Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy

Another Word: Peacetalk, Hate Speech

Editor's Desk: The Little Things

First Light at Mistaken Point

PODCASTS

by Kali Wallace read by Kate Baker

Teenagers from Outer Space

by Dale Bailey read by Kate Baker

Now is the Hour

by Emily Devenport read by Kate Baker

The Engines Imperial

by Sean Bensinger read by Kate Baker

Reclamation

by Ryan Row read by Kate Baker

Alone, on the Wind

by Karla Schmidt read by Kate Baker

The Fish Merchant

by Tobias S. Buckell read by Kate Baker

A Stopped Clock

by Madeline Ashby read by Kate Baker

ART

Regis III (The Invincible)

FICTION

The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale

by John Chu

Sephine and the Leviathan

by A Que

NON-FICTION

Paradise Lost: A History of Fantasy and the Otherworld

by Christopher Mahon

Talkative Creatures and a Mesozoic Cocktail: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick

Another Word: Burning Bridges

by Peter Watts

Editor's Desk: What is it with Readercon?

The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale

PODCASTS

Helio Music

by Mike Buckley read by Kate Baker

Fish Dance

by Eric Schwitzgebel read by Kate Baker

by John Chu read by Kate Baker

Sephine and the Leviathan

by Jack Schouten read by Kate Baker

Against the Stream

by A Que read by Kate Baker

Nahiku West

by Linda Nagata read by Kate Baker

Lion Walk

by Mary Rosenblum read by Kate Baker

ART

Alien Invasion

by Lasse Perala

Issue 117

FICTION

And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices

The Science Fiction Future of the Microbiome

by Zhang Ran

by Nancy Kress

NON-FICTION

by Matthew Simmons

The 'Quarter Turn' of History: A Conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay

Another Word: Publishing—Jump In, the Water's Fine

Editor's Desk: In My Own Way

And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices

PODCASTS

by Margaret Ronald read by Kate Baker

Things With Beards

by Sam J. Miller read by Kate Baker

.identity

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

The Snow of Jinyang

by Zhang Ran read by Kate Baker

The Promise of God

by Michael Flynn read by Kate Baker

Pathways

by Nancy Kress read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

The Universal Museum of Sagacity

Transcendent Transformation: A Conversation with James Gunn

A Heap of Broken Images

by Sunny Moraine

NON-FICTION

Destination: Venus

by Andrew Liptak

Another Word: Strange Stars

Editor's Desk: Stress Relief

The Universal Museum of Sagacity

PODCASTS

Left Behind

by Cat Rambo read by Kate Baker

by Robert Reed read by Dan Kelly

Breathe

by Cassandra Khaw read by Kate Baker

Jonas and the Fox

by Rich Larson read by Kate Baker

Away from Home

by Luo Longxiang read by Kate Baker

Tough Times All Over

by Joe Abercrombie read by Kate Baker

A Heap of Broken Images

by Sunny Moraine read by Kate Baker

ART

Ananiel, Angel of Storms

by Peter Mohrbacher

Issue 115

FICTION

Touring with the Alien

by Carolyn Ives Gilman

by Chen Qiufan

by Sara Saab

by Garth Nix

NON-FICTION

Silver Machine: Hawkwind's Space Rock Journey throughout Science Fiction and Fantasy

Transparency and Transformation: A Conversation with David Brin

Another Word: Technology Creates a New Golden Age of Speculative Fiction by Margot Atwell

by Margot Atwell

Editor's Desk: Best. Wife. Ever.

PODCASTS

Touring with the Alien

by Carolyn Ives Gilman read by Kate Baker

Balin

by Chen Qiufan read by Kate Baker

The Bridge of Dreams

by Gregory Feeley read by Kate Baker

The Cedar Grid

by Sara Saab read by Kate Baker

Old Friends

by Garth Nix read by Kate Baker

Winter's Wife

by Elizabeth Hand read by Kate Baker

ART

Robot in Love

by Rudy Faber

Issue 114

FICTION

Salvage Opportunity

by Jack Skillingstead

Seven Cups of Coffee

The Governess with a Mechanical Womb

by Leena Likitalo

Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead

The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off

by Gu Shi

by Karl Bunker

NON-FICTION

All the Words in the Sky: A Conversation with Charlie Jane Anders

Another Word: How to Clothe A Character, Using Only Star Wars References

Editor's Desk: Nebula Nominees and Reader's Poll Winners

The Governess with a Mechanical Womb

PODCASTS

Salvage Opportunity

by Jack Skillingstead read by James Patrick Kelly

Seven Cups of Coffee

by A.C. Wise read by Kate Baker

by Leena Likitalo read by Kate Baker

Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead

by Kij Johnson read by Kate Baker

Chimera

by Gu Shi read by Kate Baker

The King of Norway

by Cecelia Holland read by Kate Baker

Gray Wings

by Karl Bunker read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall

Between Dragons and Their Wrath

In the Midst of Life

by Nick Wolven

by An Owomoyela and Rachel Swirsky

Blood Dauber

by Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore

Mercurial

by Kim Stanley Robinson

NON-FICTION

Six Quirks of the Human Genome

by Dan Koboldt

Sapient Animals and Memory Particles: A Conversation with Lawrence M. Schoen

Another Word: Very Close Now

by Fran Wilde

Editor's Desk: The Roundup

That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall

PODCASTS

The Fixer

by Paul McAuley read by Kate Baker

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

In the Midst of Life

by Nick Wolven read by Kate Baker

Between Dragons and Their Wrath

by An Owomoyela and Rachel Swirsky read by Kate Baker

Blood Dauber

by Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore read by Kate Baker

Mercurial

by Kim Stanley Robinson read by Kate Baker

ART

Power Surge

Issue 112

FICTION

The Algorithms of Value

The Abduction of Europa

Extraction Request

The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale

Everybody Loves Charles

by Bao Shu

by Robert Silverberg

Old Paint

by Megan Lindholm

NON-FICTION

Our Future is Artificial

by Sofia Siren

Painterly Cyborgs and Distant Horizons: A Conversation with Julie Dillon

Another Word: Let's Write a Story Together, MacBook

Editor's Desk: The 2015 Reader's Poll and Contest

The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale

PODCASTS

The Algorithms of Value

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

The Abduction of Europa

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

Extraction Request

by Rich Larson read by Kate Baker

Everybody Loves Charles

by Bao Shu read by Kate Baker

by Robert Silverberg read by Kate Baker

Old Paint

by Megan Lindholm read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by Liu Cixin

by Tamsyn Muir

by Walter Jon Williams

NON-FICTION

A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex

The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe

by Kate Baker

Another Word: On Reading, Writing, and the Classics

Editor's Desk: Hibernation Mode Activated

Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars

PODCASTS

Yuanyuan's Bubbles

by Liu Cixin read by Kate Baker

Union

by Tamsyn Muir read by Kate Baker

Morrigan in Shadow

by Seth Dickinson read by Kate Baker

When We Die on Mars

by Cassandra Khaw read by Kate Baker

Technarion

by Sean McMullen read by Kate Baker

Daddy's World

by Walter Jon Williams read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by Nin Harris

