**“Unity *is an astonishing debut, twisty and startling, demonstrating both the disciplined development of a long-gestated project and the raw, dynamic flashes of an author’s early work. It shows intense interest in the distance between conversation and communion . . . an absorbing, thrilling ride.” —*New York Times“A vivid, fascinating, and utterly believable future world . . . Echoes of Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon or the Netflix series Sense8*.” —New ...

**Unity is an astonishing debut, twisty and startling, demonstrating both the disciplined development of a long-gestated project and the raw, dynamic flashes of an author s early work. It shows intense interest in the distance between conversation and communion . . . an absorbing, thrilling ride. New York TimesA vivid, fascinating, and utterly believable future world . . . Echoes of Richard K. Morgan s Altered Carbon or the Netflix series Sense8*.* New Yo...

Danae is not only herself. She is concealing a connection to a grieving collective inside of her body.But while she labors as a tech servant in the dangerous underwater enclave of Bloom City, her fractured self cannot mend. In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover, Naoto, hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to guide them out of the imploding city.But for Danae to reunify, the three new fugitives will have to flee across the otherworldly beauty of the p...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our April 2026 issue features "Nic and Viv's Compulsory Courtship" by Will McIntosh, "Questions Asked in the Belly of the World" by A.T. Greenblatt, and "Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias" by Elly Bangs. Cover art by Ron Guyatt.

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 January 2021 issue (#172) contains:Original fiction by Aimee Ogden ("Intentionalities"), Elly Bangs ("Deep Music"), R.S.A. Garcia ("Philia, Eros, Storge, Agape, Pragma"), R. P. Sand ("The Last Civilian"), Tovah Strong ("Aster’s Partialities: Vitri’s Best Store for Sundry Antiques"), and P H Lee ("Leavin...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our September 2018 issue (#144) contains:Original stories by Kelly Robson ("A Study in Oils"), D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Waves of Influence"), Elly Bangs ("Dandelion"), and Luo Longxiang ("The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm").Reprints by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Buckell ("Th...

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of May.

The Selected Murder Mysteries is an enthralling anthology that deftly traverses the intricate landscape of the murder mystery genre. Through its assortment of tales ranging from gothic suspense to classic whodunits, the collection captures the essence of crime fiction over the years. Each story is a testament to the tension and intricate plotting that define the genre, offering readers a front-row seat to the unraveling of enigmatic catastrophes. True to the times of its varied entries, th...

Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2089. A city notorious for its extreme population density has found an unexpected way to not just survive a global climate apocalypse, but thrive: pump enough biological nanotech into the neighborhood and all of the bodies together form a self-sustaining, and even temperate, microclimate. Of course, this means that millions of humans have to stay put in order to maintain a livable temperature, and people are getting restless. All of the nanotech has also led...

A robot programmed for destruction develops sentience and starts to evolve in this hard science fiction novel from the author of Noumenon .When Unit Four—a biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphere—is activated for the first time, it's in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-three mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earth's largest energy resource fro...

**WINNER OF THE 2024 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD"These Burning Stars pulls off one of the most brazen, gasp-inducing reveals I’ve experienced in an age." –EsquireA dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones of a genocide. A carefully hidden secret that could collapse worlds, hunted by three women with secrets of their own. This is an explosive space opera debut from one of the most powerful new voices in scien...

“Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph.”—Charlie Jane AndersA Hugo Award nominee for Best NovellaA Nebula Award nominee for Best NovellaAn Ignyte Award nominee for Best NovellaA Locus Award nominee for Best Novella