Clarkesworld, issues #101-150

Magazine / webzine: Clarkesworld (issues #101–150)

Bibliographic comments: US periodical founded in October 2006, publishes speculative fiction, essays and interviews.

This page: #101–150 | #1–100 | #151–

• Winner of the 2006 Million Writer Award for Best New Online Magazine, the 2010, 2011 and 2013 Hugo Awards for Best

Semiprozine, the World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional, and the 2014 British Fantasy Award for Best

Magazine/Periodical.

• Only issues with contents of interest to this library are listed here, highlighted in white.

Clarkesworld, #101

Neil Clarke, ed.

February 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Last Surviving Gondola Widow // Gwendolyn Clare, Indelible // Kelly

Robson, The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill // Rich Larson, Meshed // Greg Van Eekhout, The

Osteomancer's Son // Nicola Griffith, It Takes Two

Essays: Mark Cole, What in the World Do They Want, Anyway? The Myth of the Friendly Alien // Dawn Metcalf,

Another Word: YA Is the New Black // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Next Hundred

Interviews: Alvaro Zino Amaro, A Little Paranoia: A Conversation with Liza Groen Trombi // Ken Liu, The Spurred

Storyteller: A Conversation With Tang Fei

Podcasts: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Last Surviving Gondola Widow – read by Kate Baker // Gwendolyn Clare,

Indelible – read by Kate Baker // Kelly Robson, The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill – read by Kate Baker

// Rich Larson, Meshed – read by Kate Baker // Greg Van Eekhout, The Osteomancer's Son – read by Kate Baker

// Nicola Griffith, It Takes Two – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #102

Neil Clarke, ed.

March 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Coming of the Light' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Naim Kabir, Slowly Builds an Empire // Ken Liu, Cassandra // Catherynne M. Valente, The Long Goodnight

of Violet Wild (Part 2) // Mike Buckley, All Original Brightness // Chen Qiufan, Coming of the Light // Gregory

Benford, The Clear Blue Seas of Luna // Lavie Tidhar, The Book Seller

Essays: Orrin Grey, Dark Angels: Insects in the Films of Guillermo del Toro // Chuck Wendig, Another Word: A Shed

of One's Own // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Reader's Poll Winners, Nebulas, and Forever

Interviews: Jason Heller, Music, Magic, and Memory: A Conversation with Randy Henderson and Silvia Morena-

Garcia // Ken Liu, Staying Sensitive in the Crowd: A Conversation with Chen Qiufan

Podcasts: Naim Kabir, Slowly Builds an Empire – read by Kate Baker // Ken Liu, Cassandra – read by Kate Baker //

Catherynne M. Valente, The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2) – read by Kate Baker // Mike Buckley, All

Original Brightness – read by Kate Baker // Chen Qiufan, Coming of the Light – read by Kate Baker // Gregory

Benford, The Clear Blue Seas of Luna – read by Kate Baker // Lavie Tidhar, The Book Seller – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #103

Neil Clarke, ed.

April 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: Robert Reed, The Empress in Her Glory // Berrien C. Henderson, Let Baser Things Devise // Benjanun

Sriduangkaew, The Petals Abide // Emily Devenport, Postcards from Monster Island // Kage Baker, Noble Mold //

Indrapramit Das, Weep for Day

Essays: Julie Novakova, Small Markets, Big Wonders // Alethea Kontis, Another Word: The Precious Five-Star and

the Reviewers of Mount Doom // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Danger! Radioactive!

Interview: Alvaro Zinos Amaro, Spanish Science Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion with Spain's Top Contemporary

Voices

Podcasts: Robert Reed, The Empress in Her Glory – read by Kate Baker // Berrien C. Henderson, Let Baser Things

Devise – read by Kate Baker // Benjanun Sriduangkaew, The Petals Abide – read by Kate Baker // Emily

Devenport, Postcards from Monster Island – read by Kate Baker // Kage Baker, Noble Mold – read by Marguerite

Kenner // Indrapramit Das, Weep for Day – read by Alasdair Stuart

Cheryl Morgan | Ekaterina Sedia | Sean Wallace

Language: English

ISSN: 1937-7843

Active: 2006 – present

Issues: ongoing

Clarkesworld, #104

Neil Clarke, ed.

May 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight' translated by John Chu.

• 'An Evolutionary Myth' translated by Gord Sellar and Jihyun Park.

Fiction: Matthew Kressel, The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies // Andrea M. Pawley, For the Love of Sylvia City //

A Que, Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight // Ian Muneshwar, Ossuary // Bo-Young Kim, An

Evolutionary Myth // James Van Pelt, Solace // Hannu Rajaniemi, Tyche and the Ants

Essays: Andrew Liptak, Destination Mars // Ken Liu, Another Word: It's Good to Be Lazy and Foolish // Neil

Clarke, Editor's Desk: Overload!

Interview: Alvaro Zinos Amaro, Neither Here Nor There: A Conversation with Cat Rambo

Podcasts: Matthew Kressel, The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies – read by Kate Baker // Andrea M. Pawley, For

the Love of Sylvia City – read by Kate Baker // A Que, Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight – read by Kate

Baker // Ian Muneshwar, Ossuary – read by Kate Baker // Bo-Young Kim, An Evolutionary Myth – read by Kate

Baker // James Van Pelt, Solace – read by Kate Baker // Hannu Rajaniemi, Tyche and the Ants – read by Kate

Baker

Clarkesworld, #105

Neil Clarke, ed.

June 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: E. Catherine Tobler, Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix) // Andy Dudak, Asymptotic //

Kris Millering, This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year // Bogi Takács, Forestspirit, Forestspirit // Terry Bisson, The

Hole in the Hole // Caitlín R. Kiernan, Riding the White Bull

Essays: Jason Heller, The Day-Glo Dystopia of Poly Styrene: Punk Prophet and Science Fiction Priestess // John

Chu, Another Word: The Vaguely Picaresque Adventures of a New Writer // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Once Again

Down the Rabbit Hole

Interview: Alvaro Zinos Amaro, The Paradox of the Telescope: A Conversation with Robert Charles Wilson

Podcasts: E. Catherine Tobler, Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix) – read by Kate Baker //

Andy Dudak, Asymptotic – read by Kate Baker // Kris Millering, This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year – read by

Kate Baker // Bogi Takács, Forestspirit, Forestspirit – read by Kate Baker // Terry Bisson, The Hole in the Hole –

read by Kate Baker // Caitlín R. Kiernan, Riding the White Bull – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #106

Neil Clarke, ed.

July 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Hunger Tower' translated by Nick Stember.

