Beneath Ceaseless Skies

A Hugo, World Fantasy, and Ignyte Award finalist online magazine of literary adventure fantasy publishing online, ebooks, and audio podcasts since 2008. #magazine #fantasy #epicfantasy #speculativefiction #scifi #litmag #podcast #editor

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2025-08-27 17:11:30 UTC

BCS #440 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by returning BCS authors Jonathan Olfert and Julie Reeser @npub1af0…gx7r, behind cover art by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody.
(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors and First Readers. Thank you!)
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2025-07-30 16:35:58 UTC

BCS #438 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of lands beyond and what it takes to return from them by Stephen Case and Trae Hawkins, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma:
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2025-07-02 16:44:20 UTC

BCS #436 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of trying to break free by Alma Alexander and Holden Lee, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma.
(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you!)
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2025-06-18 18:23:06 UTC

BCS #435 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by KJ Kabza and @npub1qwj…mqd4 , behind cover art by Ankush Sharma.
(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you!)
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2025-06-04 18:46:40 UTC

BCS #434 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of humans navigating interactions with gods by returning BCS authors R.K. Duncan and Andrew Dykstal, behind cover art by returning BCS artist by Erin Costello.
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2025-05-07 20:58:04 UTC

BCS #432 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories of simmering revolution by @npub1mtm…8288 and Aaron Perry, cover art by Erin Costello.
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2025-04-03 17:06:51 UTC

New Issue: BCS #429 is live today, featuring stories of calls to strange realms by Molly Tanzer (a new story of Thevin Galois) and Jelena Dunato @npub15ha…9h2g, with a podcast of the Dunato guest-narrated by MK Hobson, a From the BCS Archives story by @npub1rwz…t66v , cover art by Tyler Edlin.
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-429/
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2025-03-17 19:28:25 UTC

Live right now in BCS #427: "Bind the Herbs to Bring the Shift" by R.Z. Held @npub1snn…v4aa .
"Even if Lyrene tried to explain, she doubted a shifter so young, secure in her band, could understand what drove her to try one more time for another baby. Despite her efforts, her magic flared up with her frustration, catching at the herbs in the mortar until she set it safely farther down the table."
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bind-the-herbs-to-bring-the-shift/
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2025-03-12 15:58:41 UTC

BCS #428 ebook out early today @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by Jonathan Olfert, and Matt Hornsby, behind cover art by Tyler Edlin.
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2025-03-06 17:22:16 UTC

New Issue: BCS #427 is out today, featuring stories of magic and finding family and freedom by returning BCS author @npub1snn…v4aa and new one Nicole L. Soper Gorden, with a podcast of the Soper Gorden guest-narrated by M.K. Hobson, behind new cover art by returning BCS artist Tyler Edlin.
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-427/
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2025-02-26 18:19:32 UTC

BCS #427 ebook out early today @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of magic and finding family and freedom by R.Z. @npub1snn…v4aa and Nicole L. Soper Gorden.
(Buying BCS ebooks or subscribing gets you new issues a week early and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium for their hard work writing all rejections personalized. Thank you!)
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2025-02-12 19:21:37 UTC

BCS #426 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by Jonathan Louis Duckworth and Blue Guldal, behind cover art by Erin Costello:
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2025-01-29 18:24:51 UTC

BCS #425 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories intense by Nne Ukwu & Somto Ihezue and Maya Chhabra, behind cover art by Erin Costello:
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2025-01-16 17:36:36 UTC

BCS #424 ebook is out early at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of places and puzzling by Samuel Jensen and Anaea Lay, behind cover art by Erin Costello.
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2024-12-18 16:48:23 UTC

Reminder: BCS ebook prices increase Jan 1. To fund more long fiction, more staff reading submissions, higher staff pay.
Single issues now $1.99; will be $2.99. BCS ebook subscription at @npub1pq8…jykv now $23.99/yr; will be $26.99/yr. Ebooks released early, a week before stories go live on the BCS website.
Subscribe now and lock in the old price!
A BCS subscription supports us paying writers and staff and makes a great holiday gift!
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2024/11/04/bcs-ebook-prices-to-increase-jan-2025/
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2024-12-11 18:01:15 UTC

BCS #422 ebook out extra early today @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, with stories of relationship dynamics by R.K. Duncan and Shoshana Groom, behind cover art by Nele Diel:
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2024-11-06 17:27:40 UTC

BCS #420 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of coming to understand revolution by Will Greatwich and Miranda Rain, behind new cover art by Nele Diel.
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2024-11-05 19:58:05 UTC

BCS ebook prices will increase, in Jan 2025. To fund more long fiction, more staff for reading subs, and higher staff pay.
Single issues are now $1.99; they will be $2.99. BCS annual subscription at our partner @npub1pq8…jykv is now $23.99/yr; it will be $26.99. Ebooks still available a week before those stories go live on the BCS website.
Thank you, all BCS ebook readers, for reading & supporting and helping us make BCS better!
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2024/11/04/bcs-ebook-prices-to-increase-jan-2025/
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2024-09-11 18:10:40 UTC

BCS #416 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of siblings and (boat) escapes from fathers by Leah Cypess and Max Franciscovich, behind cover art by Michal Kváč.
(Buying BCS ebooks gets you the stories a week early and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our tireless First Readers a worthy honorarium. Thank you!)
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2024-08-28 16:29:09 UTC

BCS #415 ebook is out early today at @npub1pq8…jykv & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of religious authority driving people to do unusual things by returning BCS author Timothy Mudie and new one Will McMahon, behind cover art by Michal Kváč.
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