Issue #16
Featuring Stories by: Lars Schwed Nygård, Richard May, J.A. Prentice, R. Keelan, and Anne Shimeki
Poems by: Michelle Koubek, Erica Leslie Weidner and M. Frost
July 2025 – We hope you enjoy your visit to James Gunn’s Ad Astra. If you would like to be part of our future issues, please read our submissions guidelines and join the conversation.
The Name of Things to Come
At a recent writing workshop, I heard a participant comment on another one’s nomenclature: android, laser, Altair were deemed unimaginative clichés. I found myself in instant disagreement. Here’s why.
On AI, Art, and Writing
Molecules and Metaphor: Betsy James On Writing and Teaching Speculative Fiction On AI, Art, and Writing AI fiction: It’s here.
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