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 October 2015 issue (#109) contains: <ul> <li>Original Fiction by A.C. Wise ("And If the Body Were Not the Soul"), Rich Larson ("Ice"), Kola Heyward-Rotimi ("The Father"), Karen Heuler ("Egg Island"), and Hao Jingfang ("Summer at Grandma's House").</li> <li>Reprints by G. David Nordley ("War, Ice, Egg, Universe") and Chris Beckett ("The Peacock Cloak").</li> <li>Non-fiction by Tomas Petrasek (Sunless Worlds), an interview with Catherynne M. Valente, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.</li> </ul>

Clarkesworld Issue 109 (Clarkesworld Magazine)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarke, Neil

Beckett, Chris

Heuler, Karen

Larson, Rich

Jingfang, Hao

Nordley, G. David

Wise, A.C.

Heyward-Rotimi, Kola

Science Fiction

Clarkesworld Magazine

Humanity struggled to grow and evolve as a species for thousands of years forever caught in the shadow of a dread threat known only to a devoted few. When the stars are right, the Old Ones will return to claim utter dominion of this world. Lovecraft Mythos stories often climax at the moment of the fateful return of the Elder Gods and the audience is left to ponder what might happen next. This anthology features stories about humanity under the reign of the Elder Gods and ancient terrors. Featuring stories from A.C. Wise, Glynn Owen Barrass, Steve Berman, Gustavo Bondoni, Jeff C. Carter, J. Childs-Biddle, Evan Dicken, Jeffrey Fowler, Cody Goodfellow, Andrew Peregrine, Peter Rawlik, Joshua Reynolds, Adrian Simmons, Jason Vanhee, June Violette, L. K. Whyte, and Jonathan Woodrow.

Apotheosis: Stories of Human Survival After the Rise of the Elder Gods

Literature & Fiction

Fowler, Jeffrey

Genre Fiction

Simian Publishing

• 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology • Contains "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" by Rachael K. Jones, 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Fiction • Contains "Sabbath Wine" by Barbara Krasnoff, 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story • 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List, Best Anthology “Allen’s strange and lovely fifth genre-melding fantasy anthology selects 20 new short stories of unusual variety, texture, compassion, and perception . . . All the stories afford thought-provoking glimpses into alternative realities that linger, sparking unconventional thoughts, long after they are first encountered.” —Publisher Weekly, starred review 
“The arrangement is superb. This anthology of 20 stories can resemble a symphony of themes and variations in a wide range of keys, or a tapestry whose elements form patterns of imagery and meaning that shift and offer new insights throughout the book.” —Locus 
The Clockwork Phoenix anthologies offer homes to “well-written stories occupying multiple subgenres, usually in the same story, often ambiguously,” as Locus Magazine once put it. 
The ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of fantasy anthologies returns for a fifth incarnation, triumphantly risen from the ashes after another successful Kickstarter campaign. This is the largest installment yet, holding twenty new tales of beauty and strangeness. Each story leads you into unmapped territory, there to find shock and delight. 
With fiction from Jason Kimble, Rachael K. Jones, Patricia Russo, Marie Brennan, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Rob Cameron, A. C. Wise, Gray Rinehart, Sam Fleming, Sunil Patel, C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez, Holly Heisey, Barbara Krasnoff, Sonya Taaffe, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Shveta Thakrar, Cassandra Khaw, Keffy R. M. Kehrli, Rich Larson, and Beth Cato. 
Table of Contents 
<li> “The Wind at His Back” by Jason Kimble </li>
<li> “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me” by Rachael K. Jones </li>
<li> “The Perfect Happy Family” by Patricia Russo </li>
<li> “The Mirror-City” by Marie Brennan </li>
<li> “The Finch’s Wedding and the Hive That Sings” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew </li>
<li> “Squeeze” by Rob Cameron </li>
<li> “A Guide to Birds by Song (After Death)” by A.C. Wise </li>
<li> “The Sorcerer of Etah” by Gray Rinehart </li>
<li> “The Prime Importance of a Happy Number” by Sam Fleming </li>
<li> “Social Visiting” by Sunil Patel </li>
<li> “The Book of May” by C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez </li>
<li> “The Tiger’s Silent Roar” by Holly Heisey </li>
<li> “Sabbath Wine” by Barbara Krasnoff </li>
<li> “The Trinitite Golem” by Sonya Taaffe </li>
<li> “Two Bright Venuses” by Alex Dally MacFarlane </li>
<li> “By Thread of Night and Starlight Needle” by Shveta Thakrar </li>
<li> “The Games We Play” by Cassandra Khaw </li>
<li> “The Road, and the Valley, and the Beasts” by Keffy R.M. Kehrli </li>
<li> “Innumerable Glimmering Lights” by Rich Larson </li>
<li> “The Souls of Horses” by Beth Cato</li>

Clockwork Phoenix 5

Brennan, Marie

Sriduangkaew, Benjanun

Cato, Beth

MacFarlane, Alex Dally

Krasnoff, Barbara

Hernández, Carlos

Cooney, C.S.E.

