Interzone 301

English language

Published February 2025 by MYY Press.

(1 review)

In this issue: stories by David Cleden, Rachael Cupp, Philip Fracassi, Ashley Stokes, and Corey Jae White; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, Una McCormack, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; book reviews by Zachary Gillan, Kelly Jennings, Nick Mamatas, Val Nolan, and Marian Womack; a collaboration between Dempow Torishima and Preston Grassmann; and an illustration by Martin Hanford. The cover art, Orange Slab, is by Emma Howitt.

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An average issue of Interzone

An average issue with some weird stories. The ones I enjoyed were by Philip Fracassi and David Cleden.

  • "Orange Slab" by Ashley Stokes: a weird fiction piece about moving a large piece of orange slab from the house of a person who believes in conspiracies. Only this time, the purpose and place where the slab, which feels alive, is to be moved too might not be a conspiracy this time.

  • "The Astral Key" by Philip Fracassi: a group of people wake up in an unfamiliar place, to be told that their consciousness have to 'projected' into a game, and only one of them may find the key to win and escape, while the rest lost and may die. A 'cheat' happens at the end of the game and, the eventual winner may not have won the expected prize.

  • "Dawnies How the World Is (Dictated)" by Rachael Cupp: on interpreting the …