Lightspeed Magazine, August 2015

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CONTENTS

Short Stories - Science Fiction

"The Smog Society" by Chen Qiufan. Translated by Ken Liu

"Life-pod" by Vandana Singh

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"And We Were Left Darkling" by Sarah Pinsker

"Civilization" by Vylar Kaftan

Short Stories - Fantasy

"To See Pedro Infante" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

"Given the Advantage of the Blade" by Genevieve Valentine

"Python" by Ursula Pflug

"Ghosts of Home" by Sam J. Miller

Novella(eBook exclusive)

"Equinoctial" by John Varley

Novel Excerpts(eBook exclusives)

"Zero World" by Jason M. Hough

"Finches of Mars" by Brian W. Aldis

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2015 #63

Edited by John Joseph Adams

Cover Art (& Gallery & Artist Spotlight): Reiko Murakami

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