[Clarkesworld Anthology [4 01] • Clarkesworld · Year Four

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their fourth year. Included in this volume are twenty-four stories by visionary writers of short fiction, including Jay Lake, Kij Johnson, Catherynne M. Valente, Robert Reed, Lavie Tidhar, Peter Watts and more!

CONTENTS

Introduction by Neil Clarke

Between Two Dragons by Yoon Ha Lee

The Cull by Robert Reed

The Mermaids Singing Each to Each by Cat Rambo

Of Melei, of Ulthar by Gord Sellar

Night, in Dark Perfection by Richard Parks

The Grandmother-Granddaughter Conspiracy by Marissa Lingen

Brief Candle by Jason K. Chapman

All the King’s Monsters by Megan Arkenberg

Torquing Vacuum by Jay Lake

The Language of the Whirlwind by Lavie Tidhar

A Sweet Calling by Tony Pi

Alone with Gandhari by Gord Sellar

The History Within Us by Matthew Kressel

January by Becca De La Rosa

Messenger by J.M. Sidorova

A Jar of Goodwill by Tobias S. Buckell

Futures in the Memories Market by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

My Father’s Singularity by Brenda Cooper

Beach Blanket Spaceship by Sandra McDonald

The Association of the Dead by Rahul Kanakia

Spar by Kij Johnson

Paper Cradle by Stephen Gaskell

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time by Catherynne M. Valente

The Things by Peter Watts

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