Kimble, Jason

United States

Mythic Delirium Books

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay. Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost stories. These twenty-nine stories, including all new works from New York Times bestselling authors Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay, span from the traditional to the eclectic, from the mainstream to the literary, from pure fantasy to the bizarrely supernatural. Whether you’re reading alone under the covers with a flashlight, or around a campfire with a circle of friends, there’s something here to please—and spook—everyone. Contributors include: Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Vincent J. Masterson, A.C. Wise, M. Rickert, Seanan McGuire, Lee Thomas, Alison Littlewood, M.L. Siemienowicz, Richard Kadrey, Indrapramit Das, Richard Bowes, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Aliette de Bodard, Carole Johnstone, Dale Bailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Bracken MacLeod, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Paul Tremblay, Nathan Ballingrud, Pat Cadigan, John Langan.

Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories

Kadrey, Richard

Ford, Ford Madox

EVENSON, BRIAN

De Bodard, Aliette

Bowes, Richard

Crawford, F. Marion

NIX, Garth

Langan,John

McGuire, Seanan

Ford, Jeffrey

TREMBLAY, Paul

Mamatas, Nick

Littlewood, Alison

Files, Gemma

Jones, Stephen Graham

Das, Indrapramit

Cadigan, Pat

Bailey, Dale

Johnstone, Carole

MacLeod, Bracken

Ballingrud, Nathan

Datlow, Ellen

Carroll, Siobhan

Dowling, Terry

Masterson, Vincent J.

Rickert, M.

Siemienowicz, M. L.

Thomas, Lee

OATES,JOYCE CAROL

HOFFMAN, Alice

Gallery / Saga Press

S&S/Saga Press

Featuring A.C. Wise. She brings Crossing, a story about swimming, and finding more than quiet in the water. We talk about writing, Canada, and her Women To Read posts. Kevin Lucia’s Horror 101, Faith-Full Horror, he talks about faith, horror, and how the two weave together. Fiction from:   Amelia Fisher Jessica Widner Millie Ho Marcus O’Shea

LampLight - Volume 5 Issue 3

Fisher, Amelia

Widner, Jessica

Ho, Millie

O'Shea, Marcus

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Who are the Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron? If you need to ask then you have not been anywhere near a television, computer, or disco recently. No other superheroes are as dedicated or dazzling as these gals. Some of them tuck, some of them are pure trout, but they kick ass in high heels and rollerskates. A.C. Wise's debut collection of heroic tales is half whimsy and half 1950s pulp reborn for the 21st century.

The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again

Humor & Satire

Lethe Press

Clarkesworld Issue 170 (Clarkesworld Magazine)

Dey, Rupsa

Wahls, Jamie

Bianchi, Jana

Madrigano, Clara

Raghasudhan, K

Nelson, Brady

Wyrm Publishing

A lush, feminist re-imagining on what happened to Wendy after Neverland, for fans of Circe and The Mere Wife. Find the second star from the right, and fly straight on 'til morning, all the way to Neverland,&nbsp;a children's paradise with no rules, no adults, only endless adventure and enchanted forests -&nbsp;all led by the charismatic boy who will never grow old.&nbsp; &nbsp; But Wendy Darling grew up. She has a husband and a young daughter called Jane, a life in London.&nbsp;But one night, after all these years, Peter Pan returns. Wendy finds him outside her daughter's window, looking to claim a new mother for his Lost Boys. But instead of Wendy, he takes Jane.&nbsp; &nbsp; Now a grown woman, a mother, a patient and a survivor,&nbsp;Wendy must follow Peter back to Neverland to rescue her daughter and finally face the darkness at the heart of the island...

Wendy, Darling

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Titan Books

A dark, gorgeous reimagining about what happened to Captain Hook after Neverland from the bestselling author of Wendy, Darling – filled with eerie suspense and heart-breaking anguish\nOnce invited, always welcome. 
Once invited, never free.\nCaptain James Hook, the immortal pirate of Neverland, has died a thousand times. Drowned, stabbed by Peter Pan’s sword, eaten by the beast swimming below the depths, yet James was resurrected every time by one boy’s dark imagination. Until he found a door in the sky, an escape. And he took the chance no matter the cost.\nNow in London twenty-two years later, Peter Pan’s monster has found Captain Hook again, intent on revenge. But a chance encounter leads James to another survivor of Neverland. Wendy Darling, now a grown woman, is the only one who knows how dark a shadow Neverland casts, no matter how far you run. To vanquish Pan’s monster once and for all, Hook must play the villain one last time…\nExploring themes of grief, survivor's guilt and healing broken bonds, Hooked is a modern-day Peter Pan story, perfect for fans of retellings, Christina Henry and V.E. Schwab.

Hooked: Neverland will never let go...

LGBTQ+ Books

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