Lightspeed Magazine Published September 4, 2025 Comments (0) 𝕏 Copied! Lightspeed Magazine io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeeds current issue.
This months selection is Last Meal Aboard the Awassa by Kel Coleman. Enjoy! Last Meal Aboard the Awassa by Kel Coleman Gardener ladled dark-purple porridge into her primary digestion sac, staring absently out the viewport at black space and the distant smudge of the planet they had come to study.
The simple meal and the gesture it represented soothed her after a long, thorny morning in a section of the growth bay that was in full flower and had needed hand pollinating. Though the other crew members around the mess made do with the usual break time assortment, Cook had steamed and spiced osard grains just for her before going off shift to nap in their rooms.
When the two of them joined the crew as a couple, roughly four solars ago, Gardener had worried the special treatment shown to her from the kitchen would lead to resentment. She had heard it could get lonely on a long haul if you made a bad impression, especially on a tiny ship where everyone knew each others families, had vid night sleepovers in the observatory, and could count at least a handful of birthdays and Endless Nights aboard.
*Reporting by Gizmodo.*
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