Part of Series
Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our August 2025 issue (#227) contains: Fiction * "A Shaky Bridge" by Marissa Lingen * "And The Planet Loved Him" by L Chan * "Sleeper" by R.T. Ester * "Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost" by Ai Jiang * "Sea of Fertility" by Bella Han * "Heart of Thunder" by Raahem Alvi * "A Dream of Twin Sunsets" by Ryan Cole * "Vwooom!" by Uchechukwu Nwaka Non-Fiction * "The Rebellion is Real: 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale in 2025" by Carrie Sessarego * "Women, Technology, and the Future: A Conversation with Brenda Cooper" by Arley Sorg * "Tactical Ballgowns and Genre Turduckens: A Conversation with Fran Wilde" by Arley Sorg * "Editor's Desk: The Future of Dealing with AI Submissions" by Neil Clarke Cover Art "Blue Ship" by Pascal Blanché
Author
Neil Clarke is best known as the editor and publisher of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine. Launched in October 2006, the online magazine has been a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine four times (winning three times), the World Fantasy Award four times (winning once), and the British Fantasy Award once (winning once). Neil is also a ten-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form (winning once in 2022), three-time winner of the Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and a recipient of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. In the fifteen years since Clarkesworld Magazine launched, numerous stories that he has published have been nominated for or won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Locus, BSFA, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press, and Stoker Awards. Additionally, Neil edits Forever—a digital-only, reprint science fiction magazine he launched in 2015. His anthologies include: Upgraded, Galactic Empires, Touchable Unreality, More Human than Human, The Final Frontier, Not One of Us, The Eagle has Landed, , and the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven will published in early 2023. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.
