Clarkesworld Magazine

Series · 20

books · 2009-2025

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#37

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 37, October 2009

2009

FICTION "Spar" by Kij Johnson "Of Melei, of Ulthar" by Gord Sellar NON-FICTION "Keeping Ahead of the Fear: A Conversation with Ken Scholes" by Jeremy L. C. Jones "Forevermore: The Iconic Poe of the 21st Century" by G.A. Buchholz

#55

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 55, April 2011

2011

FICTION "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" by E. Lily Yu "Matchmaker" by Erin M. Hartshorn NON-FICTION "Linguistics for the World-Builder" by Brit Mandelo "Same Story with a 21st Century Sensibility: A Conversation with John Scalzi" by Jeremy L. C. Jones

#71

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 71, August 2012

2012

FICTION “Mantis Wives” by Kij Johnson “Honey Bear” by Sofia Samatar “Fade to White” by Catherynne M. Valente NON-FICTION “The Spell of History: Magic Systems and Real-World Zeitgeists” by Jeff Seymour “In a Carapace of Light: A Conversation with China Miéville” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: Plausibility and Truth” by Daniel Abraham “Editor’s Desk: Finding the Good in a Dark Day” by Neil Clarke

#72

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 72, September 2012

2012

FICTION “The Found Girl” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell “Robot” by Helena Bell “muo-ka's Child” by Indrapramit Das NON-FICTION “Between a UFO and a Hard Place: The Real-Life Science Heroics of Dr. Omond Solandt” by Jason S. Ridler “The Satirist's Progress: A Discussion with Nick Mamatas and Paul Tremblay” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: Super Duper Sexual Spiritual Black Woman: The New and Improved Magical Negro” by Chesya Burke “Editor's Desk: Professionally Speaking” by Neil Clarke

#76

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 76, January 2013

2013

FICTION “Driftings” by Ian McDonald “Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton's Law Along the Event Horizon” by Helena Bell “Effigy Nights” by Yoon Ha Lee NON-FICTION “The Wine-Dark Sea: Color and Perception in the Ancient World” by Erin Hoffman “Riding a Whale through an Ocean of Lard: A Conversation with Jesse Bullington” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: Spoiler Alert!” by E. C. Ambrose “2012 Reader's Poll” by Neil Clarke

#86

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 86, November 2013

2013

FICTION “Mystic Falls” by Robert Reed “The Aftermath” by Maggie Clark “Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)” by Seth Dickinson “Manifest Destiny” by Joe Haldeman “Special Economics” by Maureen F. McHugh NON-FICTION “Sapir-Whorf Must Die” by Anaea Lay “Hard Truths in Our World: A Conversation with Bradley P. Beaulieu” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: What I Did on My Summer Vacation” by Jamie Todd Rubin “Editor’s Desk: Year Seven by the Numbers” by Neil Clarke

#91

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 91, April 2014

2014

FICTION “Passage of Earth” by Michael Swanwick “Autodidact” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew “Water in Springtime” by Kali Wallace “The Cuckoo” by Sean Williams “Going After Bobo” by Susan Palwick “Shining Armor” by Dominic Green NON-FICTION “Realms of Dark, Deep and Cold” by Julie Novakova “The Blue Collar Craftsman & the Salesmen on Mars: A Conversation with Ben Tanzer” by Jeremy L. C. Jones “Another Word: Killing Rage” by Daniel Abraham “Editor’s Desk: Supporting our Favorites” by Neil Clarke

#94

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 94, July 2014

2014

FICTION “The Contemporary Foxwife” by Yoon Ha Lee “Stone Hunger” by N. K. Jemisin “Soul’s Bargain” by Juliette Wade “The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness” by William Browning Spencer “Gold Mountain” by Chris Roberson NON-FICTION “The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: Publications from Slush” by Susan E. Connolly “The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind the Slush” by Susan E. Connolly “Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer” by Ben Fry “Another Word: Reclaiming the Tie-In Novel” by James L. Sutter “Editor’s Desk: Adding Some Color” by Neil Clarke

#98

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 98, November 2014

2014

FICTION “Cameron Rhyder's Legs” by Matthew Kressel “Pernicious Romance” by Robert Reed “The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009” by Ken Liu “Cody” by Pat Cadigan “The Vorkuta Event” by Ken MacLeod NON-FICTION ““We’re All Dreaming,” Arctor Said: Drugs in Science Fiction, from the 1960s to the Present” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro “Anywhere with Pillars: A Conversation with Jo Walton” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro “Another Word: Free Advice from a Full-Time Author. Worth Every Penny Paid” by Wesley Chu “Editor’s Desk: Translation Is Important” by Neil Clarke