In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer

by Sara Saab

The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees

by Krista Hoeppner Leahy

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

One Last, Great Adventure

Way Down East

by Tim Sullivan

by Ellen Kushner and Ysabeau S. Wilce

NON-FICTION

You Wouldn't Be Reading This If It Weren't For Buck Rogers

Words with Wings: A Conversation with Fran Wilde

Another Word: Chinese Science Fiction and Chinese Reality

by Liu Cixin

Editor's Desk: Making My Holiday Wish List

In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer

PODCASTS

So Much Cooking

by Naomi Kritzer read by Kate Baker

Your Right Arm

by Nin Harris read by Kate Baker

by Sara Saab read by Kate Baker

The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees

by Krista Hoeppner Leahy read by Kate Baker

If on a Winters Night a Traveler

by Xia Jia read by Kate Baker

Way Down East

by Tim Sullivan read by Kate Baker

One Last, Great Adventure

by Ellen Kushner and Ysabeau S. Wilce read by Kate Baker

ART

Gate World

And If the Body Were Not the Soul

Issue 109

FICTION

Ice

Summer at Grandma's House

The Father

by Kola Heyward-Rotimi

Egg Island

by Karen Heuler

by Hao Jingfang

War, Ice, Egg, Universe

NON-FICTION

Radiant Metafiction: A Conversation with Catherynne M. Valente

Another Word: Love Song for a Saturday Morning

Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Magazines

And If the Body Were Not the Soul

PODCASTS

by A.C. Wise read by Kate Baker

Ice

by Rich Larson read by Kate Baker

The Father

by Kola Heyward-Rotimi read by Kate Baker

Egg Island

by Karen Heuler read by Kate Baker

Summer at Grandma's House

by Hao Jingfang read by Kate Baker

War, Ice, Egg, Universe

by G. David Nordley read by Kate Baker

The Peacock Cloak

by Chris Beckett read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by Bao Shu

The Algebra of Events

by Elizabeth Bourne

The Occidental Bride

The Next Generation of DNA Sequencing

Canary Land

by Tom Purdom

Sea Change

by Una McCormack

NON-FICTION

by Dan Koboldt

Traitors and Tough Decisions: A Conversation with Seth Dickinson

Another Word: On Sunshine and Shadows

Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Reviews

Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck

PODCASTS

Cremulator

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

Loving Grace

by Erica L. Satifka read by Kate Baker

Preserve Her Memory

by Bao Shu read by Kate Baker

The Algebra of Events

by Elizabeth Bourne read by Kate Baker

The Occidental Bride

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

Canary Land

by Tom Purdom read by Kate Baker

Sea Change

by Una McCormack read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by Martin L. Shoemaker

by J.B. Park

by Han Song

by Neal Asher

NON-FICTION

"Fans Are Slans": A Study in Campbellian Influence

Writing for Video Games: A Conversation with E. Lily Yu, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Seth Dickinson, and Karl Schroeder

Another Word: Hipsters of Zombieland

by Emily Devenport

Editor's Desk: Editing Reality

Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck

PODCASTS

Today I Am Paul

by Martin L. Shoemaker read by Kate Baker

It Was Educational

by J.B. Park read by Kate Baker

Security Check

by Han Song read by Kate Baker

The Servant

by Emily Devenport read by Kate Baker

Dying Young

by Peter M. Ball read by Kate Baker

by Neal Asher read by Kate Baker

ART

Descendant

When Your Child Strays From God

Issue 106

FICTION

by Sam J. Miller

Further North

by Kay Chronister

Android Whores Can't Cry

by Natalia Theodoridou

by Pan Haitian

Eternal Wanderers Between Fire and Ice

NON-FICTION

by Tomas Petrasek

Digging in the Dirt: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson

Tripping the Light Fantastic: An Interview with Pan Haitian

by Nick Stember

Another Word: An Anxious Introvert’s Guide to the Con Experience

Editor's Desk: Change Can Be Good

When Your Child Strays From God

PODCASTS

by Sam J. Miller read by Kate Baker

Further North

by Kay Chronister read by Kate Baker

Android Whores Can't Cry

by Natalia Theodoridou read by Kate Baker

The Hunger Tower

by Pan Haitian read by Kate Baker

Snakes

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

The Accord

by Keith Brooke read by Kate Baker

Hair

by Adam Roberts read by Kate Baker

ART

Megafauna Europa

Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix)

Issue 105

FICTION

This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year

Asymptotic

by Andy Dudak

by Kris Millering

Forestspirit, Forestspirit

by Bogi Takács

The Hole in the Hole

by Terry Bisson

Riding the White Bull

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

NON-FICTION

The Day-Glo Dystopia of Poly Styrene: Punk Prophet and Science Fiction Priestess

The Paradox of the Telescope: A Conversation with Robert Charles Wilson

Another Word: The Vaguely Picaresque Adventures of a New Writer

by John Chu

Editor's Desk: Once Again Down the Rabbit Hole

Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix)

PODCASTS

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

Asymptotic

by Andy Dudak read by Kate Baker

This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year

by Kris Millering read by Kate Baker

Forestspirit, Forestspirit

by Bogi Takács read by Kate Baker

The Hole in the Hole

by Terry Bisson read by Kate Baker

Riding the White Bull

by Caitlín R. Kiernan read by Kate Baker

ART

Spring Day is Coming

by Liu Junwei

Issue 104

FICTION

The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies

For the Love of Sylvia City

by Andrea M. Pawley

Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight

by A Que

NON-FICTION

Neither Here Nor There: A Conversation with Cat Rambo

Another Word: It's Good to Be Lazy and Foolish

Editor's Desk: Overload!

The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies

PODCASTS

by Matthew Kressel read by Kate Baker

For the Love of Sylvia City

by Andrea M. Pawley read by Kate Baker

Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight

by A Que read by Kate Baker

Ossuary

by Ian Muneshwar read by Kate Baker

An Evolutionary Myth

by Bo-young Kim read by Kate Baker

Solace

by James Van Pelt read by Kate Baker

Tyche and the Ants

by Hannu Rajaniemi read by Kate Baker

ART

Io Emissary

Issue 103

FICTION

The Empress in Her Glory

Let Baser Things Devise

by Berrien C. Henderson

The Petals Abide

Postcards from Monster Island

by Kage Baker

NON-FICTION

Small Markets, Big Wonders

by Julie Novakova

Spanish Science Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion with Spain's Top Contemporary Voices

Another Word: The Precious Five-Star and the Reviewers of Mount Doom

Editor's Desk: Danger! Radioactive!

Postcards From Monster Island

PODCASTS

The Empress in Her Glory

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

Let Baser Things Devise

by Berrien C. Henderson read by Kate Baker

The Petals Abide

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

by Emily Devenport read by Kate Baker

Noble Mold

by Kage Baker read by Marguerite Kenner

Weep For Day

by Indrapramit Das read by Alasdair Stuart

ART

Sleeping Giant

Issue 102

FICTION

Slowly Builds An Empire

by Naim Kabir

Cassandra

The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2)

The Clear Blue Seas of Luna

All Original Brightness

by Mike Buckley

Coming of the Light

by Chen Qiufan

by Gregory Benford

The Book Seller

Dark Angels: Insects in the Films of Guillermo del Toro

NON-FICTION

by Orrin Grey

Music, Magic, and Memory: A Conversation with Randy Henderson and Silvia Morena-Garcia

Staying Sensitive in the Crowd: A Conversation with Chen Qiufan

Another Word: A Shed of One's Own

by Chuck Wendig

Editor's Desk: Reader's Poll Winners, Nebulas, and Forever

The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2)

