Spaceships, space stations, and distant planets. Stampeding elephants, a talking dog, and a hungover captain without a ship. An ensign far from home, a stowaway, and a pair of runaways. This anthology features stories of a diverse and inclusive future by six up-and-coming indie authors.Case File #7: The One with All the Elephants by Jeannette BedardFlo doesn't know what's worse: the case she was just assigned or the new partner she has to work with.Jurassic Dark by S...

Wade Ferris had given up his life of fighting for others, or so he thought. Content to run the small motel he had bought with the money he had earned in the beach front area of Waikanae. The quiet life suited him, especially in the winter when there were little or no Guests to worry about.This night was no different than any other winters night. It was raining hard and the sound of the breakers hitting the beach made everything seem normal. Tonight wasn’t going to be like every oth...

Nathan Cross is a struggling actor waiting tables at a local restaurant to make ends meet while he attends endless auditions. Though his hopeful career moves at a slow pace, Olivia is the strength and sunshine in his life… until she leaves him. One day, he is offered a contract with a modeling agent, leading him to work for Knight Fashion Magazine—a dream job he never imagined would become a reality.Olivia swore she would always put her career first and that's precisely what she di...

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 of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during the first half of their ninth year. Includes stories by Aliette de Bodard, Naomi Kritzer, Ken Liu, Robert Reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Catherynne M. Valente, Kij Johnson, Jay Lake, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, and many more!

Switching lives was supposed to be the answer, not the problem. Now, he'll have to set things right to save his friends from himself.All Don wants is to defend Earth on his own terms. His father is hell-bent on making him into an officer, just like him. Suffocating under the weight of the family legacy, Don isn't going to waste his last chance at freedom.While unaccompanied on a busy space station, Don swaps lives with a trainee headed to Basic. He's finall...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our June 2017 issue features a novella by Brenda W. Clough ("May Be Some Time"), and novelettes by Allen Steele ("The Days Between") and Robert Charles Wilson ("The Cartesian Theater").

"99 Science Fiction Short Stories" brings together some of the finest sci fi short stories ever crafted. Featuring gems from masters of the genre, such as H.G Wells , Robert Barr , PKD, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Norton, and many, many more!

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 January 2026 issue (#232) contains:Fiction* "The Stars You Can't See by Looking Directly" by Samantha Murray* "Down We Go Gently" by M. L. Clark* "Donor Unknown" by Nika Murphy* "Je Ne Regrette Rien" by James Patrick Kelly* "Tomorrow's Beautiful Dream" by Ju Chu* "The ...

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 February 2025 issue (#221) contains:Fiction* "Bodyhoppers" by Rocío Vega* "King of the Castle" by Fiona Moore* "We Begin Where Infinity Ends" by Somto Ihezue* "A Planet Full of Sorrows" by M. L. Clark* "The Hanging Tower of Babel" by Wang Zhenzhen* "Numismatic Archetypes in ...

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 magazine.CONTENTSIntroduction by Neil ClarkeScattered Along the River of Heaven by Aliette de BodardAll the Painted Stars by Gwendolyn ClarePrayer by Robert Reed

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 2026 issue (#239) contains:Fiction* "As the Tide Loves the Diver, As the Diver Loves the Tide" by Ravn J. Silver* "All the Ruined Doorways of the Moon" by Eilis O'Neal* "Passenger Pigeons, Dodos, Neanderthals" by Jordan Alexander* "Piece de Resistance" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our January 2017 issue features a novella by Harry Turtledove ("Forty, Counting Down"), a novelette by Paul M. Berger ("The Muse of Empires Lost"), and a novelette by Carrie Vaughn...