Fiction: Sam J. Miller, When Your Child Strays From God // Kay Chronister, Further North // Natalia Theodoridou,

Android Whores Can't Cry // Pan Haitian, The Hunger Tower // Yoon Ha Lee, Snakes // Keith Brooke, The Accord

// Adam Roberts, Hair

Essays: Tomas Petrasek, Eternal Wanderers Between Fire and Ice // Genevieve Valentine, Another Word: An

Anxious Introvert’s Guide to the Con Experience // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Change Can Be Good

Interviews: Alvaro Zinos Amaro, Digging in the Dirt: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson // Nick Stember,

Tripping the Light Fantastic: An Interview with Pan Haitian

Podcasts: Sam J. Miller, When Your Child Strays From God – read by Kate Baker // Kay Chronister, Further North –

read by Kate Baker // Natalia Theodoridou, Android Whores Can't Cry – read by Kate Baker // Pan Haitian, The

Hunger Tower – read by Kate Baker // Yoon Ha Lee, Snakes – read by Kate Baker // Keith Brooke, The Accord –

read by Kate Baker // Adam Roberts, Hair – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #107

Neil Clarke, ed.

August 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Security Check' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Martin L. Shoemaker, Today I Am Paul // J. B. Park, It Was Educational // Han Song, Security Check //

Emily Devenport, The Servant // Peter M. Ball, Dying Young // Neal Asher, Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck

Essays: Mark Cole, "Fans Are Slans": A Study in Campbellian Influence // Emily Devenport, Another Word: Hipsters

of Zombieland // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Editing Reality

Interview: Alvaro Zinos Amaro, Writing for Video Games: A Conversation with E. Lily Yu, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed,

Seth Dickinson, and Karl Schroeder

Podcasts: Martin L. Shoemaker, Today I Am Paul – read by Kate Baker // J. B. Park, It Was Educational – read by

Kate Baker // Han Song, Security Check – read by Kate Baker // Emily Devenport, The Servant – read by Kate

Baker // Peter M. Ball, Dying Young – read by Kate Baker // Neal Asher, Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck – read by

Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #108

Neil Clarke, ed.

September 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Preserve Her Memory' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Robert Reed, Cremulator // Erica L. Satifka, Loving Grace // Bao Shu, Preserve Her Memory // Elizabeth

Bourne, The Algebra of Events // Benjanun Sriduangkaew, The Occidental Bride // Tom Purdom, Canary Land //

Una McCormack, Sea Change

Essays: Dan Koboldt, The Next Generation of DNA Sequencing // Jason Heller, Another Word: On Sunshine and

Shadows // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Reviews

Interview: Chris Urie, Traitors and Tough Decisions: A Conversation with Seth Dickinson

Podcasts: Robert Reed, Cremulator – read by Kate Baker // Erica L. Satifka, Loving Grace – read by Kate Baker //

Bao Shu, Preserve Her Memory – read by Kate Baker // Elizabeth Bourne, The Algebra of Events – read by Kate

Baker // Benjanun Sriduangkaew, The Occidental Bride – read by Kate Baker // Tom Purdom, Canary Land – read

by Kate Baker // Una McCormack, Sea Change – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #109

Neil Clarke, ed.

October 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Summer at Grandma's House' translated by Carmen Yiling Yan.

Fiction: A. C. Wise, And If the Body Were Not the Soul // Rich Larson, Ice // Kola Heyward-Rotimi, The Father //

Karen Heuler, Egg Island // Hao Jingfang, Summer at Grandma's House // G. David Nordley, War, Ice, Egg,

Universe // Chris Beckett, The Peacock Cloak

Essays: Tomas Petrasek, Sunless Worlds // Alethea Kontis, Another Word: Love Song for a Saturday Morning //

Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Magazines

Interview: Chris Urie, Radiant Metafiction: A Conversation with Catherynne M. Valente

Podcasts: A. C. Wise, And If the Body Were Not the Soul – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Ice – read by Kate

Baker // Kola Heyward-Rotimi, The Father – read by Kate Baker // Karen Heuler, Egg Island – read by Kate Baker

// Hao Jingfang, Summer at Grandma's House – read by Kate Baker // G. David Nordley, War, Ice, Egg, Universe –

read by Kate Baker // Chris Beckett, The Peacock Cloak – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #110

Neil Clarke, ed.

November 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Naomi Kritzer, So Much Cooking // Nin Harris, Your Right Arm // Sara Saab, In the Queue for the Worldship

Munawwer // Krista Hoeppner Leahy, The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees // Xia Jia, If on a Winter's Night a

Traveler // Tim Sullivan, Way Down East // Ellen Kushner, Ysabeau S. Wilce, One Last Great Adventure

Essays: Mark Cole, You Wouldn't Be Reading This If It Weren't For Buck Rogers // Liu Cixin, Another Word: Chinese

Science Fiction and Chinese Reality // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Making My Holiday Wish List

Interview: Chris Urie, Words with Wings: A Conversation with Fran Wilde

Podcasts: Naomi Kritzer, So Much Cooking – read by Kate Baker // Nin Harris, Your Right Arm – read by Kate Baker

// Sara Saab, In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer – read by Kate Baker // Krista Hoeppner Leahy, The

Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees – read by Kate Baker // Xia Jia, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler – read by Kate

Baker // Tim Sullivan, Way Down East – read by Kate Baker // Ellen Kushner, Ysabeau S. Wilce, One Last Great

Adventure – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #111

Neil Clarke, ed.

December 2015

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Yanyuan's Bubbles' translated by Carmen Yiling Yan.

Fiction: Liu Cixin, Yuanyuan's Bubbles // Tamsyn Muir, Union // Seth Dickinson, Morrigan in Shadow //

Cassandra Khaw, When We Die on Mars // Sean McMullen, Technarion // Walter Jon Williams, Daddy's World

Essays: Jason Heller, A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex //

Cat Rambo, Another Word: On Reading, Writing, and the Classics // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Hibernation Mode

Activated

Interview: Kate Baker, The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe

Podcasts: Liu Cixin, Yuanyuan's Bubbles – read by Kate Baker // Tamsyn Muir, Union – read by Kate Baker // Seth

Dickinson, Morrigan in Shadow – read by Kate Baker // Cassandra Khaw, When We Die on Mars – read by Kate

Baker // Sean McMullen, Technarion – read by Kate Baker // Walter Jon Williams, Daddy's World – read by Kate

Baker

Clarkesworld, #112

Neil Clarke, ed.

January 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Everybody Loves Charles' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Robert Reed, The Algorithms of Value // E. Catherine Tobler, The Abduction of Europa // Rich Larson,

Extraction Request // Bao Shu, Everybody Loves Charles // Robert Silverberg, The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale

// Megan Lindholm, Old Paint

Essays: Sofia Siren, Our Future Is Artificial // Ken Liu, Another Word: Let's Write a Story Together, MacBook // Neil

Clarke, Editor's Desk: The 2015 Reader's Poll and Contest

Interview: Chris Urie, Painterly Cyborgs and Distant Horizons: A Conversation with Julie Dillon

Podcasts: Robert Reed, The Algorithms of Value – read by Kate Baker // E. Catherine Tobler, The Abduction of

Europa – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Extraction Request – read by Kate Baker // Bao Shu, Everybody

Loves Charles – read by Kate Baker // Robert Silverberg, The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale – read by Kate Baker //

Megan Lindholm, Old Paint – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #113

Neil Clarke, ed.

