Russell Hemmell

Oct 31, 2023 | pseudopod.org | Alasdair Stuart |Russell Hemmell |Clockpunk Studios

by Alasdair StuartThis year you pass through a stone arch to reach the Parade. The churro stand is to one side, the bouncer to the other. You can’t quite tell if the bouncer is checking if you’ve been to the churro stand or if you’ve got your wristband. You do know both are pointedly ignoring the plate of raw meat on a nearby small table. There’s a notice, the familiar bone coloured paper and Silian rail, reading ‘Please take your seats.

Aug 10, 2023 | lightspeedmagazine.com | Wendy Wagner |Russell Hemmell

Please see our important Publisher’s Note following this month’s Editorial that has important information about a new threat to the survival of all SF/F/H magazines. What is the colour of pain? In the growing carmine tide that creeps in her heart-mind, Mathilde would swear all that hurts is red, like her scratched hand, her wounded wrists, her slashed ankles. It’s the blood trickling from her fingers and the sun that burns earth and sky as if it wanted to extinguish it.