May 14, 2026 – 02:04 pm EST MAIN FACTS In a significant development for the speculative fiction community, Beneath Ceaseless Skies (BCS), the renowned online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, announced today that it has successfully cleared its entire backlog of submissions received on or before April 10, 2026. This impressive feat marks a pi
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