First published 2015
This issue of Clarkesworld Magazine delivers six original science fiction tales alongside critical essays. E. Catherine Tobler opens with "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix)," followed by Andy Dudak's "Asymptotic" and Kris Millering's "This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year." Bogi Takács contributes "Forestspirit, Forestspirit" while Terry Bisson offers "The Hole in the Hole." Caitlín R. Kiernan rounds out the fiction with "Riding the White Bull." The nonfiction section features Jason Heller's examination of punk musician Poly Styrene as a science fiction visionary. Alvaro Zinos-Amaro conducts a wide-ranging interview with acclaimed author Robert Charles Wilson. John Chu reflects on the adventures of emerging writers, while editor Neil Clarke provides his perspective on the magazine's ongoing journey through speculative fiction's landscape.
Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, literary-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology
Setting: Clarkesworld
Period: 21st-century
132 pages · Paperback · Wyrm Publishing