2 The best new science fiction books of October 2024 3 Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light years away 4 A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish 5 Ancient plankton suggests extreme El Niños will become twice as common 6 Chemists discovered the fi...
Anikke had been utterly ignorant of the undercurrents at that awkward family celebration. She hadn’t known that Sachielle was no more related to her by blood than the palace cook was. Or that King Dalvish II had found Sachi as an orphaned toddler and concocted a plan to spare his own ...
theYumawas a petulant toddler, sweet and temperamental by turns, and her obstinate need to malfunction had brought about her demise. She had looked pretty enough when kept on display as a memorial. Automatons kept the exterior clean, of course, and the control cabin had been thoroughly scrubbe...
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But the best part is that wasn’t a one-off experience. ArmadilloCon isalwaysawesome (although the years where I was juggling a baby or toddler are… perhaps lower on the list, for reasons). This year was just as rejuvenating as my first, though obviously in different ways. I reconnect...
“Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?”illustrated essay by Angie Wang I have anew science fiction storyout at Reactor magazine (formerlytor.com.) Many thanks to editor Jonathan Strahan for his thoughtful insights and artist Sara Wong for the illustration. (Wong’s image really captures aspects ...
the willing slave of a toddler struggling with power and autonomy issues or the victim in a power struggle. These friends can be the scapegoats for misdeeds, a comforter after discipline or even a jolly companion for a long afternoon or a dark night. These valuable creatures come and go, ...
They also collaborated on NO Quarter, a pre-Katrina murder mystery written when they were neighbors in the French Quarter of New Orleans; this novel is published by DarkStar Books. Eric’s solo short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Futurismic, and many other places, and is upcoming...
These are the stories that Chamoiseau, a noted anthropologist, has made it his life’s work to understand—along the way publishing both ethnographic studies and fiction based in Martinique and the cultures of the Caribbean. Chamoiseau’s work on either side of the fiction/non-fiction divide is...
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