CURRENT ISSUE
JUNE 2026
The Third Law of Infinity Travel
By Sam W. Pisciotta
Cover Art by Leah Howd
Sesha steals a cut daisy from a vase sitting beside the fireplace. Devon glares at her over the rim of his reading glasses, then checks to see if the desk clerk has noticed her theft. He hasn’t. She winks and smiles.
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Behind her, snow gathers at the windows’ corners, softening the room’s light. The smells of breakfast eggs and French roast coffee waft from the hotel’s café. Outside, a shovel scrapes ice from the sidewalk. Devon crosses the lobby to kiss her goodbye, a peck on the cheek.
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“The taxi’s waiting,” he says. “I have to go.”
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She touches his sleeve to hold him an instant longer before handing him the flower.
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This is a memory trapped between mirrors, an image infinitely reflected back onto itself. It’s a specific moment in time, a winter morning in Denver, and it’s the last time Devon sees Sesha.
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Falling snow, a smile, a kiss, a summer flower out of time—these are all he has left of her. He was able to collect and save them only because, on that morning, he wasn’t bound by the first law governing infinity travel: The distance between two people is infinite.
FICTION
The Third Law of Infinity Travel
by Sam W. Pisciotta
Don’t Fear the Blood Moon
by Elese Mathis
Pistachio Ice Cream Dreams
by Katherine Garrison
Pomegranates for Kangaroos
by Ramez Yoakeim
Living in the Past
By Glen Engel-Cox
POETRY
Way to Paradise
by Hope Joseph Okolie
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Unplugging the Beta Mind
by Lesley Hart Gunn
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User Manual for a Small Consciousness Drifting...
by Kailum Graves
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MRPKs
by L. A. Hyland
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My[celial] Eulogy
by Jordan Hirsch
SCIENCE CORNER
ESSAYS & INTERVIEWS
Interview with Justine Norton-Kertson
Interview with Travis Baldree
A Simple Plan
by E. E. King
THE VAULT
FROM THE EDITOR
A Little Journey
by Ray Bradbury
Letter from the Editor
by Tristan Evarts
5TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY
Utopia is not the end of progress, but the first step on an even bigger journey. Dare to leap into a world where hope defines us.
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine’s mission is to publish stories that shine with a more optimistic future, one we all want to believe in. This anthology collects some of the best stories published from 2019-2023.
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Included in this special five year anthology are exclusive interviews with staff and volunteers, introductions to the stories and poems by the authors themselves, and interviews with amazing talent such as James Gurney and Joe Haldeman. This book also includes gorgeous new artwork commissioned especially for this anthology.
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Authors Included: Krysten Lipp * Jessica Andrewartha * Penny Sebring Leigh * Kara Race-Moore * Dawn Vogel * Gabrielle Bleu * Adam Slavny * Loren Hall * Gwen C. Katz * Patrice Sarath * Raima Larter * Calie Voorhis * Alex Singer * Karl El-Koura * Timothy Hickson * Mahmud El Sayed * Andrew Najberg * Clare L. Deming * Nadine Aurora Tabing * Kelly Kurtzhals Geiger * Sterling Warner * LindaAnn LoSchiavo * Louis Gallo * Carmen Lucía Alvarado * Christopher Collingwood * Lisa Timpf * Elizabeth R. McClellan * Lynn White * Avra Margariti * Colleen Anderson * Lorraine Schein * Kim Whysall-Hammond * Eva Papasoulioti * Januário Esteves * Lauren McBride * Brian Hugenbuch * Jordan Hirsch * Beth Cato and Rhonda Parrish