Building on the evocative chill captured by 2024's Winter in the City , editors R.B. Wood and Anna Koon are back with a spectacular multicultural lineup to explore Spring in the City —yet wildflowers aren't the only things finding their way through cracked concrete in these dark speculative tales.Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle...

In the first volume of the In the City anthology series, editors R.B. Wood and Anna Koon bring you new tales from eighteen authors both established and debut, including Sam Rebelein, Sarah Read, Bracken MacLeod, Gwendolyn Kiste, and more.The city.Noisy, crowded, and ever in motion, the city can be more than a setting—it can be a character, as nuanced and as fickle as a human being, with as many traits and quirks ...

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 September 2026 issue (#240) contains:Fiction* "Water-Eaters" by Beth Goder* "When Humans Are No Longer Born Human" by Zhu Yixuan* "To Walk This Distant Shore with You" by A.D. Sui* "And So I Open My Fists" by Rachel Sobel* "Fistful of Antimatter" by Rich Larson* "Count...

In the long-awaited follow-up to his debut collection Tomorrow Factory, Rich Larson plunges us through a multiplicity of futures.Ranging in length from byte-sized drabbles to elaborate novelettes, the twenty-six stories assembled in Changelog rove from the sands of biopunk West Africa to the scarred hull of a generation ship to the dismantling of time itself — exploring the symbiosis of humanity and technology at every stop.

“My mouth cracks a smile, not knowing what was coming.It feels like a completely different entity from me, a parasite living on my face, burrowing its way into my body, into my guts.I need to remove it, it would be ignorant of me not to.”– Adrian Hollow, “Phonophobia”Nine authors and thirteen visual artists come together to share their stories in this all-new 2024 volume of Polymorphic Magazine, featuring ten original and fully-illustrated horror-fiction sho...

A man and his unusual partner set out to assassinate a tyrant and bring down an empire.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Rich Larson's action-packed sci fi short story, "Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man," a Tor.Com OriginalWhen an illicit trade deal goes wrong and Quandary is blamed for it, she goes on the run to avoid the crosshairs of a bioengineered killer that only lives for 24 hours. If Q can evade it for that long, she just might survive.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A fast-moving, futuristic caper about a thief who has planned a job that he hopes will set him up for life by stealing a few biosculptures from a rich couple’s mansion.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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 2024 issue (#215) contains:* Original fiction by Alice Towey ("The Time Capsule"), Thomas Ha ("The Sort"), Rich Larson ("Molum, Molum, Molum the Scourge"), Timothy Mudie ("Something Crossing Over, Something Coming Back"), Rajeev Prasad ("Canyon Dance"), David McGillveray ("The Deformed Saint and the Poison Wi...

12 award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.For fans of anthologies like Soonish and Netflix's Black MirrorIn a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships—in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows series considers the effects t...

Misunderstanding threatens a commune whose survival is dependent on precise communication with another species...At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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 2020 issue features "The Further Adventures of Mr. Costello" by David Gerrold, "Innumerable Glimmering Lights" by Rich Larson, and "Some of Them Closer" by Marissa Lingen.