Editor & Publisher John Joseph Adams reminds readers that the January 2012 issue of Lightspeed Magazine is the first combining both Lightspeed‘s science fiction and Fantasy Magazine‘s fantasy content. He also notes “we’ve revamped our website a bit to accommodate this change in our publishing model. Previously, we’d publish one new story every week on Tuesdays; from now on, we’ll publish one science fiction story and one fantasy story every Tuesday (or the first four Tuesdays of the month, anyway). For our nonfiction, in the first week of the month, you’ll have our editorial; in week two, you’ll get an interview with our cover artist in our Artist Showcase feature; and then in weeks three and four we’ll publish our two feature interviews. (And speaking of our Artist Showcases, whereas that feature was previously only available on our website, it will now also appear in our ebook editions.)
“But there are still more changes afoot. In addition to the merging of Fantasy‘s and Lightspeed‘s fiction content into a single magazine, from here on out, each ebook edition of Lightspeed will feature exclusive content that you won’t find on our website—namely, in addition to the eight short stories you’ll also find on our website, each ebook issue will now feature a novella-length story.
“And, finally, we also have a new subscription option for you. Until now, the only way you could subscribe to Lightspeed was via Weightless Books. Now you can subscribe via Amazon.com and every issue of Lightspeed will be delivered automatically to your Kindle library (whether you use an actual Kindle or a Kindle app). Visit lightspeedmagazine.com/subscribe to learn more about all of our subscription options.”
Assistant Editor Erin Stocks writes to tell us the lineup for the January issue:
Editorial by John Joseph Adams
Novella (ebook exclusive):
“Weyr Search” by Anne McCaffrey (reprint)
“Anne McCaffrey: In Memoriam” by Todd McCaffrey
Feature Interviews:
R.A. MacAvoy
Neal Stephenson
Artist Gallery:
Alexey Zaryuta
Short Stories: Science Fiction:
“How Many Miles to Babylon?” by Megan Arkenberg
“Gene Wars” by Paul McAuley
“Always True to Thee, in My Fashion” by Nancy Kress
“The Five Elements of the Heart Mind” by Ken Liu
Short Stories: Fantasy:
“On the Acquisition of Phoenix Eggs (Variant)” by Marissa Lingen
“You Have Never Been Here” by M. Rickert
“Blue Lace Agate” by Sarah Monette
“A State of Variance” by Aimee Bender
Author Spotlights:
Megan Arkenberg
Paul McAuley
Nancy Kress
Ken Liu
Marissa Lingen
M. Rickert
Sarah Monette
Aimee Bender
The cover art is by Alexey Zaryuta.