February 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: Paul McAuley, The Fixer // Benjanun Sriduangkaew, That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall // Nick

Wolven, In the Midst of Life // An Owomoyela, Rachel Swirsky, Between Dragons and Their Wrath // Ted

Kosmatka, Michael Poore, Blood Dauber // Kim Stanley Robinson, Mercurial

Essays: Dan Koboldt, Six Quirks of the Human Genome // Fran Wilde, Another Word: Very Close Now // Neil

Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Roundup

Interview: Chris Urie, Sapient Animals and Memory Particles: A Conversation with Lawrence M. Schoen

Podcasts: Paul McAuley, The Fixer – read by Kate Baker // Benjanun Sriduangkaew, That Which Stands Tends

Toward Free Fall – read by Kate Baker // Nick Wolven, In the Midst of Life – read by Kate Baker // An Owomoyela,

Rachel Swirsky, Between Dragons and Their Wrath – read by Kate Baker // Ted Kosmatka, Michael Poore, Blood

Dauber – read by Kate Baker // Kim Stanley Robinson, Mercurial – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #114

Neil Clarke, ed.

March 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Chimera' translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu.

Fiction: Jack Skillingstead, Salvage Opportunity // A. C. Wise, Seven Cups of Coffee // Leena Likitalo, The

Governess with a Mechanical Womb // Kij Johnson, Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead // Gu Shi, Chimera //

Cecelia Holland, The King of Norway // Karl Bunker, Gray Wings

Essays: Mark Cole, The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off // Genevieve Valentine,

Another Word: How to Clothe a Character, Using Only Star Wars References // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Nebula

Nominees and Reader's Poll Winners

Interview: Chris Urie, All the Words in the Sky: A Conversation with Charlie Jane Anders

Podcasts: Jack Skillingstead, Salvage Opportunity – read by Kate Baker // A. C. Wise, Seven Cups of Coffee – read

by Kate Baker // Leena Likitalo, The Governess with a Mechanical Womb – read by Kate Baker // Kij Johnson,

Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead – read by Kate Baker // Gu Shi, Chimera – read by Kate Baker // Cecelia

Holland, The King of Norway – read by Kate Baker // Karl Bunker, Gray Wings – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #115

Neil Clarke, ed.

April 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Balin' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Carolyn Ives Gilman, Touring with the Alien // Chen Qiufan, Balin // Gregory Feeley, The Bridge of

Dreams // Sara Saab, The Cedar Grid // Garth Nix, Old Friends // Elizabeth Hand, Winter's Wife

Essays: Jason Heller, Silver Machine: Hawkwind's Space Rock Journey throughout Science Fiction and Fantasy //

Margot Atwell, Another Word: Technology Creates a New Golden Age of Speculative Fiction // Neil Clarke, Editor's

Desk: Best. Wife. Ever.

Interview: Chris Urie, Transparency and Transformation: A Conversation with David Brin

Podcasts: Carolyn Ives Gilman, Touring with the Alien – read by Kate Baker // Chen Qiufan, Balin – read by Kate

Baker // Gregory Feeley, The Bridge of Dreams – read by Kate Baker // Sara Saab, The Cedar Grid – read by Kate

Baker // Garth Nix, Old Friends – read by Kate Baker // Elizabeth Hand, Winter's Wife – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #116

Neil Clarke, ed.

May 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Away from Home' translated by Nick Stember.

Fiction: Cat Rambo, Left Behind // Robert Reed, The Universal Museum of Sagacity // Cassandra Khaw, Breathe

// Rich Larson, Jonas and the Fox // Luo Longxiang, Away from Home // Joe Abercrombie, Tough Times All Over

// Sunny Moraine, A Heap of Broken Images

Essays: Andrew Liptak, Destination: Venus // Jason Heller, Another Word: Strange Stars // Neil Clarke, Editor's

Desk: Stress Relief

Interview: Chris Urie, Transcendent Transformation: A Conversation with James Gunn

Podcasts: Cat Rambo, Left Behind – read by Kate Baker // Robert Reed, The Universal Museum of Sagacity – read

by Dan Kelly // Cassandra Khaw, Breathe – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Jonas and the Fox – read by Kate

Baker // Luo Longxiang, Away from Home – read by Kate Baker // Joe Abercrombie, Tough Times All Over – read

by Kate Baker // Sunny Moraine, A Heap of Broken Images – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #117

Neil Clarke, ed.

June 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Snow of Jinyang' translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan.

Fiction: Margaret Ronald, And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices // Sam J. Miller, Things with Beards //

E. Catherine Tobler, .identity // Zhang Ran, The Snow of Jinyang // Michael Flynn, The Promise of God // Nancy

Kress, Pathways

Essays: Matthew Simmons, The Science Fiction Future of the Microbiome // Alethea Kontis, Another Word:

Publishing—Jump In, the Water's Fine // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: In My Own Way

Interview: Chris Urie, The 'Quarter Turn' of History: A Conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay

Podcasts: Margaret Ronald, And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices – read by Kate Baker // Sam J. Miller,

Things with Beards – read by Kate Baker // E. Catherine Tobler, .identity – read by Kate Baker // Zhang Ran, The

Snow of Jinyang – read by Kate Baker // Michael Flynn, The Promise of God – read by Kate Baker // Nancy Kress,

Pathways – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #118

Neil Clarke, ed.

July 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Against the Stream' translated by Nick Stember.

Fiction: Mike Buckley, Helio Music // Eric Schwitzgebel, Fish Dance // John Chu, The Sentry Branch Predictor

Spec: A Fairy Tale // Jack Schouten, Sephine and the Leviathan // A Que, Against the Stream // Linda Nagata,

Nahiku West // Mary Rosenblum, Lion Walk

Essays: Christopher Mahon, Paradise Lost: A History of Fantasy and the Otherworld // Peter Watts, Another Word:

Burning Bridges // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: What Is It with Readercon?

Interview: Chris Urie, Talkative Creatures and a Mesozoic Cocktail: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick

Podcasts: Mike Buckley, Helio Music – read by Kate Baker // Eric Schwitzgebel, Fish Dance – read by Kate Baker

// John Chu, The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale – read by Kate Baker // Jack Schouten, Sephine and

the Leviathan – read by Kate Baker // A Que, Against the Stream – read by Kate Baker // Linda Nagata, Nahiku

West – read by Kate Baker // Mary Rosenblum, Lion Walk – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #120

Neil Clarke, ed.

September 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Opposite and the Adjacent' translated by Nick Stember.

Fiction: Jack Skillingstead, The Despoilers // Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Aphrodite's Blood, Decanted // Rich

Larson, The Green Man Cometh // Liu Yang, The Opposite and the Adjacent // Bogi Takács, Toward the Luminous

Towers // Thoraiya Dyer, The House of Half Mirrors // Tom Crosshill, The Dark City Luminous // Nick Wolven, No

Placeholder for You My Love

Essays: Jason Heller, Space Is the Place: The Science Fiction Pulse of '80s Electro Music // Kelly Robson, Another

Word: On Being a Late Bloomer // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Nice to Hear from You

Interview: Chris Urie, Cat Pictures and Food Blogs: A Conversation with Naomi Kritzer

Podcasts: Jack Skillingstead, The Despoilers – read by Kate Baker // Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Aphrodite's Blood,

Decanted – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, The Green Man Cometh – read by Kate Baker // Liu Yang, The

Opposite and the Adjacent – read by Kate Baker // Bogi Takács, Toward the Luminous Towers – read by Kate Baker

// Thoraiya Dyer, The House of Half Mirrors – read by Kate Baker // Tom Crosshill, The Dark City Luminous – read

by Kate Baker // Nick Wolven, No Placeholder for You My Love – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #121

Neil Clarke, ed.

