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Author Spotlight: Endria Isa RichardsonI was very interested in the horrifying aspects of time as a menacing, material force---something that could eat you. But I ultimately became much...
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A Pedramãe, There are few moments that I remember with clarity. From those early days, I recall mostly a vast, pervading numbness. Profound dissociation....
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Publisher’s NoteDear Readers, I owe you an apology regarding our April 2024 cover. I messed up.
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Editorial: April 2024Be sure to check out the editorial for a discussion of this month's terrific content.
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a testament to indirection, an enigma, the sun aboveSo, this is awkward. We aren’t at the stage in our relationship where I’d feel comfortable revising your life-poem on the fly. Even as a backup...
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Book Review: The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika KimAre you looking for your next juicy read? Aigner Loren Wilson recommends The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim.
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Only Some of True Love’s MiraclesTrue love’s kiss works miracles. Everyone knows the story: The sculptor who carved a perfect woman, his own creation, and when he fell in love with...
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The Three Thousand, Four Hundred Twenty-Third Law of RoboticsIf a robot stands alone in a field, staring into the forlorn distance as it obeys the last order it was given by a human, that order being, “Don’t...
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Book Review: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies OkungbowaAre you looking for your next seriously great book to read? Find out why Arley Sorg says it should be Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
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Author Spotlight: Alex IrvineI play the guitar badly, some other instruments even more badly, and I like to get out into the woods and hike. There’s nothing like just putting...
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Kopki and the FishThe story as it is told in the dry valleys north of Averon, where the only roads run down to the Cricket River and the only power is the freehold...
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An Incomplete Body Has No AnswersYou don’t know why you ask because you already know he can’t answer. A body is only a body when it has all its parts. And he---that beloved man you...
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Author Spotlight: Shingai Njeri Kagundahere is a saying we have “Haraka haraka haina Baraka”---“Hurry hurry has no blessing.” Slowness is a value in Swahili cultures that I wanted to...
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Fragments of a Symbiotic LifeI was born normal enough, except that I was four days late, which isn’t so much, and slightly jaundiced, which isn’t unusual, and had a raccoon for...
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Let the Star ExplodeThe last picture that Karu has of her father alive is on the day of her graduation. She has this big smile that by the placing of her dimples makes...
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Book Review: The Year of the Locust by Terry HayesA fast-paced thriller that will appeal to science fiction fans? Yes, please! Chris Kluwe explains why he's recommending The Year of the Locust by...
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Author Spotlight: Phoebe BartonOne significant sticking point was where I had to stop to figure out enough of what warp drives did when turned on to present a valid threat to...
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An Elegy for the Former ThingsYou’ve been driving for hours and I wish you would stop. You clutch the steering wheel so hard, your knuckles pop white, your palms slick with...
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But From Thine Eyes My Knowledge I DeriveIt was a long fall in-system from the warp point, so Va Sojourner had plenty of time to observe. She found a peace in her observations that was...
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Book Review: Captive: New Short Fiction From Africa (Rachel Zadok & Helen Moffett, editors)Craving a fresh new anthology? You can trust Arley Sorg when he recommends Captive: New Short Fiction From Africa (edited by Rachel Zadok &...
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What Becomes of Curious MindsOn the third evening of every week, dozens come to Stalactite Keep to hear the storyteller teach about the place beyond Wonderland. Tonight, with...
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The Pearl CaptainJosea Dream was the pearl captain at the heart of the bivalve ship Blue Spring , which had swum the black for a thousand years. It was a mystery...
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A Sneak Preview of 2024 BooksBuilding your TBR list? Here are some of the books Aigner Loren Wilson is most looking forward to reading this year!
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Author Spotlight: Everdeen MasonThe original inspo stems from a drunken debate about what makes Scarlett Johanson so appealing to casting directors for science fiction movies of a...
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Further Examination and Capture of Candle Skulls Associated with the Baba YagaRecent scholarship has shed considerable light on many previously puzzling or mysterious aspects of the life of the Baba Yaga---or, as some would...
