Issue 17 Foreword
This issue is overdue. Not only am I a lifelong Gothic geek, but the Gothic is an unquestionably popular fascination. I almost feel I must hang my head in apology … Continue reading
Issue 16 Foreword
Labour consumes us, exhausts us, exalts us, and defines us—for better or worse—so why not produce a Lackington’s issue devoted to the theme of occupations, seen through a speculative lens? … Continue reading
Issue 15 Foreword
At some point, eventually and inevitably, there had to be a “Diseases”-themed issue of Lackington’s. There’s just too much meaty potential in something that affects every one of us and … Continue reading
A New Face at Lackington’s
It’s with great pleasure that Lackington’s welcomes Matthew Bennardo to the staff as First Reader and Marketing Manager. Matthew has published fiction in Asimov’s, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, and … Continue reading
Issue 14 Foreword
Lackington’s has been playing with themes ever since Issue 2. Even the inaugural issue ended up with a theme that knit the first-ever Table of Contents together, however accidentally. I … Continue reading
Issue 13 Foreword
Births commonly and symbolically herald beginnings, but they can also herald endings. Sometimes it takes a deep dig into fiction to communicate this dichotomy, and I appreciate how the authors … Continue reading
Issue 12 Foreword
I once met a literature scholar who specialized in Canadian animal stories. “How cool,” I thought, and I’ve wanted to put together a bestiary ever since. It was just a … Continue reading
Issue 11 Foreword
The thing about things is, they’re ubiquitous—so much so I didn’t have to put out a call to fill this collection. The tales in Issue 11 accumulated over the course … Continue reading
Issue 10 Foreword
“It’s a comfort to say one’s piece, even to no real effect.” So muses a character in Kate Heartfield’s “The Automatic Prime Ministers” (and Kate’s third Lackington’s story to date). … Continue reading
Issue 18 Foreword
Confession: I’m not the biggest fan of magic. Stage magicians are pure cheese and sorcery-loaded fiction can lack tension. The craftiest magic systems, for all of their internal rules and … Continue reading →