LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.
This month's cover art is by Galen Dara, illustrating an original fantasy short story by Theodora Goss . We also have new short fiction from Matthew Hughes , and fantasy reprints by Cadwell Turnbull and Sofia Samatar . We have original science fiction by Theodore McCombs and Stephen Graham Jones , along with SF reprints by Charles Yu and Maureen McHugh . Our nonfiction team brings us our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. Our feature interview is with author Andy Duncan. For our e-book readers, this month's novella reprint is "Trinity," by Nancy Kress. We also have an excerpt from Molly Tanzer's new novel, CREATURES OF WANT AND RUIN.
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.
This month's cover art is by Galen Dara, illustrating an original fantasy short story by Theodora Goss . We also have new short fiction from Matthew Hughes , and fantasy reprints by Cadwell Turnbull and Sofia Samatar . We have original science fiction by Theodore McCombs and Stephen Graham Jones , along with SF reprints by Charles Yu and Maureen McHugh . Our nonfiction team brings us our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. Our feature interview is with author Andy Duncan. For our e-book readers, this month's novella reprint is "Trinity," by Nancy Kress. We also have an excerpt from Molly Tanzer's new novel, CREATURES OF WANT AND RUIN.