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• 1 • The Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Seanan McGuire
• 2 • The Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Steve Berman
• 3 • The Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Sigrid Ellis
• 3 • The Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Mark Oshiro
• 4 • The Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto • essay by Paul Boehmer
• 5 •
  勢孤取和 (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)^?Shìgū qǔhé (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)
  • short story by John Chu
• 5 •  
  勢孤取和 (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)^?Shìgū qǔhé (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)
  Shigu quhe (Influence Isolated, Make Peace)
  • interior artwork by Odera Igbokwe
• 21 • Emergency Repair • short story by Kate M. Galey
• 21 •  Emergency Repair • interior artwork by Paige Braddock
• 28 • Trickier with Each Translation • short story by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
• 40 • The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal • novelette by Chaz Brenchley
• 40 •  The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal • interior artwork by C. Bedford
• 57 • The Tip of the Tongue • short story by Felicia Davin
• 70 • How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War • short story by Rose Lemberg
• 77 • Plant Children • short story by Jessica Yang
• 86 • Nothing Is Pixels Here • short story by K. M. Szpara
• 86 •  Nothing Is Pixels Here • interior artwork by Isabel Collier
• 97 • Madeleine • short story by Amal El-Mohtar
• 97 •  Madeleine • interior artwork by Orion Zangara
• 111 • Two By Two • short story by Kyell Gold [as by Tim Susman]
• 125 • Die, Sophie, Die • short story by Susan Jane Bigelow
• 138 • Melioration • short story by E. Saxey
• 138 •  Melioration • interior artwork by Steen
• 143 • Rubbing Is Racing • short story by Charles Payseur
• 146 • Helping Hand • short story by Claudine Griggs
• 150 • The Lamb Chops • short story by Stephen Cox (I)
• 154 • Mama • short story by Eliza Gauger
• 156 • Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind • short story by Erica L. Satifka
• 159 • Deep/Dark Space • poem by Gabrielle Friesen
• 160 • A Brief History of Whaling with Remarks Upon Ancient Practices • short story by Gabby Reed
• 164 • Nothing Goes to Waste • short story by Shannon Peavey
• 167 • In the Dawns Between Hours • short story by Sarah Pinsker
• 170 • Increasing Police Visibility • short story by
  Bogi Takács^?Bogi Takacs
• 174 • Letter from an Artist to a Thousand Future Versions of Her Wife • short story by JY Yang [as by J. Y. Yang]
• 177 • Black Holes • (2012) • short story by R. J. Edwards
• 177 •  Black Holes • interior artwork by Elizabeth Leggett
• 185 • Red Run • (2014) • short story by A. M. J. Hudson
• 185 •  Red Run • interior artwork by Elizabeth Leggett
• 195 • Cyberfruit Swamp • (1996) • short story by Raven Kaldera
• 206 • The Sound of His Wings • (1982) • novelette by Rand B. Lee
• 228 • O Happy Day! • (1985) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 258 • Skin Folk (from "Something to Hitch Meat To") (excerpt) • short fiction by Nalo Hopkinson
• 264 • Author Spotlight: John Chu • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of John Chu • interview by Kate M. Galey
• 266 • Author Spotlight: Kate M. Galey • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Kate M. Galey • interview by Robyn Lupo
• 268 • Author Spotlight: Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam • interview by Jill Seidenstein
• 271 • Author Spotlight: Chaz Brenchley • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Chaz Brenchley • interview by Rahul Kanakia
• 275 • Author Spotlight: Felicia Davin • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Felicia Davin • interview by Robyn Lupo
• 277 • Author Spotlight: Rose Lemberg • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Rose Lemberg • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 281 • Author Spotlight: Jessica Yang • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Jessica Yang • interview by Arley Sorg
• 283 • Author Spotlight: K. M. Szpara • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of K. M. Szpara • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 286 • Author Spotlight: Amal El-Mohtar • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Amal El-Mohtar • interview by Wendy N. Wagner
• 289 • Author Spotlight: Tim Susman • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Kyell Gold • interview by Rahul Kanakia