October 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Calculations of Artificials' translated by John Chu.

Fiction: Robert Reed, The Next Scene // James Patrick Kelly, One Sister, Two Sisters, Three // Chi Hui, The

Calculations of Artificials // Genevieve Valentine, Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home // Nnedi Okorafor,

Wanuri Kahiu, Rusties // JY Yang, Old Domes // Michael Swanwick, The Very Pulse of the Machine

Essays: Mark Cole, Méliès to Bonestell: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction // Fran Wilde, Another

Word: The Ship’s Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: A Decade

Interview: Chris Urie, Jazz Music and Greek Myths: A Conversation with Peter S. Beagle

Podcasts: Robert Reed, The Next Scene – read by Kate Baker // James Patrick Kelly, One Sister, Two Sisters,

Three – read by Kate Baker // Chi Hui, The Calculations of Artificials – read by Kate Baker // Genevieve Valentine,

Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home – read by Kate Baker // Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu, Rusties – read

by Kate Baker and Wanuri Kahiu // JY Yang, Old Domes – read by Kate Baker // Michael Swanwick, The Very

Pulse of the Machine – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #122

Neil Clarke, ed.

November 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Western Heaven' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Nin Harris, What The Stories Steal // Nelly Geraldine Garcia-Rosas, Where Water Joins // Samantha

Murray, Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart // Bo Balder, Follow the White Line // Chen Hongyu, Western Heaven // Nnedi

Okorafor, Afrofuturist 419 // Ian McDonald, An Eligible Boy // Paul McAuley, Reef

Essays: Mark Cole, Kubrick to Scott: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction // Sarah Pinsker, Another

Word: On Saying No // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Your Mission

Interview: Chris Urie, Bioengineered Athletes and True Stories: A Conversation with Lauren Beukes

Podcasts: Nin Harris, What The Stories Steal – read by Kate Baker // Nelly Geraldine Garcia-Rosas, Where Water

Joins – read by Kate Baker // Samantha Murray, Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart – read by Kate Baker // Bo Balder,

Follow the White Line – read by Kate Baker // Chen Hongyu, Western Heaven – read by Kate Baker // Nnedi

Okorafor, Afrofuturist 419 – read by Kate Baker and Tchidi Chikere // Ian McDonald, An Eligible Boy – read by Kate

Baker // Paul McAuley, Reef – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #123

Neil Clarke, ed.

December 2016

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Painter of Stars' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Maggie Clark, A Tower for the Coming World // Wang Yuan, Painter of Stars // Eleanor Arnason,

Checkerboard Planet // Yukimi Ogawa, Blue Grey Blue // Yosef Lindell, A Future Far Too Bright // David Moles,

A Soldier of the City // Nancy Kress, The Most Famous Little Girl in the World

Essays: Julie Novakova, Bugs from Outer Space & Invasive Earth: Planetary Protection // Ken Liu, Another

Word: The Joy of Helping // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Happy Holidays

Interview: Chris Urie, Magician Spies and Wacky Rubbish: A Conversation with Bruce Sterling

Podcasts: Maggie Clark, A Tower for the Coming World – read by Kate Baker // Wang Yuan, Painter of Stars – read

by Kate Baker // Eleanor Arnason, Checkerboard Planet – read by Kate Baker // Yukimi Ogawa, Blue Grey Blue –

read by Kate Baker // Yosef Lindell, A Future Far Too Bright – read by Kate Baker // David Moles, A Soldier of the

City – read by Kate Baker // Nancy Kress, The Most Famous Little Girl in the World – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #124

Neil Clarke, ed.

January 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Milla' translated by Rich Larson.

Fiction: Rich Larson, The Ghost Ship Anastasia // Vina Jie-Min Prasad, A Series of Steaks // Lettie Prell, Justice

Systems in Quantum Parallel Probabilities // Gary Kloster, Interchange // Lorenzo Crescentini, Emanuela

Valentini, Milla // John Kessel, Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance // Aliette de Bodard, The Shipmaker

Essays: Benjamin C. Kinney, The Evolved Brain // Kelly Robson, Another Word: Dystopias Are Not Enough // Neil

Clarke, Editor's Desk: Stomp Stomp Stomp

Interview: Chris Urie, A Collective Pseudonym and an Expanding Universe: A Conversation with James S.A. Corey

Podcasts: Rich Larson, The Ghost Ship Anastasia – read by Kate Baker // Vina Jie-Min Prasad, A Series of Steaks

– read by Kate Baker // Lettie Prell, Justice Systems in Quantum Parallel Probabilities – read by Kate Baker // Gary

Kloster, Interchange – read by Kate Baker // Lorenzo Crescentini, Emanuela Valentini, Milla – read by Kate Baker

// John Kessel, Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance – read by Kate Baker // Aliette de Bodard, The

Shipmaker – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #125

Neil Clarke, ed.

February 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Rain Ship' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Jack Skillingstead, Burt Courtier, Assassins // Nin Harris, Prosthetic Daughter // Simone Heller, How

Bees Fly // Chi Hui, Rain Ship // Cecelia Holland, Dragon's Deep // K. J. Parker, The Dragonslayer of Merebarton

Essays: Christopher Mahon, Frodo Is Dead: Worldbuilding and The Science of Magic // Genevieve Valentine,

Another Word: A Doom of One's Own // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Next Chapter Begins

Interview: Chris Urie, Organic Tech and Healing Clay: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Podcasts: Jack Skillingstead, Burt Courtier, Assassins – read by Kate Baker // Nin Harris, Prosthetic Daughter –

read by Kate Baker // Simone Heller, How Bees Fly – read by Kate Baker // Chi Hui, Rain Ship – read by Kate

Baker // Cecelia Holland, Dragon's Deep – read by Kate Baker // K. J. Parker, The Dragonslayer of Merebarton –

read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #126

Neil Clarke, ed.

March 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Goodnight, Melancholy' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Robert Reed, Two Ways of Living // J. B. Park, Real Ghosts // Naomi Kritzer, Waiting Out the End of the

World in Patty's Place Cafe // Octavia Cade, Crown of Thorns // Xia Jia, Goodnight, Melancholy // Ian R. MacLeod,

The Discovered Country // Alexander Jablokov, At the Cross-Time Jaunter's Ball

Essays: Feng Zhang, SF Short Fiction Markets in China: An Overview of 2016 // Cat Rambo, Another Word: Reading

for Pleasure // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Recognizing 2016

Interview: Chris Urie, Howling at the Lunar Landscape: A Conversation with Ian McDonald

Podcasts: Robert Reed, Two Ways of Living – read by Kate Baker // J. B. Park, Real Ghosts – read by Kate Baker //

Naomi Kritzer, Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe – read by Kate Baker // Octavia Cade, Crown

of Thorns – read by Kate Baker // Xia Jia, Goodnight, Melancholy – read by Kate Baker // Ian R. MacLeod, The

Discovered Country – read by Kate Baker // Alexander Jablokov, At the Cross-Time Jaunter's Ball – read by Kate

Baker

Clarkesworld, #127

Neil Clarke, ed.

