August has come, and with it a lovely new short story by Adrian Simmons, called “Refuge.”

Adrian Simmons is an Oklahoma based writer and editor.  His fiction has appeared in the Black Dragon/White Dragon anthology, and the James Gunn’s Ad Astra.  His genre-related essays, interviews, and articles published at Strange Horizons, Internet Review of Science Fiction, and Revolution SF.  He is a driving force behind Heroic Fantasy Quarterly.

Meanwhile, submissions are still open until the end of the month, so if you haven’t already there’s still plenty of time to send something in! We look forward to reading it.