In most respects, the universe (which some call the Library) is everywhere the same, and we at the summit are like the rest of you below.
Read MoreTHE TURING MACHINES OF BABELHaving seen the reggaezzi perform, the righteous of Sea-john shake their heads in wonder. They will then murmur severally or as one, «Légendaire.»
Read More«Légendaire.»
The summer sky was stacking dark clouds when Pau trudged up from the concrete gullet of the parkade. Sweat stuck his shirt to the small of his back and the biolocked handle of his Ceylan Industries suitcase was slippery. Looking over the shrunken brown swatches of lawn and the acid-yellow waterstat holos glowering from apartment windows, he hoped, fervently, that the rain would fall.
Read MoreL’appel du videWelcome to issue 98!
Read MoreWords from the Editor-in-ChiefWillie Kennard rode into the town of Duffy dangerously late, looking back over his shoulder at the height of the sun and squinting. He dropped down from the old mare he’d borrowed off Wilson Hayes and hitched her to a post.
Read MoreSundownAn interview with cover artist Irina Kovalova.
Read MoreInterview with Cover Artist Irina KovalovaYou were thirty-five when you parked your pickup truck in front of that damned diner. A single poor decision that would make you hate yourself for the rest of your life. When you think back to that moment your joints hurt, your bones ache, your teeth bite into your tongue until you taste blood. In this town, even your body behaves in an unpredictable manner.
Read MoreBlack Hole HeartThe ecumenical approach is an attempt at benign inclusion. The reasoning goes as follows: Barbados is in the Americas, this author is of African descent, ergo she is an African American. That’s nice, but we all know that’s not what the term means and that’s not what we call ourselves.
Read MoreThe Ecumenical, the Ersatz, and the Euphemistic: Three Ways to Misunderstand IdentityA list of staff recommended books.
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