PODCASTS

Slowly Builds An Empire

by Naim Kabir read by Kate Baker

Cassandra

by Ken Liu read by Kate Baker

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

All Original Brightness

by Mike Buckley read by Marguerite Kenner

Coming of the Light

by Chen Qiufan read by Kate Baker

The Clear Blue Seas of Luna

by Gregory Benford read by Alasdair Stuart

The Book Seller

by Lavie Tidhar read by Kate Baker

ART

Keter

by Peter Mohrbacher

Issue 101

FICTION

The Last Surviving Gondola Widow

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Indelible

by Gwendolyn Clare

The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill

by Kelly Robson

Meshed

What in the World Do They Want, Anyway? The Myth of the Friendly Alien

The Osteomancer's Son

by Greg van Eekhout

It Takes Two

by Nicola Griffith

NON-FICTION

A Little Paranoia: A Conversation with Liza Groen Trombi

by Alvaro Zino Amaro

The Spurred Storyteller: A Conversation With Tang Fei

Another Word: YA is the New Black

by Dawn Metcalf

Editor's Desk: The Next Hundred

The Last Surviving Gondola Widow

PODCASTS

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch read by Kate Baker

Indelible

by Gwendolyn Clare read by Kate Baker

The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill

by Kelly Robson read by Kate Baker

Meshed

by Rich Larson read by Kate Baker

The Osteomancer's Son

by Greg van Eekhout read by Kate Baker

It Takes Two

by Nicola Griffith read by Marguerite Kenner

ART

Lady and the Ship

by Atilgan Asikuzun

Issue 100

FICTION

Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight

by Tang Fei

The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary

The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild

Ether

by Zhang Ran

An Exile of the Heart

This Wind Blowing, and This Tide

by Damien Broderick

Laika's Ghost

by Karl Schroeder

NON-FICTION

Song for a City-Universe: Lucius Shepard's Abandoned Vermillion

Exploring the Frontier: A Conversation with Xia Jia

Another Word: #PurpleSF

Editor's Desk: On the Road to One Hundred

Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight

PODCASTS

by Aliette de Bodard read by Kate Baker

A Universal Elegy

by Tang Fei read by Kate Baker

Cat Pictures Please

by Naomi Kritzer read by Kate Baker

The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary

by Kij Johnson read by Kate Baker

Ether

by Zhang Ran read by Alasdair Stuart

The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

An Exile of the Heart

by Jay Lake read by Alasdair Stuart

This Wind Blowing, and This Tide

by Damien Broderick read by Alastair Stuart

Laika's Ghost

by Karl Schroeder read by Alasdair Stuart

ART

FICTION

The Magician and Laplace's Demon

by Tom Crosshill

Now Dress Me in My Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket

by M. Bennardo

No Vera There

by Dominica Phetteplace

The Emperor of Mars

by Allen M. Steele

The Sledge-Maker's Daughter

by Alastair Reynolds

Tongtong's Summer

China Dreams: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

NON-FICTION

In Civilized Society: A Conversation with Kameron Hurley

Another Word: Endings

Editor's Desk: Giant Heads

The Magician and Laplace's Demon

PODCASTS

Fatima's Wound

by Kali Wallace read by Kate Baker

by Tom Crosshill read by Kate Baker

Now Dress Me in my Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket

by M. Bennardo read by Kate Baker

No Vera There

by Dominica Phetteplace read by Kate Baker

The Emperor of Mars

by Allen M. Steele read by Kate Baker

The Sledge-Maker’s Daughter

by Alastair Reynolds read by Kate Baker

Tongtong's Summer

by Xia Jia read by Kate Baker

ART

The Magpie God

by Lake Hurwitz

Issue 98

FICTION

Cameron Rhyder's Legs

Pernicious Romance

The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009

“We’re All Dreaming,” Arctor Said: Drugs in Science Fiction, from the 1960s to the Present

Cody

by Pat Cadigan

The Vorkuta Event

by Ken MacLeod

NON-FICTION

Anywhere with Pillars: A Conversation with Jo Walton

Another Word: Free Advice from a Full-Time Author. Worth Every Penny Paid

by Wesley Chu

Editor’s Desk: Translation Is Important

The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009

PODCASTS

Cameron Rhyder’s Legs

by Matthew Kressel read by Kate Baker

Pernicious Romance

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

by Ken Liu read by Kate Baker

Cody

by Pat Cadigan read by Marguerite Kenner

The Vorkuta Event

by Ken MacLeod read by Alasdair Stuart

ART

Homecoming

by Kuldar Leement

Issue 97

FICTION

Taxidermist in the Underworld

by Maria Dahvana Headley

Lovecraft

Seeking boarder for rm w/ attached bathroom, must be willing to live with ghosts ($500 / Berkeley)

by Rahul Kanakia

Pithing Needle

Science Fiction Writers Wear Disguises: A Conversation with Robert Reed

A Rich, Full Week

by K.J. Parker

Wizard's Six

by Alex Irvine

NON-FICTION

I Sing the Lady Electric

by Brian Francis Slattery

Another Word: What You Know

Editor's Desk: Eight is a Good Number

Taxidermist in the Underworld

PODCASTS

by Maria Dahvana Headley read by Kate Baker

Lovecraft

by Helena Bell read by Kate Baker

Seeking boarder for rm w/ attached bathroom, must be willing to live with ghosts ($500 / Berkeley)

by Rahul Kanakia read by Kate Baker

Pithing Needle

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

A Rich, Full Week

by K.J. Parker read by Kate Baker

Wizard's Six

by Alex Irvine read by Kate Baker

ART

The Haunting

by Sandeep Karunakaran

Issue 96

FICTION

Weather

by Susan Palwick

Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points

by JY Yang

Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy

Flash Gordon, Cardboard Space Stations, and Zero Gravity Sex: Why Science Fiction Isn’t Always to Blame

by Peter Watts

NON-FICTION

Consciousness as Story: A Conversation with Ann Leckie

Another Word: The Best of All Possible Worlds

Editor’s Desk: Secret Project!

Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points

PODCASTS

Weather

by Susan Palwick read by palwick_09_14

by JY Yang read by Kate Baker

Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy

by Xia Jia read by Kate Baker

Falling Star

by Brendan DuBois read by Kate Baker

Her Furry Face

by Leigh Kennedy read by Kate Baker

Giants

by Peter Watts read by Kate Baker

ART

Retro

by Ian McQue

Issue 95

FICTION

Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion

by Caroline M. Yoachim

Bonfires in Anacostia

by Joseph Tomaras

The Saint of the Sidewalks

by Kat Howard

The Rose Witch

The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: Conclusions

Seven Years from Home

by Naomi Novik

Nevermore

by Ian R. MacLeod

NON-FICTION

by Susan Connolly

Human Nature: A Conversation with Peter Watts

by Julie Novakova

Another Word: Obstacles and Style

Editor's Desk: Having an Adventure with Dad

Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion

PODCASTS

by Caroline M. Yoachim read by Kate Baker

Bonfires in Anacostia

by Joseph Tomaras read by Kate Baker

The Saint of the Sidewalks

by Kat Howard read by Kate Baker

The Rose Witch

by James Patrick Kelly read by Kate Baker

Seven Years from Home

by Naomi Novik read by Kate Baker

Nevermore

by Ian R. MacLeod read by Kate Baker

ART

Slumbering Naiad

Issue 94

FICTION

The Contemporary Foxwife

The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness

by William Browning Spencer

Gold Mountain

by Chris Roberson

NON-FICTION

The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: Publications from Slush

The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind the Slush

Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer

by Ben Fry

Another Word: Reclaiming the Tie-In Novel

by James L. Sutter

Editor’s Desk: Adding Some Color

The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness

PODCASTS

The Contemporary Foxwife

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

Stone Hunger

by N. K. Jemisin read by Kate Baker

Soul's Bargain

by Juliette Wade read by Kate Baker

by William Browning Spencer read by Kate Baker

Gold Mountain

by Chris Roberson read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: A Detailed Analysis

by Tang Fei

by Mary Anne Mohanraj

Lambing Season

by Molly Gloss

Have Not Have

by Geoff Ryman

NON-FICTION

The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind it All

Wendig’s Golden Prolific: A Conversation with Chuck Wendig

Another Word: Chasing the High

Editor’s Desk: Clearing Something Off My Desk

The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye

PODCASTS

wHole

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

Pepe

by Tang Fei read by Kate Baker

Communion

by Mary Anne Mohanraj read by Kate Baker

Lambing Season

by Molly Gloss read by Kate Baker

Have Not Have

by Geoff Ryman read by Kate Baker

ART

Mecha Collab

by Artur Fast and Kemane Ba

Issue 92

FICTION

Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds

A Gift in Time

by Maggie Clark

From Wooden Legs to Carbon Fiber Hands: How Technology Improves Prosthetic Limbs

Night of the Cooters

by Howard Waldrop

Beluthahatchie

by Andy Duncan

NON-FICTION

by Ed Grabianowski

The Immense Costs and a Shred of Optimism: A Conversation with L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Another Word: Writer’s Tools

by Bud Sparhawk

Editor’s Desk: The Five Percent

The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye

PODCASTS

by Matthew Kressel read by Kate Baker

A Gift in Time

by Maggie Clark read by Kate Baker

Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

Night of the Cooters

by Howard Waldrop read by Kate Baker

Beluthahatchie

by Andy Duncan read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Realms of Dark, Deep and Cold

