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Lightspeed [#62, July 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Euclase) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Crazy Rhythm · Carrie Vaughn · ss; illustrated by Reiko Murakami Life on the Moon · Tony Daniel · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction Apr 1995 The Consciousness Problem · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction Aug 2009 Violation of the TrueNet Security Act · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Jim Hubbert · nv; translated from the Japanese. Adventures in the Ghost Trade [Detective Inspector Chen] · Liz Williams · ss Interzone Apr 2000 Saltwater Railroad · Andrea Hairston · nv Ana’s Tag · William Alexander · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #23 2008 Dapple [Hwarhath] · Eleanor Arnason · na Asimov’s Science Fiction Sep 1999; ebook exclusive. Wylding Hall · Elizabeth Hand · ex Open Road Media 2015; ebook exclusive. Dark Orbit · Carolyn Ives Gilman · ex Tor 2015; ebook exclusive. Interview: Kelly Link · David Barr Kirtley · iv Book Reviews · Andrew Liptak · br Artist Spotlight: Euclase · Henry Lien · iv

Lightspeed [#63, August 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Reiko Murakami) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed The Smog Society · Chen Qiufan; translated by Ken Liu & Carmen Yiling Yan · ss; translated from the Chinese.; illustrated by Elizabeth Leggett Life-Pod · Vandana Singh · ss Foundation Sum 2007 And We Were Left Darkling · Sarah Pinsker · ss Civilization · Vylar Kaftan · ss Glorifying Terrorism, ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press 2007 To See Pedro Infante · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Love & Other Poisons, Innsmouth Free Press 2014 Ghosts of Home · Sam J. Miller · ss; illustrated by Sam J. Miller Python · Ursula Pflug · ss infinity plus Mar 2002 Given the Advantage of the Blade · Genevieve Valentine · ss Equinoctial [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · na Ascents of Wonder, ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library 1977; ebook exclusive. Zero World · Jason M. Hough · ex Del Rey 2015; ebook exclusive. Finches of Mars · Brian W. Aldiss · ex The Friday Project 2012; ebook exclusive. Interview: Kazuo Ishiguro · David Barr Kirtley · iv Book Reviews · Sunil Patel · br Artist Gallery · Reiko Murakami · il

Lightspeed [#64, September 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Craig Shields) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss; illustrated by Elizabeth Leggett God Mode · Daniel H. Wilson · ss Press Start to Play, ed. Daniel H. Wilson & John Joseph Adams, Vintage Books 2015 All in a Hot and Copper Sky · Megan Arkenberg · ss Harry and Marlowe Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution [Harry and Marlowe] · Carrie Vaughn · ss The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, ed. John Joseph Adams, Tor 2013 The Iron Hut · Maurice Broaddus · ss Sword and Mythos, ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press 2014 The Ninth Seduction · Sean McMullen · ss Estella Saves the Village · Theodora Goss · ss Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor 2013 Werewolf Loves Mermaid · Heather Lindsley · ss Milo and Sylvie · Eliot Fintushel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar 2000; ebook exclusive. Walk on Earth a Stranger [Gold Seer] · Rae Carson · ex Greenwillow Books 2015; ebook exclusive. The Traitor Baru Cormorant · Seth Dickinson · ex Tor 2015; ebook exclusive. Interview: Ken Liu · David Barr Kirtley · iv Book Reviews · Amal El-Mohtar · br Mad Max: Fury Road · Carrie Vaughn · mr

