The Colored Lens: Summer 2024

The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.

The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing four to five short stories and serialized novellas a quarter in genres ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to slipstream or magical realism, we hope to help our readers see the world just a bit differently than before they came to us.The Summer 2024 edition features works by J.E. Schleicher, Scott Colby, Shiloh Miller, Samantha Balliet, Aster Loxley, Anthony Regolino, Lars Schwed Nygård, Laine Perez, Adria Bailton, and Sean Gibson. Cover art by Brad Fraunfelter. Edited by Dawn Lloyd and Daniel Scott