DP FICTION #76A: “One More Angel” by Monica Joyce Evans
“What was it this time?” She looked exhausted, shoulders slumped over a file covered with names, and ruffled her wings at me like an angry pigeon. “Transporter trip? It’s usually a transporter trip.”...
View Article“Open House On Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell Wins the Nebula Award For Best...
written by David Steffen On Saturday June 5th, SFWA held the Nebula Award ceremony. The finalists and winners of the Nebula Awards are determined by votes from members of the Science Fiction and...
View ArticleFirst Reader Applications AND Upcoming Submission Windows
written by David Steffen Hello! We have a few upcoming things we need to announce, let’s get right to it shall we? General Submission Window Diabolical Plots is opening for general submissions for the...
View ArticleDP FICTION #76B: “We Will Weather One Another Somehow” by Kristina Ten
When Benj comes home, I swear his hands are smaller than before, and thinned out in the spaces between the knuckles, the points of contact if someone were to lace their fingers with his. It’s a...
View ArticleDP FICTION #77A: “Along Our Perforated Creases” by K.W. Colyard
Content note (click for details) Content note: domestic abuse In my earliest memory, my mother folds in half. It couldn’t have been her first time. She was already so small by that point, so...
View ArticleDP FICTION #77B: “Kudzu” by Elizabeth Kestrel Rogers
A mech could breathe for a person, fill the pilot chamber with oxygen or pipe it through slender tubes that sat in their nose, winding behind their ears. A mech could walk for someone, taking thoughts...
View ArticleAug 1st: Submission System Glitch (RESOLVED)
Sorry, folks. Diabolical Plots SHOULD have opened to submissions (at 1am, Central Time), but alas — the hatch is jammed. There is a technical glitch. Our mutant hamsters have eaten our operating...
View ArticleDP FICTION #78A: “Fermata” by Sarah Fannon
Content note(click for details) Content note: abuse The week I moved into my old family home, the brick one that sat like a triple-layered cake at the end of the street, I spent each day and into the...
View ArticleDP FICTION #78B: “The Art and Mystery of Thea Wells” by Alexandra Seidel
The interest in Thea Wells even outside of the circle of art lovers and connoisseurs remains strong, and conclusions about her work range from the normal, technical approach of art critics to the...
View ArticleDP FICTION #79A: “Rebuttal to Reviewers’ Comments On Edits For ‘Demonstration...
Dear Editor, We would like to thank the Reviewers for their, as always, insightful comments and you for submitting our paper to a third round of “blind” peer review—a rarity for the Journal of...
View ArticleDP FICTION #79B: “A Guide to Snack Foods After the Apocalypse” by Rachael K....
Jaffa Cakes: 4/10 The Jaffas haven’t aged well. The orange jelly went runny while the box sat trapped in the trunk of that abandoned car sunk in the ditch. A whole ant colony died glorious chocoholic...
View ArticleDiabolical Plots August 2021 Window Acceptances!
written by David Steffen Diabolical Plots opened for submissions in August to purchase six months’ worth of stories to publish. This submission window marked quite a few new things. This window was two...
View ArticleDP FICTION #80A: “Audio Recording Left by the CEO of the Ranvannian Colony to...
Content note (click for details) Content note: coerced surgery, cannibalism You will just have woken in your bed. Time is short. You are groggy, I’m sure, but it is important you pay attention and do...
View ArticleUTH #2: The Story of Valkyrie and Zen
written by David Steffen This article is based in the idea of UTH (Universal Transitive Headcanon); if you are not familiar with the concept you can read more detail about it here. The long and varied...
View ArticleDP FICTION #80B: “It’s Real Meat!™” by Kurt Pankau
To: Ty Qin, PhD From: Wendell Nash, CEO Subject: Welcome Aboard! Dear Dr. Qin: Welcome to the RealMeat™ family. I was genuinely impressed when I met you at that networking conference over the summer...
View ArticleDP FICTION #81A: “Forced Fields” by Adam Gaylord
The moment the semi-transparent eggshell of bright crimson rippled to life around a tall man down the sidewalk, Abigail knew she was in trouble. Given the hustle and bustle at the end of the workday,...
View ArticleDP FICTION #81B: “Lies I Never Told You” by Jaxton Kimble
Shanna’s father was psychic on paper. The first time she saw it, Shanna was eight and Dad sent her to the corner store with a list: skim milk barbeque chips Wait ten extra seconds after the light...
View ArticleAccepted Stories For the “Diabolical Pots” Food-Themed Window
written by Kel Coleman This is Kel Coleman taking over the DP account for a hot second to announce the stories and authors for the food-themed “Diabolical Pots” issue I got to guest-edit. First, I...
View ArticleDP FICTION #82A: “There’s an Art To It” by Brian Hugenbruch
I approached the mighty gates of Folmaer with holes in my cloak and soot-covered fingers. The road was warm through the soles of broken boots. I could not think of a part of me that did not ache....
View ArticleAdditional Accepted Food-Themed Stories From the “Diabolical Pots” Window
written by David Steffen Not too long ago we announced the 4 stories accepted by guest editor Kel Coleman. If you missed it, you should check that out! On top of those stories which will be published...
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