Joshua Grasso

Leading Edge Issue 77 Joshua Grasso

After his reputation is ruined, a magician must take a job from a rich figure with a dark secret. Gabe is determined to sabotage his android coworker-before the android can sabotage him. Meredith's only chance to escape her abusive husband is to learn the forbidden art of magic from a mysterious newcomer. Also in this issue: editorials on how to write good SFF poetry and the problems with the Not Like Other Girls trope; an interview with Tor.com's News and Entertainment editor Emmet Asher-Perrin; poems about an ugly mermaid and a sea monster; and a themed review section on books by Black female authors.