Death lay under the water-tower on a sagging rooftop, watching the slow condensation of water along the tower’s metal belly. Occasionally one of the water beads would grow pregnant enough to spawn a droplet, which would then fall around — and occasionally onto — Death’s forehead. He had counted over seven [...]

Our first piece of audio fiction for November is “On the Banks of the River Lex” written by N. K. Jemisin and read by Kate Baker.

 

 Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 50 - On the Banks of the River Lex by N. K. Jemisin [36:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10420)

The 2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot was announced this week and we are very pleased to see two works from Clarkesworld competing in the short story category. "Non-Zero Probabilities" by N.K. Jemisin and "Spar" by Kij Johnson are fantastic stories and we couldn’t be happier for both authors.
We’ve previously podcast "Spar" and felt it [...]

 

 Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 41 - Non-Zero Probabilities by N.K. Jemisin [26:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (11049)

In the mornings, Adele girds herself for the trip to work as a warrior for battle. First she prays, both to the Christian god of her Irish ancestors and to the orishas of her African ancestors — the latter she is less familiar with, but getting to know. Then she takes [...]