Merganser 1

Description

Merganser 1 is Merganser Magazine’s first anthology. It features short stories and poems from a boundless variety of genres, including all literary works from the first year of Merganser Magazine (2025).

The volume spans page-turning hard sci-fi thrillers, surreal dream poems, historical fiction, a manifesto for a favorite color, a modern vignette of a couple reading aloud to each other as they drive through America’s desert… and more! It’s an eclectic collection of powerful, imaginative writing, meant for any reader in search of uncompromised storytelling.

Featuring short stories and poems from:

Marie Brennan
Michael Bailey
Deborah L. Davitt
Marisca Pichette
Douglas Smith
Daniel Ausema
Kim Farleigh
Bruce Golden
Philip Brian Hall
Antonio A. Huelgas
Monica Louzon
Susan L. Lin
Mike Morgan
Andrew Akers
Megan Cartwright
Chris Clemens
Angelique Fawns
K. Lynn Harrison
Pooja Joshi
Ian Li
Lorraine Schein
Al Simmons
Aiona Byuwek
Irene Cantizano Bescós
Jeannette de Beauvoir
Murray Eiland
Christian Emecheta
Sian M. Jones
Joshua Kepfer
Ben Nardolilli
Diana Olney
Carol Scheina
Joshua Walker
Chase Anderson
Christina Chin
LL Garland
Adam Thompson
ESH Leighton
Bilal Hussain
Morgan Sciacca
Joshua Ott
John T. Schumacher
Brian Wolfe
Nathan Hansen