The Colored Lens
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.
- The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team. If you are interested, first send us an email at dawn@thecoloredlens.com giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
- The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team. If you are interested, first send us an email at dawn@thecoloredlens.com giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
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- Check out this week’s featured story, “World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140483
- Check out this week’s featured story, “The Poisoner” by Amber Velez, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140401
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- Check out our latest featured story, “Fish, Fog and the Sea” by Nora Schinnerl, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140392
- Check out this week’s featured story, “The Meaning of Baskets” by Katie Gray, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140390
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Tick” by Mark Manifesto, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140385
- Check out this week’s featured story, “The Conspirators” by Travis Lee, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140382
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- Check out our latest featured story, “Give the Algorithm What it Wants” by J. R. Dewitt, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140378
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Paradox Lost” by Hec Lampert-Bates, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140375
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Spoons” by Adria Bailton, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140366
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Parlor Tricks” by Laine Perez, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140364
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- Check out this week’s featured story, “Always by Your Side” by Anthony Regolino, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140359
- Check out this week’s featured story, La Cumparsita by Aster Loxley, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140357
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Dog Catching” by Samantha Balliet, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140355
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Dial Tone” by Shiloh Miller, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140353
- Check out this week’s featured story, “Thanks, Nostradamus” by Scott Colby, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140351
- Check out this week’s featured story, She Came Down From the Sky, by J.E. Schleicher, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140348
- Check out “Paper Brush Stick Stone” by Sophia Zhao, in our newest issue, available here! www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54JL
- Check out our newest story, The Rules of Divining Lentils with Tweezers, by DLC Hanson, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140346
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- Check out this snippet from “BEWARE OF THE GOBLIN GIRLS” by Tunvey Mou, featured in our spring issue! Available here! www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens...
- Check out this week’s featured story, Paradise Found by David Whitmarsh, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140344
- It's out! Our Spring 2025 issue of The Colored Lens is now available exclusively on Amazon. Do you have your copy? Get it now! www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens...
- Check out this week’s featured story, Maybe We Can Be Just Two People Talking, by Salena Casha, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140342
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- Check out "The Ace of Rules" by S.L. Johnson, on our website! thecoloredlens.com?p=140340
- First Readers – TCL is looking for volunteers The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team. Working as a First Reader gives you excellent insights into the editorial process. For further information on how to apply, visit thecoloredlens.com?p=137374
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- The Colored Lens Winter 2025 issue is available RIGHT NOW! Do you have your copy yet? Pick it up in paperback OR Kindle electronic version right here on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS8VCW35 #booksky #books #kindleUnlimited #scifi #SFF #fantasy #WritingCommunity
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- We’re in the final stages of reading for the Spring 2025 issue. If you’ve been sitting on an epic space opera story, now is the time to submit! thecoloredlens.com?page_id=137752 #sff #writingcommunity #scifi #spaceopera #sffwriters
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- The days are getting shorter, the evenings darker, so we’d love to share this wonderful cozy fantasy “Fiona and the Fairy Queen” by A.P. Golub to brighten up your day! thecoloredlens.com?p=140248 #SFF #storyrecs #fantasy #cozy #writingcommunity
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- Some amazing stories in our Autumn issue! #scifi #fantasy #sff #writingcommunity #bluebooks #booksky
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