Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 148, September 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTSIssue 148, September 2022FROM THE EDITOR– “Editorial: September 2022” by John Joseph AdamsSCIENCE FICTION– "The CRISPR Cookbook: A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Abortion in a Post-Roe World" by MKRNYILGLD– “Civilian Assumptions" by Dominique Dickey– “The Application of Strawberry Lip Gloss in a Low-Gravity Environment” by R.J. Theodore– “Eminence" by Karl SchroederFANTASY– “The Inheritance of Dust and Leather” by Jenny Rae Rappaport– “The Queen of the Earless Seals of Lake Baikal” by Kristina Ten– “The Sister City” by Cody Goodfellow– “Her Five Farewells” by Martin CahillEXCERPTS– “Desert Creatures” by Kay ChronisterNONFICTION– “Book Review: She and Her Cat, by Makoto Shinkai, translated by Naruki Nagakawa” by Aigner Loren Wilson– “Book Review: Africa Risen, edited by Thomas, Ekpeki, & Knight” by Arley Sorg– “Book Review: Other Terrors, edited by Liaguno & Mason” by Chris KluweAUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS by Laurel Amberdine– “Kristina Ten”– “R.J. Theodore"– “Martin Cahill”