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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

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(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Tia Tashiro @tiatashiro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congrats on 20 years, Clarkesworld! Delighted to have a new story in here. "The Rice Paper Bleed" has Westerns + weirdness + a widow convinced her room changes in the night 📺👀 clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_10_26/

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The Rice Paper Bleed by Tia Tashiro

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 23/08/2026

Slowly closing in on our goal of giving the team a raise for our 20th anniversary. Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

We're running a subscription drive!
Clarkesworld will publish its 20th anniversary issue in October and we'd like to recognize this milestone by giving our staff and contributors a raise. Each new subscriber brings us one step closer to reaching our goal. We're within 170 subscribers of our target.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

FF #28 Story Preview: "In the Wake of Whales" by @clairejiawen.bsky.social Are you up for a story about wondering what's real and also navigating parental disappointment and also environmental restoration with robot celebrities? www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

"In the Wake of Whales" by Claire-Jia Wen: the dead, revived by AI / environmentalism / is it him?

Smiling for the hovering drone-cams broadcasting this across multiple systems, you step forward and embrace the Double in the shape of your dead friend. He’s warm; his hand is uncertain against your back. You didn’t hug much when he was alive, so you suppose this ghost-facsimile doesn’t know exactly how to touch you.

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

second person future tense*: natural, intimate, I'm telling you a story about what we'll be doing together, the future tense markers contract nicely into "i'll" and "you'll" third person future tense: evil. trying to kill me. "[name] will" and "[name]'ll" are like the same amount of intrusive.

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

hi yes I'm SO excited that my trans giant robot flash fic is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com. please enjoy "The Chrysalis of Moth One" 💜 this one is a bit Pacific Rim drift compatibility but make it angry and defiantly trans. I'm so proud of this one ✨ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

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The Chrysalis of Moth One - Lightspeed Magazine

They didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Comma...

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hi Homer, I recently came across The Iliad and was blown away by its expansiveness, its humanity, and its complex use of . Have you considered new ways to promote your book and expand its reach across various platforms? I would love to connect and hear your ideas. Kind regards, Apollonius

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Very grateful to see such a kind review and a recommendation for this bleak/weird/ugly story: “Lightspeed’s June issue kicks off in grand style with ‘Ghost in the Tank’ … It’s a vividly told story about a world, and a relationship where every good moment feels stolen, broken, and, eventually, lost.”

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Ghost in the Tank - Lightspeed Magazine

The first time you killed me, I cried like a baby. Stupid, stupid, to cry over something make-believe—stupid and ugly and pathetic, too, when already the only thing I wanted in the world was for you ...

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Louis Inglis Hall @louisinglishall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have a new story out today and available to subscribers of Trollbreath Magazine! ‘My Holiday from the Bringer of the Rain’ is partly about anxiety and small-town obligation, but mostly about going to Corfu to get away from the antlered god-monster that keeps ruining your day.

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My Holiday from the Bringer of the Rain

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Louis Inglis Hall @louisinglishall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In the wake of @clarkesworldmagazine.com’s astonishing run at the Hugos last night, reminder that they currently have a subscriber drive running, ahead of the 20th anniversary next month! You can sign up here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novelette goes to “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220).

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form goes to Neil Clarke.

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

this, too, is ̶y̶u̶r̶i̶ Human-Computer Interaction

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A story about being so gay you kill god (and about some other things, too).

