“Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we must all take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.”
—Rep. John Lewis
—Rep. John Lewis
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Issue 2021.59
Short stories
- ‘The Avlina Flower’s Magic’, Jamie Lackey, illustrated by Carmen Moran
- ‘A Luxury Like Hope’, Aimee Ogden, illustrated by Toeken
- ‘The Abridged Excerpts from the Diary of a Corpse’, Naethan Pais, illustrated by Naethan Pais
Novelettes
- ‘The Devil Hunters of Fawn Street’, Clark Lewis, illustrated by Eric Asaris
- ‘Archive of the Inexplicable and Dangerous’, Alexandra Grunberg, illustrated by Miguel Santos
Poetry
- ‘Armor’, Devin Miller, illustrated by Cécile Matthey
- ‘he kindly danced for me’, J.D. Harlock, illustrated by Cécile Matthey
- ‘You Are Whole’, Anshritha, illustrated by Dr T. Eratopo
- ‘How to Tell Your Husband You’re a Werewolf’, Katherine Shats, illustrated by Fluffgar
Love the sounds, rhythm and directness here and its sly humor. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCharles Payseur's always incisive (and astonishingly comprehensive) Quick Sip Reviews this week covers TFF #59, and has lovely things to say about almost all of the content. (And stick around for recommendations of pieces in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, Deadlands, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Diabolical Plots…)
ReplyDeleteAlex Brown lists Aimee Ogden's “A Luxury Like Hope” in their round-up of Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction over at Tor.com, calling it “a hopeful story about recovery amidst ruin.”
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