April 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Robert Brice, Conglomerate // Bogi Takács, Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common

Octopus // Vajra Chandrasekera, Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems // Juliette

Wade, Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth // Fei Dao, The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales // Adam Roberts, Thing

and Sick // Michael Swanwick, Ancient Engines

Essays: Calden Wloka, Narrative Perception: A Study in Interspecies Stimuli // Kelly Robson, Another Word: Being

James Tiptree, Jr. // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: It's Real?

Interview: Chris Urie, Enlightenment Voices and Norse A Cappella: A Conversation with Ada Palmer

Podcasts: Robert Brice, Conglomerate – read by Kate Baker // Bogi Takács, Some Remarks on the Reproductive

Strategy of the Common Octopus – read by Kate Baker // Vajra Chandrasekera, Left of Bang: Preemptive

Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems – read by Kate Baker // Juliette Wade, Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth –

read by Kate Baker // Fei Dao, The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales – read by Kate Baker // Adam Roberts, Thing

and Sick – read by Kate Baker // Michael Swanwick, Ancient Engines – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #128

Neil Clarke, ed.

May 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Person Who Saw Cetus' translated by S. Qiouyi Lu.

Fiction: Nick Wolven, Streams and Mountains // Kelly Robson, We Who Live in the Heart // E. Catherine Tobler,

Baroness // Tang Fei, The Person Who Saw Cetus // Kage Baker, Running the Snake // James Tiptree, Jr.,

The Man Who Walked Home

Essays: Mark Cole, Cut, Fold, and Conquer the Universe: The Best Models in the Galaxy // A. M. Dellamonica,

Another Word: The Elizabeth Effect // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Trying on an Old Shoe

Interview: Chris Urie, Fallen Angels and Water Dragons: A Conversation with Aliette de Bodard

Podcasts: Nick Wolven, Streams and Mountains – read by Kate Baker // Kelly Robson, We Who Live in the Heart –

read by Kate Baker // E. Catherine Tobler, Baroness – read by Kate Baker // Tang Fei, The Person Who Saw Cetus

– read by Kate Baker // Kage Baker, Running the Snake – read by Kate Baker // James Tiptree, Jr., The Man Who

Walked Home – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #129

Neil Clarke, ed.

June 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'An Account of the Sky Whales' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Andy Dudak, Fool's Cap // Julia K. Patt, My Dear, Like the Sky and Stars and Sun // Nina Allan, Neptune's

Trident // Sam J. Miller, The Ways Out // A Que, An Account of the Sky Whales // Jay Lake, Human Error //

Aliette de Bodard, The Waiting Stars

Essays: S. E. Jones, How to Injure Characters Without Killing Them // Jason Heller, Another Word: The Depth of

Sci-Fi Funk in the '70s // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Recharging My Batteries

Interview: Chris Urie, Astounding Scientists and Alternate History: A Conversation with Gregory Benford

Podcasts: Andy Dudak, Fool's Cap – read by Kate Baker // Julia K. Patt, My Dear, Like the Sky and Stars and Sun –

read by Kate Baker // Nina Allan, Neptune's Trident – read by Kate Baker // Sam J. Miller, The Ways Out – read by

Kate Baker // A Que, An Account of the Sky Whales – read by Kate Baker // Jay Lake, Human Error – read by Kate

Baker // Aliette de Bodard, The Waiting Stars – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #130

Neil Clarke, ed.

July 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'An Age of Ice' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Zhang Ran, An Age of Ice // Rich Larson, Travelers // Robert Reed, The Significance of Significance //

Bo Balder, The Bridegroom // Nicole Kornher-Stace, Last Chance // Joe Haldeman, Forever Bound // Lavie

Tidhar, The Oracle

Essays: Matt Jones, Impossible Colors of an Infinite Universe // Fran Wilde, Another Word: Invisible and Visible

Engineering in Science Fiction // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Listening to the Universe

Interview: Chris Urie, Dystopian Murder Mysteries and a Vampire Historian: A Conversation with Carrie Vaughn

Podcasts: Zhang Ran, An Age of Ice – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Travelers – read by Kate Baker // Robert

Reed, The Significance of Significance – read by Kate Baker // Bo Balder, The Bridegroom – read by Kate Baker //

Nicole Kornher-Stace, Last Chance – read by Kate Baker // Joe Haldeman, Forever Bound – read by Kate Baker //

Lavie Tidhar, The Oracle – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #131

Neil Clarke, ed.

August 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'A Man Out of Fashion' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Twisted Knots // Nin Harris, Reversion // Octavia Cade, The Stone Weta // Sunny

Moraine, In the Blind // Chen Qiufan, A Man Out of Fashion // Sandra McDonald, Fleet // Kim Stanley Robinson,

Venice Drowned

Essays: Olga Kuno, How to Invent an Alien Language? A Linguistic Perspective // Cat Rambo, Another Word: The

Subtle Art of Promotion // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Ask and You Shall Receive

Interview: Chris Urie, Pirate Pharmaceuticals, Robots, and Kaiju: A Conversation with Annalee Newitz

Podcasts: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Twisted Knots – read by Kate Baker // Nin Harris, Reversion – read by Kate Baker //

Octavia Cade, The Stone Weta – read by Kate Baker // Sunny Moraine, In the Blind – read by Kate Baker // Chen

Qiufan, A Man Out of Fashion – read by Kate Baker // Sandra McDonald, Fleet // Kim Stanley Robinson, Venice

Drowned – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #132

Neil Clarke, ed.

September 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Möbius Continuum' translated by S. Qiouyu Lu.

Fiction: A. Brym, Antarctic Birds // Eric Schwitzgebel, Little /^^^\&- // Suzanne Palmer, The Secret Life of Bots //

Jess Barber, Sara Saab, Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics // Gu Shi, Möbius Continuum // Tom Purdom,

Bonding with Morry // Geoff Ryman, Warmth

Essays: Stephanie M. Bucklin, Artificial Wombs and Control of Reproductive Technology // Kelly Robson, Another

Word: The Dream of Writing Full Time // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Home for the Month

Interview: Chris Urie, Occult Agencies and Political Satire: A Conversation with Charles Stross

Podcasts: A. Brym, Antarctic Birds – read by Kate Baker // Eric Schwitzgebel, Little /^^^\&- – read by Kate Baker //

Suzanne Palmer, The Secret Life of Bots – read by Kate Baker // Jess Barber, Sara Saab, Pan-Humanism: Hope

and Pragmatics – read by Kate Baker // Gu Shi, Möbius Continuum – read by Kate Baker // Tom Purdom, Bonding

with Morry – read by Kate Baker // Geoff Ryman, Warmth – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #133

Neil Clarke, ed.

October 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Psychology Game' translated by Emily Jin and Ken Liu.

