The Red Mother | Tor.com

The Red Mother | Tor.com

[ad_1] Auga, a wandering sorcerer, follows his brother’s fate-thread into the village of Ormsfjoll, where he expects to deliver good news and continue his travels. What he doesn’t anticipate is that to meet his brother he must first contend with the truth at the heart of the volcano that wreaks havoc on Ormsfjoll.     … Read more

On Safari in R’lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

On Safari in R’lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

[ad_1] An academic’s whimsical decision to take a DNA test leads her into uncharted territory, where she discovers some extraordinary truths about herself and new possibilities for her future.     “We wouldn’t be having this conversation if you’d flunked Algebra, Griswold,” Roberts said, racking another shell into his hunting rifle and peering over our … Read more

Deriving Life | Tor.com

Deriving Life | Tor.com

[ad_1] Love has no time limits, but life does. Elizabeth Bear gives us a future where life and love and identity have so many more options than they do today.   Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the … Read more