A 8” x 5” softcover. 127 pages. Publication date November 18th, 2025.

This anthology includes the fourth year of “speculative flash fiction with a queer bent” from Baffling Magazine, with stories by:

Stories from:
Avra Margariti, Simo Srinivas, Anja Hendrikse Liu, Lindsay King-Miller, Liza Wemakor, A.D. Sui, Devon Borkowski, Ash Howell, D.K. Lawhorn, Kengo Nelson, Elena Sichrovsky, Bree Wernicke, Leon Tomova, Morris Hinkle, Erin Rockfort, Sam J. Miller, Tessa Fisher, Sydney Sackett, Celia Daniels, Malik Berry, Catherine Yu, Brie Atienza, Jared Povanda, P. H. Low, Matt Richardson, Sydney Paige Guerrero, Ramez Yoakeim, Rachel Gutin, Ada Hoffmann, Michelle Exler & Hanna A Nirav.

Cover illustration by Ocean Salazar.

Praise for Baffling Year One:
“There are no false notes in this strange and dazzling anthology of 26 queer, speculative stories, selected from the first year of Baffling Magazine—which is particularly impressive given the wide range of tone, subject matter, and subgenre.”
—Publishers Weekly