We think that every issue of Lightspeed is pretty special, but from time to time we get an idea to do something outside the norm and thus the idea for a “Special Issue” is born.
Apr. 2021 (Issue 131)
Science Fiction Stories
- The Equations of the Dead
by An Owomoyela Author spotlight - Swear Not by the Moon
by Seanan McGuire - The Ocean Between the Leaves
by Ray Nayler (available on 4/22) - Complete Exhaustion of the Organism
by Rich Larson (available on 4/29)
Fantasy Stories
- The Justified
by Ann Leckie - The Giving One (Part 1)
by Ashok K. Banker Author spotlight - The Giving One (Part 2)
by Ashok K. Banker (available on 4/22) - Blood, Ash, Braids
by Genevieve Valentine (available on 4/29)
Nonfiction
- Editorial: April 2021
by John Joseph Adams - Book Review: Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders
by LaShawn M. Wanak - Book Review: Spider King, by Justin C. Key
by Arley Sorg (available on 4/22) - Book Review: The Bone Maker, by Sarah Beth Durst
by Chris Kluwe (available on 4/29)
Exclusive Paid Content
- NOVEL EXCERPT: A Dark Queen Rises
by Ashok K. Banker - NOVEL EXCERPT: The Conductors
by Nicole Glover
This issue's cover art by Caleb Worcester.