Aaron Emmel

“A Family Forged,” which appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope, has received a mention in Maria Haskins’ Nov. 13 magazine review in Locus: Several stories in this issue lean into the dark and unsettling, including the uniquely imagined “A Family Forged” by Aaron Emmel, where two orphaned brothers are turned into clockwork automatons.

Bruce H. McCosar profiled Kaleidotrope for his Recommended Reading series and mentioned “A Family Forged“: “Here are a few of the best stories from recent issues…. ‘A Family Forged’ by Aaron Emmel. Here my spoiler-sense won’t let me say anything, other than that this is one of those stories where you have to read to

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In my new story “Strip Mine,” Kevin needs his job as a miner, but keeping it might cost more than he can afford. It’s out in Issue 46 of Mythaxis Magazine. From the editor: “What’s going to give when the tempting urge to just say ‘To hell with it’ and head for the door crashes

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“A Family Forged” is about a boy who goes looking for his brother and ends up trapped by the same dark magic that captured him. It’s out in the summer 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope.

I was on the editorial committee of the Casebook on Advocacy in Public Health, vol. 2, published today by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) at the Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva. The WFPHA Casebook is meant to support National Public Health Associations and other actors to increase knowledge and strengthen

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