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The Colored Lens
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The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.

The Colored Lens is a small semi-pro zine published quarterly.
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Check out this week’s featured story, “World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Tick” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Paradox Lost” by Hec Lampert-Bates, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Always by Your Side” by Anthony Regolino, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, La Cumparsita by Aster Loxley, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Dog Catching” by Samantha Balliet, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Dial Tone” by Shiloh Miller, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Thanks, Nostradamus” by Scott Colby, on our website!

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Check out this week’s featured story, She Came Down From the Sky, by J.E. Schleicher, on our website!
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Check out our newest story, The Rules of Divining Lentils with Tweezers, by DLC Hanson, on our website!
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April 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Check out this snippet from “BEWARE OF THE GOBLIN GIRLS” by Tunvey Mou, featured in our spring issue! Available here!
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Check out this week’s featured story, Paradise Found by David Whitmarsh, on our website!
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March 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Check out this week’s featured story, Maybe We Can Be Just Two People Talking, by Salena Casha, on our website!
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March 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Check out "The Ace of Rules" by S.L. Johnson, on our website!

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