Available to Read for Free: The Application of Strawberry Lip Gloss in a Low-Gravity Environment
Lightspeed Magazine new releases Science Fantasy science fiction short fiction
As part of Lightspeed Issue 148, my story, "The Application of Strawberry Lip Gloss in a Low-Gravity Environment" is now available to read online for free! It's also included in the ebook edition of Lightspeed Issue 148 (September 2022), available for $3.99, or you can subscribe to Lightspeed for just $35.88/year. In the Editorial note for this issue, John Joseph Adams calls it "a wildly delightful story of bounty hunters, space travel, and strawberry lip gloss. Yes: lip gloss."
If you purchase this issue and read my story, I'd love to know what you think! Tag me on social media or leave a message via my contact form. I hope you enjoy!
Issue 148 Contents
Science Fiction Stories
- The CRISPR Cookbook: A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Abortion in a Post-Roe World, by MKRNYILGLD
- Civilian Assumptions, by Dominique Dickey
- The Application of Strawberry Lip Gloss in a Low-Gravity Environment, by R J Theodore
- Eminence, by Karl Schroeder
Fantasy Stories
- The Inheritance of Dust and Leather, by Jenny Rae Rappaport
- The Queen of the Earless Seals of Lake Baikal, by Kristina Ten
- The Sister City, by Cody Goodfellow
- Her Five Farewells, by Martin Cahill
Nonfiction
- Editorial: September 2022 by John Joseph Adams
- Book Review: She and Her Cat, by Makoto Shinkai, translated by Naruki Nagakawa, by Aigner Loren Wilson
- Book Review: Africa Risen, edited by Thomas, Ekpeki, & Knight, by Arley Sorg
- Book Review: Other Terrors, edited by Liaguno & Mason, by Chris Kluwe
Exclusive Paid Content
- NOVEL EXCERPT: Desert Creatures. by Kay Chronister
