Traces of Us
who could pass up even the slimmest chance to reunite after life, death, and a million miles of empty space?
Across the River, My Heart, My Memory
I didn’t choose to be born, my consciousness squeezed into meat, but since it happened, I might as well get as much use of it as I could.
Empty Space
Nothing’s an exact science. It never has been.
The Census Faces Unusual Challenges on Audvarn-3
as Treye drew closer, the Auddids retreated inside.
Modern Promethea
I was thinking about how not all women bear children, and some of us make people in other ways.
How to Survive Underground
Faced with the unthinkable, we hoard, grow suspicious, act on fear; we also reinvent, build community, and create new conditions for surviving.
Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
The esteemed science fiction author on how we may never go "back to normal"—and why that might be a good thing
I Will Never Watch “Children of Men” the Same Way Again
How my feelings about this dystopian film changed after living through a dystopian time
Atavistacular
By Marlee Jane Ward The elevator dings behind me and Curve Cilla Pando-Deng steps off on a pair of familiar creamsicle gams. Her tumble-hair is yellow and she’s got a…