Fiction: Jack Skillingstead, The Sum of Her Expectations // Natalia Theodoridou, The Nightingales in Plátres //

Finbarr O'Reilly, The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon // Xia Jia, The Psychology Game // Genevieve Valentine,

Intro to Prom // Nisi Shawl, Shiomah's Land // Gareth L. Powell, Red Lights, and Rain

Essays: Julie Novakova, Tomas Petrasek, An Optimist and Pessimist Tackle the Fermi Paradox // A. M.

Dellamonica, Another Word: Grains of Salt, Lumps of Gold // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Things are Always Worse in

the Dark

Interview: Chris Urie, Automatons, Wyrms, and Dead Men: A Conversation with Elizabeth Bear

Podcasts: Jack Skillingstead, The Sum of Her Expectations – read by Kate Baker // Natalia Theodoridou, The

Nightingales in Plátres – read by Kate Baker // Finbarr O'Reilly, The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon – read by Kate

Baker // Xia Jia, The Psychology Game – read by Kate Baker // Genevieve Valentine, Intro to Prom – read by Kate

Baker // Nisi Shawl, Shiomah's Land // Gareth L. Powell, Red Lights, and Rain – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #134

Neil Clarke, ed.

November 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Catalog of Virgins' translated by Rachel S. Cordasco.

Fiction: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Prasetyo Plastics // Suzanne Walker, Retrieval // Mike Buckley, Dead Heroes // Sue

Burke, Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons? // Nicoletta Vallorani, The Catalog of Virgins // Daryl Gregory, Second

Person, Present Tense // Allen M. Steele, Martian Blood

Essays: Mark Cole, Science Fiction and the Fall of the Evil Empire // James Patrick Kelly, Another Word: Listen Up!

// Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Voice in the Shadows

Interview: Chris Urie, Husky Genes and the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Paul McAuley

Podcasts: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Prasetyo Plastics – read by Kate Baker // Suzanne Walker, Retrieval – read by Kate

Baker // Mike Buckley, Dead Heroes – read by Kate Baker // Sue Burke, Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons? – read

by Kate Baker // Nicoletta Vallorani, The Catalog of Virgins – read by Kate Baker // Daryl Gregory, Second Person,

Present Tense – read by Kate Baker // Allen M. Steele, Martian Blood – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #135

Neil Clarke, ed.

December 2017

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: Natalia Theodoridou, The Rains on Mars // Lettie Prell, Retrieval // Josh Pierce, Falling in Love with

Martians and Machines // Eleanna Castroianni, Darkness, Our Mother // Cassandra Khaw, Landmark // Ken

MacLeod, Who's Afraid of Wolf 359 // Ian McDonald, Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess

Rathangan

Essays: Craig Delancey, You are (Most Likely) Not Living in a Simulation // Alethea Kontis, Another Word: What

Authors Owe Us // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Things I've Seen

Interview: Chris Urie, Bradbury, Lake, and The Named Lands: A Conversation with Ken Scholes

Podcasts: Natalia Theodoridou, The Rains on Mars – read by Kate Baker // Lettie Prell, Retrieval – read by Kate

Baker // Josh Pierce, Falling in Love with Martians and Machines – read by Kate Baker // Eleanna Castroianni,

Darkness, Our Mother – read by Kate Baker // Cassandra Khaw, Landmark – read by Kate Baker // Ken MacLeod,

Who's Afraid of Wolf 359 – read by Kate Baker // Ian McDonald, Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida

Countess Rathangan – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #136

Neil Clarke, ed.

January 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Lighthouse Girl' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Tobias S. Buckell, A World to Die For // Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Say It Low, Then Loud // Erin Roberts, Sour

Milk Girls // Bo Balder, A Cigarette Burn In Your Memory // Bao Shu, The Lighthouse Girl // James Tiptree, Jr.,

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever // Michael Swanwick, For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not

Be Back Again

Essays: Mark Cole, Science Fiction and the Fall of the Evil Empire // James Patrick Kelly, Another Word: Listen Up!

// Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The Voice in the Shadows

Interview: Chris Urie, Husky Genes and the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Paul McAuley

Podcasts: Tobias S. Buckell, A World to Die For – read by Kate Baker // Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Say It Low, Then Loud –

read by Kate Baker // Erin Roberts, Sour Milk Girls – read by Kate Baker // Bo Balder, A Cigarette Burn In Your

Memory – read by Kate Baker // Bao Shu, The Lighthouse Girl – read by Kate Baker // James Tiptree, Jr., Her

Smoke Rose Up Forever – read by Kate Baker // Michael Swanwick, For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of

Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #137

Neil Clarke, ed.

February 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Power Is Out' translated by Elizabeth Hanlon.

Fiction: Julie Novakova, Deep Down in the Cloud // Robert Reed, Obliteration // Carolyn Ives Gilman, Umbernight

// A Que, The Power Is Out // Joe R. Lansdale, Soldierin' // Pat Cadigan, The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi

Essays: Julie Novakova, The Undiscovered Country: Planets of Dead Stars // Fran Wilde, Another Word: A Brief

Parable about Exchanges Between Time, Independence, Technology, and Privacy // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: The

Return of the Reader's Poll

Interview: Chris Urie, Classics, Companionship, and a Creature: A Conversation with John Kessel

Podcasts: Julie Novakova, Deep Down in the Cloud – read by Kate Baker // Robert Reed, Obliteration – read by

Kate Baker // Carolyn Ives Gilman, Umbernight – read by Kate Baker // A Que, The Power Is Out – read by Kate

Baker // Joe R. Lansdale, Soldierin' – read by Kate Baker // Pat Cadigan, The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi –

read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #138

Neil Clarke, ed.

March 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Farewell, Adam' translated by Blake Stone-Banks.

Fiction: Kij Johnson, Tool-Using Mimics // Juliette Wade, The Persistence of Blood // Izzy Wasserstein, Unplaces:

An Atlas of Non-existence // Xiu Xinyu, Farewell, Adam // E. Lily Yu, The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farther

Shore // Kage Baker, Are You Afflicted with Dragons? // Rich Larson, God Decay

Essays: Carrie Sessarego, Aliens Among Us: Cephalopods in Science Fiction and Fantasy // Cat Rambo, Another

Word: Saving Throw Vs. Boredom: How RPGs Taught Me Storytelling // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: And the Winners

Are...

Interview: Chris Urie, Poetry, Philosophy, and Welsh: A Conversation with Jo Walton

Podcasts: Kij Johnson, Tool-Using Mimics – read by Kate Baker // Juliette Wade, The Persistence of Blood – read

by Kate Baker // Izzy Wasserstein, Unplaces: An Atlas of Non-existence – read by Kate Baker // Xiu Xinyu,

Farewell, Adam – read by Kate Baker // E. Lily Yu, The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farther Shore – read by

Kate Baker // Kage Baker, Are You Afflicted with Dragons? – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, God Decay – read

by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #139

Neil Clarke, ed.

