What does the future hold for us? This anthology of nineteen diverse stories from authors around the world shows us a future full of adventure, intrigue, fun, heart-ache, and wonder.A imprisoned space pirate from Phobos is given a last chance for freedom, but only if he's willing to kill his younger brother. Again.In post-climate change Italy, a deaf African-American woman and her native partner struggle to build a communal farm that can survive the new environment, a lasting...

Lost spirits stroll the halls, a vengeful Kaperosa haunts the lake, and the past comes back with a burning vengeance. All this and more inside the rusted gates of the Mallory Thorne School of Excellence.Haunted Hallways: The Mallory Thorne School of Excellence is a chilling collection of stories all taking place on the grounds of a mysterious boarding school, featuring some of the most up-and-coming Asian voices in horror from across the globe. With the allure of the Gothi...

YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notice and call attention to it ten...

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 August 2025 issue (#227) contains:Fiction* "A Shaky Bridge" by Marissa Lingen* "And The Planet Loved Him" by L Chan* "Sleeper" by R.T. Ester* "Memories Are Only Valuable if They Can Be Lost" by Ai Jiang* "Sea of Fertility" by Bella Han* "Heart of Thunder" by Raahem Alvi

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"Suffer, the Children" by Kristi DeMeester"Tooth, Teeth, Tongue" by Ai Jiang"The Pennyfeathers Ride Again" by L Chan"The Snickersnacks" by Tony Richards

Geoffrey, an old, troubled, and alienated man, lived in a wooden cabin beside the woods. He had been living a miserable life, until one day. An aged mirror he had been keeping several years ago started talking and offered a chance for him to seek his happiness once more. The path, however, would not be an easy one for him to take. Would Geoffrey accept this opportunity? Nonetheless, what he will experience is going to bedazzle him.

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"The Spelunker's Guide To Unreal Architecture" by L Chan"Eating Bitterness" by Hannah Yang"Divine in the House of Hunger" by Dare Segun Falowo"The Other Side" by Ifeanyichukwu Peter Eze

INSIGNIA Vol.2 includes 7 Chinese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story originsTable of ContentsThe Flight Home – Kaitlin McCloughanThe Sound Barrier – Tony ClavelliWhalesong – L. ChanMurder on the Adriana – James RossGathering Dust – Meryl Stenhouse

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 November 2021 issue (#182) contains:Original fiction by Will McIntosh ("Mom Heart"), Alice Towey ("Dark Waters Still Flow"), Anna Martino ("This Stitch, This Time"), Pan Haitian ("City of Eternity"), Rebecca Campbell ("The Language Birds Speak"), Shari Paul ("Between Zero and One There is Infinity"), and L Cha...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Michael Kelly, and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:"Who Will Clean Our Spirits When We're Gone?" by Tlotlo Tsamaase"The House Wins In The End" by L Chan"The Dead Kings" by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría"Thin Places" by Kay Chronister

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's first year. Mysterious languages, unusual dogs, solitude, alien communications, and magic. Stories from Joshua Phillip Johnson, Elise Forier Edie, Vanessa Fogg, Gerald Warfield, Meryl Stenhouse, Jeremy Packert Burke, Molly Etta, Jack Noble, Aatif Rashid, L. Chan, Kato Thompson, Jarod K. Anderson, and Octavia Cade. Contents: