Lightspeed: Edited by John Joseph Adams

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Editorial

Editorial: December 2020

by John Joseph Adams

Published in Dec. 2020 (Issue 127) | 191 words

Welcome to Lightspeed’s 127th issue!

Our first piece of original science fiction is a deep dive into pop culture that will have you rethinking your relationship with advertising: “You Mind Is the Superfund Site,” by writing duo Andrew Dana Hudson and C.Y. Ballard. Ben H. Winters brings us a twisted little piece of double-speak in his new story “PARTY TIME!” We also have SF reprints by Jennifer Marie Brisset (“The Executioner”) and S.L. Huang (“The Woman Who Destroyed Us”).

Our first piece of original fantasy this month is by Kali Wallace (“The Salt Warrior”), the story of a woman surviving her society . . . and its destruction. Plus, P H Lee is back with an original fairy tale: “Ann-of-Rags.” We also have reprints by Maurice Broaddus (“Ah Been Buked”) and Sofia Samatar (“An Account of the Land of Witches”).

All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. Our feature interview is with E. Lily Yu. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Sam J. Miller’s new novel The Blade Between.

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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.