Akari moved to the Island two years ago and built her one-bedroom house on the edge of a lake.
She lives with Ren, a robot.
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Miyuki Jane Pinckard's “An Egg Before It Is Broken.”
Before his bed, he kneeled and pointed his head at the world.
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto's “I Wondered If God Saw Me Through My Father.”