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Humor

6 Seriously Funny Speculative Short Stories

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covers of three short fiction magazines from November 2025
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Short Fiction Spotlight

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: November 2025

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reading recommendations

Five Scary Short Stories That Read Like Urban Legends

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Reactor Short Fiction Highlights 2025
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Best of 2025

Download Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025!

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Illustration by James McBryde for M. R. James's story "Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad", first published "All Hallows Eve 1904"
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ghost stories

Eight M.R. James Stories to Make Your Holidays a Little Scarier

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Original Fiction Review

All of Reactor’s Short Fiction in 2025

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reading recommendations

Five SFF Short Stories Told Through Articles and Reviews

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An illustration of a woman swimming through long green organic tendrils containing the shapes of birds and other creatures.
Original Fiction
post-apocalyptic

All That Means or Mourns

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Covers of three SFF short fiction magazines and stories
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Short Fiction Spotlight

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025

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reading recommendations

Musical Magic: Five SFF Stories About the Power of Song

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An illustration of a small child with an orb-like robot peering up at several cats on a counter.
Original Fiction
Science Fiction

Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way

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An illustrated recursive man gripping large garden shears as he creeps up behind a couple.
Original Fiction
Science Fiction

The Belle of the Ball

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“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic.”

R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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