Because it’s that magical time of year, when a young man’s fancy turns to varietal short fiction.

Here’s what’s comin’ at ya:

• Fifth Chapter of The King’s Ransom
• Cyberpunk detective John Tundro must find his way out of a job in Professional Courtesy and Singapore Gin
• A powerful entity named Pan runs The Sleep Police
• Something is off at the diner in Eating
• Poems!
• Comic Art!

You get a .pdf and .epub of the issue with your subscription to the Shallow & Pedantic Patreon. It’s available in the same formats on Gumroad.

And of course, Amazon, which also has the option of a paperback edition.