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...

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 (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our August 2018 issue (#143) contains:Henry Szabranski ("The Veilonaut''s Dream"), R.S.A. Garcia ("The Anchorite Wakes"), Robert Reed ("Kingfisher"), Kij Johnson ("The Privilege of the Happy Ending"), Hao Jingfang ("The Loneliest Ward&quot...

Our lead story for February is “Long Enough and Just So Long” by Cat Rambo, the tale of two teen, Heinleinesque Moon-residents who meet a liberated sexbot from Earth.Next up is “The Passenger” by Julie E. Czerneda, the tale of a man and a committee aboard a generation ship, that examines justice, hypocrisy, art, and our ability to rationalize and explain away the most horrific things. (Reprint)New author Ken Liu also explores the creation of digital lifeforms in his first s...

Based on their successful undergraduate course at the University of Southern California, Abigail E. Ruane and Patrick James provide an introduction to International Relations using J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastically popular trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Because Tolkien's major themes---such as good versus evil and human agency versus determinism---are perennially relevant to International Relations, The Lord of the Rings is well suited for application to the study of polit...

Die ReinheitThe Rise of the OperantsIn the modern age a new human species is exponentially evolving. Across the world powerful psychics are being born. Fuelled by Nazi ideology, German psychics are being weaponized and soon, the clandestine organisation, Die Reinheit – The Purity, is formed. These self-proclaimed operants seek to destroy their psychic enemies in order to establish a global Operant Reich.Psychic Francis Allard was born in 1588, the year of the Spanis...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month they bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.  Our September issue contains:  Original Fiction by Greg Mellor ("Mar Pacifico"), James Patrick Kelly ("The Promise of Space") and Mark Bourne & Elizabeth Bourne ("One Flesh").  Classic stories by Charles Sheffield ("Out of Copyrigh...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art Our August 2014 issue contains: Original Fiction by James Patrick Kelly ("The Rose Witch"), Caroline M. Yoachim ("Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion"), Kat Howard ("The Saint of the Sidewalks"), and Joseph Tomaras ("Bonfires in Anacosta&quo...

The mission: to survey the galaxy and beyond. An endless stream of probes and starships heading out into the universe, surveying, cataloguing, assaying. Forever. And on board those ships, the intrepid explorers who give it all meaning.Grace's Family by James Patrick Kelly is a Tor.com Original short story.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. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our February 2025 issue features "Grace’s Family" by James Patrick Kelly, "I, Row-Boat" by Cory Doctorow, and "The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto" by Annalee Newitz. Cover art by Ron Guyatt.

Evangelists of Art: Picture Sermons for Children by James Patrick is a unique blend of religious teaching and art appreciation, aimed at introducing children to both the moral messages of Christianity and the beauty of visual art. The book presents a series of "picture sermons," each focusing on a specific religious lesson or moral theme, illustrated through well-known works of art. Patrick uses these artworks as a medium to communicate spiritual truths and ethical lessons to young readers...

Years after the death of the human it was supposed to help, a digital assistant wakes and searches for a way to exist independently.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.