Small Wonders Issue 4 is another one full of really great stories. Here's a couple I especially enjoyed:

• On the Bare Unwelcoming Shore by Zohar Jacobs

About most things in life you can be an agnostic; arrival day is the exception. Only our dreams deny the reality of where we are.

A story about the struggles of a Martian colony celebrating the day their ancestors arrived. This was a fun read especially after recently finishing A City on Mars, but I think thematically the idea of carrying hope for the future just through continuing to struggle towards it day by day resonated a lot.

• Sever by Lora Gray

a secret passenger the ship’s manifest would never recognize, tucked, painfully, into the hollows of my skull.

I love love the idea of this poem about the narrator's relationship with the alien that bursts out of them.

• Five Functions of Your Bionosaur by Rachael K. Jones

One thing your great-aunt forgot to mention: bionosaurs imprint for life.

An endearing story about our relationships with pets, in this case a robotic dinosaur.