Night Shades

A short speculative fiction magazine.

waves crashing on a beach with a headland to the right and cloudy sky

Hurling Pellets into the Pond to Feed the Eels, Lucille Reflects on the Inevitability of Loneliness

A museum display of taxidermied deer

The Museum

a thin landspout tornado rising into a blue and clouded sky

Shelter in Place

view of treetops with sunlight filtering through

Beard of Birds

photo of a pond with ragged mud edges, and woods in background

The Well

photo taken through a screen showing a lightning bolt in a purple sky with tree

A Refracted Truth