April 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Wings of Earth' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Rich Larson, Carouseling // Eleanna Castroianni, Without Exile // Nin Harris, Violets on the Tongue //

A. J. Fitzwater, Logistics // Jiang Bo, The Wings of Earth // Ian McHugh, The Baby Eaters // Kathe Koja, Carter

Scholz, KIT: Some Assembly Required

Essays: Lucas Rosa, Inspiring Writers with Four Scientific Breakthroughs // Alethea Kontis, Another Word:

Breathing Life Into Characters // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Nine, Three, Six

Interview: Chris Urie, Quarks, Colonialism, and Alternate Realities: A Conversation with Vandana Singh

Podcasts: Rich Larson, Carouseling – read by Kate Baker // Eleanna Castroianni, Without Exile – read by Kate

Baker // Nin Harris, Violets on the Tongue – read by Kate Baker // A. J. Fitzwater, Logistics – read by Kate Baker //

Jiang Bo, The Wings of Earth – read by Kate Baker // Ian McHugh, The Baby Eaters – read by Kate Baker // Kathe

Koja, Carter Scholz, KIT: Some Assembly Required – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #140

Neil Clarke, ed.

May 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Farewell, Doraemon' translated by Emily Jin and Ken Liu.

Fiction: Bo Balder, A Vastness // Chelsea Muzar, Not Now // Sally Gwylan, Fleeing Oslyge // A Que, Farewell,

Doraemon // Pat Murphy, Paul Docherty, Cold Comfort // Michael Flynn, In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon

Essays: Mark Cole, Metallic Mayhem in the Movies: Giant Mecha, Then and Now // Regina Kanyu Wang, Another

Word: Chinese Science Fiction Going Abroad—A Brief History of Translation // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Come One,

Come All

Interview: Chris Urie, Spies, Radios, and the Afterlife: A Conversation with Hannu Rajaniemi

Podcasts: Bo Balder, A Vastness – read by Kate Baker // Chelsea Muzar, Not Now – read by Kate Baker // Sally

Gwylan, Fleeing Oslyge – read by Kate Baker // A Que, Farewell, Doraemon – read by Kate Baker // Pat Murphy,

Paul Docherty, Cold Comfort – read by Kate Baker // Michael Flynn, In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon – read

by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #141

Neil Clarke, ed.

June 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Your Multicolored Life' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Steve Rasnic Tem, A Space of One's Own // D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Vault // Dora Klindžić, The Cosmonaut's

Caretaker // Xing He, Your Multicolored Life // Vajra Chandrasekera, Heron of Earth // Elizabeth Bear, The Deeps

of the Sky // Karin Lowachee, Meridian

Essays: Douglas F. Dluzen, Ph.D, The Effects of Space and Other Worlds on the Human Body // Cat Rambo,

Another Word: The Future, Ordinary // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: A Death in the Clarkesworld Family

Interview: Chris Urie, Book covers, Moorcock, and The Mexicanx Initiative: A Conversation with John Picacio

Podcasts: Steve Rasnic Tem, A Space of One's Own – read by Kate Baker // D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Vault – read by

Kate Baker // Dora Klindžić, The Cosmonaut's Caretaker – read by Kate Baker // Xing He, Your Multicolored Life –

read by Kate Baker // Vajra Chandrasekera, Heron of Earth – read by Kate Baker // Elizabeth Bear, The Deeps

of the Sky // Karin Lowachee, Meridian – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #142

Neil Clarke, ed.

July 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'To Fly Like a Fallen Angel' translated by Elizabeth Hanlon.

Fiction: Lavie Tidhar, Gubbinal // Mike Buckley, A Gaze of Faces // Kate Osias, The James Machine // Osahon

Ize-Iyamu, For What are Delusions if Not Dreams? // Qi Yue, To Fly Like a Fallen Angel // John Barnes, Swift as a

Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh // Sam J. Miller, Last Gods

Essays: Carrie Sessarego, The Monster at the Movies: Film Adaptations of Frankenstein // A. M. Dellamonica,

Another Word: Your Life Is Epic! // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: A Threat, Followed Through

Interview: Chris Urie, Dependent Intelligence, Humanism, and a City in a Paragraph: A Conversation with James

Patrick Kelly

Podcasts: Lavie Tidhar, Gubbinal – read by Kate Baker // Mike Buckley, A Gaze of Faces – read by Kate Baker //

Kate Osias, The James Machine – read by Kate Baker // Osahon Ize-Iyamu, For What are Delusions if Not Dreams?

– read by Kate Baker // Qi Yue, To Fly Like a Fallen Angel – read by Kate Baker // John Barnes, Swift as a Dream

and Fleeting as a Sigh – read by Kate Baker // Sam J. Miller, Last Gods – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #143

Neil Clarke, ed.

August 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Loneliest Ward' translated by Ken Liu.

Fiction: Henry Szabranaski, The Veilonaut's Dream // R. S. A. Garcia, The Anchorite Wakes // Robert Reed,

Kingfisher // Kij Johnson, The Privilege of the Happy Ending // Hao Jingfang, The Loneliest Ward // James

Patrick Kelly, Yukui! // Rich Larson, Othermother (Annex excerpt)

Essays: Carrie Sessarego, Mary and the Monster: The Life of Mary Godwin Shelley // Fran Wilde, Another Word:

Keeping Time // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Oh, the Horror of It All!

Interview: Chris Urie, Augmentations, Assassins, and Soundtracks: A Conversation with Emily Devenport

Podcasts: Henry Szabranaski, The Veilonaut's Dream – read by Kate Baker // R. S. A. Garcia, The Anchorite Wakes

– read by Kate Baker // Robert Reed, Kingfisher – read by Kate Baker // Kij Johnson, The Privilege of the Happy

Ending – read by Kate Baker // Hao Jingfang, The Loneliest Ward – read by Kate Baker // James Patrick Kelly,

Yukui! – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Othermother (Annex excerpt) – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #144

Neil Clarke, ed.

September 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Kelly Robson, A Study in Oils // D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Waves of Influence // Elly Bangs, Dandelion // Luo

Longxiang, The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm // Karen Lord, Tobias S. Buckell, The Mighty Slinger // Peter

Watts, Derryl Murphy, Mayfly

Essays: Doug Dluzen, How and Why CRISPR Will Change the World // Alethea Kontis, Another Word: Softly Dying

Darlings, and How to Deal with Them // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Another Post-Con Crash

Interview: Chris Urie, Mars, Sextants, and Puppets: A Conversation with Mary Robinette Kowal

Podcasts: Kelly Robson, A Study in Oils – read by Kate Baker // D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Waves of Influence – read by

Kate Baker // Elly Bangs, Dandelion – read by Kate Baker // Luo Longxiang, The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur

Farm – read by Kate Baker // Karen Lord, Tobias S. Buckell, The Mighty Slinger // Peter Watts, Derryl Murphy,

Mayfly – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #145

Neil Clarke, ed.

October 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Facecrafter' translated by Emily Jin.

