Horizon by Ken MacLeod 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
Read Issue
Issue 2 Dec 2024
Fiction
To Drive the Cold Winter Away 
By: E. Catherine Tobler
Poetry
Nose 
By: Devan Barlow
Poetry
The Monster in the Shape of a Star 
By: Vivienne Camille
Podcasts
Podcast: A Cure for Solastalgia 
By: E.M. Linden
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer 
By: Christian P. Haines
,
Wednesday: In Universes by Emet North 
By: Roseanna Pendlebury
,
Friday: Countess by Suzan Palumbo 
By: Dan Hartland
Read Issue
Issue 25 Nov 2024
Columns, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio: The Slide - Penultimate Episode 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Poetry
Inside this Egg, We Roll Together 
By: Akis Linardos
Poetry
A Headline Ripped From a Past, Present, and Future Issue of Anachronistic News America: 
By: Donald Towers
Articles, Non-Fiction
To Fact from Fiction: The Representation of Climate Change in Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Dog War II 
By: Rawad Alhashmi
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 5: An Interview with E.M. Faulds 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: E.M. Faulds
Reviews
Monday: Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik 
By: Shannon Fay
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Wednesday: Rare Birds by L. B. Hazelthorn 
By: Andy Sawyer
,
Friday: The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song 
By: Kristy Wang
Read Issue
Issue 18 Nov 2024
Poetry
Interstellar Assistance 
By: M.C. Childs
Poetry
High 
By: Duy Đoàn
Fiction
A Slightly Different Sunrise from Mercury, Nevada 
By: Íde Hennessy
Podcasts
Podcast: Little Lila 
By: Susannah Rand
Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
Reviews
Monday: Zebra Meridian & Other Stories by Geoffrey W. Cole 
By: Catherine Rockwood
,
Wednesday: Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words by Payal Kapadia 
By: Amritesh Mukherjee
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Friday: The 23rd Hero by Rebecca Anne Nguyen 
By: David Lewis
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