Samantha Murray
Clarkesworld
2023
ShortStory
Science Fiction
3,180 words
details
"Lacuna knew winter. Winter was the vast distances between the stars. Winter was the cold of space. You couldn’t measure cold; it was not a thing in itself. It was only the absence of heat. As darkness was only an absence of light. Yet both of these—the...
AI FictionAI PersonhoodDeep Space
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
Samantha Murray
Lightspeed
2023
ShortStory
Science Fiction
748 words
details
"You knew from the beginning. You knew because the world knew about the intricate and fascinating life-cycle of the Svarrs, and it had been documented and discussed everywhere throughout the media endlessly. And you knew because Vo made sure you...
Speculative FictionMemorySecond Person
Samantha Murray
Clarkesworld
2021
Novelette
Science Fiction
9,661 words
details
"The taxi from Guiyang Airport passed through long tunnels with curved white crescents every fifty or so meters along. It was simply some reflective material, but the bright curves leading her off into the distance through the darkness of the tunnel made...
First ContactMortalityElegiac
Content warnings 1
death
Samantha Murray
Clarkesworld
2026
details
You’d expected the gravity on Vixiv-11 to be fractionally more than that on Earth. It is not something you ever notice much, even in the beginning, beyond an exhaustion that […]
First ContactSacrificeSecond Person