The Cold, Lonely Waters, by Aimee Ogden | Shimmer
Birds On An Island, by Charlie Bookout | Shimmer
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus by Bogi Takács
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Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Ancient Engines by Michael Swanwick
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Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Thing and Sick by Adam Roberts
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Soccer Fields and Frozen Lakes - Lightspeed Magazine
Dear Sara: The official verdict that I am no longer classified as human arrived in a windowed envelope bearing the return address of the Bureau of Lineage Affairs. There is one envelope for me and one for you, although I haven’t opened yours. Except for the return address, these envelopes look like something from the bank, or perhaps an offer for home insurance, the kind we throw away.
La Peau Verte - Lightspeed Magazine
In a dusty, antique-littered back room of the loft on St. Mark’s Place, a room with walls the color of ripe cranberries, Hannah stands naked in front of the towering mahogany-framed mirror and stares at herself. No---not her self any longer, but the new thing that the man and woman have made of her. Three long hours busy with their airbrushes and latex prosthetics.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems by Vajra Chandrasekera
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Death Every Seventy-Two Minutes - Lightspeed Magazine
Negelein is at his workstation working on the Lafferty file when the bone spear arcs over the sea of cubicles and strikes just above his right ear, penetrating his skull with a wet crunch. Oblivion is not quite instantaneous; his neurons all fire at the moment his brain goes soggy with blood, giving him, in his last instant, an overwhelming taste of peppermint.
Remote Presence - Lightspeed Magazine
As usual, Win was late to work. Since he hadn’t had time to eat breakfast at home, he arrived at his office—tucked into the old wing of the hospital, now a maze of ancient files and obscure personnel—clutching a styrofoam vat of cafeteria coffee, a donut balanced atop it. He wore jeans and hiking boots and a wrinkled pinstripe dress shirt, from which his ID badge hung crookedly. “Winston Z, MDiv, LCSW, BCC,” it read.
If Lions Could Speak: Imagining the Alien - Lightspeed Magazine
Many have written on this subject to confess failure; who am I to claim success? The objections line up like policemen: Alien intelligence does not, in fact, exist. So when we try to describe it, our thoughts do not connect to any object except ourselves. The words we put into an alien mouth, the feeling into an alien heart, the tools into alien hands, what can they be but imitations of our words, feelings, tools?
Ghost Days - Lightspeed Magazine
Ona watched her Teacher turn around. The helmetless Ms. Coron wore a dress that exposed the skin of her arms and legs in a way that she had taught the children was beautiful and natural. Intellectually, Ona understood that the frigid air in the classroom, cold enough to give her and the other children hypothermia even with brief exposure, was perfectly suited to the Teachers. But she couldn’t help shivering at the sight. The airtight heat-suit scraped over Ona’s scales, and the rustling noise reverberated loudly in her helmet.
None Owns the Air - Lightspeed Magazine
“Push! Push! Damn it, put your backs into it!” Kino Ye’s voice rose to a panicked screech as the four sweat-drenched soldiers strained against the spokes of the giant winch. “Push!” But one of the spokes snapped as the man leaning against it fell face-first into the sand, and the winch whipped around and tossed the other three men through the air to land sprawling on the beach a few paces away.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : The Clockwork Soldier by Ken Liu
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The Ussuri Bear - Lightspeed Magazine
February 11, 1907 By the time we arrived in the Manchu settlement of Tanbian, the Russian expedition had already left a day earlier. For the last five days, we have been moving through deep snow and dense primeval forest in the Changbai Mountains, trying to catch up. The superiority of the mechanical horse is becoming […]
Werewolf Loves Mermaid - Lightspeed Magazine
Read—or hear Harlan Ellison narrate—“Werewolf Loves Mermaid” by Heather Lindsley/@random_jane http://t.co/zdYmCLMyBi http://t.co/czazSrNq63
Given the Advantage of the Blade - Lightspeed Magazine
Read (or listen to) “Given the Advantage of the Blade” by Genevieve Valentine (@GLValentine). http://t.co/F6Pcw65ILV http://t.co/PMj3zCLdEc
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Wine by Yoon Ha Lee
today in #diversestories: Wine by Yoon Ha Lee @motomaratai in @clarkesworld Jan 2014 - http://t.co/McPKlWSfvv
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Tongtong’s Summer by Xia Jia
today on #diversestories - *another* great story by Xia Jia & trans. by @kyliu99,Tongtong's Summer in @clarkesworld - http://t.co/ORSSbbuFLc
The Pragmatical Princess by Nisi Shawl | Fantasy Magazine
Today's delightful #lunchread was @NisiShawl's The Pragmatical Princess (via @bogiperson and #diversestories): http://t.co/xsFsq9DSfz
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : Cassandra by Ken Liu
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Simulacrum - Lightspeed Magazine
[A] photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask. —Susan Sontag
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy : The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 by Ken Liu
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The Litigation Master and the Monkey King - Lightspeed Magazine
The tiny cottage at the edge of Sanli Village—away from the villagers’ noisy houses and busy clan shrines and next to the cool pond filled with lily pads, pink lotus flowers, and playful carp—would have made an ideal romantic summer hideaway for some dissolute poet and his silk-robed mistress from nearby bustling Yangzhou.
The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species - Lightspeed Magazine
There is no definitive census of all the intelligent species in the universe. Not only are there perennial arguments about what qualifies as intelligence, but each moment and everywhere, civilizations rise and fall, much as the stars are born and die. Time devours all.
Mono no aware - Lightspeed Magazine
The world is shaped like the kanji for umbrella, only written so poorly, like my handwriting, that all the parts are out of proportion.
Swanwatch - Lightspeed Magazine
Officially, the five exiles on the station were the Initiates of the Fermata. Unofficially, the Concert of Worlds called them the swanwatch.
An Accounting - Lightspeed Magazine
I have been ordered to write an honest accounting of how I became a Midwestern Jesus and the subsequent disastrous events thereby accruing, events for which I am, I am willing to admit, at least partly to blame. I know of no simpler way than to simply begin.
On the Acquisition of Phoenix Eggs (Variant) - Lightspeed Magazine
Lloyds was not willing to insure a phoenix egg, not even of the most impeccable pedigree. Hence the inspection of the purchase became a great deal more important.
Linguistic Expectations - Lightspeed Magazine
Languages simply differ from one another, in ways both great and small. If you're a linguist, it's part of what attracts you to the field. And if you're not...it can be confusing.