BCS #225 is out today, featuring stories of family and home, set in worlds slightly different than BCS has ever published before.

Caroline M. Yoachim (“Seasons Set in Skin” in BCS #177 and podcast BCS 156, “The Land of Empty Shells” in BCS #20) returns to BCS with “Carnival Nine,” a story of family and parenthood and days spent.

A.T. Greenblatt (“They Said the Desert” in BCS #199 and podcast BCS 175) offers “A Place to Grow,” a story likewise of family and of home.

The BCS Audio Fiction Podcast episode is BCS 196: Carnival Nine, the Caroline M. Yoachim story of childhood and parenthood. It’s guest-narrated by Tina Connolly, narrator of a dozen past BCS Audio Fiction Podcast episodes including BCS 191: Suddenwall by Sara Saab, BCS 177: Shadow’s Weave by Yoon Ha Lee, and BCS 170: A Salvaging of Ghosts by Aliette de Bodard.

From the Archives with BCS #225 is “A Spoonful of Salt” by Nicole M. Taylor, from BCS #79, our Third Anniversary Double-Issue, another tale of family and generations and days spent.

All behind a new crop of our spring cover art: “Land of Giants” by Ashley Dotson.