As we start the new run of issues on board our starship, enjoy this beautiful, ethereal cover, Guided by Polaris, created by the talented Ruchi Acharya.
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“The Ongoing Relevance of Fairy Tales” by Joshua Fagan : Orion’s Belt Essay April 2024
Where fairy tales originally came from is contentious. The debate extends back at least to the nineteenth century and covers disciplines from comparative mythology to anthropology. A psychologist like C.G. Jung views these stories as emerging from the waters of the unconscious, illuminating all the “wants, fears, and longings that have accumulated down there,” reversing […]
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Beautiful Dreamer by Jennifer Skogen: Orion’s Belt Fiction April 2024
Rose vines reach for Lydia. They curl up her ankles–thorns pressing against, but not piercing, her bare skin. After they release her, Lydia smooths her dress and continues with her task: collecting the cursed princess’s dreams. Up ahead, the castle bursts with blooms, roses of all shades spilling over the stone walls. Lydia has never […]
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Welcome to Orion’s Belt 2024!
Hello from the Editor in Chief! We’ve assembled our team of cosmonauts and are drifting through the galaxies of beautiful and poignant submissions combining a cosmic scale with an intimate, lyrical scope. The stories and poems we’ve received so far are some of my favorites I’ve seen in my four years at the helm here. […]
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Orion’s Belt Year-End 2023 Anthology
Patrons only receive our year-three compilation for free! Enjoy! The lyrical and ethereal works we published in 2023 synthesize intimate examinations of individuals and relationships with expansive and philosophical scenarios. With a literary focus on the specific and subtle details of life, they reach toward wonder and strangeness. Comfort and complacency disintegrate to reveal mysterious […]
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Orion’s Belt Audio: The Fox’s Lover by Ada Hoffmann
Friend of Orion Safia Southey gives a mesmerizing reading of the entrancing “The Fox’s Lover,” by Ada Hoffmann.
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Orion’s Belt September 2023 Cover
Step through the Orion’s Belt prism and journey to distant and ethereally enchanted lands in our final issue of the year.
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Should Science Fiction Be Democratic? by Joshua Fagan (September 2023 Orion’s Belt Essay)
On or about April 1978, the division between popular art and critically acclaimed art solidified. That is when Annie Hall defeated Star Wars at the Oscars and a chasm opened between “the kinds of movies that receive awards” and “the kinds of movies most people want to see.” This divide is not unique to film, […]
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Blood, Bone, Water by Ash Huang (September 2023 Orion’s Belt Fiction)
Today, knights come from all corners of the world to fight the rose hedge, clanking in metal suits, wielding curved swords and spears, lobbing flaming arrows. Because the reward for defeating the hedge is so great, the men do not guard their secrets. They gather by bonfires and trade strategies, knowing if they split the […]
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syndrome() (Orion’s Belt Fiction – September 2023)
ACT 1: The left hand of the Universe swats the dirty fly resting on my cheek. In one swift moment I am acquainted with the real, shining face of tragedy; In one swift moment, molten white stars move to orbit my head like a crown of thorns. I stare up (/down?) from this ceilingless room […]
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