Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 185, February 2022

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 185, February 2022

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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, articles, interviews and art.Our February 2022 issue (#185) contains:* Original fiction by Isabel J. Kim (“The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse”), Marissa Lingen (“The Plasticity of Youth”), Octavia Cade (“You’re Not the Only One”), Sarah Pauling (“Informed Consent Logs from the Soul Swap Clinic”), John McNeil (“The Old Moon”), Jess Levine (“The Direction of Clocks”), and Arula Ratnakar (“Babirusa”).* Non-fiction includes an article by Douglas F. Dluzen and interviews with Zoraida Córdova and Max Gladstone, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

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Pages 201
Language Eng
Publisher Wyrm Publishing
Published February 1, 2022
ISBN 60390412
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