Monterey Mecham

Monterey Mecham is a speculative fiction writer based in Chicago. Cybersecurity analyst by day and writer by night, she regularly fantasizes about running away to join the circus. When she isn’t writing, she can be found on a trapeze or practicing wushu

Juniper Blues

Overlooking the fields, older than the oldest residents of the town, is a juniper tree. It is too respected to be felled, standing like a lonely sentry as the fields are seeded, tended to, and emptied of their bounty. Though the peasants live on the land, they have no rights to it.

Issue 95, May 2025

Monterey Mecham

Monterey Mecham is a speculative fiction writer based in Chicago. Cybersecurity analyst by day and writer by night, she regularly fantasizes about running away to join the circus. When she isn’t writing, she can be found on a trapeze or practicing wushu

Juniper Blues

Overlooking the fields, older than the oldest residents of the town, is a juniper tree. It is too respected to be felled, standing like a lonely sentry as the fields are seeded, tended to, and emptied of their bounty. Though the peasants live on the land, they have no rights to it.

Issue 95, May 2025

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