Dear readers, writers and friends! In our fifth issue, you will find not only soul-stirring poetry, thrilling fiction and breathtaking two-sentence stories, but also an exclusive interview with Jeremy Szal, the Australian space opera and fantasy author who was also the fiction editor and audio producer for the Hugo-winning podcast StarShipSofa.

If you have read his article “My experience on having my sci-fi debut edited by a Big Five publisher” in the previous issue of our magazine, you know that Jeremy Szal always tells a lot of really interesting things (if you have read his books, you know it for sure!), so I heartily invite all of you to read his interview.

Our new non-fiction is also awesome. Let me encourage you to read “AI-Generated Art. The Experience and Thoughts of a Sci-Fi Author” by the American award-winning writer David Walton, as well as “Big Brother” by the Russian award-winning author and scientist Sasha Krugosvetov.

The fifth issue of our magazine is really worth reading. I am sure you will enjoy it!

Sincerely yours,
Maxim Sviridenkov,
founder and editor-in-chief of “The Evening Universe”