The Pink Hydra 2.1 - June 2025

Dark, moody, complicated, mysterious, and dangerous, The Pink Hydra returns in a perilous swoop of black wings like that weird girl who sat in the back of class feverishly writing strange stories in the middle pages of her school notebook.

We headline with the amazing talents of various trans and non-binary creators: new British talent Beth Cleaton, South African-born CL Hellisen, environmental activist R.W. Hartshorn, and SFF reviewer and historian Leo Astrum, coming together with many more to bring you a special, dreamy issue of feisty princesses, dark sorcerers, bizarre gods, strange transformations, and all manner of monsters and magic.

Escape with us into worlds where heroes are true and love is enduring, where dreams of spaceflight are realized and the breath of dragons clouds the skies, where the very earth we walk on yields magic and poetry, and even perceived weakness can turn to strength. Talk with Fenrir and Freyja, share a timeless meal in liminal space, travel with an avenging being through the birth of civilization, visit secret portals and places forgotten by the march of history. The Pink Hydra Vol. 2.1, free-to-read today, is blowing in through the fissures of (un)reality.