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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 158, July 2023

Penned By John Joseph Adams
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 158, July 2023

Penned By John Joseph Adams
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Editor's Note:
Welcome to issue 158 of LIGHTSPEED! We're kicking off this month with a short story by JB Park, "Six Months After All Life on Titan Died," that takes the idea of ChatGPT and imagines what we'll do with it in the distant future. If you loved the Ents and the Entwives in The Lord of the Rings, you'll definitely enjoy Ashok Banker's new SF short "The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For The Safe Return Of Her Beloved," told from the perspective of, well, a tree! We also have two terrific flash "Death Is Better" from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe and "The United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time" by James Van Pelt. Our fantasy shorts include "Starpoop," by Sandra McDonald, a meditation on dementia and social media fame. We also have a new story by Isha "Muna in Barish," the story of a young writer struggling against discrimination. We also have a flash story ("The Real Worlds") from Lauren Bajek, and another ("Monsters of the Drunken Shore") from Nic Anstett. We also have an excerpt of THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei.- JB Park - Six Months After All Life on Titan Died - Ashok Banker - The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For The Safe Return Of Her Beloved - Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe - Death Is Better- James Van Pelt - The United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time- Sandra McDonald - Starpoop - Isha Karki - Muna in Barish - Lauren Bajek - The Real Worlds from - Nic Anstett - Monsters of the Drunken Shore - Some editions gave an excerpt of Yume Kitasei’s - The Deep Sky

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John Joseph Adams is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, John Joseph Adams enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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