Podcast
Episode #28: When the Fall Is All That’s Left
Listen to our audio presentation of “When the Fall Is All That’s Left” by Arkady Martine. Narrated by Lisa Shininger.
Arkady Martine
June 6, 2020
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Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.
APEX MAGAZINE
Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.
Arkady Martine
Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a Byzantine historian. In both roles she writes about border politics, rhetorical propaganda, and liminal spaces. She was a student at Viable Paradise XVII. Arkady grew up in New York City and currently lives in Uppsala, Sweden. Find her online at arkadymartine.wordpress.com or on Twitter as @ArkadyMartine.
Short Fiction
When the Fall Is All That’s Left
For Gabriele, gravity had ended. She spun unmoored, drifting in the outgassing light that spilled from the star she’d flown though. Her orbit deteriorated slowly. The skin of her hull was pockmarked and blistered, bubbled with plasma burns. What remained of her telemetric instruments was melted dross, cooling slowly from white to sullen red.
Arkady Martine
October 6, 2015
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