Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine - January/February 2022

In this issue

Start 2022 off with two huge novellas! We’ve crammed our January/February 2022 issue to bursting. Nick Wolven spins a powerful tale about the cutthroat world of a touring rock band in the not too distant future. You won’t want to miss “Snowflake.” Discover an evocative alien landscape and a truly alien teppu in Sean Monaghan’s “Goldie.” On Karella, a human team must learn how to work together while uncovering the planet’s secrets.
A tense group of individuals must figure out how to resolve a “Long-Term Emergency” in Tom Purdom’s new tale; any hope for survival will depend on a great deal of skill and cunning in A.A. Attanasio’s “River of Stars, Bridge of Shadows”; a “Welcome Home” unsettles in new author Jendayi Brooks-Flemister’s short story; Joel Armstrong, who is also new to Asimov’s, digs deep to unearth “The Roots of Memory”; Ian Creasey paints a portrait of a dangerous form of time travel in “Fasterpiece”; Michèle Laframboise whips up a gastronomic tale of planetary exploration and “October’s Feast”; Stephanie Feldman terrifies as she leads us into “The Boyfriend Trap”; Joel Richards has fun “Unmasking Black Bart”; and Michael Swanwick excavates “The Beasts of Tara.”