NON-FICTION

by Julie Novakova

The Blue Collar Craftsman & the Salesmen on Mars: A Conversation with Ben Tanzer

Another Word: Killing Rage

Editor’s Desk: Supporting our Favorites

Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist

PODCASTS

The Cuckoo

by Sean Williams read by Kate Baker

Passage of Earth

by Michael Swanwick read by Kate Baker

Autodidact

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

Water in Springtime

by Kali Wallace read by Kate Baker

Going After Bobo

by Susan Palwick read by Kate Baker

Shining Armor

by Dominic Green read by Kate Baker

ART

Wake

by Peter Mohrbacher

Issue 90

FICTION

Morrigan in the Sunglare

by Seth Dickinson

by Thoraiya Dyer

Suteta Mono de wa Nai

NON-FICTION

A Sympathy of Light and Shadow: Science Fiction, Gothic Horror and How They Met

Beyond the Boundary: A Conversation with James L. Cambias

Another Word:The Words We Carry

Editor’s Desk: Reader’s Poll Results and Other Award News

Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist

PODCASTS

Morrigan in the Sunglare

by Seth Dickinson read by Kate Baker

by Thoraiya Dyer read by Kate Baker

Suteta Mono de wa Nai

by Juliette Wade read by Kate Baker

The Egg Man

by Mary Rosenblum read by Kate Baker

ART

Hollow

by Matt Dixon

Issue 89

FICTION

Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable

The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul

by Natalia Theodoridou

And Wash Out by Tides of War

by John Barnes

NON-FICTION

Taught by the Moon: Oral Traditions in Speculative Fiction

by Rhiannon Held

Dark Hearts & Brilliant Patches of Honor: A Tribute to Manly Wade Wellman

Another Word: Debts

Editor’s Desk: Support Jay Lake

Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable

PODCASTS

by Cat Rambo read by Kate Baker

The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul

by Natalia Theodoridou read by Kate Baker

And Wash Out by Tides of War

by An Owomoyela read by Kate Baker

Infinities

by Vandana Singh read by Kate Baker

Martian Heart

by John Barnes read by Kate Baker

ART

Space Sirens

Issue 88

FICTION

The Clockwork Soldier

Grave of the Fireflies

Driving through a Cloud with Pat Cadigan

by Robert Charles Wilson

NON-FICTION

Distributed Cities

by Carl Abbott

Another Word: Will Aliens be Alien?

by Craig DeLancey

Editor’s Desk: Anthologies, Patreon, and the 2013 Reader’s Poll & Contest

Daedalum, the Devil’s Wheel

PODCASTS

The Clockwork Soldier

by Ken Liu read by Kate Baker

Grave of the Fireflies

by Cheng Jingbo read by Kate Baker

Wine

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

Ship’s Brother

by Aliette de Bodard read by Kate Baker

Utriusque Cosmi

by Robert Charles Wilson read by Kate Baker

ART

Guten Morgen

by Waldemar Kazak

Issue 87

FICTION

by E. Lily Yu

Of Alternate Adventures and Memory

by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade

10¹⁶ to 1

A Craftsman of No Small Skill: A Conversation with David Drake

The Pure Product

by John Kessel

NON-FICTION

Druids Reconstructed

by Lee Beavington

Another Word: Two and a Half Writers

Editor’s Desk: Behind the Scenes Tour

Daedalum, the Devil’s Wheel

PODCASTS

by E. Lily Yu read by Kate Baker

Of Alternate Adventures and Memory

by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz read by Kate Baker

Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

10¹⁶ to 1

by James Patrick Kelly read by Kate Baker

The Pure Product

by John Kessel read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)

NON-FICTION

by Anaea Lay

Hard Truths in Our World: A Conversation with Bradley P. Beaulieu

Another Word: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

by Jamie Todd Rubin

Editor’s Desk: Year Seven by the Numbers

Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)

PODCASTS

Mystic Falls

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

The Aftermath

by Maggie Clark read by Kate Baker

by Seth Dickinson read by Kate Baker

Manifest Destiny

by Joe Haldeman read by Kate Baker

Special Economics

by Maureen F. McHugh read by Kate Baker

ART

Lost in Space

by Piotr Foksowicz

Issue 85

FICTION

The Symphony of Ice and Dust

by Dale Bailey

A Night at the Tarn House

by George R.R. Martin

NON-FICTION

Difficulties of an Asteroid Capture Mission

by Karen Burnham

Deep into the Dark: A Conversation with Lavie Tidhar

Another Word: What Are You Doing Here?

Seven and Counting

The Symphony of Ice and Dust

PODCASTS

by Julie Novakova read by Kate Baker

Bits

by Naomi Kritzer read by Kate Baker

The Creature Recants

by Dale Bailey read by Kate Baker

The Ki-anna

by Gwyneth Jones read by Kate Baker

A Night at the Tarn House

by George R.R. Martin read by Kate Baker

ART

by Raúl Cruz

FICTION

by Greg Mellor

by Mark Bourne and Elizabeth Bourne

One Flesh

Out of Copyright

by Charles Sheffield

First Principle

by Nancy Kress

NON-FICTION

Aliens, Robots, Spaceships and . . . Popsicles? SF on American Radio, Then and Now

Organic Synthesis: A Conversation with Ken Liu

Another Word: I am an Endangered Species

Editor's Desk: Post-Apocalyptic Publishing

The Candlelit World: The Dark Roots of Myth and Fantasy

PODCASTS

Mar Pacifico

by Greg Mellor read by Kate Baker

The Promise of Space

by James Patrick Kelly read by Kate Baker and James Patrick Kelly

One Flesh

by Mark Bourne and Elizabeth Bourne read by Kate Baker

Out of Copyright

by Charles Sheffield read by Kate Baker

First Principle

by Nancy Kress read by Kate Baker

ART

by Matt Dixon

FICTION

by Alex Dally MacFarlane

NON-FICTION

by Christopher Mahon

Decadence & Buckets of Blood: A Conversation with Holly Black

Another Word: Circles Rise Again

Editor's Desk: Returning to the Scene of the Crime

PODCASTS

Cry of the Kharchal

by Vandana Singh read by Kate Baker

Shepherds

by Greg Kurzkawa read by Kate Baker

Found

by Alex Dally MacFarlane read by Kate Baker

The Lovers

by Eleanor Arnason read by Kate Baker

Cilia-of-Gold

by Stephen Baxter read by Kate Baker

ART

Launch Point

I Tell Thee All, I Can No More

Issue 82

FICTION

Pockets Full of Stones

by Vajra Chandrasekera

by Sunny Moraine

Across the Terminator

by David Tallerman

The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm

by Daryl Gregory

The Dust Assassin

by Ian McDonald

NON-FICTION

Spock's Pops: How Operational Research became Wartime Magic!

Giving Birth to the Dark Monster: A Conversation with J. M. McDermott

Faulty Memories of a Time Long Past: A Conversation with Richard Ellis Preston, Jr.

Another Word: My Own Private B-Movie

Editor’s Desk: Taking Back July 12th

I Tell Thee All, I Can No More

PODCASTS

Pockets Full of Stones

by Vajra Chandrasekera read by Kate Baker

by Sunny Moraine read by Kate Baker

Across the Terminator

by David Tallerman read by Kate Baker

The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm

by Daryl Gregory read by Kate Baker

The Dust Assassin

by Ian McDonald read by Kate Baker

ART

The Land of Lost Dreams

by Dan Osborne

FICTION

by E. Lily Yu

by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear

Dead Men Walking

by Paul J. McAuley

NON-FICTION

Beyond the Tracks: The Locomotive in Science Fiction Literature

Eccentric Relatives and Raw Grief: A Conversation with Susan Palwick

Another Word: The Techs Can Do It

Editor’s Desk: Publishing Turns Like a Battleship

PODCASTS

The Urashima Effect

by E. Lily Yu read by Kate Baker

This is Why We Jump

by Jacob Clifton read by Kate Baker

Free-Fall

by Graham Templeton read by Kate Baker

Mongoose

by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear read by Kate Baker

Dead Men Walking

by Paul J. McAuley read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Tachy Psyche

by Andy Dudak

(R + D) /I = M

The Banquet of the Lords of Night

by Liz Williams

From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled . . .

by Michael Swanwick

NON-FICTION

When the Alien Is Us: Science Fictional Documentaries

by Maggie Clark

Assassinating the Reader: A Conversation with Yoon Ha Lee

Another Word: The Singularity is Dead. Long Live the Singularity!

by Craig DeLancey

Editor's Desk: Day of the Wineberry

The Banquet of the Lords of Night

PODCASTS

Soulcatcher

by James Patrick Kelly read by Kate Baker

Tachy Psyche

by Andy Dudak read by Kate Baker

(R + D) /I = M

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

by Liz Williams read by Kate Baker

From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled . . .

by Michael Swanwick read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

No Portraits on the Sky

by Kali Wallace

Melt With You

by Emily C. Skaftun

Spar (The Bacon Remix)

Guest of Honor

Finisterra

by David Moles

NON-FICTION

Gathered in Translation

The Military, Magic, and the Misery Ethic: A Conversation with Myke Cole

Another Word: Literatures of Despair

Editor’s Desk: How Did This Happen?

Spar (Making Bacon Version)

PODCASTS

by Kij Johnson read by Kate Baker

Annex

by Benjanun Sriduangkaew read by Kate Baker

No Portraits on the Sky

by Kali Wallace read by Kate Baker

Melt With You

by Emily C. Skaftun read by Kate Baker

Guest of Honor

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

Finisterra

by David Moles read by Kate Baker

ART

The Awakening

by Alexandru Popescu

Issue 78

FICTION

The Weight of a Blessing

by Aliette de Bodard

The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution

86, 87, 88, 89

Accepting a More Profitable Shoe: A Conversation with M. C. Planck

NON-FICTION

Videodrome at Thirty

by Keith Phipps

Another Word: Original Sin

Editor’s Desk: Forwards and Backwards

The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution

PODCASTS

The Weight of a Blessing

by Aliette de Bodard read by Kate Baker

by A.C. Wise read by Kate Baker

86, 87, 88, 89

by Genevieve Valentine read by Kate Baker

ART

The Emperor’s Arrival

FICTION

by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Vacant Spaces

by Greg Kurzawa

NON-FICTION

The Great Leap Sideways: SF and Social Media

Always a New World: A Conversation with Karen Lord

Another Word: Reading and Writing and Moral Judgment

Editor’s Desk: Upgrades and Reader’s Poll Winners

Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton's Law Along the Event Horizon

PODCASTS

Gravity

by Erzebet YellowBoy read by Kate Baker

The Wanderers

by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam read by Kate Baker

Vacant Spaces

by Greg Kurzawa read by Kate Baker

ART

by Yang Xueguo

FICTION

Effigy Nights

The Wine-Dark Sea: Color and Perception in the Ancient World

NON-FICTION

by Erin Hoffman

Riding a Whale through an Ocean of Lard: A Conversation with Jesse Bullington

Another Word: Spoiler Alert!

by E. C. Ambrose

2012 Reader's Poll

Audio Fiction: Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton’s Law Along the Event Horizon

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Driftings

by Ian McDonald read by Kate Baker

by Helena Bell read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Effigy Nights

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

ART

Winding Down

by Alex Ries

Issue 75

FICTION

Your Final Apocalypse

NON-FICTION

The Corpse of the Future: Jane C. Loudon’s The Mummy! and Victorian Science Fiction

by S. J. Chambers

A Thousand Words You Can Hear All at Once: An Interview with Todd Lockwood

by Nayad Monroe

Another Word: The Echo Chamber

Editor’s Desk: Getting off the Roller Coaster

Audio Fiction: Your Final Apocalypse

PODCASTS

by Sandra McDonald read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Wisdom of Ants

by Thoraiya Dyer read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Sweet Subtleties

by Lisa L Hannett read by Kate Baker

ART

The Lost City

by David Demaret

Issue 74

FICTION

(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky

Foundation and Reality: Asimov’s Psychohistory and Its Real-World Parallels

NON-FICTION

The Art of Brutal Prose: An Interview with Mark Lawrence

by Peter Hodges

Another Word: It Gets Better with SFF (but SFF has to Get Better, too)

by Lev AC Rosen

Editor's Desk: I, Cyborg

Audio Fiction: (To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky

PODCASTS

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Aquatica

by Maggie Clark read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Everything Must Go

by Brooke Wonders read by Kate Baker

ART

New World

by Ken Barthelmey

Issue 73

FICTION

A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones

England Under the White Witch

by Theodora Goss

The Battle of Candle Arc

The Future, One Thing at a Time

NON-FICTION

by Matthew Johnson

A Germ of an Idea: An Interview with John Varley

Another Word: Practicing Dissatisfaction

Editor's Desk: Six and Counting

Audio Fiction: A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones

PODCASTS

by Genevieve Valentine read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: England under the White Witch

by Theodora Goss read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Battle of Candle Arc

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell

Robot

Between a UFO and a Hard Place: The Real-Life Science Heroics of Dr. Omond Solandt

muo-ka's Child

by Indrapramit Das

NON-FICTION

The Satirist's Progress: A Discussion with Nick Mamatas and Paul Tremblay

Another Word: Super Duper Sexual Spiritual Black Woman: The New and Improved Magical Negro

by Chesya Burke

Editor's Desk: Professionally Speaking

Audio Fiction: The Found Girl

PODCASTS

by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Robot

by Helena Bell read by Cat Rambo

Audio Fiction: muo-ka's Child

by Indrapramit Das read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

The Spell of History: Magic Systems and Real-World Zeitgeists

NON-FICTION

by Jeff Seymour

In a Carapace of Light: A Conversation with China Miéville

Another Word: Plausibility and Truth

Editor’s Desk: Finding the Good in a Dark Day

Audio Fiction: Mantis Wives

PODCASTS

by Kij Johnson read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Honey Bear

by Sofia Samatar read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Fade to White

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Iron Ladies, Iron Tigers

by Sunny Moraine

NON-FICTION

Life After Quatermass: Hammer Films’ ’60s Science Fiction

To Save Ourselves: A Conversation with Nancy Kress

Another Word: The Exceptional Smurfette, or Being One of the Guys as a Superpower

