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The Spectrogram

An Online Speculative Fiction Journal

The Spectrogram is an online speculative fiction literary journal owned and operated by Speculative Fiction Writers Association (“SpecFicWriters”), a Colorado non-profit association.

Masthead—About The Spectrogram

Issue 1

Our debut issue.

  • Something Eternal

    Christopher Graves

    The viewing window curved inwards with a foreign planet beyond filling near to the edges. Teal waterways, too many to count, separated what must be thousands of islands along its surface, while white wispy clouds ever-so-casually drifted to an unseen current, giving the planet depth.

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  • Hollow Heaven

    FJ Slater

    Taking a courier package cross-sector? Dumb. Climbing an open comms tower in summer heat to shave an hour? Suicidal. But the bonus was 257 credits! That would pay my rent.

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  • The Egg

    The Egg

    Kenton Erwin

    Gillian’s fame began as a kid, when she buried that egg. She’s a great little sister, but you’ll see her craziness.  Like when she shredded fresh beets from our garden into the clothes washer

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  • The Four Yorkshiremen at the End of Space and Time

    The Four Yorkshiremen at the End of Space and Time

    Paul Martz

    Long after the last stars burn to ash, the cold remnant of a dwarf planet hurtles through the intergalactic voids of an ancient universe approaching maximum entropy. It travels alone. Flung aeons ago…

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