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 148 of LIGHTSPEED! Our first SF story of the month might be one of our most timely. From writer MKRNYILGLD comes "The CRISPR Cookbook: A guide to biohacking your own abortion in a post-Roe world, " and the title does a great job describing it. Be sure not to miss it. Our flash SF this month, "Civilian Assumptions, " comes from Dominique Dickey, while our second piece of full-length SF is a wildly delightful story of bounty hunters, space travel, and strawberry lip gloss. Yes: lip gloss. Please enjoy R J Theodore's "The Application of Strawberry Lip Gloss in a Low-Gravity Environment." Our SF reprint this month is "Eminence, " by Karl Schroeder. Jenny Rae Rappaport returns with "The Inheritance of Dust and Leather, " a flash fantasy story that's a tale as old as time (or at least libraries). Kristina Ten's story of seals and bad marriages, "The Queen of the Earless Seals of Lake Baikal, " will touch your heart, as will Martin Cahill's magical "Her Five Farewells." Our fantasy reprint is "The Sister City, " by Cody Goodfellow. Our review teams have been busy reading great new books, and our author spotlight interviewer has put together fascinating questions for our writers. If you're one of our ebook readers, you'll enjoy an excerpt from DESERT CREATURES, a new novel by Kay Chronister.

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 148 (September 2022) - Lightspeed Magazine, #148

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 135 of LIGHTSPEED! This month's science fiction originals include a cyberpunk-flavored tale of mind control from Andrea Chapela (translated by Emma Torzs): "Now You Feel It." If you are a fan of Oliver Twist (or if you grew up in the 1980s, Oliver and Company), then our SF short story "Anything Short of Death Is Survivable" (by David Anaxagoras) will leave you saying "Please sir. I want some more .

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 135 (August 2021) - Lightspeed Magazine, #135

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 153 of LIGHTSPEED! Our first full-length short SF story this month comes from Carrie Vaughn: "Learning Letters." It's the story of our world in the near future, and two very different ways of shaping our lives in a time with limited technology. Adam-Troy Castro offers a humorous alien society with an unusual structure in his new tale, "The Day the Earthman Never Showed." We also have two flash pieces: "In(con)solation" from Octavia Cade and "Guidelines for Using the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library" by Marie Brennan. Our original fantasy shorts include "Real Magic" by Sharang Biswas, a story of one small-town witch and her clientele, and "His Guns Could Not Protect Him" by Sam J. Miller-which features an unsettling reality filled with monsters. Monsters of a different variety make an appearance in a flash story ("Subject: More Monsters Will Not Make Us Safer") by Paul Crenshaw. We also have a second flash piece: "The House of Linear Change" from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It's another terrific month of content, coming at you at the speed of light.

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