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• The People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Grace L. Dillon and Nalo Hopkinson and Kristine Ong Muslim and Sunil Patel and Nisi Shawl
• A Good Home • short story by Karin Lowachee
•  A Good Home • interior artwork by Victoria Ying
• Depot 256 • short story by Lisa Allen-Agostini
• Salto Mortal • novelette by Nick T. Chan
•  Salto Mortal • interior artwork by Alan Bao
• Digital Medicine • novelette by Brian K. Hudson
• The Red Thread • short story by Sofia Samatar
•  The Red Thread • interior artwork by Melanie Ujimori
• Wilson's Singularity • short story by Terence Taylor
•  Wilson's Singularity • interior artwork by Sonia Liao
• Fifty Shades of Grays • novelette by Steven Barnes
•  Fifty Shades of Grays • interior artwork by Pugletto
• Omoshango • novelette by Dayo Ntwari
• Firebird • novelette by Isha Karki
• As Long As It Takes to Make the World • short story by Gabriela Santiago
• An Offertory to Our Drowned Gods • short story by Teresa Naval
• Other Metamorphoses • short story by
  Fábio Fernandes^?Fabio Fernandes
• Breathe Deep, Breathe Free • (2016) • short story by Jennifer Marie Brissett
• Morning Cravings • short story by Nin Harris
• The Peacemaker • short story by T. S. Bazelli
• Binaries • short story by S. B. Divya
• Chocolate Milkshake Number 314 • short story by Caroline M. Yoachim
• Four and Twenty Blackbirds • short story by JY Yang
• A Handful of Dal • short story by Naru Dames Sundar
• Hiranyagarbha • short story by Kevin Jared Hosein
•  Hiranyagarbha • interior artwork by Tanna Tucker
• The Evening and the Morning and the Night • (1987) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Double Time • (2014) • short story by John Chu
•  Double Time • interior artwork by Odera Igbokwe
• Delhi • (2004) • short story by Vandana Singh
•  Delhi • interior artwork by Christopher Park
• 1965 • (2011) • short story by Edmée Pardo
• Empire Star • (1966) • novella by Samuel R. Delany
• Infomocracy (excerpt) • [Centenal Cycle] • short fiction by Malka Older
• Author Spotlight: Karin Lowachee • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Karin Lowachee • interview by Nicasio Andres Reed
• Author Spotlight: Lisa Allen-Agostini • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Lisa Allen-Agostini • interview by Tyhitia Green
• Author Spotlight: Nick T. Chan • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Nick T. Chan • interview by Tyhitia Green
• Author Spotlight: Brian K. Hudson • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Brian K. Hudson • interview by Pablo M. A. Vazquez [as by Pablo Miguel Alberto Vazquez]
• Author Spotlight: Sofia Samatar • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Sofia Samatar • interview by Isabel Yap
• Author Spotlight: Terence Taylor • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Terence Taylor • interview by Tara Sim
• Author Spotlight: Steven Barnes • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Steven Barnes • interview by Arley Sorg
• Author Spotlight: Dayo Ntwari • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Dayo Ntwari • interview by Cassandra Khaw
• Author Spotlight: Isha Karki • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Isha Karki • interview by Nicasio Andres Reed
• Author Spotlight: Gabriela Santiago • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Gabriela Santiago • interview by Tara Sim
• Author Spotlight: John Chu • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of John Chu • interview by Christian A. Coleman
• Author Spotlight: Vandana Singh • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Vandana Singh • interview by JY Yang
• Author Spotlight: Edmée Pardo • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Edmée Pardo • interview by JY Yang
• Because Some of Us Survived • essay by Samantha L. Taylor
• Doing Dhalgren • essay by Terence Taylor
• The Thunderbird's Path: Indigenous Seeds of Science Fiction • essay by Misha [as by Misha Nogha]
• Music Medicine • essay by Zainab Amadahy
• Interview: Daniel H. Wilson • interview of Daniel H. Wilson • interview by Grace L. Dillon
• Book Reviews: June 2016 • essay by Sunil Patel
•   Review: Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger • review by Sunil Patel
•   Review: United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas • review by Sunil Patel
•   Review: Infomocracy by Malka Older • review by Sunil Patel
•   Review: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi • review by Sunil Patel
• Artists Gallery • essay by uncredited
•  The Tempting Tree • interior artwork by Sonia Liao
•  Twisted Mind • interior artwork by Sonia Liao
•  The Tempest • interior artwork by Christopher Park
•  Information Overload • interior artwork by Christopher Park
•  Seasons • interior artwork by Melanie Ujimori
•  Rising Dragon • interior artwork by Melanie Ujimori
•  East vs. West • interior artwork by Alan Bao
•  The Fisherman and His Boy • interior artwork by Alan Bao
•  Coaxoch • interior artwork by Pugletto
•  Fennec Night • interior artwork by Pugletto
•  Sea Wulfe • interior artwork by Tanna Tucker
•  Blood Sisters • interior artwork by Tanna Tucker
•  Obatala - Dance of the Summoner II • interior artwork by Odera Igbokwe
•  Vogue Knights - Hand Performance • interior artwork by Odera Igbokwe
•  Hydrangeas • interior artwork by Victoria Ying
•  In the Cemetery • interior artwork by Victoria Ying
• Buzzword • essay by Alyssa Wong
• Pushing Back Against the Wall • essay by Aliette de Bodard
• I'm a Big Black Man Who Writes Science Fiction • essay by Malon Edwards
• Spoiler Alert: The Future? Yeah, I'm in It • essay by Yash Kesanakurthy
• I Have a Few Demands • essay by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
• Thirsty for New • essay by Malka Older
• My Life as an Alien-American • essay by Arthur Chu
• We're Going Places • essay by Jeremy Szal
• Dancing in the Margins • essay by An Owomoyela
• On Destruction • essay by Naru Dames Sundar
• Blue-Shifted Futures • (2016) • essay by Vajra Chandrasekera
• The Amazing Authentically Authentic Latina Author! • essay by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• On the Topic of Erasure • essay by
  Z. M. Quỳnh^?Z. M. Quynh
• Unlearning Erasure • essay by Julia Rios
• Assimilation: The Borg Must Like It When You Don't Fight Back • essay by S. L. Huang
• You Don't Have to Write Autobiography • essay by Ken Liu
• This Is What Happens to Us • essay by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
• White Bread, Brown Toast • essay by Indrapramit Das
• Intergalactic Collard Greens • essay by Troy L. Wiggins
• On Falling In and Out of Love with Science Fiction • essay by Julie M. Rodriguez
• We Were Always Here • essay by Mark Oshiro
• The People Men Don't See • essay by Nisi Shawl
• The New Frontier Is the Old Frontier • essay by Tamara Brooks
• In the Middle • essay by M. C. A. Hogarth
• An Army of Claudia Kishis • essay by Sarah Kuhn
• The Biggest Tent of All • essay by S. B. Divya
• Recounting in Rainbow • essay by Shveta Thakrar
• Penguins, Robins, and Science Fiction • essay by Caroline M. Yoachim