Lightspeed · Year One

Lightspeed: Year One compiles all the fiction published by the online science fiction magazine Lightspeed in its first year. Originally published stories include Nebula Award finalists Vylar Kaftan's "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno" and Adam-Troy Castro's "Arvies" as well as Carrie Vaughn's Hugo Award-nominated "Amaryllis". Plus there are classic stories by Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and more.

The popular, critically-acclaimed Lightspeed is edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Lightspeed publishes all types of science fiction, from near-future sociological soft sf to far-future star-spanning hard sf—and everything in between. Each month, Lightspeed features a mix of original and classic stories, from a variety of authors, showcasing the best new genre voices along with bestsellers, award-winners, fan favorites, and notable authors readers already know.

Contents:

Introduction – John Joseph Adams

June 2010, Issue One

I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno – Vylar Kaftan

The Cassandra Project – Jack McDevitt

Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley

Amaryllis – Carrie Vaughn

July 2010, Issue Two

No Time Like the Present – Carol Emshwiller

Manumission – Tobias S. Buckell

The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball – Genevieve Valentine

...For a Single Yesterday – George R. R. Martin

August 2010, Issue Three

How to Become a Mars Overlord – Catherynne M. Valente

Patient Zero – Tananarive Due

Arvies – Adam-Troy Castro

More Than the Sum of His Parts – Joe Haldeman

September 2010, Issue Four

Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain – Yoon Ha Lee

The Long Chase – Geoffrey A. Landis

Amid the Words of War – Cat Rambo

Travelers – Robert Silverberg

October 2010, Issue Five (SF-Horror Hybrids Issue)

Hindsight – Sarah Langan

Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back – Joe R. Lansdale

The Taste of Starlight – John R. Fultz

Beachworld – Stephen King

November 2010, Issue Six

Standard Loneliness Package – Charles Yu

Faces in Revolving Souls – Caitlin R. Kiernan

Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters – Alice Sola Kim

Ej-Es – Nancy Kress

December 2010, Issue Seven

In-Fall – Ted Kosmatka

The Observer – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Jenny's Sick – David Tallerman

The Silence of the Asonu – Ursula K. Le Guin

January 2011, Issue Eight

Postings from an Amorous Tomorrow – Corey Mariani

Cucumber Gravy – Susan Palwick

Black Fire – Tanith Lee

The Elephants of Poznan – Orson Scott Card

February 2011, Issue Nine

Long Enough And Just So Long – Cat Rambo

The Passenger – Julie E. Czerneda

Simulacrum – Ken Liu

Breakaway, Backdown – James Patrick Kelly

March 2011, Issue Ten

Saying the Names – Maggie Clark

Gossamer – Stephen Baxter

Spider the Artist – Nnedi Okorafor

Woman Leaves Room – Robert Reed

April 2011, Issue Eleven

All That Touches the Air – An Owomoyela

Maneki Neko – Bruce Sterling

Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son – Tom Crosshill

Velvet Fields – Anne McCaffrey

May 2011, Issue Twelve

The Harrowers – Eric Gregory

Bibi From Jupiter – Tessa Mellas

Eliot Wrote – Nancy Kress

Scales – Alastair Reynolds