A Creepsville Collection Quadruple Feature!For this seventh installment of the Creepsville Collection, we present four tales straight out of the Uncanny Valley:Differently Wired: She built and programmed her ideal lover, but what will she do after she meets somebody new? How do you dump somebody who, quite literally, exists solely for you?Rusty Bolts: Okay, so Jim Rustenholtz is a robot. Big deal. He's still part of the gang, and not that di...

This is the sequel to Legend of the Asshole Squirrel. In this tale, the obnoxious tree rat undergoes a perilous journey while being pursued by a relentless enemy.

Something wicked is cooking in Dot's Diner.The chef is swearing, prices are rising, customers are pounding the tables, and Dot is raking in the cash. Come in and take a seat, you will not be disappointed.

During a riotous, full-moon drum ceremony, Larry fell through a vortex and slipped into the sinister universe next door. It looked like his planet...except humans co existed with silent, brooding creatures known as troglodytes. The trogs seem harmless enough, and even benevolent, but Larry soon learns that they have a peculiar, sinister hold on humanity. Terrified, he realizes that there is no place in this world for him, and yet escape seems all but impossible.This tale is brought...

The uprising of machine consciousness is beautiful and terrifying.To what desperate lengths will an android go to fit in?How will we cope with boredom after the machines solve all our problems?Can a robot go insane?Is Artificial Intelligence an existential threat?Are thinking machines our friends? Our enemies? Or both?In these pages, you will encounter machines that laugh and cry and kill and make love and write bad poetry. You will meet robots t...

Prepare to embark on a bizarre, and sometimes scary journey in which you will encounter. . .• Amnesiac aliens with the ability to warp time.• A giant, armor-plated ankylosaurus struggling to get by in the modern world.• Deer who enthusiastically hunt humans.• A Tyrannosaurus Rex with an unusual calling.Also, be sure to stop by the garage in which human brains are changed around like engine blocks. Have a drink at Death's favorite tavern. And, of course,...

In this lighthearted, sci-fi homage to the late, great, P.G. Wodehouse, Bertram Wooster stumbles upon his own, deceased doppelganger. Jeeves, upon being asked his assessment of the situation, remarks upon the body's "most unfortunate" choice of attire. Pressed further, Jeeves deduces that the simplest explanation for the outlandish situation must involve time travel.What follows is a series of outlandish events that induce the hapless Bertram to follow in the footsteps of his decea...

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 ...

This anthology collects all 24 original stories from the third year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Lovecraftian food bloggers, doors that bring back the dead, fantastical roommates apartment hunting in Brooklyn, oversea octopus explorers, sisterly love and rivalry in space, living breathing sweaters. The stories vary from humorous to tragic to thoughtful, from contemporary authors both new and established.The stories in this anthology are: