Lightspeed Magazine - Science Fiction Fantasy

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The Ambient Intelligenceby Todd McAultyAuthor spotlightThe air over Chicago was thick with drones. There were at least two dozen I could see from the beach. Most were small, no more than slow-moving specks against the clouds, probably simple reconnaissance units. But at higher altitudes the big Venezuelan military birds prowled, formidable machines the size of Buicks. They moved through the sky with purpose. I had the suit zoom in on one, high over the lake.Forty Acres and a Muleby Stephanie Malia MorrisMy parents’ farm has shrunk, as old things tend to do. The shed, the workshop, the paddock with its doubled wire fences and chicken coop all squat and rain-blackened, coming into focus as I step from the car as if I have put on glasses or wiped rain from a window. The house itself stands straight-spined beyond the pear tree, gray in the drizzle, more withdrawn than the last time I visited. The tree has not changed.by Caroline M. Yoachim Vivian sat at a café opposite Cass. Everything around her had a gritty, dingy quality. Even Cass looked run down, their face deeply tanned and distressingly wrinkled. They were old now, many decades past being the child that Vivian remembered. She looked down at her hands, so different than the black shadows that she’d grown accustomed to seeing during all her years as a Shade the skin was covered in age spots and hung loose on the bones.(available on 10/15) Buy Issueby Jenny Rae Rappaport Start with a romance: a man and a woman who are wildly and irrevocably in love with each other. Or two men. Or two women. Or two people, because life is beautiful and complex. Just know that these Lovers are important. The fate of the galaxy rests on their shoulders because, of course, the fate of an entire portion of known space can be determined by two people in love. The laws of physics are remarkably vulnerable to the laws of love.(available on 10/21) Buy Issueby Ken Liu You’re hurrying along a muddy path, part of a jostling crowd. The commotion around you compels you to scramble to keep up. As your eyes adjust to the dim light of early dawn, you see everyone is laden down with possessions: a baby wrapped tightly against the chest of its mother; a bulging bed sheet filled with clothing ballooning over the back of a middle-aged man; a washbasin filled with lychees and breadfruit cradled in the arms of an eight-year-old girl.(available on 10/28) Buy Issueby P H Lee The village of Kovácspéter was plagued by a vampire, which was increasingly embarrassing. The year was 1873 and Hungary was on the march to modernity. They had their own prime minister, their own constitution, and their own economic development plan. Rails were being laid and industry was being developed. The future was industrial, prosperous and, most importantly, happening right now.(available on 10/15) Buy Issueby Minsoo Kang The Grand Philosopher Ancient Leaf once expounded that a man who kills another out of passion or greed is condemned as a murderer, and one who kills ten people is reviled as a maniac, but one who causes the death of hundreds of thousands in pursuit of personal glory is often revered as a great personage. The Grand Historian Silver Mirror utilized the quote in describing the senseless nature of the Wars of the Four Princes and the Six Grand Lords.(available on 10/21) Buy Issueby Naomi Kanakia Gopal knew before he booted up the game a Christmas present from his dad that his character would be some form of elf or human, because the other races were all ugly, and he didn’t play games to be ugly. And he knew too, although he didn’t say it, that his character would be a girl. He always played girls online, although he’d be ashamed if anyone knew it, precisely because it played into the online belief that most girls in most games were “really” men.(available on 10/28) Buy IssueOct. 2020 (Issue 125)Purchase IssueDirect (ePub/Mobi/PDF)Amazon (Kindle)Barnes Noble (Nook)Weightless (ePub/Mobi)Apple iBooksKobo (ePub)SubscribeScience Fiction StoriesThe Ambient Intelligenceby Todd McAulty Author spotlightThe Shadow Prisoner’s Dilemmaby Caroline M. Yoachim (available on 10/15)Everything and Nothingby Jenny Rae Rappaport (available on 10/21)Byzantine Empathyby Ken Liu (available on 10/28)Fantasy StoriesForty Acres and a Muleby Stephanie Malia MorrisThe Vampire of Kovácspéterby P H Lee (available on 10/15)The Virtue of Unfaithful Translationsby Minsoo Kang (available on 10/21)Everquestby Naomi Kanakia (available on 10/28)NonfictionEditorial: October 2020by John Joseph AdamsBook Reviews: October 2020by Chris Kluwe (available on 10/15)Media Review: October 2020by Aaron Duran (available on 10/21)Interview: C.L. Polkby Christian A. Coleman (available on 10/28) Exclusive Paid ContentNOVEL EXCERPT: Attack Surfaceby Cory Doctorow This issue's cover art by Grandeduc / Adobe Stock Image.Purchase IssueDirect (ePub/Mobi/PDF)Amazon (Kindle)Barnes Noble (Nook)Weightless (ePub/Mobi)Apple iBooksKobo (ePub)Subscribe

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