We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024

Since 2020, the We're Here series has combed speculative short fiction markets for the finest queer writing with an eye for celebrating work that spans the breadth of the field. The 2024 edition, edited by Ryka Aoki, is no exception.

We're Here 2024 includes the following stories:

• "Climbing the Mountains of Me" by Phoebe Barton (Kaleidotrope)
• "The Offer of Peace Between Two Worlds" by Renan Bernardo (Diabolical Plots)
• "Something Small Enough to Ask For" by AnaMaria Curtis (Uncanny)
• "Mackson's Mardi Gras Moon Race" by David DeGraff (F&SF)
• "Show Goes On" by Louis Evans (Fusion Fragment)
• "Emergency Calls Only" by Kelsey Hutton (Analog)
• "The Last Flesh Figure Skaters" by Claire Jia-Wen (khōréō)
• "A Book Is a Map, a Bed Is a Country" by Angel Leal (Uncanny)
• "Memories Held Against a Hungry Mouth" by Ann LeBlanc (3LBE)
• "The Owl" by Stephen M.A. (Apex)
• "No Happy Endings for Chasers" by Uchechukwu Nwaka (Fiyah)
• "Jumbie Closet" by Suzan Palumbo (The Crawling Moon)
• "The Spindle of Necessity" by B. Pladek (Strange Horizons)
• "Linden Honey, Blackcurrant Wine" by M. R. Robinson (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)
• "Zariel: Parable of a Gifted Black Child" by Denzel Xavier Scott (F&SF)
• "Together Like Hands on a Clock" by Jo Telle (Fiyah)
• "How to Make a Snow Maiden" by Kristina Ten (Porter House Review)
• "Syndical Organization in Revolutionary Transition" by Izzy Wasserstein (Embodied Exegesis)
• "A Taste of Justice" by John Wiswell (Sunday Morning Transport)