Lightspeed: Edited by John Joseph Adams

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Editorial

Editorial, April 2012

by John Joseph Adams

Published in Apr. 2012 (Issue 23) | 460 words

Welcome to issue twenty-three of Lightspeed!

This month, we have original fantasy by Half-Life creator Marc Laidlaw (“Forget You”) and Eric Gregory (“The Sympathy”), along with fantasy reprints by Caitlín R. Kiernan (“The Steam Dancer (1896)”) and M. K. Hobson (“Domovoi”).

For our original science fiction offerings, we’ll have Vandana Singh’s “Ruminations in an Alien Tongue” and Caroline M. Yoachim’s “Mother Ship,” and our SF reprints will include “Our Town” by bestselling, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson and, from my new anthology Armored, “Nomad” by Karin Lowachee.

All that plus our artist showcase, our usual assortment of author spotlights, and feature interviews with bestselling authors William Gibson and Robin Hobb.

And for our ebook exclusives this month, we’re pleased to present the award-nominated novella “The Political Officer” by C. C. Finlay, along with excerpts from Nancy Kress’s, After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, her new novel coming out this month from Tachyon, and from Holly Black’s Black Heart, the new novel forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.

Our issue this month is again sponsored by our friends at Orbit Books. This month, look for The Killing Moon, the first installment in a new epic fantasy series by critically-acclaimed author N. K. Jemisin. You can find more from Orbit—including digital short fiction and monthly ebook deals—at www.orbitbooks.net.

It’s another great issue, so be sure to check it out. And remember, there are several ways you can sign up to be notified of new Lightspeed content:

Speaking of our content, if you’d like to help other connoisseurs of quality literature like yourself discover Lightspeed, posting reader reviews on sites like Amazon.com and BN.com can help a lot, as positive reviews and/or a high star-rating is a significant contributing factor to readers trying out something new. Reviews of individual issues are, of course, much appreciated, and if you’re a subscriber, please also consider posting a review on the magazine’s subscription page (at Amazon or Weightless Books).

Well, that’s all there is to report this month. Thanks for reading!

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John Joseph Adams

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John Joseph Adams is the editor and publisher of the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed and publisher of its sibling magazine, Nightmare. He’s also the editor of more than fifty anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series, Wastelands, A People’s Future of the United States, and the New York Times bestselling Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele). John is a winner of the Hugo, Stoker, Locus, and British Fantasy awards, and is a ten-time World Fantasy Award finalist. In addition to his short fiction work, he’s the co-creator of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, and for five years he ran a novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Lately, he’s also been working as an editor and game designer on TTRPG projects for Kobold Press, Paizo, and Monte Cook Games. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com.