Speculative Fiction Illustrated, Issue 2

Speculative Fiction Illustrated is dedicated to bringing imaginative, visually rich stories to life-without compromising on values. Every story is carefully curated to be family-friendly: free of graphic violence, explicit content, and offensive language, while still offering compelling plots, vivid worlds, and memorable characters. These are stories you can confidently share with teens, classrooms, and multi-generational readers who love wonder, adventure, and a good story told cleanly.

SFI is also a home for emerging talent. Every story in these pages is the work of an amateur writer, and every one is brought to life with an original, hand-drawn illustration. SFI is open to submissions.

Backcast

When an intelligence courier goes missing, a team of scientists are called upon to retrieve him. But there's a hitch-they have to do it in the past, and sending a person backwards in time has never been done. But then, who says you have to actually travel to the past to cheat time?

Night School

Joe dreads his nights, where he faces demons, silence, and the empty bed his wife left behind thirty years ago. What he doesn't remember every morning, is that just past the nightmares, he isn't really sleeping alone.

Troubled Waters

The Wind and the Water continues. Jindao thought the cursed valley was behind him. Then a sword that should have been lost and forgotten arrives at his lord's palace marked with the blood of a thief he can't forget, and aimed squarely at the master he serves.