// V.M. Ayala
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Sep 10, 2026
They didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Command, but it’s also just another day that ends in y . Most pilots are paired with a seasoned mentor. Not us. No, powerful men at Command threw us in ...
// Ju Chu and S. Qiouyi Lu
// Clarkesworld Magazine
// Jul 1, 2026
1. Lu Yuan’s company was going to go under if he didn’t find an animator with great potential. Torrential rain thundered against the sheet metal roof. Before him sat ten […]
// Thomas Ha
// Lightspeed Magazine
// Sep 24, 2026
Jempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit the rounded ball he had for a head. More clown than competitor at first glance.
// Kaitlyn Zivanovich
// PodCastle
// Aug 18, 2026
// Zhu Yixuan
// Clarkesworld Magazine
// Sep 1, 2026
01 The first time I saw her, she was trying to prove to a water dispenser that she was human. The dispenser wouldn’t give her any water because she still […]