Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....

Cover Art by Amuri Morris Season after season, we’ve brought you new issues of our curious collection that we call a magazine. Before we knew it, we arrived at our twelfth issue. And here it …

Cover Art by Amuri Morris Season after season, we’ve brought you new issues of our curious collection that we call a magazine. Before we knew it, we arrived at our twelfth issue. And here it …

I seem to make an outcast of myself every time I’m a teenager. Which is fine, I guess. I’ll take one good dog and one good friend over being a phony and fitting in. Alicia points. “There he is, Jamie!...

Equipped with two sandwiches, a couple sets out to the zoo to see the one totally sane human being.

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

innovative + experimental horror

In this tutorial we will learn how to install generative AI on a zombie CEO. Please note this tutorial is for “educational purposes” only. Despite our sarcastic air quotes, this tutorial does “not” en...

When she finds him, her boy is no longer a boy. He’s a blister about to pop. His heart hammers, and his skin burns beneath her fingertips, his body already grotesque.

Hi! I’m Claudia, a next-generation AI companion built by True2LifeCorp to be friendly, accurate, and, well, real! Ask me anything. Tell me about yourself. My goal is to help you live your best life. W...

I first found the boy down by the lake one autumn just as it was starting to turn cold. There were still a few leaves on the trees, but he looked up at me to show me a particularly brilliant scarlet o...

A parent or guardian Someone who has known you since childhood A mentor or teacher An employer or coworker A spouse, partner, or close intimate friend Someone who does not consider themself a loved on...

Balloon Man By Shiv Ramdas If it hadn’t been for the camel, Mithun might never have noticed the old balloon seller at all. He almost didn’t notice the camel either. If he’d been looking for it, he pro...

They are often considered “America’s best idea,” to borrow a phrase from the Pultizer prize-winning novelist Wallace Stegner. He wrote that national parks are “absolutely American, absolutely democrat...