Plants and speculative fiction have always gone hand in hand. From healers to invasive species to the literal grotesque, botanical beings in fiction refuse to be ignored. We’ve dedicated Issue 24 to our fabulous and sometimes fearsome botanical cousins. These growths range from the mundane to the miraculous, but whatever their origin and purpose, their influence is entire.
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Dr. Ormeau’s Botanical Menagerie, by Morgan L. Ventura
I, Mandragora, by Phoenix Alexander
My Face to the Sun, by Kelly E. Dwyer
In Which Mushrooms Carry History Through a Door Between Worlds, by Sharon J. Gochenour
Ten Poisons That Cannot Kill the Queen, by Marie Croke & Anna Madden
Tree Heart, by Beatriz Becker
The Mysterious Theft of St. Aureline’s Arboreal Collection, by Haralambi Markov
Que la grenade est touchante, by Cécile Cristofari
* Cover art will be drawn by Sharon J. Gochenour