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Small Wonders
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An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com.
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Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
Small Wonders Issue 30 cover. The picture, a black-and-white photo collage by Amanda Yskamp, shows a man in a tie holding a metal mesh in front of his face at an angle. Behind and above him loom tall towers. Below him is an old prop plane being serviced. The authors and poets in the issue are Elijah J. Mears, Pam Yve Simon, Beth Goder, C. A. Kane, Daniel Ausema, Santiago Márquez Ramos, Ellis Nye, J. Y. Zhang, and Marc A. Criley and Hazel L. Criley. Editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Stroll through our archives (smallwondersmag.com/...), and share what you like! Subscriptions are greatn treats to keep us publishing amazing flash fiction and poetry, if you'd like to give us something sweet today. Happy Halloween!
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Vanta, a black cat with a white blaze, is on top of a cat tree looking absolutely spooked. Her eyes are wide and her ears are back. Is something behind you? Oh no!
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Finally, there's @thedeadlands.com, whose fundraiser starts on October 6th. Their coins are fabulous, and I'd hate to be caught by the ferryman without one.
Two previous coins from The Deadlands. The left one is a skull on a bright mustard yellow background, looking up and to the left. A banner below the skull reads "ADMIT ONE". The right one has a dark tree on a black background. The text on it reads "MEMENTO MORI" and "THE DEADLANDS 2025".
October 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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It is the spooky month, and we have a spooky cover for our spooky October issue! @elizabeth-space.bsky.social's art perfectly complemented our issue's stories and poems. Get your copy of Issue 28 or sign up for a subscription at our store! store.smallwondersma...
Cover for Issue 28 (October 2025) of Small Wonders magazine. The painting, by Elizaveta Nazarova, shows a bedroom in grayscale, with a focus on one end of the bed. Eyes glow in the dark under the bed, and two clawed hands reach out into the room. The authors and poets in the issue are Montanna Rayne Harling, S.M. Hallow, Gordon Brown, Rebecca E. Treasure, Amanda Mitzel, Stacie Turner, Rachel Gutin, Casey Aimer, and Karl G. Dandenell. Editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Our September issue is available today! If you've got a subscription, it's in your inbox right now, and if not... well, maybe you should, yeah? Every subscription helps us put more wonders into the world!

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The cover for Small Wonders issue 27, September 2025. The cover art by Dante Luiz is of two women in an embrace and kissing, one partially submerged in water. The predominant colors of the cover are pink, maroon, and white. Authors this month are: Marika Bailey, Marie Brennan, Melanie Mulrooney, Michael Zahniser, Lydian Kind, Dawn Lloyd, Indigo Rue, Brian U. Garrison, and Jordan Hirsch. Edited by Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
August 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Worldcon frands! Co-editor @granades.com will be at Caffé Umbria on Olive near the convention center at 1 pm! Stop by for Small Wonders swag! maps.app.goo.gl/y5zUeuwxvLt4...
A bald masked person holding the Small Wonders giveaway anthology. The person is gazing adoringly at the anthology.
August 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We have reached #worldcon and co-editor @granades.com has swag! Find them for stickers, badge ribbons, and more!
The wall next to Ghost Alley Espresso in Pike Place Market. A Small Wonders sticker has been added to the wall.
August 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Our anthology for Worldcon got back from our printer! In one direction the stories and poems are sweet. In the other, well…
August 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Issue 25 is out to subscribers and will be on our website in the coming weeks. You can get the ebook right now from our store! And check out the sweet cover, with art by Katherine Souza. store.smallwondersmag.com/buy/db4d11b2...
Cover for Small Wonders Issue 25. A person rides a two-legged feathered dinosaur. In the distance, a vertical series of pyramids hovers over each other, a bright red beam spearing the center of them. Authors are Bernie Jean Schibeling, Courtney Floyd, KL Mill, Stephen James, Adams Yahuza Abdullahi, H Puyeo, Janna Miller, Melissa Anne Tolentino, and Dawn Vogel. Cover art is by Katherine Souza.
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Our “Best of Year One” anthology has gone out to our Kickstarter backers! It has 45 flash fiction stories and poems from our first year, all the way back to Issue 0. If you missed it, grab it from our store! store.smallwondersmag.com/checkout
The cover to Small Wonders Best of Year One anthology, with a collage of cover art from five issues.
June 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Issue 25, the first issue of our THIRD year is coming soon! That means today is a great day to either a) subscribe or b) RENEW your subscription!

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June 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Oh hey look, it’s the cover for our upcoming issue edited by @premeemohamed.com and Chimedum Ohaegbu! Art is by @abistevensart.bsky.social, the second of our covers with her art. Subscribe at smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy... for only $3 a month!
The cover for Small Wonders issue 24, which is guest-edited by Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu. The cover shows a Black woman with long red hair in profile looking off into the distance, holding a dove and with a crow perched on her shoulder. Roses surround her. Authors and poets in the issue are Jennifer Mace, Stefan Alcalá Slater, Shana Ross, Nadia Born, Gospel Chinedu, Marissa van Udden, M. R. Robinson, Tara Campbell, and Pete Lead. Art is by Abi Stevens.
June 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Did you know we can send stories and poems straight to your inbox? You can also get our lovely ebooks, which include our thru the keyhole editorials! Subscriptions help us keep making the wonders happen. ❤️

