Strange Pilgrims

Strange Pilgrims

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Watermelon Technology by Victoria J. Sun

“Women in the cities began birthing watermelons” | Short Story #12

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Strange Pilgrims, Victoria J. Sun, and Shannan Mann
Oct 22, 2026
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Hello fellow strange pilgrims,

Some scattered thoughts today:

  • someone emailed us saying we publish too many weird stories and should consider more literary work to be taken seriously as a literary magazine

  • my response is, quite simply, this essay by the great Ursula K. Le Guin wherein she argues that fantasy is a “perfectly rational undertaking.”

  • a reminde…

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