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• Editorial (Lightspeed, April 2021) • [Editorial (Lightspeed)] • essay by John Joseph Adams
• The Equations of the Dead • novelette by An Owomoyela
• Swear Not by the Moon • (2018) • short story by Seanan McGuire
• The Ocean Between the Leaves • (2019) • novelette by Ray Nayler
• Complete Exhaustion of the Organism • short story by Rich Larson
• The Justified • (2019) • novelette by Ann Leckie
• The Giving One (Part 1) • novelette by Ashok K. Banker
• The Giving One (Part 2) • novelette by Ashok K. Banker
• Blood, Ash, Braids • (2015) • short story by Genevieve Valentine
• A Dark Queen Rises (excerpt) • short fiction by Ashok K. Banker
• The Conductors (excerpt) • [Murder & Magic] • short fiction by Nicole Glover
•   Review: Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders • review by LaShawn M. Wanak
• Review of "Spider King by Justin C. Key • essay by Arley Sorg
•   Review: The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst • review by Chris Kluwe
• Author Spotlight: An Owomoyela • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of An Owomoyela • interview by Benjamin C. Kinney
• Author Spotlight: Ashok K. Banker (Lightspeed, April 2021) • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Ashok K. Banker • interview by Laurel Amberdine
• Author Spotlight: Rich Larson • [Author Spotlight (Lightspeed)] • interview of Rich Larson • interview by Gordon B. White