The Speculative
V. S. HolmesDark, speculative "what-ifs," exclusive updates, essays and more. Also books. Lots of books.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 89 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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If neither are real, then who was I?
There’s a boy I talk about, when others share stories of childhoods, or of teenage escapades. Sometimes, the boy is six, nerdy and bullied for being weird. Sometimes he’s twelve and is terrified of telling his mother he likes boys. Maybe he...
Lush, Lavish, and Lethal
I first encountered Kit Mayquist’s work through his partner, knowing that if S. T. Gibson was a fan, so too, would I be. Tripping Arcadia is a modern gothic following med-school drop-out Lena Gereghty as she enters the twisted, unobtainable...
Dog days and heliacal rising.
Hello friend,
I’ve been quiet lately, with my last update over two months ago. There’s something strange about the last, desperate gasps of summer, long days slowly waning, heat exhaustion and sunburns and thirst turning us all to mad dogs...
A riotous beginning to summer
Hello again,
Summer is in full swing here with heat waves, evening thunderheads, and the desperate buzz of insects over sweaty skin. At the day job we’ve been chasing pond leaks, planting before the drought digs its claws in, and weeding,...
Planting Seeds
Hello again! How has April treated you so far? Has the season really changed where you are? For us there’s been the usual big spring shift—both our work schedules started up again in earnest, driving hours in opposite directions to play in...
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Author of dark, speculative fiction, from fast-paced hard sci-fi to slow-burn gothic fantasy and everything in between. He focuses on the liminal, the visceral, and characters on the edge of madness.
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