Lightspeed [#65, October 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Blaithiel) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed A Letter to Myself at Age Twelve · Wendy N. Wagner · ar Solder and Seam · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss; illustrated by Reiko Murakami Children of Dagon · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss; given as “The Children of Dagon” in the Table of Contents. Time Shards · Gregory Benford · ss Universe 9, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1979 Water Rights · An Owomoyela · ss Edge of Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2012 The Fiddler of Bayou Teche · Delia Sherman · nv The Coyote Road, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2007 The Invention of Separate People · Kevin Brockmeier · ss Unstuck #3 2014 Tragic Business · Emil Ostrovski · ss The Karen Joy Fowler Book Club · Nike Sulway · ss [Karen Joy Fowler] Slow Music · James Tiptree, Jr. · na Interfaces, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace 1980; ebook exclusive. Silver on the Road [The Devil’s West] · Laura Anne Gilman · ex Saga Press 2015; ebook exclusive. A Borrowed Man · Gene Wolfe · ex Tor 2015; ebook exclusive. Interview: Marc Goodman · David Barr Kirtley · iv Book Reviews · Andrew Liptak · br Artist Spotlight: Blaithiel · Henry Lien · iv

Lightspeed [#66, November 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by John Brosio) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Here Is My Thinking on a Situation That Affects Us All · Rahul Kanakia · ss The Pipes of Pan · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jun 1997 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss The Light Brigade · Kameron Hurley · ss Patreon.com/KameronHurley May 2015 The Black Fairy’s Curse · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Black Swan, White Raven, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon 1997 When We Were Giants · Helena Bell · ss Printable · Toh EnJoe; translated by David Boyd · ss Granta Spr 2014 The Plausibility of Dragons · Kenneth Schneyer · ss The Least Trumps · Elizabeth Hand · na Conjunctions #39 2002; ebook exclusive. Chimera · Mira Grant · ex; ebook exclusive. Book Reviews · Sunil Patel · br Interview: Ernest Cline · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#67, December 2015] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by James Ng) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Tomorrow When We See the Sun · A. Merc Rustad · nv Beacon 23: Little Noises · Hugh Howey · ss Broad Reach Publishing 2015 Beneath the Silent Stars · Aidan Doyle · ss The Time Travel Club · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2013 The Queen’s Reason · Richard Parks · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #25 2010 Tea Time · Rachel Swirsky · ss Portfolio · Mark Rigney · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #22 2008 Ex Libris Noctis · Jay Lake · ss The Surfer · Kelly Link · na The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking 2008; ebook exclusive. A Daughter of No Nation · A. M. Dellamonica · ex; ebook exclusive. Book Reviews · Amal El-Mohtar · br Interview: Andy Weir · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#68, January 2016] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Galen Dara) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Pinono Deep · Kate Bachus · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2014 Secondhand Bodies · J. Y. Yang · ss The Dark Age · Jason Gurley · nv CreateSpace 2014 Beyond the Heliopause · Keith Brooke & Eric Brown · ss The Savannah Liars Tour · Will McIntosh · ss The Gorgonoids · Leena Krohn; translated by Hildi Hawkins · ss Leena Krohn: Collected Fiction, Cheeky Frawg Books 2015; translated from the Finnish (Matemaattisia Olioita Tai Jaettuja Unia, 1992). Maiden, Hunter, Beast · Kat Howard · ss La Lune T’Attend · Peter S. Beagle · nv Full Moon City, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Darrell Schweitzer, Pocket Books 2010 Griffin’s Egg · Michael Swanwick · na Legend 1991; ebook exclusive. Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard · Lawrence M. Schoen · ex Tor 2015; ebook exclusive. Movie Review · Carrie Vaughn · mr Book Reviews · Andrew Liptak · br Interview: J. Michael Straczynski · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#69, February 2016] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Elizabeth Leggett) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Charlotte Incorporated · Rachael K. Jones · ss Hereafter · Samuel Peralta · nv Synchronic, ed. David Gatewood, David Gatewood 2014 Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea · Sarah Pinsker · nv Transitional Forms · Paul McAuley · ss Twelve Tomorrows, ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review 2013 Monstrous Embrace · Rachel Swirsky · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press 2008 Not by Wardrobe, Tornado, or Looking Glass · Jeremiah Tolbert · ss Map of Seventeen · Christopher Barzak · nv The Beastly Bride, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2010 Starfish · Karin Tidbeck · ss May Be Some Time · Brenda W. Clough · na Analog Apr 2001; ebook exclusive. A Gathering of Shadows · V. E. Schwab · ex Tor 2016; ebook exclusive. Television Review · David Barr Kirtley · mr Book Reviews · Sunil Patel · br Interview: N.K. Jemisin · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#70, March 2016] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Reiko Murakami) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss The Mars Convention · Timons Esaias · ss Interzone Sep 1998 RedKing · Craig DeLancey · ss The Waiting Stars [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv The Other Half of the Sky, ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam 2013 The Premature Burials · Andy Duncan · ss Gothic.Net website Sep 1998 Sparks Fly · Rich Larson · ss Rat-Catcher [October “Toby” Daye] · Seanan McGuire · nv A Fantasy Medley 2, ed. Yanni Kuznia, Subterranean Press 2012 Michael Doesn’t Hate His Mother · Marie Vibbert · ss Miller’s Wife · Mark W. Tiedemann · nv Black Gate Fll 2003; ebook exclusive. Shift · Hugh Howey · ex CreateSpace 2013; ebook exclusive. Movie Review · Carrie Vaughn · mr Book Reviews · Amal El-Mohtar · br Interview: Chuck Wendig & Alexandra Bracken · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#71, April 2016] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Sam Schechter) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Cause for a Haunting · Patricia Strand · ss On Spec Sum 2003, as by Patricia Rutale Origin Story · Carrie Vaughn · ss Collateral · Peter Watts · nv Upgraded, ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing 2014 The Birth Will Take Place on a Mutually Acceptable Research Vessel · Matthew Bailey · ss Dragon Brides · Nghi Vo · ss Lily, with Clouds · Theodora Goss · ss Alchemy Win 2003 The Knobby Giraffe · Rudy Rucker · ss Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise · Ken Scholes · ss Realms of Fantasy Aug 2006 Incident on a Small Colony · Kristine Smith · na Jim Baen’s Universe Dec 2006; ebook exclusive. HEX · Thomas Olde Heuvelt · ex Tor 2016; ebook exclusive. Television Review · Christopher East · mr Book Reviews · Andrew Liptak · br Interview: Bill McGoldrick · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#72, May 2016] ed. John Joseph Adams (Lightspeed Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Goñi Montes) Details taken from Table of Contents. Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed Three Points Masculine · An Owomoyela · ss Tethered · Haris A. Durrani · nv Analog Jul/Aug 2013 Deathlight · Mari Ness · ss The Philosopher’s Stone · Tora Greve · ss Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep, ed. Peter Öberg, Affront Publishers 2015 North Over Empty Space · Tim Pratt · ss Patreon.com/TimPratt Jun 2015 The Jaws That Bite, the Claws That Catch · Seanan McGuire · ss Hungerford Bridge · Elizabeth Hand · ss Conjunctions #52 2009 Wednesday’s Story · Wole Talabi · ss The Plagiarist · Hugh Howey · na CreateSpace 2011; ebook exclusive. The Water Knife · Paolo Bacigalupi · ex Knopf 2015; ebook exclusive. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny · Carrie Vaughn · mr Book Reviews · Amal El-Mohtar · br Interview: Charlie Jane Anders · David Barr Kirtley · iv

