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The Sense of the Circle

by Angélica Gorodischer
Translated by Amalia Gladhart

Have you seen those houses on Oroño Boulevard, especially the ones that face east, those dry, cold, serious, heavy houses, with grilles but without gardens, maybe at the most a tile patio paved like the sidewalk? In one of those houses lives Ciro Vázquez Leiva, Cirito.

In Mar. 2013 (Issue 34)

Let’s Take This Viral

by Rich Larson

Author spotlight

Default hadn’t been down in the nocturns for some time, probably half an orbit, but he had just dissolved the geneshare contract with his now-ex-lover and needed to get completely fucking perforated to take his mind off things. His lift was full of revelers all laughing and widecasting the same synthesized whalesong from Old Old Earth.

In Mar. 2013 (Issue 34)

Three Days of Rain

by Holly Phillips

Author spotlight

They came down out of the buildings’ shade into the glare of the lakeside afternoon. Seen through the sting of sun-tears, the bridge between Asuada and Maldino Islands wavered in the heat, white cement floating over white dust, its shadow a black sword-cut against the ground.

In Mar. 2013 (Issue 34)

Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince

by Jake Kerr

Author spotlight

Julian Samuel Prince (March 18, 1989 – August 20, 2057) was an American novelist, essayist, journalist, and political activist. His best works are widely considered to be the post-Impact novels The Grey Sunset (2027) and Rhythms of Decline (2029), both of which won the Pulitzer Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2031.

In Mar. 2013 (Issue 34)

PauseTime

by Mary Soon Lee

Author spotlight

Twenty minutes into the transatlantic flight, Connor started wailing. Pauline cradled him in her arms. Then she rocked him, she offered him her breast, she sang to him; Connor continued to cry. The man sitting on her right gave her a thin smile. “Did you forget the baby’s pauser code?”

In Feb. 2013 (Issue 33)

Harry and Marlowe Escape the Mechanical Siege of Paris

by Carrie Vaughn

Author spotlight

Harry looked out the window and thought: At least I saw Paris one more time before it was destroyed in the bombardment.

In Feb. 2013 (Issue 33)

Eight Episodes

by Robert Reed

Author spotlight

With minimal fanfare and next to no audience, Invasion of a Small World debuted in the summer of 2016, and after a brief and disappointing run, the series was deservedly shelved.

In Feb. 2013 (Issue 33)

The Infill Trait

by C.C. Finlay

Author spotlight

Every time I fall asleep I wake up in a different body. Every time I wake up I know one thing and one thing only. Everything that follows starts from that one thing, the only thing that matters, and what matters is who we are and who we want to be, because no one else can ever be the we for me. I snap awake and know one thing. I am a hero I am a terrorist.

In Feb. 2013 (Issue 33)

Child-Empress of Mars

by Theodora Goss

Author spotlight

In the month of Ind, when the flowers of the Jindal trees were in blossom and just beginning to scatter their petals on the ground like crimson rain, a messenger came to the court of the Child-Empress. He announced that a Hero had awakened in the valley of Jar.

In Jan. 2013 (Issue 32)

Lifeline

by Jonathan Olfert

Author spotlight

The day I meet my Lifeline is hot and dry, even for New Dakar. Dust chokes the air and filters the red sun to a washed-out orange that slathers its paint onto the road and the walls. I forsake the balcony in favor of a wall at my back. What little I have, I have it because I make that my rule. I see everything coming, and I leave myself nowhere to run. I don’t anticipate running, but I’ve known people whose Lifelines turned out to be sociopaths. Or just everyday enemies.

In Jan. 2013 (Issue 32)