Assistant Editor Erin Stocks writes to tell the lineup for the October issue of Lightspeed Magazine. The table of contents for this, the twenty-ninth issue of the online magazine, is:

Editorial by John Joseph Adams

Blackwood by Gwenda Bond (novel excerpt)

“Dragonfly” by Ursula K. Le Guin (ebook-exclusive)

Interview: Ursula K. Le Guin
Interview: David Brin

Artist Gallery: R.J. Palmer
Artist Spotlight: R.J. Palmer

“Flowing Unimpeded to the Enlightenment” by Robert Reed (SF)
“Nearly Departed” by Pat Cadigan (SF)
“Art of War” by Nancy Kress (SF)
“Bear and Shifty” by Benjamin Parzybok (SF)

“The Black Bird” by David Barr Kirtley (fantasy)
“Spindles” by L.B. Gale (fantasy)
“Beyond the Reach of His Gods” by Brian Ruckley (fantasy)
“The Suicide’s Guide to the Absinthe of Perdition” by Megan Arkenberg (fantasy)

Author Spotlight: Robert Reed
Author Spotlight: Nancy Kress
Author Spotlight: Benjamin Parzybok
Author Spotlight: David Barr Kirtley
Author Spotlight: L.B. Gale
Author Spotlight: Brian Ruckley
Author Spotlight: Megan Arkenberg

Coming Attractions

Cover art by R.J. Palmer.