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Step into a world of wonder, epiphany and danger. From the return of old gods to the adventures of the last dragon on Earth, from quantum physics to manticores trained for the circus, this unique anthology takes readers on journeys to realms both distant and oddly familiar. Selected from the critically-acclaimed online magazine Clarkesworld, Realms collects the work of twenty-four visionary writers of short fiction.

Table of Contents:

• A Light in Troy - (2006) - shortstory by Sarah Monette
• 304 Adolph Hitler Strasse - (2006) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• The Moby Clitoris of His Beloved - (2006) - shortstory by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia
• Lydia's Body - (2006) - shortstory by Vylar Kaftan
• Urchins, While Swimming - (2006) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Other Amazon - (2006) - shortstory by Jenny Davidson
• Automatic - (2007) - shortstory by Erica L. Satifka
• Orm the Beautiful - (2007) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
• Chewing Up the Innocent - (2007) - shortstory by Jay Lake
• Attar of Roses - (2007) - shortstory by Sharon Mock
• Clockmaker's Requiem - (2007) - shortstory by Barth Anderson
• Something in the Mermaid Way - (2007) - shortstory by Carrie Laben
• The Third Bear - (2007) - shortstory by Jeff VanderMeer
• The First Female President - (2007) - shortstory by Michael De Kler
• There's No Light Between Floors - (2007) - shortstory by Paul G. Tremblay
• Qubit Conflicts - (2007) - shortstory by Jetse de Vries
• The Oracle Spoke - (2007) - shortstory by Holly Phillips
• Moon Over Yodok - (2007) - shortstory by David Charlton
• I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said - (2007) - shortstory by Cat Rambo
• Transtexting Pose - (2007) - shortstory by Darren Speegle
• The Taste of Wheat - (2007) - shortstory by Ekaterina Sedia
• The Beacon - (2007) - shortstory by Darja Malcolm-Clarke
• The Ape's Wife - (2007) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Lost Soul - (2007) - shortstory by M. P. Ericson

Selected from the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, Realms 2 collects the work of twenty-four visionary writers of short fiction, including such World Fantasy, Philip K. Dick, Tiptree, Hugo and Campbell Award winners and finalists as Jeffrey Ford, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, Cat Rambo, Tim Pratt, and Catherynne M. Valente -- and amazing stories from up-and-comers like, Paul Jessup, Yoon Ha Lee, Margaret Ronald and many more!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Tomorrow Can Wait - (2008) - essay by Sean Wallace
• Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky - (2007) - shortstory by Ken Scholes
• Tetris Dooms Itself - (2008) - shortstory by Meghan McCarron
• Blue Ink - (2008) - shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee
• Curse - (2007) - shortstory by Samantha Henderson
• Clockwork Chickadee - (2008) - shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Flight - (2008) - shortstory by Jeremiah Sturgill
• Captain's Lament - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen Graham Jones
• Birdwatcher - (2008) - shortstory by Garth Upshaw
• The Buried Years - (2007) - shortstory by Loreen Heneghan
• The Glory of the World - (2008) - shortstory by Sergey Gerasimov
• Teeth - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen Dedman
• A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antartica - (2008) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• After Moreau - (2008) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Debris Ensuing from a Supervortex - (2008) - shortstory by Brian Ames
• When the Gentlemen Go By - (2008) - shortstory by Margaret Ronald
• The Human Moments - (2008) - shortstory by Alexander Lumans
• The Secret in the House of Smiles - (2008) - shortstory by Paul Jessup
• A Dance Across Embers - (2007) - shortstory by Lisa Mantchev
• Threads of Red and White - (2007) - shortstory by Lisa Mantchev
• Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang - (2007) - shortstory by Kristin Mandigma
• The River Boy - (2008) - shortstory by Tim Pratt
• Acid and Stoned Reindeer - (2007) - shortstory by Rebecca Ore
• Worm Within - (2008) - shortstory by Cat Rambo
• Can You See Me Now? - (2008) - shortstory by Eric M. Witchey
• The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black - (2008) - shortstory by Jay Lake

