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Author Spotlight: Gabriela Santiago
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-gabriela-santiago/
Published: September 5, 2024 10:02
The germ of this story was born in the 2021 stage of the pandemic, while watching a panel on lost Doctor Who episodes during a virtual version of our local Doctor Who convention, CONsole Room. I wanted to write about the way that seemingly frivolous things…
Reconstructing “The Goldenrod Conspiracy,” Edina Room, Saturday 2:30-3:30
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/reconstructing-the-goldenrod-conspiracy-edina-room-saturday-230-330/
Published: September 5, 2024 10:01
Can someone get the doors? Thanks. Please remember we’re on an honor system for chairs---if you’ve eaten today, please leave them for someone who hasn’t. We don’t need another fainting incident. First of all, if you’re looking for a technical look at…
The Terrible Secret of the Immortal Bards
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-terrible-secret-of-the-immortal-bards/
Published: September 2, 2024 10:01
The great writer had lived well past his appointed lifespan, not by years but decades, and now existed less as an ongoing contributor to the literate zeitgeist but as an icon of a past age. He was a super-centenarian, just topping an unbelievable 110 and…
Editorial: September 2024
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/editorial-september-2024/
Published: September 1, 2024 07:05
Be sure to read the editorial for a rundown of this month's terrific content.
Under the Skin
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Published: August 29, 2024 10:01
I know what you’re going to say. That I got what I deserved. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Nothing like kicking someone when they’re down, eh? But here I am, dressed in all my mistakes. Huddling inside a house I don’t dare to leave.
Book Review: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-how-to-become-the-dark-lord-and-die-trying-by-django-wexler/
Published: August 27, 2024 10:05
Chris Kluwe says: If you're looking for a relatively light-hearted romp set in a time loop, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying is perfect for wiling away a couple hours at the beach!
Author Spotlight: Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
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Published: August 27, 2024 10:02
I tried to give the narrator and his ancestors a kind of power that forces them to give back. They don’t get to control the elements freely like powerful mages. In the end, they are claimed by the forces that gave them those powers in the first place.
Child of the River
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/child-of-the-river/
Published: August 27, 2024 10:01
Mother used to say I am a child of the river. I never understood her. I thought I would be a child of the wind, like her. Like all the children of the wind, my mother could fly. When I was younger, I liked spying on her.
Author Spotlight: Archita Mittra
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-archita-mittra/
Published: August 22, 2024 10:02
It feels scary to even be hopeful about the distant future, especially because I sometimes wonder if there will even be a “distant” future for humanity, with the devastating consequences of climate change already unfolding.
The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strain’d
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-quality-of-mercy-is-not-straind/
Published: August 22, 2024 10:01
It is the year 3048 and you still hate your job. In the past eight hours since landing on this wasteland planet, you fended off two rogue mechas, hacked the building’s access code, and decapitated a droid.