The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in Sisters of the Forsaken Stars, the follow-up to Lina Rather's Sisters of the Vast Black, winner of the Golden Crown Literary Society Award.“We lit the spark, maybe we should be here for the flames.”Not long ago, Earth’s colonies and space stations threw off the yoke of planet Earth’s tyrannical rule. Decades later, trouble is brewin...

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina Rather's debut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black.A Golden Crown Literary Society Award FinalistYears ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady o...

World Fantasy Award nominee for Best NovellaLina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence."An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror."—Caitlin Starling" A blood sacrifice of a novel." **—Meg Eliso...

Vor Jahren sandte die Erde Ordensschwestern in die weit entfernte Dunkelheit des kolonisierten Weltalls aus, bewaffnet nur mit Kruzifixen und eisernem Glauben. Jetzt befinden sich die Schwestern des Ordens der Heiligen Rita in interstellarer Mission auf einem lebenden, atmenden Schiff, das entschlossen scheint, einen eigenen Willen zu entwickeln. Als der Orden einen Notruf von einer neu gegründeten Kolonie erhält, entdecken die Schwestern, dass nicht nur das Seelenheil ihrer weit verstreut...

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina Rather’sdebut novella, Sisters of the Vast Black.Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only withcrucifixes and iron faith. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard OurLady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined t...

The Sisters of the Order of Saint Rita forge a new path in Sisters of the Forsaken Stars."We lit the spark, maybe we should be here for the flames."Two generations ago, Earth’s colonies and space stations broke free of their home planet’s tyrannical rule. Earth’s Central Governance is now flexing its power to regain control of its lost assets.The Order of Saint Rita—whose mission is to provide aid and mercy to those in need—uncovered Central Governance’s atrocities ...

Muchos años atrás, la Vieja Tierra comenzó a enviar misiones religiosas para colonizar todos los confines del espacio. Así nació la congregación de monjas de la Orden de Santa Rita, que a bordo de Nuestra Señora de las Constelaciones Imposibles, una nave viviente, surca la oscuridad de la galaxia ofreciendo su misericordia y su fe. Cuando la orden recibe una llamada de auxilio desde una colonia desconocida, las monjas descubren que las almas y los cuerpos a su cargo, así como los de la diá...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month's cover art is by Reiko Murakami, illustrating an original science fiction story by A. Merc Rustad and Ada Hoffman ("I Sing Against the Silent Sun")...

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