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• Editorial (Lightspeed, May 2021) • [Editorial (Lightspeed)] • essay by John Joseph Adams
• Hypnopompic Circumstance • novelette by Gene Doucette
• Carnivores • (2016) • short story by Rich Larson
• There Are No Hot Topics on Whukai • short story by Andrea Kriz
• Saudade • (2018) • novelette by Nelson Rolon
• An Invitation to a Burning • (2019) • short story by Kat Howard
• The Palace in the Moonlight • novelette by Howard Andrew Jones
• Dead Men in Central City • [Kitty Short Fiction] • (2017) • short story by Carrie Vaughn
• Bones in It • short story by Kristina Ten
• The Blacktongue Thief (excerpt) • [Blacktongue] • short fiction by Christopher Buehlman
•   Review: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker • review by LaShawn M. Wanak
•   Review: Hold Fast Through the Fire by K. B. Wagers • review by Chris Kluwe
•   Review: Black Sci-Fi Short Stories by Tia Ross • review by Arley Sorg
• Author Spotlight: Gene Doucette • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Gene Doucette • interview by Sandra M. Odell [as by Xander Odell]
• Author Spotlight: Howard Andrew Jones • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Howard Andrew Jones • interview by Jude Griffin
• Author Spotlight: Andrea Kriz • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Andrea Kriz • interview by Audrey T. Williams
• Author Spotlight: Kristina Ten (Lightspeed, May 2021) • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Kristina Ten • interview by
  Setsu Uzumé^?Setsu Uzume
  [as by Summer Fletcher]