Aurealis #157

We have lift off for 2023. Aurealis has once again blasted through the exosphere and is exploring new worlds of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Join us for Madeline Byrne's 'Song of the Spear', a tightly braided historical fantasy inspired by Norse and Celtic mythologies. Stay for 'The Momentum of a Library Card Between Spaces' where Anthony Sweet explores the human cost of faster-than-light technology and asks the question, 'What could an individual agree to or suffer through to enable transportation over great distances?' And don't miss 'Autonomous', Lyle Hopwood's cautionary tale about the fallibility of AI and the value of human intervention. Daniel Thompson gives us his Thoughts on Interstellar Trade and Transport and Phil Nicholls is in conversation with Eugen Bacon The Craft of Writing: Chasing Whispers. There is another feast of reviews in this issue including Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Kate Elliott's The Keeper's Six as well as short story collections Charm, Strangeness, Mass and Spin by Stephen Dedman and Liminal Spaces by Deborah Sheldon. Plus artwork alone worth the price of subscription by Emma Weakley, Kim Lennard and James Spence.