The Job at the End of the World

The Job at the End of the World

[ad_1] A weary resilience worker should know better than anyone: no one is safe when the world is always ending…   The nail gun was busted so I was up on the roof with an actual hammer. It wasn’t bad: a minor storm had come in overnight and swept the heat away. The morning was … Read more

The City Born Great | Tor.com

The City Born Great | Tor.com

[ad_1] To celebrate Tor.com’s 15th Anniversary, we’re reposting some gems from the more than 600 stories we’ve published since 2008. Today’s story is “The City Born Great” by multi Hugo Award-winning author N. K. Jemisin, edited by Liz Gorinsky and illustrated by Richie Pope. “The City Born Great” originally published in 2016 and was a … Read more

Blood Is Another Word for Hunger

Blood Is Another Word for Hunger

[ad_1] To celebrate Tor.com’s 15th Anniversary, we’re reposting some gems from the more than 600 stories we’ve published since 2008. Today’s story is “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger” by Rivers Solomon, edited by Jonathan Strahan and illustrated by Xia Gordon. “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger” originally published in 2019 and was a finalist … Read more

After the Animal Flesh Beings

After the Animal Flesh Beings

[ad_1] A post-human civilization of synthetic beings, fixated on the concept of children, grapples with the meaning of life…after life ceases to exist.      Five Tales 1. How We Acquire Our Children In the time in which we now find ourselves, we acquire our children by digging in the earth. This is hard work, … Read more

The Puppetmaster | Tor.com

The Puppetmaster | Tor.com

[ad_1] A banished warrior teaches her treacherous uncle that once made, some oaths cannot be broken…and some monsters cannot be chained.     Uduak IX may have ordered an assassin to gut his niece in a holy monastery, but he is still a man of honor. As emperor of Johari IX, the greatest human-ruled planet … Read more