Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all thirty-four stories published in the sixth year of this Hugo Award-winning maga
FICTION"Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard"If The Mountain Comes" by An Owomoyela"You Were She Who Abode" by E. Catherine ToblerNON-FICTION"Energizing Futures: How SF Fuels Itself" by Stephen Gaskell"Neither the Billionaire nor the Tramp: Economics in Specul
As in every year since 1988, the editors tirelessly scoured story collections, magazines, and anthologies worldwide to compile a delightful, diverse feast of tales and poems. On this anniversary, the editors have increased the size of the collection to 30
FICTION"The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" by E. Lily Yu"Matchmaker" by Erin M. HartshornNON-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
Under the countless billions of stars in the universe, what forms will alien life take? How will they live? And what will happen when we meet them? Aliens: Recent Encounters collects answers to these questions from some of today's best science fiction wri
This fifth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features thirty-three stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Elizabeth Bear, Aliette de Bodard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jay Lake, Kelly Link, Robert Reed, Lavie Tidhar, Cather
An all-new anthology of cross-genre fairy tale retellings, featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.Once upon a time. It’s how so many of our most beloved stories start.Fairy tales have dominated our cultural imagin
In print and on-line, science fiction and fantasy is thriving as never before. A multitude of astonishingly creative and gifted writers are boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds an
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line betwee