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Move Fast and Don’t Ask Permission: Techno-Optimism in R.U.R. and Arcane by Claire Jia-Wen Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

so delighted to be in this, still wrapping my head around it :^)

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Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My first sci-fi pub! I wasn’t very good at the material in my models of language and computation class until it occurred to me that an NFA was like a built-in multiverse story (I was still kind of bad after but I could at least also think about vending machines, soulmates, + space)

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

have been thinking about this one for a week. its so peak. fascinating take on classic cyberpunk diving and really just pushing the metaphor as far as it can go (into weird unspoken tension with the archive itself)

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Sara S. Messenger サラ @smessenger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NEW SARA AND SIMO STORY IN @diabolicalplots.com!!! My first cowritten short story... grotesque chatter between a car and a cougar and roadkill. hazardous POVs. If you like your prose kaleidoscopic, you should read 🤑🤑 we did it @srinivassimo.bsky.social! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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DP FICTION #138B: “We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore” by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas – Diabolical Plots

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

i beta read this one and it slaps 🥰🥰🥰

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 16/08/2026

I love science fantasy. Give me magic in space. Give me glowing crystals that do math. Give me spaceships with psychic powers.

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

PSA turns out the fastest way to write a short story is by using it to procrastinate on writing a novel

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

swapped out one set of horrors (dead bugs) for another (getting ur landlord to do something about it)

meme. what if you wanted your landlord to figure out how the bugs got in. like maybe something up with the vents the walls? but your landlord said best i can do is pest control

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s the end of firefly season in NYC, but the Ignytes are still open for voting until 8/16! My poem, “The Language of Fireflies,” is a finalist, alongside a ton of other banger work! Be sure to check them all out! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

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Vote - The Ignyte Awards

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS! Public voting for the 2026 awards is now open thru August 16. Links are included wherever available in the hope that you will engage with the listed works to ...

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our Issue 3 TOC is HERE and it is AMAZING 🪐 🗡️ Seven pieces of original fiction, four poems, two reprints, and a special guest essay come together in an issue full of desperation and longing. We can't wait for you to read it in September! More details in the 🧵(1/7)

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Issue 3, September 2026

Original Fiction

One Floor, One Phoenix - Crystal Koo
Wine-Dark - Cyrus Amelia Fisher
His Face, in the End, Inches From Mine - Elijah J. Mears
Ivan Ivanovich - Kristina Ten
Field Notes on Liturgical Rites, Co-Authored Li and Albrecht - Mina Yeh
The Illuminated World - Rebecca Schneider
This Is Not a Place of Honor - RJ Aurand

Nonfiction
a special essay from Theo Marcial!

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Issue 3, September 2026

Original Poetry
The Clay King - Arda Mori
Tiktaalik Rosae, or, If We Were the Earliest Example of a Link Between Fish and Tetrapods Would You Climb onto the Mudflats with Me? - Kym Deyn
Feral thing in a lightbox - Madeleine Poole
trans/formative - Nico Martinez Nocito

Reprint Fiction
The Monster at the End of This Film - Algae Ross
BLIGHT - Samir Sirk Morató

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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 11/08/2026

I have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...

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Rukman Ragas :: “The body, a planet to terraform” – ALOCASIA

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

so many of my problems recently have been man vs man and man vs self that its honestly kind of refreshing to have a return to man vs nature

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

you know there's a spectrum of things you're prepared to see when you return to your apartment after 2 months away but i have to say a bunch of giant fuzzy dead bees all over your living room is not one of them and then you turn the lights on and surprise! there are also dead roly polies everywhere

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A Guide to Short Fiction Submissions 1. Wait months for a market to open 2. Painstakingly revise an old story, convinced it’s the perfect fit for said market 3. Hit submit 4. Receive an error message letting you know this story was rejected a year ago 5. Diminish and go into the west

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Neon Genesis Xu-vangelion 🤖 @hellotherexu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My first short story is out now in Analog. I am having so many feelings and thoughts so idk it’s about SPACE

List of table of contents with my name on it

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

‼️‼️‼️ big endorsement for the girls eating moths story

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Anna Clark @annaclark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I consistently enjoy stories by @clairejiawen.bsky.social, and this is no exception! When parental expectations and a difficulty saying no extend to the realm of death. Just beautifully rendered characters. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp

Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.

