R.S.A. Garcia : Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy

R.S.A. Garcia writes speculative fiction, and lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many cats and dogs. Her debut science fiction mystery novel, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, the Silver Medal for Best Scifi/Fantasy/Horror Ebook from the Independent Publishers Awards (2015), and became an Amazon Bestseller.

She has published short fiction in magazines such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Escape Pod, and Internazionale Magazine. Her stories have appeared in several anthologies, including the critically acclaimed The Best of World SF: Volume 1, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4, The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 5, and Sunspot Jungle: Volume 2. Her work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and Czech.

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R.S.A. Garcia has the following works available at Clarkesworld:

Bishop's Opening

FICTION by R.S.A. Garcia in Issue 184 – January 2022

Old as she was, the Kiskadee had done three full delivery runs without a single safety incident. So naturally, with the crew relaxed after a fourth successful delivery and launch, and eight cycles after Reece slingshotted the starship around Tavaco to head back to the Roost and their next job, their luck ran out. Sebastian […]

Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma

FICTION by R.S.A. Garcia in Issue 172 – January 2021

Brother-Adita paused at the top of the ridge and rotated one eye to take in the shells climbing the path behind them. They gestured beyond them with a limb, a habit picked up from their young, excitable sibling. “Quarter-march, west-north-west,” came their voice through the Kinnec. “Acknowledged,” the other two shells replied. Metal clacked against […]

The Sun from Both Sides

FICTION by R.S.A. Garcia in Issue 152 – May 2019

Once, a woman loved a man, and a man loved a woman. They lived in a forest, in a small stone-gray hut, set far enough back from a river to escape the seasonal floods. Every day, they woke on a too-soft mattress and turned their faces to each other before they opened their eyes. Her […]

The Anchorite Wakes

FICTION by R.S.A. Garcia in Issue 143 – August 2018

Sister Nadine’s first true thought is of beauty. Father Paul is delivering a sermon on sacrifice in his deep voice, pausing for emphasis every so often, when the bird lands on the ledge of her squint with a silent flutter of wings. It’s smaller than her hand and has the same wavy translucence as the […]

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R.S.A. Garcia

Bishop's Opening

Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma

The Sun from Both Sides

The Anchorite Wakes