Center for Mennonite Writing

CMW Journal

Speculative Fiction

• Introduction: SF Special Issue

  by Jeff Gundy

  Growing up on the Illinois prairie, I read pretty much ...

• Excerpt from "Monster Portraits"

  by Del Samatar and Sofia Samatar

  The Perfect Traveler

  There is a perfect traveler. He has ...

• Interview with Tobias Buckell

  by Tobias Buckell

  NOTE: I posed these questions to Tobias Buckell in July ...

• A Case for Mennonite Horror

  by André Swartley

  One day a man named John came up with an ...

• Excerpt from "The Wretched Afterlife of Odetta Koop"

  by André Swartley

  Lazarus Beachy dies on the last day of September. The ...

• Excerpt from "Gonzalo Vega and the Portal Down Below"

  by Stephen Beachy

  Gonzalo's encounter with Alex had left him feeling muddled ...

• Excerpt from "They Speak of Houses"

  by Jessica Penner

  Context: A winter storm shrouds the county surrounding Ulysses, Kansas ...

• Wild Geese (Excerpt from "Requiem")

  by Chad Gusler

  The material substance which governs terrestrial life acts as agent ...

• The Last Djinn

  by Keith Miller

  He wasn't supposed to go down to the end ...

• Fiction, Theory, Memoir: Sofia Samatar’s “Request for an Extension on the Clarity”

  by Daniel Shank Cruz

  I cannot get Sofia Samatar's short story collection Tender ...

• Interview with Emily Hedrick

  by Emily Hedrick

  NOTE: This interview emerged from questions I sent to Emily ...

• Interview with William Squirrell

  by William Squirrell

  This interview with William Squirrell, author and founder and editor ...

• Review of "Heartseeker" by Melinda Beatty

  by Britt Kaufmann

  Heartseeker by Melinda Beatty

  Hardcover | $16.99
  Published by G ...

• Five or Six Things You Should Know about "Amish Vampires in Space" [Spoilers everywhere]

  by Kirsten Beachy

  Amish Vampires in Space—the truly inspired title is the ...