"Yellow and the Perception of Reality" by Maureen McHugh is a science fiction story about a woman who delves into the mystery of why and how her twin sister, a physicist, has been brain damaged in a lab accident in which two of her colleagues died.I wear yellow when I go to see my sister. There’s not a lot of yellow at the rehab facility; it’s all calm blues and neutrals. I like yellow—it looks good on me—but I wear it because Wanda is smart and she’s figured it out. She knows ...

An engineer who frequently travels for her job, suddenly finds herself in airports other than the one she arrived in…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cleo is terrified! Ms. Emma told the class they would nominate a student for the District 6th Grade Math Competition. Well, the class voted and nominated Cleo!How could this have happened? Is this supposed to be a good thing? What will I do if Ms. Emma decides that I should do it? It’s just too much to even think about. What am I going to do?I used to be good at math, but now everyone will know that I’m not.With this worry, Cleo’s adventure of self-discovery begins ...

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over ...

The March/April 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Maureen McHugh, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Shaoni C. White, Carlos Hernandez, Emma Törzs, Stephen Graham Jones, and Margaret Dunlap. Reprint fiction by Richard Butner. Essays by Jo Wu, Rebecca Romney, Elsa Sjunneson, and Sarah Gailey, poetry by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, Praise Osawaru, Mary Soon Lee, and Nnadi Samuel, interviews with Miyuki Jane Pinckard and Emma Törzs by Caroline M. Yoach...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.Our August 2018 issue features a novella by William Shunn ("Inclination"), a short story by Maureen McHugh ("After the Apocalypse"), and a short story by Indrapramit Das (&quo...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersG. V. AndersonGregory Norman BossertJeremy Packert BurkeKatharine DuckettBrian EvensonCarolyn Ives GilmanMaria Dahvana HeadleyStephen Graham JonesJustin C. KeyNaomi KritzerRich LarsonYoon Ha LeeS. Qiouyi LuUsman ...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.Our September 2019 issue features "The Wreck of the Godspeed" by James Patrick Kelly, "Useless Things" by Maureen F. McHugh, and "The Memcordist" by Lavie Tidhar.

'I am Zhang, alone with my light, and in that light I think for a moment that I am free.'Imagine a world where Chinese Marxism has vanquished the values of capitalism and Lenin is the prophet of choice. A cybernetic world where the new charioteers are flyers, human-powered kites dancing in the skies over New York in a brief grab at glory. A world where the opulence of Beijing marks a new cultural imperialism, as wealthy urbanites flirt with interactive death in illegal speakeasies,...

"A first novel this good gives every reader a chance to share in the pleasure of discovery . . . recalls the best work of Delany and Robinson." ― The New York TimesWinner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and a Hugo and Nebula Award nomineeWith this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh establishe...

Half the Day Is Night by Maureen F. McHughIn a twenty-first-century undersea city, terrorists threaten old-money banker Mayla Ling, potentially plunging her and her bodyguard, war veteran David Dai, back into the nightmare of David's violent past.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best of the YearIn her new collection, Story Prize finalist Maureen F. McHugh delves into the dark heart of contemporary life and life five minutes from now and how easy it is to mix up one with the other. Her stories are post-bird flu, in the middle of medical trials, wondering if our computers are smarter than us, wondering when our jobs are going to be outsourced overseas, wondering if we are who we say we are, and not sure what we'd do to survi...