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

What if powerful unseen forces are shaping your life more than you realize?Why do certain periods bring momentum while others leave you feeling stuck? Why do some relationships feel naturally supportive while others create tension? And why can the same decision lead to very different outcomes depending on when and where it is made?In Awakening to the Dance of Chi, Classical Feng Shui practitioner, Chi Strategist and speaker Cynthia Lee Chan introduces Chi as an inv...

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

This book is a collection of the first 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2013 and 2017).The anthologies are:JAPANESE FANTASY STORIES:INSIGNIA Vol.1. includes 9 Japanese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.Contributors: Heather Ewings, Joyce Chng, Holly Kench, Kelly Matsuura, Aislinn Batstone, Chris Ward, and Chris White.CHINESE FANTASY STORIES:

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.Table of ContentsHeartwood – L. ChanWays to Face the Firing Squad – Anna ZumbroThe Early History of the Moon – Karolina FedykThe Questioning Bell – Jason BaltazarCover art by Carol Wellart.

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 December 2024 issue (#219) contains:* Original fiction by L Chan ("Stranger Seas Than These"), Chisom Umeh ("From Across Time"), Zhu Yixuan ("The Painted Skin and the Final Stroke"), Shari Paul ("Souljacker"), Thoraiya Dyer ("Lucie Loves Neutrons and the Good Samarium"), Sameem Siddiqui ("Driver"), Celia Corral-Vázq...

This book examines the impact of and response to the rapidly growing English language learner (ELL) populations in the southeastern United States on K-16 schooling. Using examples of policy and practice from seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee), the book explores how the contemporary context of accountability regimes and neoliberal tenets affect educational responses to the increased linguistic and cultural diversity in schools and how these rea...

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...

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 April 2023 issue (#199) contains:Original fiction by L Chan ("Re/Union"), Andrea Kriz ("There Are the Art-Makers, Dreamers of Dreams, and There Are Ais"), R.T. Ester ("Rake the Leaves"), Nick Thomas ("Keeper of the Code"), Octavia Cade ("Happiness"), Gregory Feeley ("Stranger Shores"), Shi Heiyao ("The Librarian and...

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...