Counting Casualties | Tor.com

Counting Casualties | Tor.com

[ad_1] Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships, and planets in its path, but also consumes their greatest arts, somehow scratching them from existence everywhere…       The Coalition highship’s face changed its name from grace under gunfire to counting casualties when our fleet … Read more

The Woman Carrying a Corpse

The Way Spring Arrives | Tor.com

[ad_1] We’re excited to reprint “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” by Chi Hui, translated from Chinese by Judith Huang, from the groundbreaking anthology The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang, out now in paperback! “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” was originally published as 背尸体的女人 in December 2019 … Read more

Salt Water | Tor.com

Salt Water | Tor.com

[ad_1] While all her friends’ fish are changing into mermaids, is 12-year-old Anissa’s fish becoming something else?     Anissa touches the small round bone sprouting from the fish’s back. The fish is a small, electric blue acara, with black eyes. It’s cute but it’s only a fish. Anissa feeds pellets to the fish as … Read more

The Stars We Raised | Tor.com

The Way Spring Arrives | Tor.com

[ad_1] We’re delighted to share “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from Chinese by Judy Yi Zhou, reprinted from the groundbreaking anthology The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang, now available in paperback! “The Stars We Raised” was originally published as 逃跑星辰 in March 2017 … Read more

The River and the World Remade

The River and the World Remade

[ad_1] When the waters rose, the people who stayed on the River learned they weathered the storms best together, but what happens when one of their own becomes curious about the Land?     Back before I wrestled the River for Sheckie and won, they called us the three troubles. Sheckie was a cobbler of … Read more

I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?

I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?

[ad_1] Please enjoy what has become a quiet holiday tradition in the Tor.com offices: the reading of Neil Gaiman’s original story: “I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9’ S, Longitude 126° 43’ W)?” ***     I. Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu. … Read more

Of all the New Yorks in all the Worlds

Of all the New Yorks in all the Worlds

[ad_1] A student of multiversal time travel slips from  one version of New York to another, discovering that love may transcend timelines, but so too can heartbreak…     This version of Union Square unfolds in front of me like a gathering of New York City stereotypes. Hare Krishnas in diaphanous robes give the collective babble … Read more

How the Crown Prince of Jupiter Undid the Universe, or, The Full Fruit of Love’s Full Folly

How the Crown Prince of Jupiter Undid the Universe, or, The Full Fruit of Love’s Full Folly

[ad_1] Once upon a time the Crown Prince of Jupiter glimpsed a miniature of Esmerelda, Princess of the Sun, and fell instantly in love. But was that really such a good idea?     Once upon a time, in the great depths of his cloudy realm, in those tight and narrow lands where gravity makes … Read more

Choke | Tor.com

Choke | Tor.com

[ad_1] A night of food, fun, and festivities quickly turns sour. But what else can you expect when your ancestors say you will choke?     International Friends offers foreign students the opportunity to bond with local hosts and develop a mutual appreciation for one another’s cultures. Are you an international student? Apply today to … Read more