It's storytime! Read a science fiction/fantasy short story from Lightspeed Magazine here at io9. Half a century after Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton made us fear disease as much as dinosaurs ...

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In “Hole in the Sky,” a threat forecaster confined to a bunker deciphers a mysterious code. One day, a new kind of voice comes through. The following is an excerpt from “Hole in the Sky” by Daniel H.

Breaking news out of eastern Oklahoma! A hole in the sky has opened. Through it, an unidentified turtle-shaped craft has descended. Alerts say that this is first contact. So it goes in the sci-fi ...

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Crystalline” by Daniel H. Wilson. You can read ...

Daniel H. Wilson's 2011 novel, Robopocalypse, drew on the author's extensive education in robotics to craft a compelling and well-conceived take on what happens when technology takes over and how it ...