Selected from the Hugo award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine, this anthology collects the work of twenty-seven visionary writers of short fiction, including such World Fantasy, Philip K. Dick, Tiptree, Hugo, and Campbell Award winners and finalists as Jay Lake, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, Sarah Monette, Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, N.K. Jemisin and Catherynne M. Valente.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Neil Clarke
• Non-Zero Probabilities - (2009) - shortstory by N. K. Jemisin
• The Second Gift Given - (2009) - shortstory by Ken Scholes
• Walking with a Ghost - (2009) - shortstory by Nick Mamatas
• Celadon - (2009) - shortstory by Desirina Boskovich
• Teaching Bigfoot to Read - (2009) - shortstory by Geoffrey W. Cole
• The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew - (2009) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Jisei of Mark VIII - (2009) - shortstory by Berrien C. Henderson
• Passwords - (2008) - shortstory by John A. McDermott
• Idle Roomer - (2008) - shortstory by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn
• From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 - (2009) - shortstory by Nnedi Okorafor
• Gift of the Kites - (2008) - shortstory by Jim C. Hines
• Batch 39 and the Deadman's Switch - (2008) - shortstory by Simon DeDeo
• Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story - (2009) - shortstory by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
• The Completely Rechargeable Man - (2008) - shortstory by Karen Heuler
• Episode 72 - (2008) - shortstory by Don Webb
• Placa del Fuego - (2009) - novelette by Tobias S. Buckell
• Herding Vegetable Sheep - (2009) - shortstory by Ekaterina Sedia
• The Devonshire Arms - (2009) - shortstory by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• The Loyalty of Birds - (2009) - shortstory by Rachel Sobel
• The Giving Heart - (2009) - shortstory by Corie Ralston
• White Charles - (2009) - novelette by Sarah Monette
• On the Lot and In the Air - (2009) - shortstory by Lisa L. Hannett
• A Woman's Best Friend - (2008) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Dying World - (2009) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• Advection - (2009) - shortstory by Genevieve Valentine

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!

Table of 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
• Clarkesworld Citizens--Official Census
• About Clarkesworld

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 original stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their fifth year. Included in this volume are twenty-four stories by visionary writers of short fiction, including Ken Liu, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, E. Lily Yu, and more!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction by Neil Clarke
• Ghostweight by Yoon Ha Lee
• Perfect Lies by Gwendolyn Clare
• Tying Knots by Ken Liu
• Seeing by Genevieve Valentine
• Salvaging Gods by Jacques Barcia
• Laying the Ghost by Eric Brown
• The Children of Main Street by A. C. Wise
• Diving After the Moon by Rachel Swirsky
• Three Oranges by D. Elizabeth Wasden
• Matchmaker by Erin M. Hartshorn
• Trickster by Mari Ness
• The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Architect of Heaven by Jason K. Chapman
• Frozen Voice by An Owomoyela
• Trois morceaux en forme de mechanika by Gord Sellar
• Pack by Robert Reed
• Semiramis by Genevieve Valentine
• Whose Face This Is I Do Not Know by Cat Rambo
• The Taxidermist's Other Wife by Kelly Barnhill
• On the Banks of the River Lex by N. K. Jemisin
• Signals in the Deep by Greg Mellor
• The Fish of Lijiang by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu
• Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees by E. Lily Yu
• Clarkesworld Citizens - Official Census
• About Clarkesworld

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 thirty-four stories published in the sixth year of this Hugo Award-winning magazine.

Contents:

