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Lightspeed Magazine, May 2014

Lightspeed Magazine, May 2014

Penned By John Joseph Adams
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Lightspeed Magazine, May 2014

Lightspeed Magazine, May 2014

Penned By John Joseph Adams
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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, we have original science fiction by Seth Dickinson ("A Tank Only Fears Four Things") and Sandra McDonald ("Selfie"), along with SF reprints by Nisi Shawl ("Deep End") and Sean Williams ("Zero Temptation"). Plus, we have original fantasy by Matthew Hughes ("The Ba of Phalloon," a Kaslo Chronicles tale) and Fred Van Lente ("Willful Weapon"), and fantasy reprints by Rachel Pollack ("Burning Beard") and Rajan Khanna ("Second Hand"). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author and artist spotlights, along with a pair of feature interviews. For our ebook readers, we also have the novella reprint "Shiva in Shadow" by Nancy Kress and novel excerpts from Defenders by Will McIntosh and The Silk Map by Chris Willrich.

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John Joseph Adams is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, John Joseph Adams enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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