Coming Up… Main Fiction: “The Memory-Setter’s Apprentice” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Originally published at: Fantasy Scroll Mag Those who survive combat with the Sarakul return home with holes in their memories. As memory-setters, it’s our job to delve inside their skulls and repair the damage. Alvaro Zinos-Amaro is co-author, with Robert Silverberg, of When the Blue Shift […]
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StarShipSofa No 373 Kate O’Connor Mark Lawrence Evo Terra
Coming Up… Short Fiction: “Potential” by Mark Lawrence Interview: Evo and Sheila Terra Shevo Main Fiction: “A Concert of Flowers” by Kate O’Connor Originally published at Daily Science Fiction, reprinted in Fantasy Scroll Mag. The packed concert hall was far from silent. People whispered to their neighbors, fancy clothing rustled, jewelry chimed. In the wings, William Reis […]
StarShipSofa No 372 Norman Spinrad/Tobias S Buckell
Coming Up… Short Fiction: “The Universe Reef” by Tobias S. Buckell Jackson buckles his leathers tighter, and pulls on a fur. “The height causes that cold,” he shouts. “We’re like mountaineers!” I want to flee the bitter cold and escape the wind, which seems to pierce my skin and scrub my bones. But I don’t […]
StarShipSofa No 371 Ian Creasey/Ian Whates
Coming Up… Show Sponsor: Octagon Technology Short Fiction: The Piratical Sabbital, by Ian Whates You’re good, you know that? Well yes, I do realise that’s what you’re paid to be. No, really, I wasn’t being a smart-ass… sorry. I just never realised it was going to be this realistic. Ian Whates lives in a quiet […]
StarShipSofa No 370 Anna North
Coming Up… Show Sponsor: Octagon Technology Main Fiction: Lullaby, by Anna North Originally published in Robot Uprisings, edited by John Joseph Adams and Daniel H. Wilson I never wanted to move to my grandfather’s house in the first place. He died before I was born, but Mom talked all the time about what a genius […]