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Three people stand in a shadowy tunnel, confronted by enormous, menacing mutant toads. The central figure wields a machete and flashlight, while the others appear uneasy. Bold yellow and red text displays the product name Beneath the Lost Level by Brian Keene, with Aaron Pace featured amidst chilling danger hidden in the darkness.

Book cover for ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa Van Uden, showcasing surreal, glowing blue and purple plants set against a dark background—ideal for readers who enjoy nature-inspired science fiction and fantasy short stories.

Book cover for Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition, a dark sci-fi novel, shows a red-haired woman blending into smoky red visuals with bold title text and a dramatic, otherworldly background.

A simple black alien head silhouette with two slanted yellow-green eyes on a white circular background.

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Apex Magazine Issue 155

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Beneath the Lost Level

Brian Keene

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ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction

Marissa van Uden

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Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition

Jason Sanford

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Lavie Tidhar, Cris Jurado, and Mahvesh Murad

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Brian Keene

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Author spotlight

Kameron Hurley

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Kameron Hurley is the author of The Stars Are Legion and the essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the award-winning God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga. Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschies Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award. She was also a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nebula Award, and the Gemmell Morningstar Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Popular Science Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, and many anthologies. Hurley has also written for The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, and Bitch Magazine, and is a regular columnist at Locus Magazine. She posts regularly at KameronHurley.com.

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