The scorching sun heats concrete, glass, and steel nearly beyond human tolerance.The oppressive heat of Summer sits like a woolen shroud over the city, while the overextended air conditioners groan as they struggle to provide any small relief to the inhabitants. Hydrants are opened for neighborhood children to cool off, while lucky families escape to the beaches and countryside looking for an occasional breeze.But heat is not the only thing impacting humanity's comfort.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art.Our March 2024 issue (#210) contains:* Original fiction by Fiona Jones ("Hello! Hello! Hello!"), Ben Berman Ghan ("Phosphorescence"), D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Nine Beauties and the Entangled Threads"), Alaya Dawn Johnson ("A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock"), Qi Ran ("One Flew Over the Songhua River"), Z. ...