A smile spread on she beautiful brown face, like when you draw your finger through molasses on a plate. “Sit down nuh, doux-doux, you in your nice clean pressed white shirt? I glad you dress up to come and see me.”
I wanted humanity to lose its sense of exceptionalism and specialness. We’re just one species out of countless others, and we cannot survive without banding together and developing a more communal mindset.
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Judy Budnitz's “Directions.”
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Nalo Hopkinson's “Fisherman.”
This is a city of many faces. It folds itself into dark corners. It stretches out its fingers of neon signs and asphalt. It unrolls itself like a magic carpet. It changes from day to day.