What do we sacrifice when we mistake the shortcut for the spark?

In Space & Time 152, "Reject Fake Muse," creators, monsters, machines, and ghosts collide in an issue devoted to false inspiration, stolen agency, corrupted systems, and the dangerous beauty of choosing your own imperfect voice. From cursed typewriters and corporate gene-editing empires to ravenous clouds, haunted futures, weaponized art, and post-human elegies, this issue asks what remains when the glittering promise of ease reveals its teeth.

Featuring work by Linda D. Addison, Lee Murray, Olivia Sailor, Jamal Hodge, John Shirley, Lixin Foo, Maxwell I. Gold, Mark Leslie, Michael Bailey, Geisa Fernandes, Miguel O. Mitchell, Maurice Broaddus, Pixie Bruner, Gordon Linzner, L. Marie Wood, Grace R. Reynolds, Jordan Francis, and Angela Yuriko Smith, with cover art by Kyra Starr, Issue 152 offers a sharp, strange, and urgent collection from voices shaping the genre now.

For readers who like their speculative literature intelligent, unsettling, lyrical, and unafraid to stare back, Space & Time 152 is a reminder that the real muse may be flawed, feral, and difficult... but it is still yours.

Also available in Large Print and Dyslexia-Friendly editions.