Read 'Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library' by Cadwell Turnbull, author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis.

Read part two of Lowry Poletti's "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand" right here on io9.

Read part one of Lowry Poletti's "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand" right here on io9. Part two coming next week.

B. Pladek's speculative tale about the dark future of education, 'Teach Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness,' appears on io9 courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine.

Read "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri, a speculative tale featured in Lightspeed Magazine.