First published 2013
This issue of Clarkesworld Magazine presents five original science fiction stories alongside critical essays and interviews. Robert Reed contributes "Mystic Falls" while Joe Haldeman offers "Manifest Destiny." Maggie Clark delivers "The Aftermath" and Seth Dickinson provides "Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)." Editor Maureen F. McHugh includes her story "Special Economics." The nonfiction section features Anaea Lay's essay "Sapir-Whorf Must Die" examining linguistic theory. Jeremy L. C. Jones conducts an interview with author Bradley P. Beaulieu titled "Hard Truths in Our World." Jamie Todd Rubin reflects on his experiences in "Another Word: What I Did on My Summer Vacation." Editor Neil Clarke closes with "Year Seven by the Numbers," analyzing the magazine's seventh year of publication through statistical data.
Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, literary-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology
102 pages · Paperback · Wyrm Publishing