io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “In the Zone” by Lisa M. Bradley. Enjoy! In the Zone by Lisa M. Bradley As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on […]
A Monstrously Alluring Secret Comes to Light in This Eerie Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Drosera regina” by A.L. Goldfuss. Enjoy! Drosera regina by A.L. Goldfuss The men knew before she did. Before this boy, before sophomore year, before even her twelfth birthday, they had jostled […]
A Spaceship Crew Faces Doom in This Surprisingly Tender Sci-Fi Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Last Meal Aboard the Awassa” by Kel Coleman. Enjoy! Last Meal Aboard the Awassa by Kel Coleman Gardener ladled dark-purple porridge into her primary digestion sac, staring absently out the viewport […]
A Mirror World Brings Wonders—and Dread—in This Fantasy Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “It Might Be He Returns” by Fatima Taqvi. Enjoy! It Might Be He Returns By Fatima Taqvi What you need to know about the boy in this story is he is […]
A Cosmic Tech Mystery Results in Literal Lost Souls in This Sci-Fi Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Twenty-One Second God” by Peter Watts. Enjoy! The Twenty-One Second God by Peter Watts “Individual: a living system maintaining both a higher level of internal cooperation and a lower level […]
A Movie Star Endures Hollywood’s Dystopian Embrace of AI in This Near-Future Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Through the Machine” by P.A. Cornell. Enjoy! Through the Machine by P.A. Cornell “Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his […]
Read the Conclusion of This Month’s Epic and Excellent Lightspeed Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? (Part 2)” by Sarah Langan. You can read Part 1 here. Enjoy! Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? (Part 2)by Sarah Langan February […]
This Month’s Epic Lightspeed Story Is One of the Best We’ve Read
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? (Part 1)” by Sarah Langan; part two will post Thursday, April 10. Enjoy! Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? (Part 1)by Sarah Langan […]