Category: Issue 6

The Flight of Grackles

Dec 15, 2019

We tread worshipfully among the souls of the ancients on the last days that we shall have souls…

Second Death Services

Dec 15, 2019

The girl sitting on the other side of Jared’s desk was the perfect picture of grief…

Witch in Residence: Industry

Dec 15, 2019

Dear Witch-in-Residence, a.k.a. the past, I am from the future. It is a post-nuclear holocaust time…

Omnopolis

Dec 15, 2019

Omnopolis, city of flowers, city of lights—without a doubt, the single most colorful city…

Review: The Murderbot Diaries

Dec 15, 2019

Stupid humans, right? Always coming up with bad ideas and then doing them…

The Business of Words

Dec 15, 2019

From the first texts read aloud to us as children to the new Hugo winners we now itch to download…

Letter from the Editors: Industry

Dec 15, 2019

Letter from the Editorsby Meera Velu and Devon MontgomeryIssue 6: Industry Thank you for checking out the sixth issue of Speculative City. We are concluding the 2019 year by focusing on the theme of industry. Modern life is...

The Converter of Time

Dec 15, 2019

My parents bought my freedom from the Converter of Time before I was born…

Mutant

Dec 15, 2019

The radioactive waste
my home sleeps on…

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