Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136, January 2018

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136, January 2018

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136

Written by Neil Clarke
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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 January 2018 issue (#136) contains:* Original fiction by Tobias S. Buckell (“A World to Die For”), Osahon Ize-Iyamu (“Say it Low, then Loud”), Erin Roberts (“Sour Milk Girls”), Bo Balder (“A Cigarette Burn In Your Memory”), and Bao Shu (“The Lighthouse Girl”).* Reprints by James Tiptree Jr. (“Her Smoke Rose Up Forever”), Michael Swanwick (“For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again”).* Non-fiction by Mark Cole, an interview with Sue Burke, an Another Word column by Kelly Robson, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

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Published January 1, 2018
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