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This month’s fiction selection is Caesura by Ashlee Lhamon

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65% Informative

âCaesura by Ashlee Lhamon is a prosthetist who makes prosthetic faces from the ashes of a gunshot victim.

The ear of the victim had been ripped off by a shotgun in the mouth of a man.

The prosthesis would be able to grocery shop and go to movie theatres and sit in restaurants without pausing.

L. Ashlee L. L.A. writes about a prosthetic prosthesis that sings an aria in a language I had never heard before.

The prosthesis was perfectly formed, though not yet tinted, so the flesh was as single-toned as a dollâs.

The mouth and cheeks were only silicone; there was no throat, no vocal cords.

The singing mask sang on, undisturbed.

This story first appeared in the October 2024 issue of LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE .

The issue also features work by Patrick Hurley , Ai Jiang , Kenneth Schneyer , P.A. Cornell , Russell Nichols , Philip Gelatt , JT Petty , Lyndsie Manusos .

VR Score

61

Informative language

59

Neutral language

40

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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