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 […]
A Cosmic Discovery Spills From a Magical Book in This Short Fantasy 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 “Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library” by Cadwell Turnbull. Enjoy! Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library By Cadwell Turnbull Dekar Druid lives in an infinite library. Besides Ebizenum, who is in […]
A Student Begins to Understand Her Strange Avian Purpose in This 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 “It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand” by Lowry Poletti; this is part two of two—read part one here. Enjoy! “It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand” […]
A Student Realizes Her Unusual Connection to an Unusual Bird in This 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 “It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand” by Lowry Poletti; this is part one of two—look for part two next week. Enjoy! “It Holds Her in the Palm of […]