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Justin C. Key

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Now You See Me

Justin C. Key Lightspeed 2021 Novelette Fantasy 10,424 words

"Good art changes you. And that was the point, right? That’s what the social media ad that caught my attention wanted me to believe: Our Shoes: You couldn’t understand our struggle... Until now. I had read the line over and over again during a rare...

Magical RealismRacismNew York City

Content warnings 1

racism

One Hand in the Coffin

Justin C. Key Strange Horizons 2020 Novelette Horror 9,765 words

A child struggles with the loss of his big brother and his feelings that maybe things are better without him—and maybe he’s not really gone.

Psychological HorrorGuiltUnsettling

Content warnings 3

child-abusedeathdeath-of-a-loved-one

Empathetic Psychosis

Justin C. Key Lightspeed 2026

Personality Disorder (Not Otherwise Specified) My patients called me Dr. Holloway. My friends called me Jason. I won’t tell you what my three ex-wives called me but I’m sure you can guess. I was a psychiatrist (and a damn good one seventy percent of the...

Psychological HorrorGuiltUnreliable Narrator

Content warnings 3

mental-illnesssubstance-usesuicide