Lightspeed [#73, June 2016] ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim (Lightspeed Magazine, $17.99, 464pp, tp, cover by Christopher Park) Special super-sized “People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!” issue funded by a Kickstarter campaign. The contents listed are for the trade paperback edition - only a subset of the contents appeared as the regular online issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto · [The Editors] · ed 4 · Original Short Fiction · ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim 5 · A Good Home · Karin Lowachee · ss; illustrated by Victoria Ying 20 · Depot 256 · Lisa Allen-Agostini · ss; not in online edition. 26 · Salto Mortal · Nick T. Chan · ss; illustrated by Alan Bao 43 · Digital Medicine · Brian K. Hudson · ss; not in online edition. 61 · The Red Thread · Sofia Samatar · ss; illustrated by Melanie Ujimori 67 · Wilson’s Singularity · Terence Taylor · ss 78 · Fifty Shades of Grays · Steven Barnes · nv; illustrated by Pugletto 104 · Omoshango · Dayo Ntwari · nv; not in online edition. 127 · Firebird · Isha Karki · ss; not in online edition. 147 · As Long as It Takes to Make the World · Gabriela Santiago · ss; not in online edition. 159 · Original Flash Fiction! · ed. Berit Ellingsen 160 · An Offertory to Our Drowned Gods · Teresa Naval · vi 163 · Other Metamorphoses · Fabio Fernandes · vi 164 · Breathe Deep, Breathe Free · Jennifer Marie Brissett · ss; not in online edition. 175 · Morning Cravings · Nin Harris · ss; not in online edition. 179 · The Peacemaker · T. S. Bazelli · vi; not in online edition. 182 · Binaries · S. B. Divya · vi 184 · Chocolate Milkshake Number 314 · Caroline M. Yoachim · vi; not in online edition. 187 · Four and Twenty Blackbirds · J. Y. Yang · ss 191 · A Handful of Dal · Naru Dames Sundar · ss; not in online edition. 195 · Hiranyagarbha · Kevin Jared Hosein · vi; illustrated by Tanna Tucker 199 · Reprint Fiction · ed. Nisi Shawl 200 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987; not in online edition. 219 · Double Time · John Chu · ss Kaleidoscope, ed. Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, Twelfth Planet Press 2014; illustrated by Odera Igbokwe 229 · Delhi · Vandana Singh · ss So Long Been Dreaming, ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppidner Mehan, Arsenal Pulp 2004; illustrated by Christopher Park 243 · 1965 · Edmée Pardo; translated by Lesly Betancourt-González · ss Three Messages and a Warning, ed. Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown, Small Beer Press 2011; not in online edition. 247 · Empire Star · Samuel R. Delany · n. Ace 1966; not in online edition. 311 · Author Spotlights · Arley Sorg · bg 345 · Nonfiction · ed. Grace Dillon 346 · Because Some of Us Survived · Samantha L. Taylor · ar; not in online edition. 349 · Doing Dhalgren · Terence Taylor · ar [Samuel R. Delany] 352 · The Thunderbird’s Path: Indigenous Seeds of Science Fiction · Misha Nogha · ar 358 · Music Medicine · Zainab Amadahy · ar 361 · Interview with Daniel H. Wilson · Grace L. Dillon · iv; not in online edition. 365 · Book Reviews · Sunil Patel · br 384 · Personal Essays!ed. · Sunil Patel 385 · Buzzword · Alyssa Wong · ar 388 · Pushing Back Against the Wall · Aliette de Bodard · ar 390 · I’m a Big Black Man Who Writes Science Fiction · Malon Edwards · ar 392 · Spoiler Alert: The Future? Yeah, I’m in It · Yash Kesanakurthy · ar 394 · I Have a Few Demands · Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali · ar 396 · Thirsty for New · Malka Older · ar 398 · My Life as an Alien-American · Arthur Chu · ar 400 · We’re Going Places · Jeremy Szal · ar 402 · Dancing in the Margins · An Owomoyela · ar 405 · On Destruction · Naru Dames Sundar · ar 407 · Blue-Shifted Futures · Vajra Chandrasekera · ar Mithila Review Apr 2016 409 · The Amazing Authentically Authentic Latina Author! · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ar 411 · On the Topic of Erasure · Z. M. Quynh · ar 413 · Unlearning Erasure · Julia Rios · ar 415 · Assimilation: The Borg Must Like It When You Don’t Fight Back · S. L. Huang · ar 417 · You Don’t Have to Write Autobiography · Ken Liu · ar 419 · This Is What Happens to Us · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ar 421 · White Bread, Brown Toast · Indrapramit Das · ar 424 · Intergalactic Collard Greens · Troy L. Wiggins · ar 426 · On Falling In and Out of Love with Science Fiction · Julie M. Rodriguez · ar 429 · We Were Always Here · Mark Oshiro · ar 430 · The People Men Don’t See · Nisi Shawl · ar 433 · The New Frontier Is the Old Frontier · Tamara Brooks · ar 435 · In the Middle · M. C. A. Hogarth · ar 436 · An Army of Claudia Kishis · Sarah Kuhn · ar 438 · The Biggest Tent of All · S. B. Divya · ar 440 · Recounting in Rainbow · Shveta Thakrar · ar 442 · Penguins, Robins, and Science Fiction · Caroline M. Yoachim · ar