Intentionalities” by
Aimee Ogden, where in the near future Sorrel gets trapped in an all-too-plausible system of debt peonage and ends up “conferring” a child to Braxos Corp. She bears the child, Abigail, and is able to raise her to the age of five with resources from the corporation, then has to surrender her, as she’ll eventually become a space miner. The rest of the story is Sorrel’s work with non-profits that have the goal of dismantling this system of debt-based slavery. It’s a very short story in which to sketch out a complex system and a whole life, and sometimes it feels a bit rushed, but its point is well drawn. In “
Issue #38, January/February 2021
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Science fiction and fantasy magazine with original and reprint fiction, non-fiction essays, interviews, and poetry. This issue includes fiction by Sam J. Miller, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Paul Cornell, Christopher Caldwell, and Marissa Lingen; a reprint from Del Sandeen; essays from John Wiswell, Octavia Cade, Katherine Cross, and Aidan Moher; interviews with Miyuki Jane Pinckard and Paul Cornell; and poetry. Cover art by Nilah Magruder. E-book subscribers receive the complete ebook on the first Tuesday of the month. Online readers will receive the first half of the magazine on the first Tuesday of the month. The second half will be available the first Tuesday of the following month. Also available free on the