Beneath Ceaseless Skies 176 Now Available
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 176 has two new short stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam and Karalynn Lee, a podcast, and a podcast reprint by Michael J. DeLuca:
The Girl with Golden Hair by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
“Where are all the people?” she asked. I neighed, unsure. Why would they hide in their caves when two strangers appeared?Court Bindings by Karalynn Lee
The sparrow had too diminutive a mind to realize it could serve you longer by taking time to eat and sleep.Audio Fiction Podcast:
The Girl with Golden Hair by Bonnie Jo StufflebeamAudio Vault:
The Nine-Tailed Cat by Michael J. DeLuca
Introduced by the author.
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam’s short fiction has also appeared in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Interzone. Her previous story for BCS was “Everything Beneath You” (issue 164). Karalynn Lee had one previous story in BCS, “Unsilenced” (Issue 105).
Issue 176 was published on June 25. Read it online completely free here.
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The cover art this issue is “Migration” by Julie Dillon.
We last covered Beneath Ceaseless Skies with issues #174 and 175.
See our late June Fantasy Magazine Rack here, and all of our recent magazine coverage here.
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So that’s where Karalynn Lee’s “Unsilenced” ended up. It was originally slated to be in the Trafficking in Magic, Magicking in Traffic anthology, but when our first publisher went under, Lee decided to pull it rather than wait for us to find a new press. A very reasonable decision, considering that it took us until 2014 to get the book out. For me, the stories we lost are still floating in an invisible halo around the book. I especially miss “Unsilenced.”
Sarah,
I know what it’s like to lose a good story. I had an author pull a story just as we were going to press (after artwork had already been commissioned, the works.) It was a ridiculous time to pull a story, and it delayed the issue.
I could have gone ahead… but with all the writers clamoring to be in Black Gate, it seemed rather stubborn to be publishing someone who didn’t want to be in it. I released the story, she kept the payment, and I found a replacement.
The author implied she had found a more prestigious home for the story. I kept waiting for it to appear, but it never did. As far as I know, she remains completely unpublished. That story was her chance to be published. I’m sorry it didn’t work out.