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Pistol-Whip Me, Kristen Stewart: Review of LOVE LIES BLEEDING

FilmQueer Surrealism and the Value of HopeImages Courtesy A24

**The below review contains major spoilers.

Love Lies Bleeding (A24, 2024) is a bodacious exploration of queer sexuality that mixes 80s Hulk Hogan aesthetics with southern small-town terror. The film stars Kristen Stewart in Her Gayest Role Yet as Lou, a gym manager who falls for Jackie (Katy O’Brien — The Mandalorian, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a bodybuilder who wants to compete in Vegas but gets stuck in the politics of border-town murd...

Book Launch for LEARNING TO HATE YOURSELF AS A SELF-DEFENSE MECHANISM by Andrea Kriz

NewsletterJoin us May 9, 2024 via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of Andrea Kriz’s Debut Short Story Collection

This event requires registration. Seats are limited.

Save the date! We’re hosting Andrea Kriz to celebrate the publication of her debut short story collection, Learning to Hate Yourself as a Self-Defense Mechanism. This genre-blending collection explores fantastical futures and how we cope with them.

About the Book

Your friend creates an award-winning VR game — based on your friendship. ...

National Poetry Month Reading: THE HEARTBEAT OF THE UNIVERSE: POEMS FROM ASIMOV’S AND ANALOG

NewsletterJoin us April 4, 2024 via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of IFP’s First Collaborative Anthology!

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Save the date! Join us on April 4th at 6pm CST for a fantastic National Poetry Month reading! This year, we’re thrilled to celebrate April as National Poetry Month with the publication of THE HEARTBEAT OF THE UNIVERSE: POEMS FROM ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION AND ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT 2012–2022.

Date:
April 4, 2024
6:00pm CST
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Introducing The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science…

AnnouncementsIntroducing The Heartbeat of the Universe: Poems from Asimov’s Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2012–2022A Collaborative Anthology Edited by Emily HockadayReviewers: Download an advance reader’s copy on NetGalley!Now available for Pre-Order

Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to announce our latest poetry book, a very special collaboration with Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine and Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

The Heartbeat of the Universe collects poems from...

Introducing Learning to Hate Yourself as a Self-Defense Mechanism by Andrea Kriz

AnnouncementsA Short Story Collection Exploring Fantastical Futures (and How We Cope with Them)

“Andrea Kriz’s uncompromising, subversive, and elegant stories address all the big themes — and the little ones too — with a clear eye and post-modern sensibility. While her stories address race and colonialism and Covid, they also examine connection and loneliness, our assumptions about each other, and what it means to be human. Literary SF at its best!”

— Shariann Lewitt, author of Memento Mori and “F...

Book Launch for SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY by Sam Kyung Yoo

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Join us March 4, 2024 via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY, Yoo’s Debut Novella

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Save the date! We’re hosting Sam Kyung Yoo to celebrate the publication of their debut novella, Small Gods of Calamity. This is one you won’t want to miss. Yoo’s story is heartfelt, authentic, and the kind of detective mystery that keeps you guessing.

About the Book

Ghosts that speak in smoke. Spirits with teeth like glass. A parasi...

Read Works by IFP Staff and Volunteers Published in 2023

BooksWorks to Add to Your TBR Pile You May Have Missed from the IFP Crew, Plus Everything IFP Published in 2023

Interstellar Flight Press is not just an indie press; we’re a community. Behind every book and article we publish is a team of amazing volunteers who are writers in their own right. If you want to support what we do, then support our writers by reading or buying their work. (Or, you know, you can always become a Patron, too.) This is just a sampling of the awesome and cool works that ou...

Introducing SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY by Sam Kyung Yoo

AnnouncementsKorean Spirit Magic Meets a Thrilling Detective Story in Yoo’s Debut Novella

“Atmospheric, layered, and rich with emotion, Small Gods of Calamity is a satisfyingly fresh spin on supernatural noir.” — Premee Mohamed, Nebula award winner and author of And What Can We Offer You Tonight

Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to announce our next novella, SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY by Sam Kyung Yoo.

Now available on NetGalley

Pre-order a copy today

In their debut novella, Sam Kyung Yoo weaves a t...

The Best of Interstellar Flight Magazine Year Four

AnnouncementsNow Available from Interstellar Flight Press!

We’re stoked that the Best of Interstellar Flight Magazine Year Four is now available for purchase wherever books are sold!

This print anthology collects all of our favorite articles, interviews, and essays from 2022. Available in print and eBook formats.

“A very diverse collection of essays and other works that really reminded me how much I used to love finding small, passionate works by people who viewed art outside of the mainstream.” — ...

Short SFF, Day Jobs, & Late Night TV

An Interview with William Ledbetter, author of THE LONG FALL UP: AND OTHER STORIES from Interstellar Flight PressAuthor William Ledbetter

Interstellar Flight Press is lucky to have acquired the print versions of William Ledbetter’s bestselling audiobook series, The Killday Series. In November, we published Bill’s latest collection of short stories, named after the Nebula Award winning short story, “The Long Fall Up”. The collection is full of stories that meld high-concept science fiction with th...