The September 2012 issue of the Hugo Award-winning magazine, Clarkesworld. This issue features the following original stories: "The Found Girl" by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, "Robot" by Helena Bell and "muo-ka's Child" by Indrapramit Das. Non-fiction includes an interview with Nick Mamatas and Paul Tremblay, an article on Omond Solandt by Jason S. Ridler, an Another Word column by Chesya Burke and editorial by Neil Clarke.

No one could have been prepared for the day when orcs, trolls, and dragons fell from portals in the sky.Now, a very tough but not-quite-prepared platoon of Marines is trapped on the wrong side. The enchanting world looks like Middle Earth, but to the dismay of even the geekiest soldiers, is nothing like it.While the Marines fend off dangerous, improbable, and very rude assailants, their mission is to escort a Very Important Princess who could broker a cruci...