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Louis Inglis Hall @louisinglishall.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

this is mantra. i want to see this on tattoos people

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A. E. Lanier @aelanier.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This story is so fucking good and I think about it a lot. Highly recommend

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Sara S. Messenger サラ @smessenger.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For this year's SFF novelette awards, please consider my horror novelette in @nightmare-magazine.com (rarely pubs novelettes) — Jennifer's Daughter! Sad teens, first crush, Florida gators, mom furtively dripping blood in the hallway. & Jennifer's Body. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...

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Jennifer’s Daughter - Nightmare Magazine

My mom was sixteen when a band of boys took her out to the woods and bound her to a tree and tortured her to death, like in Jennifer’s Body, so you see her womb was kinda already out of commish by the...

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Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My story, The Lure, is this month's featured free story in The Sunday Morning Transport. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-lure Discover what secrets wait beneath the surface at the island of Saint Helena: "For hunger, like justice, only waits so long."

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The Lure

August travels with the Sunday Morning Transport include stories by Christopher Campbell, Curtis Chen, Marie Brennan, and Rick Wilber.

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tina s. zhu @tinazhu.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

hello friends I have a story in The Dark this month!! it’s a reprint from an anthology that I hope is spooky heheh (cw toxic relationship, racist character) www.thedarkmagazine.com/portrait-of-...

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Portrait of a Woman in a Red Qipao - The Dark Magazine

Most everyone has heard the Ben Franklin saying that death and taxes are the only constants in life. But there’s one more. I call it the Law of the Door. If someone tells you not to open a door, you a...

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Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs · 01/08/2026

HELLO AMERICA IT IS OFFICIALLY HOT 🥵 BOULEUTOPHAGY 🍔 SUMMER 💃

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H.H. Pak @hhpak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hiya folks! Do you like monsters, myths, and tacos? Check out my new @clarkesworldmagazine.com story about a dokkaebi navigating Los Angeles (and a very naughty goose). clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_08_26/

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When You Give a Dokkaebi Taco Tuesday by H.H. Pak

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

read this story!! One of my favorite Claire stories (and I love all of Claire’s stories)

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claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

+1 to everything thomas is saying, and also im afraid this kind of vetting might lead to writers having to think about how theyre going to justify+explain their decisions /as/ they're drafting--and that kind of writing defensively isn't good for art

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

i think people advising that authors are going to be ok because they can explain their creative choices better than a slopper are coming from a good place (and prob mostly right!). but boy do i hate the presumption that writers have to rationally talk through the minutiae of their creative choices.

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Jawless fish 🗣️🐟🐠🐡 @jawless-fish.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

theres this one tumblr post ive seen talking about that phenomenon but w fiction writing that I think about often

darling of dots feb 24
been stewing on an analytical approach to fiction which call "is this book afraid of me?" and in order to answer this question you determine how hard the book is trying to make sure you don't come after the writer on twitter

the fucked-up part is that specifically notice this in like, BIPOC or queer romances because their authors a) are more likely to be harassed online b) tend to care about writing inclusive and intersectional books more, both of which are totally valid reasons, but unfortunately a book that is scared to be misunderstood is also scared to challenge the reader or allow for too much nuance or grey areas or character flaws and am sorry to say that it often makes for less compelling stories because it means shying away from ambiguities and complexities in an effort to reassure me, the reader, that everyone here is a Good Person engaging in Healthy Behaviours and Relationships

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 24/07/2026

We're still pushing away at our goal of giving our entire team a raise in celebration of our 20th anniversary issue in October. Each subscription takes us one step closer. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ There isn't a better way to thank them for their part in the last 20 and the next 20.

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Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I have a new story out on Reactor today, my first since my collection came out in 2021. It's about a teenage poet, friend breakups, and wrestling with inherited faith. There are spaceships that are massive libraries. It would make me very happy if you read and shared it! 😊

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 15/07/2026

All due respect to Bona Books (who recently accidentally bought an AI-written story): We cannot allow the procedures and methodology they outlined in their article to become the standard practice. www.bona-books.com/news/we-boug...

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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...

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