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.
Jan. 2021 (Issue 128)
Science Fiction Stories
- The Incorruptible World
by Anjali Sachdeva Author spotlight - The Hard Spot in the Glacier
by An Owomoyela - The Memory Plague
by D. Thomas Minton Author spotlight - On the Fringes of the Fractal
by Greg van Eekhout (available on 1/28)
Fantasy Stories
- The Orange Tree
by Maria Dahvana Headley - Answering the Questions You Might Have About the Kharbat
by Adam-Troy Castro Author spotlight - The Mushroom Queen
by Liz Ziemska - Frost’s Boy
by P H Lee (available on 1/28)
Nonfiction
- Editorial: January 2021
by John Joseph Adams - Book Review: Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe by Zig Zag Claybourne
by LaShawn M. Wanak - Book Review: Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook
by Chris Kluwe - Book Review: Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
by Arley Sorg (available on 1/28)
Exclusive Paid Content
- NOVEL EXCERPT: The Unfinished Land
by Greg Bear
This issue's cover art by Grandeduc (Adobe Stock Image).