So This Is What It’s Like

When Evelyn stood from the car, she wasn’t sure she was seeing what she was seeing.Her husband’s bald head, not just cresting over the tall backyard fence, but rising. And rising.“Terry?” she called out.He was on the trampoline. The one their son Marty had assembled for his kids when they came over and had energy…

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Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones is the author of sixteen and a half novels, six story collections, a couple of novellas, and a couple of one-shot comic books. Most recent are Mongrels, Mapping the Interior, and My Hero. Next are The Only Good Indians (Saga) and Night of the Mannequins (Tor.com). Stephen lives and teaches in Boulder, Colorado.

Enrica Angiolini

Enrica Angiolini is an illustrator and comic colorist. Raised in a family rich with creativity, she developed a deep love for art—illustration and photography in particular. She studied foreign languages in high school and university, gaining a bachelor’s degree in Japanese Language and Culture. In 2015, she started her career in comics, and soon after got her first full series with Titan Comics, Warhammer 40,000. Enrica is now working as a colorist on The Thirteenth Doctor Who, The Steel Prince, and No World.


First Featured In: No. 17, winter 2020

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