Fiction: Finbarr O'Reilly, The Miracle Lambs of Minane // Yilin Wang, Sparrow // Simone Heller, When We Were

Starless // Anna Wu, The Facecrafter // Suzanne Palmer, Thirty-Three Percent Joe // Aliette de Bodard, In

Everlasting Wisdom // Ian McDonald, The Falls: A Luna Story

Essays: Julie Novakova, Endless Forms Most Horrible: Parasites and SF // Sarah Pinsker, Another Word: In Praise

of Taking It Slow // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: After the Dirty Dozen

Interview: Chris Urie, First Contact, Fantasy, and Cooperation: A Conversation with Steven Erikson

Podcasts: Finbarr O'Reilly, The Miracle Lambs of Minane – read by Kate Baker // Yilin Wang, Sparrow – read by

Kate Baker // Simone Heller, When We Were Starless – read by Kate Baker // Anna Wu, The Facecrafter – read by

Kate Baker // Suzanne Palmer, Thirty-Three Percent Joe – read by Kate Baker // Aliette de Bodard, In Everlasting

Wisdom – read by Kate Baker // Ian McDonald, The Falls: A Luna Story – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #146

Neil Clarke, ed.

November 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Love Letters' translated by S. Qiouyu Lu.

Fiction: Rich Larson, Octo-Heist in Progress // H. Pueyo, What the South Wind Whispers // E. E. King, Ghost

Island // Nina Allan, The Gift of Angels: An Introduction // Peng Simeng, The Love Letters // Madeline Ashby,

Death on Mars // A. C. Wise, A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World

Essays: Mark Cole, Melon Farmers! Science Fiction Stumbles on the Way to the Theater // A. M. Dellamonica,

Another Word: Klingon Time Management // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Wouldn't It Be Nice?

Interview: Chris Urie, Genetics, Spores, and Automation: A Conversation with Nancy Kress

Podcasts: Rich Larson, Octo-Heist in Progress – read by Kate Baker // H. Pueyo, What the South Wind Whispers –

read by Kate Baker // E. E. King, Ghost Island – read by Kate Baker // Nina Allan, The Gift of Angels: An

Introduction – read by Kate Baker // Peng Simeng, The Love Letters – read by Kate Baker // Madeline Ashby,

Death on Mars – read by Kate Baker // A. C. Wise, A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World – read by Kate

Baker

Clarkesworld, #147

Neil Clarke, ed.

December 2018

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Marshmallows // Alan Bao, Bringing Down the Sky // Eleanna Castroianni, When We

Find Our Voices // Sheldon J. Pacotti, The Names and Motions // Zhang Ran, Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary

Time Traveler // Kelly Robson, Two-Year Man

Essays: Doug Dluzen, The Modern Search for the Fountain of Youth // Jason Heller, Another Word: In the Home of

Anthony Burgess' Harpsichord // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: A Note to End On

Interview: Chris Urie, 37 Rejections, Language Obsessions, and Dance: A Conversation with Rich Larson

Podcasts: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Marshmallows – read by Kate Baker // Alan Bao, Bringing Down the Sky – read by

Kate Baker // Eleanna Castroianni, When We Find Our Voices – read by Kate Baker // Sheldon J. Pacotti, The

Names and Motions – read by Kate Baker // Zhang Ran, Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler – read

by Kate Baker // Kelly Robson, Two-Year Man – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #148

Neil Clarke, ed.

January 2019

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: James Wahls, Eater of Worlds // Natalia Theodoridou, One's Burden, Again // Ray Nayler, Fire in the Bone

// Derek Künsken, The Ghosts of Ganymede // Lavie Tidhar, Venus in Bloom // Marissa Lingen, Left to Take the

Lead // Karl Bunker, They Have All One Breath

Essays: Carrie Sessarego, Eros, Phileo, Agape, Storge: Love and Romance in Science Fiction // Kelly Robson,

Another Word: The Trouble with Utopia // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: 2018 Reader's Poll

Interview: Chris Urie, The Meisner Technique, Alien Consciousness, and Bathrobes: A Conversation with Wesley Chu

Podcasts: James Wahls, Eater of Worlds // Natalia Theodoridou, One's Burden, Again // Ray Nayler, Fire in the

Bone – read by Kate Baker // Derek Künsken, The Ghosts of Ganymede – read by Kate Baker // Lavie Tidhar,

Venus in Bloom – read by Kate Baker // Marissa Lingen, Left to Take the Lead – read by Kate Baker // Karl Bunker,

They Have All One Breath – read by Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #149

Neil Clarke, ed.

February 2019

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

• 'The Butcher of New Tasmania' translated by Andy Dudak.

Fiction: Brit E. B. Hvide, East of the Sun, West of the Stars // Robert Reed, Painwise // Ian Creasey, The Final

Ascent // A. T. Greenblatt, Give the Family My Love // Bo Balder, The Face of God // Suo Hefu, The Butcher of

New Tasmania // S. Qiouyu Lu, Mother Tongues // Ian McDonald, Digging

Essays: Douglas F. Dluzen, The Mighty Feats of the Everyday Microbe // Cat Rambo, Another Word: Stories That

Change the World // Neil Clarke, Editor's Desk: Translations, and Awards

Interview: Chris Urie, Cable Cars, Explosions, and Life-Sized Griffins: A Conversation with Suzanne Palmer

Podcasts: Brit E. B. Hvide, East of the Sun, West of the Stars – read by Kate Baker // Robert Reed, Painwise – read

by Kate Baker // Ian Creasey, The Final Ascent – read by Kate Baker // A. T. Greenblatt, Give the Family My Love –

read by Kate Baker // Bo Balder, The Face of God – read by Kate Baker // Suo Hefu, The Butcher of New Tasmania

– read by Kate Baker // S. Qiouyu Lu, Mother Tongues – read by Kate Baker // Ian McDonald, Digging – read by

Kate Baker

Clarkesworld, #150

Neil Clarke, ed.

March 2019

Wyrm Publishing

Library edition:

Notes:

Fiction: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, But, Still, I Smile // Erin K. Wagner, When Home, No Need to Cry // Rich Larson,

Death of an Air Salesman // Nin Harris, Dreams Strung Like Pearls Between War and Peace // Kai Hudson,

Treasure Diving // Emily C. Skaftun, The Thing With the Helmets // Kij Johnson, 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss //

Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue

Essays: Paul Riddell, The Magician's Garden // Fran Wilde, Another Word: A Flock of Crows in a Swan Suit // Neil

Clarke, Editor's Desk: A Celebration of Many Things

Interviews: Chris Urie, High Seas, Multiple Selves, and Unspoken Songs: A Conversation with Sarah Pinsker // Neil

Clarke, Electronic Music, Science Fiction, and AIs: A Conversation with Jean-Michel Jarre

Podcasts: D. A. Xiaolin Spires, But, Still, I Smile – read by Kate Baker // Erin K. Wagner, When Home, No Need to

Cry – read by Kate Baker // Rich Larson, Death of an Air Salesman – read by Kate Baker // Nin Harris, Dreams

Strung Like Pearls Between War and Peace – read by Kate Baker // Kai Hudson, Treasure Diving – read by Kate

Baker // Emily C. Skaftun, The Thing With the Helmets – read by Kate Baker // Kij Johnson, 26 Monkeys, Also the

Abyss – read by Kate Baker // Catherynne M. Valente, The Future Is Blue – read by Kate Baker