Audio Fiction: Astrophilia

PODCASTS

by Carrie Vaughn read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Switch

by Sarah Stanton read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Iron Ladies, Iron Tigers

by Sunny Moraine read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

If The Mountain Comes

by An Owomoyela

You Were She Who Abode

Energizing Futures: How SF Fuels Itself

NON-FICTION

by Stephen Gaskell

Neither the Billionaire nor the Tramp: Economics in Speculative Fiction

Another Word: Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Me

Editor's Desk: Clarkesworld by the Numbers

Audio Fiction: If The Mountain Comes

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Immersion

by Aliette de Bodard read by Kate Baker

by An Owomoyela read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: You Were She Who Abode

by E. Catherine Tobler read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

All the Things the Moon is Not

Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop

by Suzanne Church

by Alexander Lumans

NON-FICTION

The Fairy Tale in the TV Age

Straightforward and Unadorned Adventure: A Conversation with Michael J. Sullivan

Another Word: Dear Speculative Fiction, I’m Glad We Had This Talk

by Elizabeth Bear

From the Editor's Desk

Audio Fiction: Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Prayer

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

by Suzanne Church read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: All the Things the Moon is Not

by Alexander Lumans read by Kate Baker

ART

Sci-fi Farmer

by Jessada Sutthi

Issue 67

FICTION

Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes

NON-FICTION

The Latest Apocalypse: Popular Music and the End of the World

by Brian Francis Slattery

Passing Through Each Other: A Round-Table Discussion of Speculative Fiction and Academia

Suitably Strange: A Round-Table Discussion of World-Building

Another Word: Reading as Performance

Audio Fiction: Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes

PODCASTS

by Tom Crosshill read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Draftyhouse

by Erik Amundsen read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Womb Factory

by Peter M. Ferenczi read by Kate Baker

ART

by Steve Goad

FICTION

The Bells of Subsidence

by Michael John Grist

From Their Paws, We Shall Inherit

by Gary Kloster

NON-FICTION

The Romance of Ruins

by E. C. Ambrose

The Biker Chick Who Rides Her Own Bike: A Conversation with Nathan Long

Writing Is Magic: A Conversation with John R. Fultz

And Now for a Few Short Words from our Editor

Audio Fiction: Sunlight Society

PODCASTS

by Margaret Ronald read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Bells of Subsidence

by Michael John Grist read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: From Their Paws, We Shall Inherit

by Gary Kloster read by Kate Baker

ART

Dead Space Girl

by Sergio Diaz

Issue 65

FICTION

And the Hollow Space Inside

by Mari Ness

A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight

All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions

From Farm to Fable: Food, Fantasy, and Science Fiction

NON-FICTION

by Matthew Johnson

Everything’s Surprising: A Conversation with Lev AC Rosen

Wendigo Waistcoat Spyglass and Other Words with Lisa L. Hannett

2011 Reader's Poll Results

Audio Fiction: And the Hollow Space Inside

PODCASTS

by Mari Ness read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight

by Xia Jia read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions

by Helena Bell read by Kate Baker

ART

Pilot

by Alexander Trufanov

Issue 64

FICTION

Scattered Along the River of Heaven

by Aliette de Bodard

What Everyone Remembers

by Rahul Kanakia

All the Painted Stars

by Gwendolyn Clare

NON-FICTION

The Future Sounds of Yesterday: A Sequence of Synthesizers in Science Fiction

by Christopher Bahn

Things You Will Never Understand: A Conversation with Robert Jackson Bennett

2011 Reader's Poll

Audio Fiction: Scattered Along the River of Heaven

PODCASTS

by Aliette de Bodard read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: What Everyone Remembers

by Rahul Kanakia read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: All the Painted Stars

by Gwendolyn Clare read by Kate Baker

ART

Rockman

by Arthur Wang

Issue 63

FICTION

Sirius

by Ben Peek

In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems

by Chris Stabback

Silently and Very Fast (Conclusion)

Where No Human Has Gone Before: Visiting Sci-Fi's Exoplanets on Earth

NON-FICTION

by Brenta Blevins

Disrupting the World in Large Ways: A Conversation with Aliette de Bodard

Happy Holidays

Audio Fiction: In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Sirius

by Ben Peek read by Kate Baker

by Chris Stabback read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Silently and Very Fast (Part 3)

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell

The Smell of Orange Groves

Silently and Very Fast (Part Two)

Wedging the Door Open: Discussing The Weird

NON-FICTION

Tea, Robot?

by Nathaniel Tapley

Sitting by the Fire, Thinking of Non-fiction

Audio Fiction: A Militant Peace

PODCASTS

by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell read by Mike Allen

Audio Fiction: The Smell of Orange Groves

by Lavie Tidhar read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Silently and Very Fast (Part Two)

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Silently and Very Fast (Part One)

Spaceships, Time Paradoxes and Duct Tape: The Joys of Independent SF Film

NON-FICTION

7th Sigma & the Gauzy Exterior: A Conversation with Steven Gould

Making Strange Stuff Familiar: A Conversation with Joan Slonczewski

Five

Audio Fiction: Staying Behind

PODCASTS

by Ken Liu read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Pony

by Erik Amundsen read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Silently and Very Fast

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

ART

A Sense of Importance

by Bryn Jones

Issue 60

FICTION

Pack

Momentary Glimpses of a Complete Circus: A Conversation with Genevieve Valetine

Signals in the Deep

by Greg Mellor

NON-FICTION

Simulating Sentience

by Nancy Fulda

Thank You!

Audio Fiction: Signals in the Deep

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Pack

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

by Greg Mellor read by Kate Baker

ART

Forest Spirit

by Mike Azevedo

Issue 59

FICTION

Conservation of Shadows

Something Greater: An Epic Discussion of Epic Fantasy, Part 2

The Fish of Lijiang

by Chen Qiufan

NON-FICTION

Inconstant Constants

by Karen Burnham

War Destroys Everyone It Touches: A Conversation with Minister Faust

Heading to Worldcon

Audio Fiction: Conservation of Shadows

PODCASTS

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Fish of Lijiang

by Chen Qiufan read by Kate Baker

ART

Into the Woods

by Erik Storstein

Issue 58

FICTION

Trois morceaux en forme de mechanika

Apocalypse Then: This is the Way the World Ended

Frozen Voice

by An Owomoyela

NON-FICTION

Something Greater: An Epic Discussion of Epic Fantasy, Part 1

This is My Life on Ebooks

Audio Fiction: Trois morceaux en forme de mechanika

PODCASTS

by Gord Sellar read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Frozen Voice

by An Owomoyela read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Building Forests, Remaking Planets

Trickster

by Mari Ness

NON-FICTION

by Sarah Goslee

Braided Together: A Conversation with Erin Hoffman

Another Step Forward

Whose Face This Is I Do Not Know

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Semiramis

by Genevieve Valentine read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Trickster

by Mari Ness read by Kate Baker

ART

Off Road

by Facundo Diaz

Issue 56

FICTION

John Barry: A Retrospective on a Wordless Poet

The Architect of Heaven

by Jason K. Chapman

NON-FICTION

by John T. Stanhope

The Spaces Between the Words: A Conversation with Lauren Beukes

A Hellhole of Our Own Making: A Conversation with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Hugo Season

Audio Fiction: Whose Face This Is I Do Not Know

PODCASTS

by Cat Rambo read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Architect of Heaven

by Jason K. Chapman read by Kate Baker

ART

The Towers of KEILAH

by Ferdinand Ladera

Issue 55

FICTION

The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees

by E. Lily Yu

Matchmaker

by Erin M. Hartshorn

NON-FICTION

Linguistics for the World-Builder

by Brit Mandelo

Same Story with a 21st Century Sensibility: A Conversation with John Scalzi

Audio Fiction: The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees

PODCASTS

by E. Lily Yu read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Matchmaker

by Erin M. Hartshorn read by Kate Baker

ART

Post-apocalyptic fisherman

by Georgi Markov

Issue 54

FICTION

The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)

by Nnedi Okorafor

Perfect Lies

by Gwendolyn Clare

NON-FICTION

Cinema 2.0: The Future of Movie Making?

