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The Fish Bowl

Su Yin was hiding the first time the fish spoke to her. It was three o'clock on a Thursday and she was at Puan Lai's house for Maths Teras tuition....

The Fish Bowl

Su Yin was hiding the first time the fish spoke to her. It was three o'clock on a Thursday and she was at Puan Lai's house for Maths Teras tuition....

Rhizomatic Diplomacy

Talpo lived in the past tense now, unable to maintain the traditional human pretense of a pilot consciousness operating in simultaneity with events. Only a memory, that sense of control...

Rhizomatic Diplomacy

Talpo lived in the past tense now, unable to maintain the traditional human pretense of a pilot consciousness operating in simultaneity with events. Only a memory, that sense of control...

How We “Island” Our Writing: A Deep Dive Into Pacific Islander SFF

I’m a Pacific Islander of Indigenous Polynesian and Asian origins (Mā‘ohi, Pa‘umotu, Hakka) whose vision has been shaped by growing up in the diaspora, and I wish to honor the...

How We “Island” Our Writing: A Deep Dive Into Pacific Islander SFF

I’m a Pacific Islander of Indigenous Polynesian and Asian origins (Mā‘ohi, Pa‘umotu, Hakka) whose vision has been shaped by growing up in the diaspora, and I wish to honor the...

Interview with Author Murtaza Mohsin

A woman returns to the village she grew up in, promising its inhabitants salvation—and bringing them doom. Murtaza Mohsin's "The Flowering of Peace" pulls the reader along on Noor's quest...

Interview with Author Murtaza Mohsin

A woman returns to the village she grew up in, promising its inhabitants salvation—and bringing them doom. Murtaza Mohsin's "The Flowering of Peace" pulls the reader along on Noor's quest...

The Flowering of Peace

So close to home, rich fold upon fold, the land rolled hot and heavy. Scruffy guava and taller kinnow trees lined up along the path to greet Noor upon her...

The Flowering of Peace

So close to home, rich fold upon fold, the land rolled hot and heavy. Scruffy guava and taller kinnow trees lined up along the path to greet Noor upon her...

Episode 100: The Matriarchs

"The Matriarchs" by Lois Mei-en Kwa - published in Apex Magazine, issue 137, April 2023. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-matriarchs/ Lois Mei-en Kwa is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry,...

Episode 100: The Matriarchs

"The Matriarchs" by Lois Mei-en Kwa - published in Apex Magazine, issue 137, April 2023. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-matriarchs/ Lois Mei-en Kwa is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry,...

The Matriarchs

Narrated by Bobbie Chet —after Loh Siew Kee, Ngo Koh Hwee, and Nai Nai 1. SPACE: OUTER BELT—UNSPECIFIED COORDINATES DUE TO LACK OF INDIVIDUALIZED LOCALITYTIME: ZERO The pilot of the...

The Matriarchs

Narrated by Bobbie Chet —after Loh Siew Kee, Ngo Koh Hwee, and Nai Nai 1. SPACE: OUTER BELT—UNSPECIFIED COORDINATES DUE TO LACK OF INDIVIDUALIZED LOCALITYTIME: ZERO The pilot of the...