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Issues

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 193 (June 2026)

We have original science fiction by M.R. Robinson (“Ghost in the Tank”) and David Marino (“The Overview Initiative”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Memeostasis” from Benjamin Rosenbaum and “The Sharing of Some Familiar Song” by Adam-Troy Castro. Plus, we have original fantasy by Alex Irvine (“An Oral History of the Schooner Key Invasion”) and Beesan Odeh (“Ash-Shūrā”). We also have a flash story (“The Best of Intentions”) from Mari Ness, and another (“I Cut Off a Monster’s Arm. AITA?”) from Marie Brennan. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 192 (May 2026)

We have original science fiction by Sam W. Pisciotta (“The Star Where We Meet”) and Kristine Kathryn Rusch (“The Test of Time”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Knacker Man” from Scott Dalrymple and “The Stars Look Away From This Vessel” by dave ring. Plus, we have original fantasy by Melissa A Watkins (“Sarah’s Laugh”) and Ada Hoffmann (“Ten Unsent Letters to the Dark Lord”). We also have a flash story (“The Aerialist”) from Yoon Ha Lee, and another (“The Last Season of Your Life”) from Christopher Barzak. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 191 (April 2026)

We have original science fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (“The Test of Time”) and Justin C. Key (“Margins”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Dad Died on Discord” from Andrew Dana Hudson and “Update on Rules for the Spatiotemporal Use of Campus Spaces” by Andrea Kriz. We’ll be serializing a novelette by Ashok K. Banker (“Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley”—the latest story in the Six-Gun Vixen series). We also have a flash story (“Hell Is Empty”) from J.R. Dawson, and another (“Time Management”) from P.A. Cornell. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 190 (March 2026)

We have original science fiction by Matthew Kressel (“Espie Droger Dreams of War”) and Patrick Hurley (“Terms of Enlightenment”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Eat, Prey, Love: A Modest Proposal for Ensuring Gender Equality Through Selective Dietary Practices” from Jilly Dreadful and “An Encounter at the Dawn of the Time War” by JT Petty. Plus, we have original fantasy by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“The Devourers Of War; or, An Excerpt From The Cookbook Of The Gods”) and Vanessa Fogg (“Lotus Dew for the Emperor’s Tea”). We also have a flash story (“When We Loved Giants”) from Sara S. Messenger, and another (“The Tide Folk”) from Jennifer Hudak. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 189 (February 2026)

We have original science fiction by Megan Chee (“Death Echoes Overlapping”) and Deborah L. Davitt (“Sensor Ghosts”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Worldbuilder” from Phoenix Alexander and “Warren’s Tentacle” by Susan Palwick. Plus, we have original fantasy by Alexander Weinstein (“Dream Destinations (From the Lost Traveler’s Tour Guide)”) and Modupeoluwa Shelle (“A Handbook to Spirit-Hunting”).We also have a flash story (“Six Sides of a Fairy Tale”) from Audrey Zhou, and another (“The Salt and the Cure”) from Rukman Ragas. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Jan. 2026 (Issue 188)

We have original science fiction by writing duo Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (“Mother’s Hip”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Hunter, Hunter”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Bots All the Way Down” from Effie Seiberg and “A Brief Public Announcement” by Eli Brown. Plus, we have original fantasy by Marisca Pichette (“Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“The Moving Finger”). We also have a flash story (“Choose Your Own Damnation”) from Kehkashan Khalid, and another (“Academic Neutrality”) from M.R. Robinson. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Dec. 2025 (Issue 187)

We have original science fiction by Nancy Kress (“Reality Check”) and Oyedotun Damilola Muees (“The Hub Living Among the Stars”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Us, in Another Universe” from A.C. Wise and “The Space Between Us” by P.A. Cornell. Plus, we have original fantasy by Jonathan Olfert (“Crickets in Lost Light”) and David Marino (“Memories of the MindMine”). We also have a flash story (“You Always Told Her You’d Give Her the World”) from Aimee Ogden, and another (“HagioClass”) from José Pablo Iriarte. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Nov. 2025 (Issue 186)

We have original science fiction by Gene Doucette (“Elegy for Zephyr One”) and Joel W.D. Buxton (“Operation: Grapevine”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “How to Setup Your Morning Robot” from Angela Liu and “Visible Damage” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Plus, we have original fantasy by Lisa M. Bradley (“In the Zone”) and Tina S. Zhu (“How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl”). We also have a flash story (“Beneath the Umdlebe Tree (Or: A Vegetable Love Story)”) from Modupeoluwa Shelle, and another (“The Cold Burning Light of Her”) from Sam W. Pisciotta. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy a book excerpt. It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out.

Oct. 2025 (Issue 185)

We have original science fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (“O Mechfighter, O Starsinger”) and Megan Chee (“Everyone Hates the Auditor”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Porniest Porn in Porntown” from Stephen Graham Joes and “Thaw” by An Owomoyela. Plus, we have original fantasy by Micah Dean Hicks (“Dirge and Gleam”) and A.L. Goldfuss (“Drosera regina”). We also have a flash story (“At the Bottom of the Bonfire”) from Martin Cahill, and another (“Dating Fortune”) from Sean McMullen. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team.

Sep. 2025 (Issue 184)

We have original science fiction by C.Z. Tacks (“The Girlfriend Experience”) and Kel Coleman (“Last Meal Aboard the Awassa”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Place I Came To” from Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko and “City of One” by Stephen S. Power. Plus, we have original fantasy by Isabel J. Kim (“Human Voices”) and Cadwell Turnbull (“Apeiron”). We also have a flash story (“Beginning Before and After The End”) from Jake Stein, and another (“On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting”) from Bogi Takács. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team.

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