Drama Hobbits, Mosquitoes, and Other Negotiations: A Conversation with Cory Doctorow

Audio Fiction: The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)

PODCASTS

by Nnedi Okorafor read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Perfect Lies

by Gwendolyn Clare read by Kate Baker

ART

Connie and Donnie

by Patryk Olejniczak

Issue 53

FICTION

Diving After the Moon

by Rachel Swirsky

Three Oranges

by D. Elizabeth Wasden

NON-FICTION

Neologism and Linguicide

by Kerry Tynan Fraser

He Had to Die: A Conversation with David Weber

The Process of Creating "Nautili"

2010 Reader's Poll Results

Audio Fiction: Diving After the Moon

PODCASTS

by Rachel Swirsky read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Three Oranges

by D. Elizabeth Wasden read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Fly Me to the Moon: Romance and SF Movies

NON-FICTION

Practice for Something Else: Walter Jon Williams

2010 Reader's Poll

Audio Fiction: Ghostweight

PODCASTS

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Tying Knots

by Ken Liu read by Kate Baker

ART

Beckoning Ancient Depths

by Alejandro MGNZ

Issue 51

FICTION

The Taxidermist's Other Wife

by Kelly Barnhill

The Children of Main Street

Nothing This Fun Could be Good For You: A History of Evil Entertainment

NON-FICTION

by Nancy Fulda

Crossing Borders & Exploring Possibilities: A Conversation with Theodora Goss

Audio Fiction: The Taxidermist's Other Wife

PODCASTS

by Kelly Barnhill read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Children of Main Street

by A.C. Wise read by Kate Baker

ART

Solitude

by Rafael Sarmento

Issue 50

FICTION

On the Banks of the River Lex

by N. K. Jemisin

Seeing

Sherlock Holmes & the Science Fiction of Deduction

NON-FICTION

by Ryan Britt

Testing What They're Made of: A Conversation with Lois McMaster Bujold

Struggling to Define Themselves: A Conversation with Cherie Priest

Audio Fiction: On the Banks of the River Lex

PODCASTS

by N. K. Jemisin read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Seeing

by Genevieve Valentine read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

by Eric Brown

NON-FICTION

Sharp-pointed Tendrils & the Span of Control: A Conversation with Jay Lake

A Novel Possibility: A Conversation with Mary Robinette Kowal

A Rocket to Clarkesworld and Other Tales

Audio Fiction: Laying the Ghost

PODCASTS

by Eric Brown read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Salvaging Gods

by Jacques Barcia read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Steel is not Enough: The Lives and Times of Magnus, Robot Fighter

NON-FICTION

by Bill Spangler

To See Beyond the Points of View: A Conversation with Karin Lowachee

Each Facet Intensely: A Conversation with Angela Slatter

Audio Fiction: Paper Cradle

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: The Cull

by Robert Reed read by Kate Baker

by Stephen Gaskell read by Kate Baker

ART

Honeycomb

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time

Issue 47

FICTION

Even the Best Stories Have Flaws: Inside Altered Fluid

Messenger

by Julia M Sidorova

NON-FICTION

Drawing the Lines around a Moving Object

Audio Fiction: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time

PODCASTS

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Messenger

by Julia M Sidorova read by Kate Baker

ART

Watcher of Merlin

by David Melvin

Issue 46

FICTION

Beach Blanket Spaceship

by Sandra McDonald

The Association of the Dead

by Rahul Kanakia

NON-FICTION

No End to the Madness: A Conversation with Artist Scott Eagle

Packing for a Very Long Trip

by Sarah Goslee

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Beach Blanket Spaceship

by Sandra McDonald read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Association of the Dead

by Rahul Kanakia read by Kate Baker

ART

My Secret Friend

by Murat Turan

Issue 45

FICTION

Futures in the Memories Market

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

My Father's Singularity

by Brenda Cooper

NON-FICTION

Finding the Language I Need: A Conversation with Caitlín R. Kiernan

Moonage Daydream: The Rock Album as Science Fiction

Audio Fiction: Futures in the Memories Market

PODCASTS

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: My Father's Singularity

by Brenda Cooper read by Kate Baker

ART

perseus faces the kraken

by John Barry Ballaran

FICTION

by Tony Pi

NON-FICTION

Revealing How the Elements Cohere: A Conversation with Elizabeth Bear

The Border between Writing and Life: A Conversation with Marly Youmans

Stranger Than Science Fiction: Into the Alternate Dimension of Mainstream Literature

by Ryan Britt

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: A Jar of Goodwill

by Tobias S. Buckell read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: A Sweet Calling

by Tony Pi read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Peculiar Notes of Contradiction: A Conversation with N. K. Jemisin

NON-FICTION

We Come in Pieces: The Alien as Metaphor

Audio Fiction: Between Two Dragons

PODCASTS

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: January

by Becca De La Rosa read by Kate Baker

ART

Bagadurn

by Aimé Jalon

Issue 42

FICTION

Alone With Gandhari

The History Within Us

A Terrifying Mix of Honesty and Rigor: A Conversation with Kij Johnson

NON-FICTION

Future Brains: Neuroscience Fiction versus Neuroscience Fantasy

by Luc Reid

PODCASTS

Audio Fiction: Alone With Gandhari

by Gord Sellar read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The History Within Us

by Matthew Kressel read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

The Language of the Whirlwind

Chameleon of the Fantastic: An Interview with Jeffrey Ford

NON-FICTION

Earth Science Gets No Respect

by Russ Colson

2009 Reader's Poll Results

Audio Fiction: Torquing Vacuum

PODCASTS

by Jay Lake read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: The Language of the Whirlwind

by Lavie Tidhar read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: Non-Zero Probabilities

by N.K. Jemisin read by Kate Baker

ART

Transfiguration of Sergeant 05

by Bryan Sola

Issue 40

FICTION

The Things

by Peter Watts

All the King's Monsters

by Megan Arkenberg

NON-FICTION

Lucius Shepard: An Expatriate Writer of Exotic Tales

Video Game Sci-Fi Comes of Age

by Brian Trent

2009 Reader's Poll and Contest

Audio Fiction: The Things

PODCASTS

by Peter Watts read by Kate Baker

Audio Fiction: All the King's Monsters

by Megan Arkenberg read by Kate Baker

ART

Warm

by Sergio Rebolledo

Issue 39

FICTION

Night, in Dark Perfection

by Richard Parks

The Grandmother-Granddaughter Conspiracy

by Marissa Lingen

NON-FICTION

If It Scares You, Write It: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Bartitsu: The Martial Art for the Steampunk Set

by Nick Mamatas

PODCASTS

Night, in Dark Perfection

by Richard Parks read by Kate Baker

ART

The Remains Which Live

by Keisuke Asaba

Issue 38

FICTION

The Mermaids Singing Each to Each

The Fantastic Spectrum of Elizabeth Hand

Brief Candle

by Jason K. Chapman

NON-FICTION

Modern Genetics in the World of Fiction

by Roger Moraga

PODCASTS

The Mermaids Singing Each to Each

by Cat Rambo read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Keeping Ahead of the Fear: A Conversation with Ken Scholes

NON-FICTION

Forevermore: The Iconic Poe of the 21st Century

by G.A. Buchholz

PODCASTS

Spar

by Kij Johnson read by Kate Baker

ART

FICTION

Non-Zero Probabilities

by N.K. Jemisin

NON-FICTION

All Of These Worlds Are Yours

by Paul McAuley

Mammals Underfoot! An Interview with Emerging Writers

September Contest : Free Books from Pyr and Wyrm

The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew

PODCASTS

White Charles

by Sarah Monette read by Kate Baker

ART

Repairshop

by Andreas Rocha

Issue 35

FICTION

Advection

Long Before They Were Read: Speculative Fiction Book Editors Speak Out, Part 2 of 2

NON-FICTION

The Minimal and Finely Focused Fantasy of Ian C. Esslemont

Eternal Lives on Hard-Drives?

by Brian Trent

PODCASTS

The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew

by Catherynne M. Valente read by Catherynne M. Valente

ART

FICTION

On the Lot and In the Air

by Lisa L Hannett

NON-FICTION

Dirty Hands and Invisible Words: Speculative Fiction Book Editors Speak Out, Part 1 of 2

