Otherside: Issue 1 (March 2026)

OTHERSIDE is a quarterly literary magazine that publishes speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists. Issue 1 includes seven original stories, two reprinted stories, five poems, and one essay, as well as original artwork. These pieces will carry you from royal courts to glittering starships, from roadside gas stations to palaces made of glass, and from heartbreak to possibility.

FICTION

This Is Not Your Extinction Event - Elena SichrovskyThe Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet - Simo SrinivasVitrification - Ishmael GreyThe Claywife - tanadrinYour First Days Back in the Court of Arthur - Abigail ElizaMother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain - Sarah PaulingCurriculum for Girls Who Will Survive - Nadia RadovichSituationship - Seoung KimThe Homeowner's Bride - Ayida Shonibar

POETRY

blessing for molly grue. - Elisheva FoxIgnore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen - Ann LeBlancVulture bees transfigure the man I tried to be - Rick HollonEat It Out - CypherElectrolysis - Nico Santana

NONFICTION

He Is Survived by His Wife - Jackie Hedeman

Original cover art is by Theo Marcial and interior art is by Ris.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1972122029
• ISBN13: 9781972122020
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Hybris Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"