Whether employed as a means of influence, a method of production, a form of practice, a manner of inquiry, a way of seeing, or a motivating ideology, this issue engages speculation and the speculative as world-shaping concepts worthy of deep and critical reflection. LA+ SPECULATION is guest-edited by Christopher Marcinkoski with contributions by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Ytasha Womack, Adrian Hawker, Karen Lewis, Min Kyung Lee, Stuart Candy, Aroussiak Gabrielian, Paul Dobraszczyk, Casey Brown, Jonah Susskind, Javier Arpa Fernandéz + Alexandra Sankova.