Since the moment they met, San Francisco Sea Lions defenseman Luca Mazetti has harbored a debilitating crush on his on-ice partner and roommate, Breezy. Loud and friendly, Breezy mistakenly believes he's Italian even though he's from Montreal. In short, he's everything Luca never thought he'd want. When Breezy asks for help navigating love and sex, Luca is powerless to resist, despite knowing he's only going to end up getting hurt.Chris Calabrese, "Breezy" to his teammates, knows h...

With fourteen years as the San Francisco Sea Lions' top defenseman under his belt, Phil Easton is tired. After his coaches push him into playing on a bad knee and he ends up on long-term injured reserve, the chances of having his contract renewed dwindle before his eyes. He's ready to hang up his skates when head coach Ben Morris shows up on his doorstep to help him recover. As what starts as a short-term boarding situation turns into friendship and maybe more, Phil can't help noticing a f...

Almost a year after the murder that shook Lobell College to its core, the start of a new academic year brings familiar faces back to the scene of the crime. Daniel Rosenbaum starts his first year as dean of the English department and takes a hands-on role in advising students. Lily Peterson and Gianna d'Angelo return to continue their undergrad studies after the death of the professor they were both in love with.Meanwhile, on the other side of the Hudson, Tony d'Angelo is working h...

Daniel Rosenbaum leads a predictable life. He's a professor at Lobell, a small liberal arts college in the Hudson Valley, where he spends his days teaching classes and doing research alongside his friends and fellow professors, Colette and Mario. The biggest change Daniel's routine has seen in years is when car trouble leads him across the Hudson and into an unexpected romantic encounter with local mechanic Tony.When tragedy strikes in the form of Mario's murder, Daniel's orderly l...

Tom Crowler has been captain of the San Francisco Sea Lions for a decade of failures. With no cups or trophies to show for his time in the NHL, Tom retreated into himself a long time ago, and that's exactly where he intends to stay until he retires. But when he catches the new team superstar, Jaxon Grant, in a compromising position, Tom finds it impossible to continue hiding his deepest secret behind a bland, pleasant mask.Jax is everything Tom isn't: loud, flashy, the winner of mu...

The right partner can end any scoring slump.Since the moment they met, San Francisco Sea Lions defenseman Luca Mazetti has harbored a debilitating crush on his on-ice partner and roommate, Breezy. Loud and friendly, Breezy mistakenly believes he's Italian even though he's from Montreal. In short, he's everything Luca never thought he'd want. When Breezy asks for help navigating love and sex, Luca is powerless to resist, despite knowing he's only going to end up getting hurt.

With fourteen years as the San Francisco Sea Lions' top defenseman under his belt, Phil Easton is tired. After his coaches push him into playing on a bad knee and he ends up on long-term injured reserve, the chances of having his contract renewed dwindle before his eyes. He's ready to hang up his skates when head coach Ben Morris shows up on his doorstep to help him recover. As what starts as a short-term boarding situation turns into friendship and maybe more, Phil can't help noticing a f...

Daniel Rosenbaum leads a predictable life. He's a professor at Lobell, a small liberal arts college in the Hudson Valley, where he spends his days teaching classes and doing research alongside his friends and fellow professors, Colette and Mario. The biggest change Daniel's routine has seen in years is when car trouble leads him across the Hudson and into an unexpected romantic encounter with local mechanic Tony.When tragedy strikes in the form of Mario's murder, Daniel's orderly l...

LIGHTSPEED was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction. The whole point of this magazine is that science fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Science fiction is about people and for people—all kinds of people, no matter where they're from or what they look like.The People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! special issue exists to relieve a brokenness in the genre that's been enabled time and time again by favoring certain voices and portrayals of pa...