#111

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 111, December 2015

2015

FICTION “Yuanyuan's Bubbles” by Liu Cixin, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan “Union” by Tamsyn Muir “Morrigan in Shadow” by Seth Dickinson “When We Die on Mars” by Cassandra Khaw “Technarion” by Sean McMullen “Daddy's World” by Walter Jon Williams NON-FICTION “A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex” by Jason Heller “The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe” by Kate Baker “Another Word: On Reading, Writing, and the Classics” by Cat Rambo “Editor's Desk: Hibernation Mode Activated” by Neil Clarke

#121

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 121, October 2016

2016

FICTION “The Next Scene” by Robert Reed “One Sister, Two Sisters, Three” by James Patrick Kelly “The Calculations of Artificials” by Chi Hui, translated by John Chu “Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home” by Genevieve Valentine “Rusties” by Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu “Old Domes” by JY Yang “The Very Pulse of the Machine” by Michael Swanwick NON-FICTION “Méliès to Bonestell: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction” by Mark Cole “Jazz Music and Greek Myths: A Conversation with Peter S. Beagle” by Chris Urie “Another Word: The Ship’s Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal” by Fran Wilde “Editor's Desk: A Decade” by Neil Clarke PODCASTS The Next Scene by ROBERT REED, read by KATE BAKER One Sister, Two Sisters, Three by JAMES PATRICK KELLY, read by KATE BAKER The Calculations of Artificials by CHI HUI, read by KATE BAKER Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home by GENEVIEVE VALENTINE, read by KATE BAKER Rusties by NNEDI OKORAFOR AND WANURI KAHIU, read by WANURI KAHIU Old Domes by JY YANG, read by KATE BAKER The Very Pulse of the Machine by MICHAEL SWANWICK, read by KATE BAKER ART Samyaza, Angel of Pride by PETER MOHRBACHER

#131

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 131, August 2017

2017

FICTION "Twisted Knots" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires "Reversion" by Nin Harris "The Stone Weta" by Octavia Cade "In the Blind" by Sunny Moraine "A Man Out of Fashion" by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu "Fleet" by Sandra McDonald "Venice Drowned" by Kim Stanley Robinson NON-FICTION "How to Invent an Alien Language? A Linguistic Perspective" by Olga Kuno "Pirate Pharmaceuticals, Robots, and Kaiju: A Conversation with Annalee Newitz" by Chris Urie "Another Word: The Subtle Art of Promotion" by Cat Rambo "Editor's Desk: Ask and You Shall Receive" by Neil Clarke

#132

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132, September 2017

2017

FICTION "Antarctic Birds" by A. Brym "Little /^^^\\&-" by Eric Schwitzgebel "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer "Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics" by Jess Barber and Sara Saab "Möbius Continuum" by Gu Shi, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu "Bonding with Morry" by Tom Purdom "Warmth" by Geoff Ryman NON-FICTION "Artificial Wombs and Control of Reproductive Technology" by Stephanie M. Bucklin "Occult Agencies and Political Satire: A Conversation with Charles Stross" by Chris Urie "Another Word: The Dream of Writing Full Time" by Kelly Robson "Editor's Desk: Home for the Month" by Neil Clarke

#177

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 177, June 2021

2021

FICTION Little Animals by Nancy Kress Poubelle by Robert Reed Bots of the Lost Ark by Suzanne Palmer Face Changing by Jiang Bo, translated by Andy Dudak The Shroud for the Mourners by Yukimi Ogawa Our Fate, Told in Photons by K.W. Colyard Embracing the Movement by Cristina Jurado, translated by Sue Burke NON-FICTION Fungi in Fiction by Carrie Sessarego Undoing Good Women: A Conversation with Cassandra Khaw by Arley Sorg A Wider Range of Freedom: A Conversation with Alyssa Winans by Arley Sorg Editor's Desk: What Do You Want? by Neil Clarke ART Companion by Derek Stenning

#203

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 203, August 2023

2023

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 2023 issue (#203) Fiction \- Every Seed Is a Prayer (And Your World Is a Seed) by Stephen Case \- Window Boy by Thomas Ha \- Light Speed Is Not a Speed by Andy Dudak \- Who Can Have the Moon by Congyun ‘Muming’ GU, Translated by Tian Huang \- Empathetic Ear by M. J. Pettit \- Gel Pen Notes From Generation Ship Y by Marisca Pichette \- Resistant by Koji A. Dae Non-fiction \- There’s a New Octopus Sheriff in Town by Priya Sridhar \- Sense and Perception: A Conversation with Emma Mieko Candon by Arley Sorg \- Everything Goes in Cycles: An Interview with Joshua Glenn by Arley Sorg Editor’s Desk: One for the Team: By Neil Clarke Cover Art: Old Ways by J.R. Slattum

#211

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 211, April 2024

2024

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 April 2024 issue (#211) fiction by Eleanna Castroianni ("The Lark Ascending"), Tia Tashiro ("An Intergalactic Smugglers Guide to Homecoming"), Rich Larson ("The Indomitable Captain Holli"), Derrick Boden ("The Arborist"), Shen Dacheng ("The Rambler"), Kelly Jennings ("Occurrence at O1339"), and Natalia Theodoridou ("The Oldest Fun").Non-fiction includes an article by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, interviews with Sofia Samatar and Ann Leckie, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

