“The Good-Natured Volcanic Rock” by Kenji Miyazawa, translated by Zhujun Wu At the foothill of an extinct volcano, under an oak tree, there was a large black rock. His name was Bego.* He had been sitting there for a long time. The other rocks, who were small and sharp-edged, had given Bego his name. Bego…
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“The Unpaved” by K.C. Mead-Brewer, designed by Natalie Mueller The Unpaved is an augmented reality game designed by Computer Science graduate student Natalie Mueller and written by speculative fiction author K.C. Mead-Brewer. The story explores the Anthropocene through an interactive ecohorror fiction set on Georgia Tech’s campus. We are currently completing the final stages of…
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“Please” by Chloe N. Clark Mother says remembershe says the Earth was once an hourglassand we kept turning and turningit until its shape twisted,formed something strange Mother says be witness,as she plaits our hair, she saysspread these stories out into the wildsof planets far beyond the stars weknow, the ones we name easily Mother says…
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by Issui Ogawa, translated by Camden Hine 1 “The next customer is ready,” my assistant called from the waiting room. The young man entered the interview room and looked around as I rose from the sofa to observe his appearance. He had a medium build and was wearing jeans with a long-sleeved pinstripe dress shirt….
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by dm armstrong Mia couldn’t sleep on the plane. The call from DOD last week had been cryptic. “You’ll be traveling soon, is that right?” “Giving a lecture in Lisbon,” she’d said. “It’s been on the books for months.” “If anyone asks, you’re adding a stop to your itinerary.” “Where?” “Japan.” “Japan isn’t exactly tacking…
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