Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #401, Special Double-Issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 7

by Scott H. Andrews (Editor), Natalia Theodoridou (Contributor), A.T. Greenblatt (Contributor)

Issue #401 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, a special double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 7, featuring stories by Natalia Theodoridou, A.T. Greenblatt, R.Z. Held, and Shanna Germain, with cover art by Elias Stern.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy

125 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 14, 2024

About the author

Scott H. Andrews is a writer of science fiction. He teaches college chemistry. He is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the fantasy magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Andrews's short stories have appeared in Weird Tales, Space and Time, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, On Spec, Crossed Genres, and M-Brane SF.

Reviews

[Sara]

Black spot among the chaos
i cant remmber y more
cry and laugh with that spirits
dielet the ink in my memory
my heart grow over that soft wind
thee eat me
snow my soul like the want
i cant be that blome any more
surrounded as i like
feel yr hand and lips
hungry as always
reammber y
even that all lost ghost around
begning new poem
black spot swelling in bright light
its morning i remmber y

[Shiva · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is for “A Black Spot Among The Chaos”

“Mika, however, saw threads. Millions of them, spooling out everywhere in different colors, lengths, and thicknesses. There was barely room for her to move. The threads reached out to her and threatened to tangle her in their jumbled mess. Cautiously, she tugged at a blue gold one and immediately was sitting at a table with a quartet of souls; smiling people, laughing over their mugs. They spied her sitting there, and their smiles grew warmer. They reached out their hands. Come join us, they all but said.
Bartender, Dock 302, she remembered and she let go of the thread.”

3 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️

[alanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘Twice-Marked, Wild Against City’ by R.Z. Held and A.T. Greenblatt’s ‘A Black Spot Among the Chaos’ were my favourites of the four stories in this issue, though I enjoyed ‘Tell The King’ and ‘Do Not Waver, My Heart’ as well. Really good issue all ‘round.

[Βιβή Κανάρη · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tell the king was magnificent. My favourite.

[David H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

My favorite story was probably Greenblatt's "A Black Spot Among the Chaos," just very unexpected and fun on several levels.