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Articles by Malena Salazar Maciá
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Our sixth podcast for April is “The Forgetting Code” written by Malena Salazar Maciá and read by Kate Baker. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:29 — 26.8MB) Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | More Malena Salazar Maciá is a fantasy and science fiction writer born in Havana, Cuba.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
2450 words, short story There is no formula for forgetting. No precise way to erase the pain. Complete healing is impossible. Because there is always a little needle sticking inside. A pain so slight that if pressed, it passes through the body from side to side like a plasma shot. However, Joel helped those who wished to forget. On his server, he wove memories that no one wanted to possess in their mind and incorporated them into a huge binary tapestry.
The Matriarchs - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
DECEMBER 2025, FLASH, 1200 WORDS He told you he didn’t like your hair. That matted mass coiled around your neck, snaking down your back until it hugged your left thigh. Dry, interwoven with golden threads, impervious to combs, its only purpose seemed to be resisting any sun or storm without yellowing at the tips. He ordered you, in secret, to cleanse your skin with potions made by witches skilled in erasing what others deemed undesirable. (But how?
Geminoid by Malena Salazar Maciá (audio) : Clarkesworld Magazine
Skip to content Podcast, Original Fiction TEXT VERSION Our seventh podcast for March is “Geminoid” written by Malena Salazar Maciá and read by Kate Baker. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:28 — 41.8MB) Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | More Malena Salazar Maciá is a fantasy and science fiction writer born in Havana, Cuba.
Geminoid by Malena Salazar Maciá : Clarkesworld Magazine
4300 words, short story I am Geminoid. No. That’s incorrect. That shouldn’t happen at all. I was programmed to be accurate. Not to lie. To obey voice commands, or react to the exposure of a specific biometric or administrators. My real name is a serial number and Julian said it was very boring. When the biomedical explained to him what I was, he decided that I must be Geminoid. I obey. I am Geminoid. The first of a new and innovative batch developed by the company.
The fate of despair
The universe devoured you. Trapped in an escape pod of a stellar wreck, malfunctioning thrusters and molecular printer soon became heralds of a silent death, which might come in the blink of an eye, or the instant a comet’s fiery tail reflected in your dry eyes. On more than one occasion you thought about opening the gate and pushing yourself into the blackness interwoven with patterns of nebulae. Yet, each breath of oxygen was more comfortable than ending it all at once.
UNICEF Story Project Gets Kids Talking About the Future of Health
A core part of UNICEF's mission to improve the lives of children around the world is to consult with young people on important issues, amplify youth voices and ensure those voices are heard. It is within this vein that a team from UNICEF's Office of Innovation partnered with The Lancet & Financial Times Commission and launched Imagining Health Futures, a storytelling project that is part of a broader collaboration called Governing Health Futures 2030.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Malena Salazar Maciá was born in Havana, Cuba, where she still lives today. A winner of multiple literary awards, she has authored several books, including Nade (2016), Las peregrinaciones de los dioses (2018), and Aliento de Dragón (2020). English translations of her short stories have appeared in venues such as The Future Fire, Mithila Review, and Selene Quarterly Magazine. In addition, her work has been translated into Croatian, German, and Japanese.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
My return to our ancestral roots began with a crocodile’s eye that sprouted on my right breast. It felt like a grazing kiss from a razor-sharp bamboo tip, or the sting of the cold current of a river that once flowed on the ruined Earth. I chewed on bitter, nameless herbs to soothe my pain. Still, I wasn’t bleeding. I’d spotted the eye when I undressed to bathe. The bump was still swollen and tender to touch. It stared at me from my shivered, erect areola. Another eye hadn’t yet appeared.
Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
ISSUE 161, February 2020 FICTION Outer by Hollis Joel Henry Eyes of the Crocodile by Malena Salazar Maciá, translated by Toshiya Kamei Mandorla by Cooper Shrivastava The Host by Neal Asher Jigsaw Children by Grace Chan Generation Gap by Thoraiya Dyer NON-FICTION Jules Verne and a Journey Through Genre by Carrie Sessarego Nanobots and Braincases: A Conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi by Arley Sorg Faith in Vision: A Conversation with Ken Liu by Arley Sorg Editor's Desk: 2019 Reader's Poll...
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