In this Surreal Tale, an Artist Finds Joy in Becoming an Orange

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Raspberry Manifesto of Professor Warana” by Adam-Troy Castro. Enjoy!

But first, a message from Lightspeed: “Lightspeed is currently running our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of our sibling magazine, Nightmare. If the campaign funds, we’ll be bringing you all-new, never-before-published stories by some…