LIGHTSPEED is a digital science 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.

This month, we have original science fiction by Daniel H. Wilson ("Crystalline") and Peter Watts ("Contracting Iris"). We also have two terrific flash pieces: "One Pinch, Two Pinch" from Beth Goder and "Four Years Minus Twelve Days" by Samantha Murray. Plus, we have original fantasy by Oyedotun Damilola Muees ("The Chosen Six") and Benjamin Peek ("The Ministry of Saturn"). We also have a flash story ("Every Little Change") from Aimee Ogden, and another ("Our Exquisite Delights") from Megan Chee. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will enjoy an excerpt from Veronica Roth's new novel ARCH-CONSPIRATOR.