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Clarkesworld Magazine Now Accepting Novelettes

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Neil Clarke has had quite a year. His magazine Clarkesworld published its 100th issue in January — an extraordinary milestone for any fiction magazine, let alone one of the earliest online venues — and in November he and fellow Clarkesworld folks Sean Wallace and Kate Baker received a Special Award from the World Fantasy Convention. And at the Nebulas this past weekend, Neil had no less than three stories he’d edited up for awards — more than any other editor. But I…

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Clarkesworld 104 Now on Sale

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The newest issue of Clarkesworld, one of the best genre mags on the market, is now on sale. Issue 104 contains five new short stories, plus reprints from James Van Pelt and Hannu Rajaniemi. Short stories featured this issue are: “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies” by Matthew Kressel “For the Love of Sylvia City” by Andrea M. Pawley “Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight” by A Que, translated by John Chu “Ossuary” by Ian Muneshwar “An Evolutionary Myth” by Bo-Young Kim “Solace”…

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Clarkesworld 103 Now on Sale

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The newest issue of Clarkesworld, one of the most acclaimed fiction mags on the market, is now on sale. Issue 103 contains six short stories — including one by the source of that other big 2015 Hugo controversy, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, who also writes as the notorious blogger and book reviewer “Requires Hate.” Sriduangkaew’s long-running campaign of intimidation and death threats against other genre writers was detailed in Laura J. Mixon’s exhaustive “A Report on Damage Done by One Individual Under Several…

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New Treasures: Clarkesworld: Year Seven, edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

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These annual Clarkesworld anthologies are a tremendous bargain. The individual magazines are $3.99 each, but these volumes collect all the original fiction for a full 12 months in a handsome package for just $16.99. If you haven’t tried Clarkesworld, you’re missing out on one of the most vibrant and celebrated SF and fantasy magazines on the market. It is a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, and in 2013 it received more Hugo nominations for short fiction…

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Clarkesworld 102 Now on Sale

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The latest issue of Clarkesworld, one of the most acclaimed fiction mags on the market, went on sale last week. Issue 102 contains seven short stories: Slowly Builds An Empire, by Naim Kabir Cassandra by Ken Liu The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2) by Catherynne M. Valente All Original Brightness by Mike Buckley Coming of the Light by Chen Qiufan The Clear Blue Seas of Luna by Gregory Benford The Book Seller by Lavie Tidhar Non-fiction includes “Dark Angels: Insects…

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Clarkesworld 101 Now on Sale

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Issue 101 of Clarkesworld contains fiction from Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Greg Van Eekhout, Nicola Griffith, and others. Non-fiction includes “What in the World Do They Want, Anyway? The Myth of the Friendly Alien” by Mark Cole, “Another Word: YA is the New Black” by Dawn Metalf, interviews with Locus editor Liza Groen Trombi and Chinese author Tang Fei, and an editorial, “The Next Hundred,” by Neil Clarke. This issue’s podcast is “The Last Surviving Gondola Widow,” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, read by…

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Clarkesworld 100 Now on Sale

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The award-winning Clarkesworld magazine published its 100th issue this month — a landmark by any measure. Very few SF and fantasy magazines have made it to 100 issues, and this is something that deserves to be celebrated. This bigger-than-average issue contains fiction from Naomi Kritzer, Kij Johnson, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, Damien Broderick, Karl Schroeder, and others. The four non-fiction pieces are “Song for a City-Universe: Lucius Shepard’s Abandoned Vermillion,” by Jason Heller, “Exploring the Frontier: A Conversation with…

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New Treasures: Clarkesworld: Year Six edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

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Clarkesworld Magazine is one of the finest online outlets for science fiction and fantasy. Edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace, it has been published monthly since October 2006. Fiction from the magazine has been nominated for countless awards — including the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press, World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula — and the magazine has been nominated for the Chesley, Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, and Nebula awards. It won the 2010, 2011, and 2013 Hugo Award…

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Clarkesworld 97 now on Sale

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You know, we don’t pay enough attention to Clarkesworld. Clarkesworld, founded by Neil Clarke and edited by Sean Wallace, is one of the genre’s pioneering online magazines — and also one of its most successful. It has been published monthly for over eight years, since October 2006. Each issue is packed with fiction, interviews, and articles, and the cover art — like this month’s gorgeously gonzo piece from Sandeep Karunakaran — is consistently excellent. (Click the image at right for…

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Clarkesworld #68 plus PKD and Gnosticism

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The May  issue of Clarkesworld is currently online. Featured fiction: “Prayer” by Robert Reed, “Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop” by Suzanne Church and “All the Things the Moon is Not” by Alexander Lumans.  There are also audio versions of all three stories, read by Kate Baker. Non fiction by Aletha Kontis, Jeremy L.C. Jones and Elizabeth Bear.  The cover art is by Jessada Suthi. All of this is available online for free. However, nothing is really free. The magazine is supported by “Clarkesworld…

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