From Hugo and Nebula Award winning James Patrick Kelly comes the debut of a new digital magazine that combines fast-paced action, mind-blowing futures and cutting edge science essays. The first issue of James Patrick Kelly's Strangeways includes the novelette "Plus or Minus" which has been nominated for the 2011 Nebula, Hugo and Locus Awards and is collected in The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year edited by Jonathan Strahan. Here also is the short story "The Propagation Of Light In A Vacuum" a wild ride on the first spaceship to exceed the speed of light. "The Propagation of Light In Vacuum" has been adapted into a stage play and an audioplay starring Paul Giamatti. A bonus essay examines our prospects for interstellar travel.