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Octavia’s Brood

By Isabella Irtifa • June 1st, 2026

Since finishing the anthology, I kept returning to its insistence that organizing itself is a form of visionary fiction. To organize is to believe another world can – and must – exist.

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Detail from a conceptual artwork titled Landscape of Thorns. It was designed as a visual warning marker for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, intended to deter future generations from entering the site.

‘Level VII feat. Cosmo Canyon’ Beyond the Nuclear Village

By Leanne Rahel • May 26th, 2026

Mass market videogames simply take too long to be politically current anymore.

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A screencap from Dawntrail features a massive, ethereal statue of Queen Sephene overlooking a dark fantasy cityscape.

On Bygone Serenity and Sitting With the Uncomfortable

By Melissa King • May 6th, 2026

The story of the Endless teaches us that we have to hold others accountable for their impact on society, even when we care about them.

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To Be Young and Fight

By David Shimomura • May 5th, 2026

Most Final Fantasy games didn’t shy away from throwing adolescents into a meat grinder. But America did.

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A close-up of Squall from Final Fantasy VIII, though his face is merely a black void.

The Museum of Human History

By Grace Benfell • May 4th, 2026

The courage of the heroes of Final Fantasy is an acceptance of uncertainty.

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The Oxford English Dictionary

By J. Ryne Danielson • May 1st, 2026

If words are magic, then dictionaries are spellbooks.

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The Good Cop is a Heretic

By Taylor Hidalgo • April 30th, 2026

The system will not bear someone building a better system within it.

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