• 292 • Author Spotlight: Susan Jane Bigelow • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Susan Jane Bigelow • interview by Jill Seidenstein
• 294 • Author Spotlight: RJ Edwards • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of R. J. Edwards • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 296 • Author Spotlight: A. M. J. Hudson • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of A. M. J. Hudson • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 298 • Author Spotlight: Raven Kaldera • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Raven Kaldera • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 301 • Author Spotlight: Rand B. Lee • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Rand B. Lee • interview by Arley Sorg
• 303 • Author Spotlight: Geoff Ryman • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Geoff Ryman • interview by Robyn Lupo
• 306 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by C. Bedford
• 307 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Odera Igbokwe
• 308 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Steen
• 309 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Isabel Collier
• 309 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Paige Braddock
• 310 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Orion Zangara
• 311 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) • interior artwork by Elizabeth Leggett
• 311 •  Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2015) [2] • interior artwork by Elizabeth Leggett
• 312 • Artist Spotlight • [Artist Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of C. Bedford and Paige Braddock and Isabel Collier and Odera Igbokwe and Steen • interview by Elizabeth Leggett
• 318 • Book Reviews: June 2015 (Lightspeed) • essay by Amal El-Mohtar
• 318 •   Review: Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace • review by Amal El-Mohtar
• 319 •   Review: Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear • review by Amal El-Mohtar
• 320 •   Review: Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan • review by Amal El-Mohtar
• 322 • Interview: David Gerrold • interview of David Gerrold • interview by Mark Oshiro
• 330 • We've Made It to ... Magrathea? Why We as QTPOC Need to Hack Science Fiction's Improbability Drive • essay by Jennifer Cross
• 334 • Not Android, Not Alien, Not Accident: Asexual and Agender in Science Fiction • essay by Cedar Rae Duke
• 339 • Diversity in a Ghetto: The Marginalization of Modern Activism in Traditional Fandom • essay by Pablo M. A. Vazquez [as by Pablo Miguel Alberto Vazquez]
• 342 • Queers in a Strange Land • essay by Amber Neko Meador
• 347 • Science Fiction Failed Me • essay by Cory Skerry
• 349 • So Say We All • essay by Emma Osborne
• 351 • 1984 in 1980 • essay by Lee Thomas
• 353 • Speak Up, Speak Out • essay by Sandra M. Odell [as by Sandra Odell]
• 355 • How Queer Narratives Beat the False-Consensus Effect, Reminded Me That Diversity Existed, Exploited Human Psychology, Inspired Sex Positivity, and Helped Me Stop Worrying (but Not to Love the Bomb) • essay by An Owomoyela
• 358 • Spark • essay by Mark Oshiro
• 360 • Science Fiction Has Always Been Queer • essay by Sigrid Ellis
• 362 • Halfway in the Pool • essay by James L. Sutter
• 364 • All That Glitters • essay by Jill Seidenstein
• 366 • When We're Not There, We're Not Here • essay by Jerome Stueart
• 369 • A Gay Boy Gets His Genre On • essay by Anthony R. Cardno
• 371 • All Your Fic Are Belong to Us • essay by Rachel Swirsky
• 373 • Go Bisexual Space Rangers, Go! • essay by Cecilia Tan
• 375 • Drama Kid • essay by Cecil Baldwin
• 377 • Rewriting Our Default Settings • essay by Elizabeth Leggett
• 379 • Confessions of a Queer Curator • essay by Lynne M. Thomas
• 382 • Where Now Must I Go to Make a Home? • essay by Hal Duncan
• 385 • Destruction Is What Creation Needs • essay by Sunny Moraine
• 387 • Shiva and Octavia • essay by Sam J. Miller
• 389 • Creative Destruction • essay by Lisa Nohealani Morton
• 391 • Here's How It Goes • essay by Alyssa Wong
• 393 • Acceptance • essay by Arley Sorg
• 395 • The Books That Read Me • essay by Everett Maroon
• 397 • The Desperate Task: Making the Invisible Visible • essay by Christopher Barzak
• 399 • A World of Queer Imagination • essay by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
• 402 • The First Rule I Learned About Writing Queer Characters in Science Fiction • essay by Haralambi Markov
• 404 • Queers Digging and Destroying • essay by Michael Damian Thomas