The 6th issue of the Stellar Beacon ‘zine is out.

There are two story focused space opera scenarios for my powered by Fate RPG Return to the Stars.

Powered by a Flower is a solarpunk adventure, with the added fun of werewolves in space! By Joyce Chng.

The House Always Wins? Is a cyberpunk mystery for hopepunk heroes that I wrote.

There is also original science fiction: When My Light Reaches Youby Rob Cameron and To Lie Down Beside Still Waters by Louis Evans.

And some cool essays. Hopepunk, Optimism, Purity and the Futures of Hard Work by Ada Palmer, two-time Hugo finalist and historian focusing on the history of censorship and radical thought. What AI Generated Art and Writing Might Mean for Artists and Authors by Jason Sanford, four-time finalist for the Nebula Award, three-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.

The cover painting is a digital scan of an acrylic painting called Coriolis I by Regina Valluzzi, "the nerdly painter". which she describes as "a set of playful experiments in the viscoelastic properties of acrylic gel and liquid media." I think a digital scan of such a robustly physically embodied work concerned with a scientific abstraction of a real-world phenomenon is in interesting conversation with Jason’s essay.

Why not check it out!