In this issue we face rocs and pterosaurs, werewolves and vampires, kobolds, and denizens of the deep. But a stubborn household AI may be the most infuriating of all.

Currently working on his Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing, David’s wistful rumination sets the tone for our issue “On the Edge of Hope.”

The average person, even the reader of this positive, hopefully leaning publication would be hard pressed to admit the world is in a better place than ever before. Why so?

Author of nearly 100 stories, appearing in magazines from Analog and Galaxy to Space and Time, Scott Edelman is a master story-teller and editor. Answered Prayers takes us to a magical place

Aditya loves the void and writes dark fiction and poetry, but is not alone in embracing DreamForge Magazine’s positive outlook in contradiction to his own dystopian views.

In this story of time travel and alternate history, pirates and pterosaurs combine to bring freedom to the multiverse, but it’s Deborah’s respect for the people of the past that shines through.

We are lucky to present the first story in Henry’s unique vision of a post-apocalyptic world. The second Percher and Skink story, the direct sequel to Motherman - "Witch of the Weave" - was published in Clarkesworld #159 in December, and more are on the way!

Yet another DreamForge enthusiast with a penchant for dark tales, Jamie brings us a story in classic “Twilight Zone” style with an opportunity for redemption in a backward ticking clock.

Summit Attempt is a metaphor for the pathfinder, the one who defies risk and hardship in order to kindle the fires of hope in others. May we each take on that mission for our communities and ourselves.

Matt Reiten has been a soldier, a scientist, and a loving dad. Robot Princess takes us to a place of awakening awareness, both for a doting A.I. and the young girl it cares for.

H. Orion Kim earned an M.Phil in Popular Literature from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Those creds are reflected in this touching tale of sheltering love.

In a career that goes back to 1954, Robert Silverberg has published hundreds of science fiction stories and more than a hundred novels. We’re honored to reprint this tale of early humanity, which first appeared in the Terry Carr tribute anthology TERRY'S UNIVERSE, edited by Beth Meacham and published by TOR Books in 1989.

An interview with award-winning illustrator, Echo Chernik, the Coordinating Judge for L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future.

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