Guard your gear. Protect your voice. Create anyway.In a world that constantly demands our attention, Space & Time - Issue 149 arrives as both refuge and resistance with a powerful collection of speculative fiction and poetry that refuses to go silent.Celebrating National Poetry Month and nearly six decades of imaginative storytelling, this issue brings together an extraordinary range of voices exploring the fragile boundaries between human and other, truth and myth, creation and collapse.Inside, you'll encounter: - Cold War secrets retold through unlikely narrators- Dragons, androids, and inherited destinies- Cosmic poetry that drifts between stars and endings- Futures shaped by technology, memory, and choice- Stories that challenge what it means to survive and to createFrom haunting, intimate poems to expansive speculative worlds, each piece reflects the enduring power of storytelling in uncertain times. These works do more than imagine the future. They test it, question it, and reshape it.For over 60 years, Space & Time has championed bold, genre-defying voices in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This issue continues that legacy with a compelling blend of short fiction and poetry that is as thought-provoking as it is immersive.Whether you're drawn to dark fantasy, literary sci-fi, or the strange beauty of speculative poetry, this collection invites you to step beyond the familiar and remember why we create at all.