Tamara Masri

Dec 5, 2024 | lightspeedmagazine.com | Wendy Wagner |Tamara Masri

This is the eighth floor of the Al-Ahli Memorial Library, my favorite place in the building. When the elevator door opens, it’s like walking into a quiet circle of glass. So, as we walk, I’m going to whisper. People are reading, writing, drawing—it’s such a beautiful place to work. I’m probably the luckiest librarian in the world. Let’s start with the east side, overlooking the city’s skyline. How many kites are in the air? I counted five. Now let’s go to the west side.

Dec 1, 2024 | lightspeedmagazine.com | Wendy Wagner |John Joseph Adams |Tamara Masri |Melissa Watkins

Author Spotlight: Cressida Blake Roe by Mayookh Barua Back then, communing with the divine was couched in images or metaphors of violence: you have these accounts of wounds, being pierced or attacked. But such is the nature of divine violence that it’s transformative, illuminating. In the context of this story, though, it’s also shoved up against a more earthly, clinical violence. Publishes Online on 12/19