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The keyhole of the Small Wonders logo, gold with a dark interior featuring a moon and stars cut out in white.
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Issue 23 is coming in May! The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. Authors and poets are @carolscheina.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social, @timothyquinn.bsky.social, Bret Nelson, @bogiperson.bsky.social, Gendel Gento, @jonmhansen.bsky.social, @lilliantsay.bsky.social, and @annewilkins.bsky.social.
Cover art for issue 23 (May 2025) of Small Wonders Magazine. A pensive double-headed stone masks floats against a gradient backdrop of dark red. The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. The authors and poets in the issue are Carol Scheina, Isabel Cañas, Timothy Quinn, Bret Nelson, Bogi Takács, Gendel Gento, Jon Hansen, Lillian Tsay, and Anne Wilkins. The editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
April 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Issue 22 is coming in April! The stunning cover art is by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social. Authors & poets are @aardwyrm.bsky.social, @rjaurand.bsky.social, Mo Usavage, @mirandarain.bsky.social, G.E. Woods, Gretchen Tessmer, @breewernicke.bsky.social, @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, and @addi.social.
Cover art for Issue 22 (April 2025) of Small Wonders magazine. A large red-petaled flower with fanged teeth in the center, with other red flowers beneath it with eyes in the center. The art is by Dhiyanah Hassan. The authors and poets in the issue are Malda Marlys, RJ Aurand, Mo Usavage, Miranda Rain, G.E. Woods, Gretchen Tessmer, Bree Wernicke, Ali Trotta, and Addison Smith. Editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.
March 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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We’re preparing Issue 19 for the new year, which has this stunning cover featuring art by Camsyn Clair.
Cover of Small Wonders Magazine. The art shows a woman with purple-hued skin, her long-nailed hands framing her chin as she looks up at the glowing horns of yellow light springing from her forehead just under her hairline. The horns limn her form in yellow.
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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Issue 18 is coming next week! Here's the cover, with art by Angela Patera. Subscribe or pick up individual issues at store.smallwondersmag.com.
Small Wonders Issue 18 (December 2024) cover. The cover art, by Angela Patera, is of a mechanical owl sitting on a sheet-metal-looking tree. Glowing metal stars and a crescent moon hang from the tree's branches around the owl. The issue includes stories and poems by Jenna Hanchey & Marco Dehnert, H.V. Patterson, Benjamin C. Kinney, Annika Barranti Klein, Diana Olney, Kathryn Healy, S.L. Harris, Eleanor Ball, and Sylvia Heike. Editors are Cislyn Smith and Stephen Granade.
November 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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It's happening tomorrow! We open to submissions for our special guest edited issue on November 7th, and will be open for a month!

An infographic with a purple and blue gradient background and the Small Wonders magazine logo at the top. At the bottom are images of Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu with a gold plus sign between them. Special guest edited issue!
November 6, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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If you have a submission active with us, you can still submit to this issue! Premee and Chimedum will be making the final decisions and putting together the lineup.
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An infographic with a purple and blue gradient background. The small wonders magazine keyhole logo is prominent at the top. At the bottom are side by side images of Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu, with a gold plus sign between them. Special Guest Edited Issue!
November 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Are you excited about our guest edited issue? We sure are! Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu are going to put together a STELLAR issue - be sure to submit for this issue between Nov 7 and Dec 7!
An infographic with a purple and blue gradient background. The small wonders magazine keyhole logo is prominent at the top. At the bottom are side by side images of Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu, with a gold plus sign between them. Special Guest Edited Issue!
November 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Are you getting your flash fiction and speculative poetry ready for our guest edited issue? Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu are ready to see what you've got! Submissions for this issue open on November 7th and close December 7th!
An infographic with a purple and blue gradient background. The small wonders magazine keyhole logo is prominent at the top. At the bottom are side by side images of Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu, with a gold plus sign between them. Special Guest Edited Issue!
November 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Oh hey, remember that guest edited issue funded by our stretch goals? It's happening real soon now! Get your flash fiction stories and speculative poems ready for Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu: we'll be open to submissions for their issue from Nov 7 - Dec 7!
A square infographic with the Small Wonders magazine keyhole logo prominently at the top over a gradient purple and blue background. Special Guest Edited Issue! Premee Mohamed and Chimedum Ohaegbu will be editing fiction and poetry, respectively.
October 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Issue 17 comes out in November, but you can get it right now! Check out its amazing cover, featuring art by @aimeecozza.com. https://store.smallwondersmag.com/buy/81bb1cd1-6fb0-4315-8b8c-6460a384420d
The cover for Small Wonders Issue 17 (November 2024). A silhouette of a person, all dark except for the white pinpricks of their eyes, stands in a gray-green mist, skeletal pine trees behind them. Dark wolves stand in front of the person, similarly all black except for their white eyes, eyes that stare directly at you. The cover lists the authors and poets: C.J. Subko, Azure Arther, Gerri Leen, David Marino, Anne Liberton, Reina Hardy, Sheila Massie, Elis Montgomery, and W. L. Bolm. At the bottom is the text "cover art by Aimee Cozza" and "edited by Cislyn Smith & Stephen Granade".
October 28, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Psst, while @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com are busy with @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social, want to see next month's cover with Dante Luiz's art?
The cover for Small Wonders Issue 16, October 2024 is a veiled bride showering red lipstick kisses on a skeleton. Authors are Sylvie Althoff, Ian Li, Katie McIvor, Allan Dyen-Shapiro, Gwendolyn Maia Hicks, Wen Wen Yang, Anami Sheppard, M. Stevenson, and Brian Hugenbruch. Cover art is by Dante Luiz.
September 28, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Is that another Kickstarter reward we spy?
The “Wondrous Wayfarer” patch from our Kickstarter, a triangular shaped patch with a tri-colored flame in the center, “Flash Fiction & Poetry” along one edge, and “Small Wonders Magazine” along the other.
August 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM