We're Here — Ryka Aoki

Since 2020, the We're Here series has combed speculative short fiction markets for the finest queer writing with an eye for celebrating work that spans the breadth of the field. The 2023 edition, edited by Ryka Aoki, is no exception. We're Here 2024 includes the following stories: Climbing the Mountains of Me by Phoebe Barton (Kaleidotrope)The Offer of Peace Between Two Worlds by Renan Bernardo (Diabolical Plots)Something Small Enough to Ask For by AnaMaria Curtis (Uncanny)Mackson's Mardi Gras Moon Race by David DeGraff (F&SF)Show Goes On by Louis Evans (Fusion Fragment)Emergency Calls Only by Kelsey Hutton (Analog)The Last Flesh Figure Skaters by Claire Jia-Wen (khōréō)A Book Is a Map, a Bed Is a Country by Angel Leal (Uncanny)Memories Held Against a Hungry Mouth by Ann LeBlanc (3LBE)The Owl by Stephen M.A. (Apex)No Happy Endings for Chasers by Uchechukwu Nwaka (Fiyah)Jumbie Closet by Suzan Palumbo (The Crawling Moon)The Spindle of Necessity by B. Pladek (Strange Horizons)Linden Honey, Blackcurrant Wine by M. R. Robinson (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)Zariel: Parable of a Gifted Black Child by Denzel Xavier Scott (F&SF)Together Like Hands on a Clock by Jo Telle (Fiyah)How to Make a Snow Maiden by Kristina Ten (Porter House Review)Syndical Organization in Revolutionary Transition by Izzy Wasserstein (Embodied Exegesis)A Taste of Justice by John Wiswell (Sunday Morning Transport)