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psocopteraThe One Who Isn't, Ted Kosmatka. I like the way this one unfolded.
5x5, Jilly Dreadful. Teen geniuses at science camp.
Taste the Singularity at the Food Truck Circus, Jeremiah Tolbert. Wheee, cyberpunk food! Except I don't mean cyberpunk, I mean whatever we call the fun anticorporate futurism now. There are two kinds of stories like this, ones where it stays fun and ones with an unpleasant gotcha. I would like you to know that this one stays fun and you can safely enjoy it. * NOVELETTE
The Siren Son, Tristina Wright. Fairytale teen romance.
Unauthorized Access, An Owomoyela. Secretly a character piece dressed up like a data heist. *NOVELETTE
The Wilderness Within, Tim Pratt. Fun magical realism scenario, possibly a reprint though.
Also this fine NOVELLA, not from Lightspeed! Kai Ashante Wilson's A Taste Of Honey is from the same universe as his novella last year, Sorcerer of the Wildeeps. I loved Sorcerer; Taste isn't *quite* as powerful, but I'm still so in love with this world and with Wilson's writing, the mix of "high" and "low" language and the distinctive voices he gives characters. I would maybe read Sorcerer first for maximum impact but definitely recommend Taste, and if you don't have time to read them both and are looking for 2016 novellas, I think it would still stand alone just fine.
5x5, Jilly Dreadful. Teen geniuses at science camp.
Taste the Singularity at the Food Truck Circus, Jeremiah Tolbert. Wheee, cyberpunk food! Except I don't mean cyberpunk, I mean whatever we call the fun anticorporate futurism now. There are two kinds of stories like this, ones where it stays fun and ones with an unpleasant gotcha. I would like you to know that this one stays fun and you can safely enjoy it. * NOVELETTE
The Siren Son, Tristina Wright. Fairytale teen romance.
Unauthorized Access, An Owomoyela. Secretly a character piece dressed up like a data heist. *NOVELETTE
The Wilderness Within, Tim Pratt. Fun magical realism scenario, possibly a reprint though.
Also this fine NOVELLA, not from Lightspeed! Kai Ashante Wilson's A Taste Of Honey is from the same universe as his novella last year, Sorcerer of the Wildeeps. I loved Sorcerer; Taste isn't *quite* as powerful, but I'm still so in love with this world and with Wilson's writing, the mix of "high" and "low" language and the distinctive voices he gives characters. I would maybe read Sorcerer first for maximum impact but definitely recommend Taste, and if you don't have time to read them both and are looking for 2016 novellas, I think it would still stand alone just fine.
