This week, on LIGHTSPEED:
"Eat, Prey, Love: A Modest Proposal for Ensuring Gender Equality Through Selective Dietary Practices; or, a Geriatric Millennial’s Guide to #GirlDinner" by Jilly Dreadful www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/eat-...
This week, on LIGHTSPEED:
"The Devourers of War; or, An Excerpt from the Cookbook of the Gods" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
LitHub is showcasing this year's class of Best American anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (for which I'm series editor). lithub.com/here-are-the...
If you visit my website, you can see the full TOC and list of Notable Stories.
www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...
In my Robot Wizard Zombie Crit! newsletter, I've been posting a bunch of capsule reviews of books I've been reading lately. I'm going to post a bunch of them in this thread. If you sign up for the newsletter, you get a free ebook anthology. johnjosephadams.com/newsletter
I just published a 5e-compatible D&D adventure I wrote on @roll20.net and @drivethrurpg.com! "Ascendancy of Nur'Ry'Za" is a monk-centric adventure designed for 5 PCs of 5th or 6th level. Included with the adventure is an original Way of Control monk subclass. www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/asc...
Thrilled to see that this story is also a Nebula and Hugo award finalist!
Delighted that this story is nominated for both the Nebula AND the Hugo!
Read it here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
Hi friends. It's official podcast launch day!
It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton's first episode, a wonderful story called Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death, by Caroline M. Yoachim, is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm so excited and pretty anxious! It's a big day!
Here's your periodic reminder that the best way to keep up with new LIGHTSPEED content (and other geeky stuff) is to sign up for the 🤖🧙♂️🧟♀️🎲 Robot Wizard Zombie Crit! newsletter by LS editor @johnjosephadams.com. It's free and you get a free ebook anthology for signing up!
So thrilled to see this fabulous short-short get some Nebula love! Read it here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/five...
Absolutely DELIGHTED to see that this incredible story is a finalist for the Nebula Award!. Read it here! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
Screenshot from the Nebula Finalist Announcement video. Text at the top reads "FINALIST - SHORT STORY" and below the top banner is an image of the LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE May issue that depicts an open book with glowing starry background. Next to the cover image is the text "We will teach you how to read | We will teach you how to read" and "Caroline M. Yoachim"
Absolutely delighted that my @lightspeedmagazine.com story "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" is a Nebula Finalist!
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LIGHTSPEED is currently offering a free 3-month ebook subscription to any and all. If you're already a LS reader (and Reddit user), pop over to r/Fantasy on Reddit to mention some of your favorite stories from the magazine.
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It's Best American Day! Here are the table of contents and the notable stories for Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 ed. by @hughhowey.com & I:
Series: www.harpercollins.com/pages/bestam...
TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...
Notables: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...
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Loving this kind of reaction!
No worries! I thought that something with CSS was where we'd end up too, and because of that this story was kept in inventory for far longer than I'd have liked—as I tried to figure out how the heck we'd publish it. In the end, the website and ebook versions ended up quite similar formatting-wise.
I don't recall all of the technical reasons, but after spending a LOT of time struggling to make the format of the story work (in this and ebook format), this way was what our webmaster advised would be best.
As for screen readers—there is alt. text for all of the text-images, so I hope that helps.
I have a new story out today and I am so excited to share it with you!!!!
I wrote this story with the deliberate goal of making your brain do a thing that human brains really do not do. Give it a try and let me teach you a whole new way to read?
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
Forgot to tag @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social, the author of this incredible story. If you write a story next called "We Will Teach You How to Skeet | We Will Teach You How to Skeet," perhaps that will help.
Two columns of text previewing the story "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" by Caroline M. Yoachim. Bluesky's alt text feature doesn't have a high enough character limit to convey all of the text in the image, but if you go to lightspeedmagazine.com/HowToRead, everything on that page is regular text or images with alt text.
Editor's Note: This story, "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" is one of the most amazing stories I've ever read. I urge everyone to read it, & I'm so excited to finally share it with you all. —John Joseph Adams lightspeedmagazine.com/HowToRead
For those who don't click thru: The original image was by Shutterstock user Ardea-studio, and we've now replaced the April 2024 issue's cover with an image from Tithi Luadthong (Grandfailure).
It's come to our attention that the cover we used in our April 2024 issue is AI-generated. We deeply apologize for this error, and we remain committed to not using AI-generated content. We have corrected the issue and posted an explanation on our website. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/p...
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This flash is so packed with emotion. A metaphor for what we judge as worthy of saving and what we think should be let go. But every small thing counts and everything adds up. In the end we might end up much lonelier than we thought.
by Will McMahon in @lightspeedmagazine.com
Good news, everyone! We'll be open to Fantasy genre Flash Fiction stories from March 15 - March 31. adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
New Fantasy Story at LIGHTSPEED: “All the Colours of the Death Knell” by Russell Hemmell
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/all-the-colours-of-the-death-knell/
New Science Fiction at LIGHTSPEED: “The Letters They Left Behind” by Scott Edelman (@scottedelman.bsky.social)
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-letters-they-left-behind/
Latest Book Review: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, reviewed by Arley Sorg (@arleysorg).
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/book-review-never-whistle-at-night-an-indigenous-dark-fiction-anthology/
