It is prohibited for an Osu to interact in any way with the Nwadiala, and that includes using your gifts against them. It is woven into our initiation rites, and to speak or even think of such is considered blasphemy.
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Enjoy our interview with "How to Be Good" author R Gatwood.
Read MoreInterview with Author R Gatwood
Sometimes at night, when Mark isn’t drunk enough to forget the day’s work, he has the urge to pray. He hasn’t believed in there being anything out there to pray to in years, but he dimly remembers his childhood awe of God and the comfort of being able to confess your sins to a faceless presence. The things he’s done, the things he’s watched, they weigh on him. He knows they don’t weigh on Renward. Renward is innocent.
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Over the next few years I would come to realize that science fiction and fantasy were uniquely festooned with such checklists, tabulations, indexes, enumerations, catalogs, and bibliographies.
Read MoreA Special Kind of Gaze: Meta-Representation in Science Fiction
“Velvet and buttons, yes,” Pudgy says, his voice gone soft. He draws his left hand against his empty belly, fingers of his right hand scrabbling over the itchy skin on the back of his left. Michael blinks, then looks up to the trees that arc over them, bare-branched and thin. It is summer, yet nothing grows.
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Book review of the anthology Apocalypse Cancelled edited by Luke Melia.
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A review of the anthology The Best of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: The Best of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar
This month’s stories look at how we define ourselves, how our relationships shape us, and what it means to be responsible to and responsible for others.
Read MoreWords for Thought: July 2021
Enjoy our audio presentation of "Eilam is Forever" by Beth Dawkins. Narrated by Summer Fletcher.
Read MoreEpisode #79: Eilam Is Forever