Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 152 (January 2023)
Lightspeed Magazine, #152
Reeks: Lightspeed Magazine
John Joseph Adams
- LIGHTSPEED
- is
- a
- digital
- science
- fiction
- and
- fantasy
- magazine.
- In
- its
- pages,
- you
- will
- find
- science
- fiction:
- from
- near-future,
- sociological
- soft
- SF,
- to
- far-future,
- star-spanning
- hard
- SF--and
- fantasy:
- from
- epic
- fantasy,
- sword-and-sorcery,
- and
- contemporary
- urban
- tales,
- to
- magical
- realism,
- science-fantasy,
- and
- folktales.Welcome
- to
- issue
- 152
- of
- LIGHTSPEED!
- Our
- SFnal
- offerings
- include
- two
- flash
- stories:
- "The
- Last
- Serving"
- by
- Lincoln
- Michel
- and
- "A
- Guide
- to
- Alien
- Terms
- Useful
- in
- the
- Human
- Diaspora"
- by
- Deborah
- L.
- Davitt.
- Our
- first
- full-length
- short
- story
- is
- "The
- Narrative
- Implications
- of
- Your
- Untimely
- Death"
- by
- Isabel
- Kim.
- If
- you
- ever
- wondered
- what
- would
- happen
- if
- the
- networks
- took
- the
- reality
- TV
- show
- SURVIVOR
- to
- outer
- space-and
- gave
- the
- producers
- the
- power
- to
- bring
- their
- most
- popular
- stars
- back
- to
- life-then
- this
- story
- is
- for
- you.
- In
- the
- new
- short
- "From
- the
- Largest
- Crater,"
- Jendayi
- Brooks-Flemister
- returns
- us
- to
- the
- slow
- apocalypse
- we
- visited
- in
- last
- year's
- "Up
- Falling."
- While
- you
- don't
- need
- to
- read
- both
- stories
- to
- understand
- them,
- the
- two
- form
- a
- poignant
- story
- of
- love
- and
- family.
- Scott
- Edelman
- brings
- us
- the
- first
- of
- our
- fantasy
- shorts:
- "A
- Man
- Walks
- Into
- a
- Bar:
- In
- Which
- More
- Than
- Four
- Decades
- After
- My
- Father's
- Reluctant
- Night
- of
- Darts
- on
- West
- 54th
- Street
- I
- Finally
- Understand
- What
- Needs
- to
- Be
- Done."
- It's
- the
- story
- of
- one
- brief
- interaction
- in
- New
- York
- City,
- and
- the
- magical
- consequences
- it
- could
- have
- on
- the
- entire
- world.
- Maria
- Dong
- brings
- us
- our
- second
- short
- story,
- a
- beautiful
- and
- harrowing
- tale
- of
- servitude,
- love,
- and
- longing
- called
- "Braid
- Me
- a
- Howling
- Tongue."
- The
- fantastical
- continues
- with
- a
- reprint
- of
- Seanan
- McGuire's
- story
- "In
- the
- Deep
- Woods;
- The
- Light
- is
- Different
- There."
- And
- our
- flash
- story
- this
- month
- is
- "Between
- the
- Stones
- and
- the
- Stars"
- (by
- A.L.
- Goldfuss).
- Our
- book
- review
- team
- brings
- you
- our
- usual
- array
- of
- terrific
- recommendations,
- and
- of
- course
- we
- have
- author
- spotlight
- interviews
- with
- our authors.
