August 2025
July is over, so we're now closed to fiction submissions until January 1st. This time around, we received 304 stories, which might be a new ...| www.mysteriononline.com
July is over, so we're now closed to fiction submissions until January 1st. This time around, we received 304 stories, which might be a new ...| www.mysteriononline.com
Protect the dolls. Inspired by the 1980s ballroom scene and popularized by fashion designer Conner Ives, this phrase calls on allies to challenge anti-trans discrimination and hate-motivated violence. Why? Because rights are being stripped away—from White House Executive Orders on “gender ideology extremism” to the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that a woman is someone born […]| Articles – Contexts
It's July, so Mysterion is open to fiction submissions again! As of yesterday (July 6th), we had received 85 submissions. We're currently ...| www.mysteriononline.com
Democrats love to use the word “sustainable” lately, so they really ought to take their own advice and look at […]| Broad + Liberty
It's always exciting for us when Mysterion stories are recognized by the fantasy and science fiction community, so we're delighted to let a...| www.mysteriononline.com
One of these years, we'll finish reading the January fiction submissions before we post our May update. But that year is not 2025. At this p...| www.mysteriononline.com
Although today is, in fact, our cats' birthday, this dessert was not for them. Kristin had a birthday in March, and we celebrated with a dinner at the new local steakhouse, where they have really good desserts. This one is the Chocolate Flower. In the background, you can see Donald's Niveaux de Chocolat.| Mysterion
We are pleased and relieved to announce that we did finish reviewing stories received during our July submission window, almost in time to meet our self-imposed deadline of November 30th. | Mysterion
Donald and Kristin are back from our two-week trip to Japan, and more or less recovered from jet lag. After a disappointing start involving an unexpected overnight stay in San Francisco due to a canceled flight, we did arrive in Tokyo, albeit one day later than expected. We visited Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto, and had wonderful weather for most of our vacation (high 70s or low 80s and sunny; except that it always rained when we were in Tokyo).| Mysterion
If all goes according to plan, Donald and Kristin will be in Japan en route to Japan by the time you read this. (All did not, in fact, go according to plan, and the trip now includes an unexpected overnight layover in San Francisco due to mechanical issues with the plane that was supposed to fly us to Tokyo.) We're planning to go for two weeks: the first time since our honeymoon that we've gone anywhere together for longer than a week except to attend a science fiction convention or visit fa...| Mysterion
Greetings from the suburbs of Boston, where we hope it will be getting warmer real soon now! We're currently reading the stories submitted i...| www.mysteriononline.com
Thank you to everyone who submitted stories in January! We're now closed to fiction submissions until July 1st. We received 257 stories, whi...| www.mysteriononline.com
And so begins our end. With this issue we step forward into the final year of our editorship of Contexts, embodying in a personal way the theme of “heartbreak and hope” that animates these pages. We recognize that our letter finds you at a time when fear and fury, shock and struggle saturate our lives, […]| Articles – Contexts
Happy New Year! We are now open to fiction submissions until the end of January. Although January is when you should usually send us Christ...| www.mysteriononline.com
Let’s have fun! Autumn in North America is magical for many reasons. First, there’s the spectacle of color that surrounds so many of us (sorry California friends). Second, the cool weather invites the cozies, like sweaters, fires, and our favorite hot drinks—cocoa, coffee, and yes, even a pumpkin spice latte. And then there’s all the […]| Articles – Contexts
Twitter is aflame once again with fiery accusations of antisemitism. As if we hadn’t all enjoyed the thoroughly edifying earlier instalments of this particular three, five, ten-act play? Forgive my cynicism but my initial reaction to this and previous variations on this theme is that many involved don’t give a […]| The Occupied Times
The last week has certainly changed the political landscape in Britain for at least the next generation. My aim here is not to discuss the referendum or to try to summarise the many implications of the result. Instead, like many other discussions and pieces of writing right now, this piece […]| The Occupied Times
June 2024 From the Editors When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.—John Muir Carry on, that’s what we do. We walk through the door and into a life threatened by illness or accident, diminished by a lost love, broken by if we are […] The post From the Editors | Issue #36 appeared first on Waterwheel Review.| Waterwheel Review
April 2024 From the Editors It was as if, through that one sentence, she had wandered out of the yard of her usual languageand found herself in a different, mysterious, elegant part of town.—Barbara Feinberg Wander deep into Issue 35 and come upon critters and creatures, lessons and lies, magic and myth. Yet clear-eyed realness […] The post From the Editors | Issue #35 appeared first on Waterwheel Review.| Waterwheel Review
The world spins, we stumble and puzzle and wonder, then right ourselves to focus on the task at hand. It is more than enough.| Waterwheel Review
February 2024 From the Editors Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. —Gretel Ehrlich Our humanness—personas, identities, irritations, opinions, desires—is reflected all around us, in showy sunflowers, razor-sharp icicles, elusive waterhens. Even as we hold nature aloft as mercifully unhuman, we look to the ocean for solace and the creek for an […] The post From the Editors | Issue #33 appeared first on Waterwheel Review.| Waterwheel Review
Updated January 30, 2023 – Amy Jiménez Márquez After much internal debate, I’m placing the publication on indefinite hiatus. It’s a difficult decision, and if you have questions or want to talk about the future of Boxes and Arrows please contact me. Boxes and Arrows will continue as an archive freely available to readers. Thank you so much for your readership over the years. This isn’t the end of Boxes and Arrows. It’s simply a new chapter that is yet| Boxes and Arrows
