Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 137

Welcome to Issue 137 of 'LIGHTSPEED', a digital fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF - and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. Table of Contents: Issue 137, October 2021 From the Editor: ◆ 'Editorial: October 2021' by John Joseph Adams Science Fiction: ◆ 'Memoranda from the End of the World' by Gene Doucette ◆ 'Tidings' by Rich Larson ◆ 'Those Who Went'by E. Catherine Tobler ◆ 'Every Single Brian' by Yang-Yang Wang Fantasy: ◆ 'The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince, Part I' by P.H. Lee and Rachel Swirsky ◆ 'The Ash-Girl and the Salmon Prince, Part II' by P.H. Lee and Rachel Swirsky ◆ 'The Right Dragon' by Coral Alejandra Moore Excerpts: ◆ 'Light From Uncommon Stars' by Ryka Aoki Nonfiction: ◆ Book Review: 'Destroyer of Light', by Jenn Marie Brissett” by LaShawn M. Wanak ◆ Book Review: 'The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021'), edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, by Arley Sorg ◆ Book Review: 'How High We Go In the Dark', by Sequoia Nagamatsu” by Chris Kluwe ©2021 Lightspeed Magazine Cover by Chainat / Adobe Stock