Is there a better phrase to start a story than "No Shit, There I Was..."? If you hear someone start with that phrase, you know it's going to be worth listening carefully. That's how all the craziest - and most interesting - stories start. And then we turned a bunch of speculative fiction authors loose on that phrase.

Betwixt is a quarterly magazine of eclectic speculative fiction. The print edition of issue 8 collects all six stories originally published online. Issue 8 includes the following stories:"Eddy" by Kyle E. Miller"Five Drinks in Siltown" by Frances Rowat"The Seedborn Revolution" by Tom Dullemond"The Last Work of Jan Rosthoven" by Matthew A. Timmins"Archana and Chandni" by Iona Sharma"Backpack" by Stefan A. Slater

An anthology magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories.Featuring: The Silver of Our Glory, The Orange of Our Rage by Jared Oliver Adams The Line In The Sky by Maria Z. Medina Murder or a Duck by Beth Goder Daughters of October by Megan Chaudhuri The Draw of Empty Spaces by Frances Rowat Memento Amicum by Marc A. Criley Heartsob Playplayplay Promisegift by Monte Lin Static by Leah Ning The Dead Throat Coven by Amelia Dee Mueller

An anthology magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories. Inaugural issue.Featuring "The Ghosts of Jamshedpur" by Gareth Owens, "What Beasts We Cannot Conquer" by Chrystal Lynn Hilbert, "Second Chances, Seconds, Chance" by Andrew Leon Hudson, "Pearleater's Promise" by Andrea Kriz, "Mechanical Connection" by Frances Rowat, "Deadbeat" by Susan Taitel, "The Paper Doll Golems" by Gwynne Garfinkle and "Little Red Wagon" by Richard Thomas.