Image © Brian Malachy Quinn 2020
Letter from the Editors Dear Reader, Fiction can be a powerful force for change, an inspiration for hope, or, even just a fun escape. This quarter we are happy to present the following 'shockingly good' stories of speculative fiction: Smithsonian Soldiers by E.A.Lawrence -- An illustration of the power of friendship and human persistence in an apocalyptic world. Nobody Gets Out Alive by George R. Galuschak -- Tune into the livestream of a game where the stakes even higher than life or death. Glass and Ashes by Raven McAllister -- Hard times make for fast friends, but what happens when a life is on the line? After the Fee-Fi-Fo by Maureen Bowden -- What really happens after the fairy tale ends? Hot Crow and Paper Lion by MJ Francis -- Fantasy and mythology mix with two very unlikely friends on an even more unlikely mission. We're happy to share "The Priestess" by one of our favorite cover artists, Brian Malachy Quinn. Don't miss our interview with Mark Everglade, author of the SF novel Hemispheres--complete with a bonus story by Mark! And, finally, we share an excerpt from Editor Lesley L. Smith's new space operetta novel A Jack For All Seasons. We hope you enjoy these stories. And more than ever, we are grateful for you for joining us on these ventures into the territory of imagination. Thanks for reading, The Electric Spec Team