Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 167, August 2020

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 167, August 2020

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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 August 2020 issue (#167) contains:Original fiction by Fiona Moore ("The Lori"), Frank Smith ("Drawing Lines Between the Stars"), Yan Leisheng ("The Plague"), Rebecca Campbell ("An Important Failure"), L.X. Beckett ("The Immolation of Kev Magee"), and Robert Reed ("Nameless He").Non-fiction by Mark Cole, interviews with Michael Swanwick and Lauren Beukes, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

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Publisher Wyrm Publishing
Published August 1, 2020
ISBN 54827289
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