#212

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 212, May 2024

2024

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 May 2024 issue (#212) fiction by Alice Towey ("Fishy"), Fiona Moore ("The Portmeirion Road"), Carolyn Zhao ("In Which Caruth is Correct"), Thomas Ha ("The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video"), Samara Auman ("The Texture of Memory, of Light"), Rajeev Prasad ("The Blinding Light of Resurrection"), Carlie St. George ("The Weight of Your Own Ashes"), and K. J. Khan ("Our Father").Non-fiction includes an article by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, interviews with Andrea Hairston and Andrea Kriz, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

#213

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 213, June 2024

2024

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 June 2024 issue (#213) fiction by H.H. Pak ("Twenty-Four Hours"), Caroline M. Yoachim ("Our Chatbots Said "I Love You," Shall We Meet?"), S.B. Divya ("Artistic Encounters of a Monumental Nature"), Tan Gang ("The Reflection of Sand"), Carrie Vaughn ("Himalia"), Cat McMahan ("Bodies"), and Luc Diamant ("Off Track").Non-fiction includes an article by Gunnar De Winter, interviews with Suyi Davies Okungbowa and Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

#227

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 227, August 2025

2025

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

#228

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 228, September 2025

2025

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 September 2025 issue (#228) contains: Fiction \* "Abstraction is when I design giant death creatures and Attraction is when I do it for you" by Claire Jia-Wen \* "Wireworks" by Sheri Singerling \* "Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins" by Louis Inglis Hall \* "Aperture" by Alexander Jablokov \* "The Fury of the Glowmen" by David McGillveray \* "Five Impossible Things" by Koji A. Dae \* "A World of Their Own" by Robert Falco Non-Fiction \* "What A Cup of Coffee Can Teach Us About Science" by Douglas F. Dluzen \* "Brutality and Whimsy: A Conversation with Martin Cahill" by Arley Sorg \* "Fear, Indecision, and Doubt: A Conversation with Thomas Ha" by Arley Sorg \* "Editor's Desk: Aftermath of a Worldcon" by Neil Clarke Cover Art "The Key" by Ninja Jo

Authors

Andy Dudak is a writer and translator living in Beijing. He’s sold stories to many venues, including Analog, Clarkesworld, and Daily Science Fiction. He’s an SFWA member and Codexian

Marisca Pichette is an award-winning author of speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her debut collection of speculative verse, RIVERS IN YOUR SKIN, SIRENS IN YOUR HAIR, was nominated for the 2023 Bram Stoker and Elgin Awards. Their cli-fi novella, EVERY DARK CLOUD, is out now from Ghost Orchid Press. Marisca lives in Massachusetts.

Neil Clarke

Author · 5 books

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.

Derrick Boden's fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Escape Pod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Daily Science Fiction. He is a writer, a software developer, an adventurer, and a graduate of the Clarion West class of 2019. He currently calls Boston his home, although he's lived in fourteen cities spanning four continents. He is owned by two cats and one iron-willed daughter. Find him at derrickboden.com and on Twitter as @derrickboden.

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Fiona Moore

Author · 4 books

Fiona Moore is a writer and academic whose work has appeared in Asimov, Interzone, and Clarkesworld, with reprints in Forever Magazine and two consecutive editions of The Best of British SF; her story “Jolene” was shortlisted for the 2019 BSFA Award for Shorter Fiction, and her first novel Driving Ambition is available from Bundoran Press. She has written and cowritten a number of articles and guidebooks on cult television, including guides to Blake’s Seven, The Prisoner and Battlestar Galactica. She has also written three stage plays and four audio plays, and a blog entitled A Doctor Of Many Things. When not writing, she is a Professor of Business Anthropology at Royal Holloway University.. She lives in Southwest London with a tortoiseshell cat who is bent on world domination.

Carrie Vaughn is the author more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories. She's best known for her New York Times bestselling series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. In 2018, she won the Philip K. Dick Award for Bannerless, a post-apocalyptic murder mystery. She's published over 20 novels and 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. She's a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop. An Air Force brat, she survived her nomadic childhood and managed to put down roots in Boulder, Colorado, where she collects hobbies. Visit her at www.carrievaughn.com For writing advice and essays, check out her Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carrievaughn

S.B. Divya (she/any) is a lover of science, math, fiction, and the Oxford comma. She is the Hugo and Nebula nominated author of Meru (2023), Machinehood, Runtime, and Contingency Plans For the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations. Her short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and she was the co-editor of Escape Pod, the weekly science fiction podcast, from 2017-2022. Divya holds degrees in Computational Neuroscience and Signal Processing, and she worked for twenty years as an electrical engineer before becoming an author. Born in Pondicherry, India, Divya now resides in Southern California. She enjoys subverting expectations and breaking stereotypes whenever she can.