Sauerkraut Station
by Ferrett Steinmetz “The sauerkraut is what makes us special,” Lizzie explained as she opened up the plastic door to show Themba the hydroponic units. She scooped a pale green head of cabbage from...
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by Zen Cho To the women of my family. The house stood back from the road in an orchard. In the orchard, monitor lizards the length of a man’s arm stalked the branches of rambutan trees like tigers on...
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by Patricia Russo Mother doesn’t trust us anymore. She won’t let us leave the house. You just stay there where I can keep an eye on you, she says. No, you can’t go play in the yard. Don’t you move....
View ArticleAll The Flavors
A Tale of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War, in America by Ken Liu “All life is an experiment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “For an American, one’s entire life is spent as a game of chance, a time of...
View ArticleNebula Nominations
All of us here at GigaNotoSaurus would like to extend our congratulations to this year’s Nebula Nominees! But perhaps we can be forgiven for being a bit more pleased about two particular entries on the...
View ArticleTattooed Love Boys
by Alex Jeffers The second week, Emma discovered a tattoo parlor down an alley off the main square. The young man behind the counter took one look at her and said, in careful English, “You are too...
View ArticleEnd Run
by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon Thursday 1 January 2601 (Earth Relative Time) Ensign Darlene Charles took a deep breath to quell her nerves. This is my last chance to make a good impression. Because a...
View ArticleTilia Songbird
by Francesca Forrest “I have a song for you,” the girl said, appearing in Anj’s study unannounced. The two bluetails in the cage by the window trilled a welcome. Anj looked past the girl to the outer...
View ArticleOn Higher Ground
by Annie Bellet One moment there was snow beneath Kayi’s skis, the next just sky. Her wingsuit snapped in the sudden wind as she dropped off the south face of Annapurna. Her eyes watered despite her...
View ArticleThe Navigator and the Sky
by Ian McHugh ONE “Sing, Kio Lea! Sing!” Tapa O heard his wife urge, even over his own exhortations to his nephews and grandsons to paddle. The young men bent their backs. Sluggishly, the big...
View ArticleDeus Absconditus
by J. M. Sidorova When I was a kid, any wizard could put a spell on me. I mean, there was always an occasion. We were either too noisy, or there was too many of us, and so there was always an old...
View ArticleThe King’s Huntsman
by Jennifer Mason-Black The bitch was one of my favorites. Big-boned, brindle, with a bay that could bring the moon down and the sense to use it only when necessary—the finest of her kind. I’d worked...
View ArticleLike Jazzmen Improvising in a Smoky Club
by Ben Burgis I live at the top of the world, and sell happiness for thirteen credits a pill. The product is worth every micro-credit, too, you can be sure of that. Take your chances buying from the...
View ArticleWoman of the Sun, Woman of the Moon
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew It is the aftermath of the world’s end, and nine birds–nine suns–lie dead while Houyi cradles the curve of her bow, her fingers locking around the taut hardness of its string....
View ArticleDeadman Switch
by A.J. Barr Prologue: Preconceptions “What’s taking them so long?” Maggie said, not even trying to be quiet. George hissed at her. “Pipe down. It’s the Government. They have to be thorough.”...
View ArticleSay Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree
by Christopher Reynaga This story is dedicated to Chuck Palahniuk, who helped me unlace the sutures in the skin to find the dark heart of it. This is not about stitching a straight line through cloth...
View ArticleThe Shattered World Within
by Patty Jansen The ship glided into the dock, into the care of grappling arms and snaking robotic leads. Clang, click, contact. The navigation hub flashed with the station control override. The screen...
View ArticleLogic and Magic in the Time of the Boat Lift
by Cat Rambo and Ben Burgis They said the Marielitas were escoria – scum. The abuelitas muttered it to each other, and the young girls coming home from school clustered together like butterflies,...
View ArticleTen Million Sheets of Paper, All in Black and White
by Caroline M. Yoachim Tripp got his first scrap of paper the day his mother died. He was four, and the paper was pure white. It was a rectangular sheet the size of his foot, folded into the shape of a...
View ArticleMartyr’s Gem
by C.S.E. Cooney For Janelle McHugh Of the woman he was to wed on the morrow, Shursta Sarth knew little. He knew she hailed from Droon. He knew her name was Hyrryai. “…Which means, The Gleaming One,”...
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