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Lately, It’s All Time Travel, All The Time (pun intended)

My latest novelette, “The Test of Time,” just appeared in Lightspeed Magazine. Editor John Joseph Adams describe the story by saying it contains “all the SFnal crunchiness of time travel paradoxes inside a delicious academia setting. It’s like the Reese’s peanut butter cup of SF novelettes!” And, y’know? It is! I think you’ll enjoy it. You […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/06/06/lately-its-all-time-travel-all-the-time-pun-intended/

#AlternateHistory #freefiction #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #LightspeedMagazine

Lately, It’s All Time Travel, All The Time (pun intended)

My latest novelette, “The Test of Time,” just appeared in Lightspeed Magazine. Editor John Joseph Adams describe the story by saying it contains “all the SFnal crunchiness of time…

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Leona Mar 20

And this one is just flat out fun:

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/where-are-they-now/

#LightspeedMagazine #ReImaginedStories #ShortFiction

Where Are They Now? - Lightspeed Magazine

I didn’t die when I fell into the candy river, you know. That mean girl didn’t die when she got flushed down the fake novelty toilet. Neither did the other one, the one who ate so much jelly that they rolled her away to pump her stomach. I think she set the record for the highest ever blood glucose level, but she’s alive. We write sometimes.

Lightspeed Magazine

Leona Mar 20

I also quite liked this one:

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when-the-faerie-king-toured-the-human-realm/

#LightspeedMagazine #FaerieTales #UrbanFantasy

When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm - Lightspeed Magazine

When the Faerie King takes his tour of the human realm, he becomes---of course---a viral hit. The first posts and videos stream out from Shanghai, just after the New Year. He’s seen waiting patiently in line at a popular dumpling stall.

Lightspeed Magazine

Leona Mar 20

This story is EXCELLENT.
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/lotus-dew-for-the-emperors-tea/

#LightspeedMagazine #ShortFiction #Fantastical

Lotus Dew for the Emperor’s Tea - Lightspeed Magazine

The First Emperor was the first and last of true immortals on earth, and no winter touched his realm. No autumn wind blew. His orchards bloomed and fruited and bloomed again. In his court, death and old age were shut out. And every day, he drank a cup of tea brewed in the dew of lotus flowers, which had been collected that morning from the lotuses that grew in a heaven-touched lake at the easternmost point of his palace grounds.

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David W. Jones Mar 13

THIS is a damn good story of time travel and war and people's choices - go read it!

Espie Droger Dreams of War - Matthew Kressel

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/espie-droger-dreams-of-war/

> Espie Droger dreams of war. What else can he dream of? There is nothing left. He has dreamed of world travel and expensive Scotch and lithe young women and sudden uncontrollable laughter. But his vitality has seeped from him like fluid from a dying tree. Espie is old. And Espie is tired.

#scifi #LightspeedMagazine

Espie Droger Dreams of War - Lightspeed Magazine

Espie Droger dreams of war. What else can he dream of? There is nothing left. He has dreamed of world travel and expensive Scotch and lithe young women and sudden uncontrollable laughter. But his vitality has seeped from him like fluid from a dying tree. Espie is old. And Espie is tired.

Lightspeed Magazine

Michèle Laframboise Jan 17

One short, fun AI story. Bots All the Way Down by Effie Seiberg. Thank you Effie for making me smile! #lightspeedmagazine #sciencefiction #flashstory
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bots-all-the-way-down/

Bots All the Way Down - Lightspeed Magazine

“Once upon a time,” outputted the algorithm, “there was an AI. “It generated recipes and ingredient descriptions for an online grocery store. The website said that this recipe was not just a squash soup recipe, but it also was a good diet recipe / keto recipe / recipe for autumn nights / five ingredient recipe / easy beginner recipe / recipe to impress your date.

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Michèle Laframboise Jan 17

Une courte et coupante histoire de IA : Bots All the Way Down by Effie Seiberg. Merci Effie ! #lightspeedmagazine #sciencefiction #flashstory
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bots-all-the-way-down/

Bots All the Way Down - Lightspeed Magazine

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rapaz Jun 30, 2025

leo habitualmente revistas de fantasía y ciencia ficción, y en la #LightspeedMagazine de este mes había un relato que me ha gustado tanto que he escrito un pequeño análisis en mi blog*
por supuesto, antes de leerlo recomiendo que leáis el relato en sí: my mother, the supervillain. es una pequeña historia sobre cómo una mujer lidia con el trauma que le ha dejado su madre, una antigua supervillana que ahora es una anciana con demencia. me ha gustado sobretodo por todas las cosas que el relato no dice, cubriendo con un velo de aparente normalidad un puñado enorme de subtexto e implicaciones

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · this month on lightspeed magazine there's a story called "My Mother, the Supervillain". I liked this story for many reasons, one of them being that it would fit perfectly in the wo…

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Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦Jan 12, 2023

The Blindfold.
Tobias Buckell.
Just wow.

It originally appeared in A People’s Future of the United States.

A lot of his work is #fantasy, but not all. Time to hit the library. #lightspeed #scifi

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-blindfold/

Dr Julie Le Blanc Dec 19, 2022

Gosh darn it, this is good. "The Vampire of Kovácspéter" by P H Lee in #LightspeedMagazine is a wonderful blend of folktale and modern short story, with a creeping eerie uneasiness that will stay will you long afterward. I highly recommend it! 🦇 #Horror #SpeculativeFiction

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-vampire-of-kovacspeter/

The Vampire of Kovácspéter - Lightspeed Magazine

The village of Kovácspéter was plagued by a vampire, which was increasingly embarrassing. The year was 1873 and Hungary was on the march to modernity. They had their own prime minister, their own constitution, and their own economic development plan. Rails were being laid and industry was being developed. The future was industrial, prosperous and, most importantly, happening right now.

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