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 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 […]