Akis Linardos

Nov 25, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Shannon Fay |Rawad Alhashmi |Kuzhali Manickavel |Akis Linardos

Buried Deep and Other Stories is a fantastic smorgasbord for fans of Naomi Novik’s writing. It features several stories set in the same universes as her novels, as well as others that draw upon a wide swath of history and literature. You liked Novik’s Scholomance Trilogy (2020-2022)? There’s a story in here set after the end of the series. A fan of her novel Spinning Silver (2018)? You can read the prototype short story version of it here.

Oct 8, 2024 | apex-magazine.com | Akis Linardos |Alix E. Harrow |Ursula Vernon

Day 1. Carbon Footprint offset: 0%Across the silver table, the Council of Three regards me with milky-white eyes and veins green with chlorophyll. A woman with eyebrow strands the shape of tiny carrots, a reed-thin man with purple lanky hair, and a hunchback with a wide yellow-toothed smile and a beard of roots like his face was recently plucked from a garden. When he speaks, sharp floral scents waft from his mouth.

Sep 8, 2024 | futureofsex.net | Akis Linardos

Escapism can take many interesting and frequently arousing formsContent Warning: Dissociation from Physical RealityThe joint nests finger-thick on the ashtray, its smoke still warming your lungs, numbing your mind. You eye your dating accounts on the cellphone, no longer matching just scrolling through all the apps, the failed conversations. A celebration of your incompetence at finding a partner, even for one night.

Aug 29, 2024 | unchartedmag.com | Akis Linardos

She was born in the Cave, emerged from the cocoon of shattered stalactites soaked in vestigial groundwater like all daughters before her. Her first name was Kori, her second, Mama, and now finally everyone calls her Yaya, the eldest. Even after so long, a sinful child whose hunger for adventure once lured her old family to its demise and left her all alone.

Jun 9, 2024 | futureofsex.net | Akis Linardos

Love and desire are limitless-—and timelessAccording to quantum entanglement, two particles can be connected even if they’re lightyears away from one another. Changing the state of one causes a predictable shift in the state of the other. This phenomenon is also known as “spooky action at a distance.”#It’s a year between 1990 and 2020, when two people meet online. One’s name is Alice, a trans woman, the other is Bob, a cis man.