Asakiyume mita

I am back from my holiday, and will have many things to share, but while I was gone, my Amazon/Annihilation story "Semper Vivens" slipped into the world, so that's what I'm going to talk about first.

It's in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine issue 95, and behold, the cover is an illustration for it!



A terraforming disaster, tragic cultists, and frustrated researchers collide...

Twenty-five years ago, catastrophic failure in a seeder ship’s systems had resulted in its entire cargo of LifeMatrix being dumped in a coastal zone at equatorial latitudes on R-220’s eastern continent. Instead of R-220 receiving stepped atmospheric seeding over a ten-year period, the disaster zone received the entire payload in a matter of minutes, resulting in the chaotic cauldron of life visible on the research hub’s screens.

Twenty years ago, Vida Eterna adherents landed a ship in the disaster zone, intent on “achieving unity with Pure Life,” or, as most people would see it, intent on embracing a gruesome death. They succeeded. Their DNA was now part of the bubbling soup down there.

The zine is pay-only, and the price looks hefty, but it's Australian dollars! So I hope some of you give it a try, because I crave readers! (I don't yet have my own copy of the zine, but I'm supposed to get one at some point.)

🌿You can buy it here!🌿

Note: it can look like your only choices are to pay for a single issue with Apple Pay, or to buy a subscription, but that's not the case. Here's what you do:

(1) Choose a format that you'd like to receive the issue of the magazine in.
(2) Instead of clicking on what appears to be the only pay option, Apple Pay, go to "Cart" which is on the right on the banner at the top of the web page (before "Members").
(3) Clicking on "Cart" takes you to a page with Paypal and credit cards purchase methods.