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June 1, 2025

The Starter Family

Around the time the boys in my class turn eleven, we start asking where the Starter Boys have gone. We start asking why there are grown-up girls, but no kids who grow up to be girls. Why our moms never leave Rexford. And that’s when Civics Class starts. I’m standing in the auditorium line in […]

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May 1, 2025

Shadow Jack

by CL Hellisen

Content Note: aftermath of sacrifices, blood, body horror, offscreen abuse, suicide There is a hole in the wall by Shadow Jack’s bed. It is no bigger than a pin prick, and the wind that blows from it is cold and bitter and smells of death. Shadow Jack knows that smell better than his own. He […]

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Giganotosaurus (the dinosaur) lived about ninety million years ago, and it was almost the largest carnivorous dinosaur. A little bigger than Tyrannosaurus, a little smaller than Spinosaurus.

GigaNotoSaurus (the webzine, edited by LaShawn M. Wanak) publishes one longish fantasy or science fiction story monthly. Longish meaning longer than a short story, and shorter than a novel.

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Recent Discussions

Lucy A. Snyder on The Starter FamilyJune 19, 2025
A damn fine story. Grabs you from the start and doesn’t let up. Serious chops on display here.
xan on Shadow JackJune 6, 2025
An absolutely incredible story. I am in awe. Magnificent work as usual from Cat Hellisen.
Edward Rybicki on Shadow JackMay 26, 2025
What. The. Absolute. FUCK! Did I just read?! Damn, siesie!! Up there with Harlan Ellison and I have no Mouth,…
K Hocker on Behind GlassMarch 12, 2025
Intriguing intersection of worlds and genres! The characters are well-drawn and have lives beyond the story frame.