![]() ![]() Pirates’’, a story that introduces readers to a half-drowned city. Lightspeed manages an equally impressive close to the year, opening its December issue with L.D. Sanni captures a warmth against a vast cold, and takes meaning where before it might have been missed, to stunning results. Sadness and joy, loss and gifts – the narrator feels the weight of failures but is not crushed by them, because they also feel the weightless energy of happiness, abundance, and something that cuts through the void. ![]() The issue closes with Timi Sanni’s beautiful poem ‘‘ Luminous’’, which does a fantastic job highlighting contrast. Yoo paints a vivid picture of this world and this battle, imbuing it with emotional resonance without needing to reveal the whole context. For Woojin, it’s a story of loss and mystification in the face of a violence that for at least some around Woojin was almost inevitable, as those with power rarely tolerate it in others. The reason for the attack is never confirmed, but it likely has to do with the way that Woojin’s paintings can come to life, fighting for their creator against fire and steel. In ‘‘ The End of a Painted World’’ by Sam Kyung Yoo, a painter named Woojin must flee an assault by the emperor’s soldiers. Fantasy closed out 2022 with a bang with an issue full of hauntings, magic, and people desperate for a safe place to be.
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