Doing Crappy Things to Good Characters: A Conversation with Jim C. Hines

Helping Hands: Fairylands, Boneshops and More

The Story Is All: Ten Fiction Editors Talk Shop

PODCASTS

Placa del Fuego

by Tobias S. Buckell read by Mike Allen

ART

by Jason Ng

FICTION

NON-FICTION

Short Fiction: One Year Later

Who Were the Celts?

by Dr Kari Maund

From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7

PODCASTS

Walking with a Ghost

by Nick Mamatas read by Kate Baker

ART

Handbark Academy

by Alexander Nanitchkov

Issue 32

FICTION

by Nnedi Okorafor

The Devonshire Arms

by Alex Dally MacFarlane

NON-FICTION

What if it All Goes Wrong? A Conversation with Robert V. S. Redick

Models and Clay and Plaster, Oh My! Creating the Cover Art for Tides From The New Worlds

by Brian Dow

PODCASTS

From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7

by Nnedi Okorafor read by Kate Baker

ART

Take Flight

by Adam Chowles

Issue 31

FICTION

Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story

by Jay Lake and Shannon Page

The Dying World

From Dead Gods to Guys in Lizard Costumes: Six Questions for James Morrow

NON-FICTION

Where's My Flying Car? The Future of Personal Aviation

by Joyce Frohn

PODCASTS

Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story

by Jay lake and Shannon Page read by Shaun Farrel and Mur Lafferty

ART

Torturing Poor Mushroom

by Blaz Porenta

Issue 30

FICTION

Herding Vegetable Sheep

An Interview with Tobias Buckell

The Loyalty of Birds

by Rachel Sobel

NON-FICTION

Remake Love, Not War

2008 Reader's Poll Results

An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer

PODCASTS

Herding Vegetable Sheep

by Ekaterina Sedia read by Kate Baker

ART

The Wish

by Harout Demirchyan

Issue 29

FICTION

The Second Gift Given

by Ken Scholes

The Jisei of Mark VIII

by Berrien C. Henderson

NON-FICTION

by Neddal Ayad

The Most Important Genre Novel You'll Never Read

by Robert N. Lee

Change the Hugos? Yes You Can!

by Cheryl Morgan

2008 Reader's Poll

Anthologists Discuss Their Craft

PODCASTS

The Second Gift Given

by Ken Scholes read by Mike Allen

ART

Signs of Life

by Geoff Trebs

Issue 28

FICTION

Celadon

by Desirina Boskovich

Teaching Bigfoot to Read

by Geoffrey W. Cole

NON-FICTION

The Mauna Kea Experience

by David L. Clements

PODCASTS

Celadon

by Desirina Boskovich read by Kate Baker

ART

Evil Snowman

Issue 27

FICTION

A Woman's Best Friend

The Completely Rechargeable Man

Episode 72

by Don Webb

by Karen Heuler

NON-FICTION

To Believe the Magic Is Real: A Conversation with Ed Greenwood

Frosty was a WHAT?!!

by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn

PODCASTS

A Woman's Best Friend

by Robert Reed read by Mary Robinette Kowal

ART

FICTION

batch 39 and the deadman's switch

by Simon DeDeo

NON-FICTION

Writing with One Hand Tied to the Death Star: Award-Winning Authors and Media Tie-In Fiction

Voodoo Economics: How to Find Serenity in an Industry that Does Not Want You

The Traveller & the Chook

PODCASTS

Idle Roomer

by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn read by Cat Rambo

ART

by David Renn

FICTION

NON-FICTION

How Candle Girl and V Took On 2MB

Margo Lanagan and Tender Morsels

PODCASTS

Gift of the Kites

by Jim Hines read by Cat Rambo

ART

FICTION

An Interview with Richard K. Morgan

NON-FICTION

by Jason B. Jones

PODCASTS

Worm Within

by Cat Rambo read by Cat Rambo

ART

FICTION

Writing My Mother's Ghosts

NON-FICTION

by Theodora Goss

An Interview with Gene Wolfe

by Jeremy L. Jones

PODCASTS

Blue Ink

by Yoon Ha Lee read by Cat Rambo

ART

083

by Dan Hazelton and Jesse Smith

Issue 22

FICTION

When the Gentlemen Go By

by Margaret Ronald

The Glory of the World

by Sergey Gerasimov

NON-FICTION

Smart Broads and Tough Guys: The Strange World of Vintage Paperbacks

by Lisa Morton

John Grant and Paul Barnett Agree: Science Has Been Corrupted

Cavemen Discovered in the 21st Century

The Secret in the House of Smiles

PODCASTS

When the Gentlemen Go By

by Margaret Ronald read by Cat Rambo

ART

FICTION

by Mary Robinette Kowal

by Paul Jessup

NON-FICTION

Cheer Up Emo Kid: Being Depressed (or Gay) is Not All in Your Genes

The Laird Barron Sequence: Defining the Undefinable

Chicken Little and the Death of Short Fiction

A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antartica

PODCASTS

Clockwork Chickadee

by Mary Robinette Kowal read by Mary Robinette Kowal

ART

DuckSoup ... The Revenge

by Eli Effenberger

Issue 20

FICTION

Of Dice and Men: Modern Fantasists and the Influence of Role Playing Games

Birdwatcher

by Garth Upshaw

NON-FICTION

by Justin Howe and Jason S. Ridler

An Interview with John Picacio

ART

by Cuson

FICTION

NON-FICTION

Not Now, Sweetie, Daddy's Worldbuilding

by Tim Pratt

Refusing to be the Same: An Interview with K.J. Bishop

ART

FICTION

The Sky that Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black

Evolutionary Arms Race: Competing Interests in Male and Female Genomes

Teeth

by Stephen Dedman

NON-FICTION

An Interview with Kage Baker

ART

FICTION

by Stephen Graham Jones

The Human Moments

by Alexander Lumans

NON-FICTION

I Like Writing but Hate Being a Writer

by Richard Bowes

An Interview with Catherynne M. Valente

by Tobias S. Buckell

ART

A Day Without You - Second Phase

Debris Ensuing from a Supervortex

Issue 16

FICTION

The River Boy

by Tim Pratt

by Brian Ames

NON-FICTION

Countdown to Singularity: A Conversation with Vernon Vinge

by Shaun Farrell

An Interview with Daniel Abraham

ART

by Ray Toh

FICTION

by Samantha Henderson

The Buried Years

by Loreen Heneghan

Threads of Red and White

by Lisa Mantchev

NON-FICTION

Steel Chair through the Looking Glass: The Fractured Fantasy World of Professional Wrestling

Steven Erikson: No Lies, No Holding Back

ART

FICTION

Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky

by Ken Scholes

Acid and Stoned Reindeer

by Rebecca Ore

NON-FICTION

The Language of Defeat

An Interview with Sean Williams

by Tobias S. Buckell

ART

I've Got Something on My Head

Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-realist Aswang

Issue 13

FICTION

A Dance Across Embers

by Lisa Mantchev

by Kristin Mandigma

NON-FICTION

Making Science Fictionistas

by Chris Garcia

Dangerous Offspring: An Interview with Steph Swainston

ART

by Naomi Chen

FICTION

by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Lost Soul

by M P Ericson

ART

by Chen Lin

FICTION

by Darja Malcolm-Clarke

ART

The Outing

by Dariusz Zawadzki

Issue 10

FICTION

I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said

There's No Light Between Floors

ART

FICTION

ART

sleeping.with.the.fishes

by Ian Field-Richards

Issue 8

FICTION

ART

The First Female President

FICTION

ART

FICTION

Something in the Mermaid Way

ART

FICTION

Chewing Up the Innocent

Attar of Roses

by Sharon Mock

ART

FICTION

ART

FICTION

Urchins, While Swimming

The Moby Clitoris of His Beloved

ART

FICTION

by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia

ART

FICTION

304 Adolph Hitler Strasse