LACKINGTON'S

speculative prose

Gallery, by Mathew Scaletta

Hi. Alright, so… Three loves. Three and only three, got it? Well, maybe four, if I count myself, but I suppose I wouldn’t be standing here, talking to you, about … Continue reading

January 20, 2016

Song of the Krakenmaid, by JY Yang

The krakenmaid invaded Fennel’s dreams unasked. Deep in the treacherous REM landscape she appeared, sliding through her vast seawater tank, short silver hair waving like anemone fronds. Fennel watched the … Continue reading

January 20, 2016

I Am Winter, by Robin Wyatt Dunn

I am winter’s coil, or anyway am set beneath it as I walk down Hunter’s Alley into the deep of Monrovia. I am a hunter too, so the name is … Continue reading

January 20, 2016

Pillow-Talk of the Late Oneirocalypse, by Vajra Chandrasekera

—not how it started nor how it ended, but somewhere in the middle of the first week, I must have opened the door in my dreams and gone through it … Continue reading

January 20, 2016

Our 2015 Stories

Happy New Year to our readers, subscribers, donors, patrons, and to our writers and artists most of all. You’ve each made another 12 months of Lackington’s Magazine possible, and the … Continue reading

January 1, 2016

Issue 8 (Fall 2015) – Dreamings

November 17, 2015

Issue 8 Table of Contents

Here’s the full Table of Contents for Issue 8, our “Dreamings” collection that drops November 17. These dreams are products of the imagination, the subconscious, and even of narcotics, and they … Continue reading

October 7, 2015

Issue 7 Foreword

It’s no surprise that our “Skins” issue summoned stories about shapeshifting. The ability to utterly transform one’s skin is part wish fulfillment and part stuff of nightmares, depending who you … Continue reading

July 29, 2015

The Skinner of the Sky, by M. Bennardo

Scrape— Scrape— Lessig suddenly paled, the thick red wine swirling in the bowl of his goblet as his eyes darted to the open window, his ears vibrating horribly in the … Continue reading

July 29, 2015

Kin, Painted, by Penny Stirling

Watercolour. I brush water in thin lines down my right arm before adding green pigment. Colour spreads down each lane. I twist my arm to surface tension’s extent and then … Continue reading

July 29, 2015