• Introduction by Neil Clarke
• Scattered Along the River of Heaven by Aliette de Bodard
• All the Painted Stars by Gwendolyn Clare
• Prayer by Robert Reed
• A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight by Xia Jia
• And the Hollow Space Inside by Mari Ness
• What Everyone Remembers by Rahul Kanakia
• The Bells of Subsidence by Michael John Grist
• The Switch by Sarah Stanton
• Sunlight Society by Margaret Ronald
• A Militant Peace by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
• All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions by Helena Bell
• In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems by Chris Stabback
• The Womb Factory by Peter M. Ferenczi
• Draftyhouse by Erik Amundsen
• All the Things the Moon is Not by Alexander Lumans
• Fade to White by Catherynne M. Valente
• Astrophilia by Carrie Vaughn
• If The Mountain Comes by An Owomoyela
• From Their Paws, We Shall Inherit by Gary Kloster
• Sirius by Ben Peek
• Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop by Suzanne Church
• Iron Ladies, Iron Tigers by Sunny Moraine
• Mantis Wives by Kij Johnson
• Pony by Erik Amundsen
• Robot by Helena Bell
• The Found Girl by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
• muo-ka's Child by Indrapramit Das
• Honey Bear by Sofia Samatar
• The Smell of Orange Groves by Lavie Tidhar
• Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
• Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes by Tom Crosshill
• You Were She Who Abode by E. Catherine Tobler
• Staying Behind by Ken Liu
• Immersion by Aliette de Bodard
• About the Authors
• Clarkesworld Census
• About Clarkesworld

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 thirty-six original stories published in the seventh year of this Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning magazine.

CONTENTS:

• Introduction by Neil Clarke
• The Weight of a Blessing by Aliette de Bodard
• The Urashima Effect by E. Lily Yu
• The Battle of Candle Arc by Yoon Ha Lee
• A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones by Genevieve Valentine
• (To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky by E. Catherine Tobler
• The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution by A.C. Wise
• Gravity by Erzebet YellowBoy
• Vacant Spaces by Greg Kurzawa
• Tachy Psyche by Andy Dudak
• Pockets Full of Stones by Vajra Chandrasekera
• Across the Terminator by David Tallerman
• Your Final Apocalypse by Sandra McDonald
• Shepherds by Greg Kurzawa
• Soulcatcher by James Patrick Kelly
• Cry of the Kharchal by Vandana Singh
• England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss
• Aquatica by Maggie Clark
• Melt With You by Emily C. Skaftun
• Driftings by Ian McDonald
• Everything Must Go by Brooke Wonders
• Sweet Subtleties by Lisa L Hannett
• The Wanderers by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
• Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton's Law Along the Event Horizon by Helena Bell
• I Tell Thee All, I Can No More by Sunny Moraine
• This is Why We Jump by Jacob Clifton
• Free-Fall by Graham Templeton
• No Portraits on the Sky by Kali Wallace
• The Wisdom of Ants by Thoraiya Dyer
• One Flesh by Mark Bourne and Elizabeth Bourne
• Found by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• Mar Pacifico by Greg Mellor
• 86, 87, 88, 89 by Genevieve Valentine
• (R + D) /I = M by E. Catherine Tobler
• Annex by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• The Promise of Space by James Patrick Kelly
• Effigy Nights by Yoon Ha Lee
• About the Authors
• Clarkesworld Census
• About Clarkesworld

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 eighth year. Includes stories by Michael Swanwick, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Susan Palwick, Sean Williams, N.K. Jemisin, James Patrick Kelly, E. Lily Yu, Ken Liu, Xia Jia, Seth Dickinson, Juliette Wade, Matthew Kressel, and many more!

Table of Contents:

• "Passage of Earth" by Michael Swanwick
• "Mystic Falls" by Robert Reed
• "Weather" by Susan Palwick
• "Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist" by Thoraiya Dyer
• "A Gift in Time" by Maggie Clark
• "Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)" by Seth Dickinson
• "Wine" by Yoon Ha Lee
• "The Cuckoo" by Sean Williams
• "Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion" by Caroline M. Yoachim
• "Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade" by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• "And Wash Out by Tides of War" by An Owomoyela
• "Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable" by Cat Rambo
• "Grave of the Fireflies" by Cheng Jingbo
• "Bonfires in Anacostia" by Joseph Tomaras
• "Stone Hunger" by N. K. Jemisin
• "The Contemporary Foxwife" by Yoon Ha Lee
• "Suteta Mono de wa Nai" by Juliette Wade
• "The Saint of the Sidewalks" by Kat Howard
• "Daedalum, the Devil's Wheel" by E. Lily Yu
• "The Rose Witch" by James Patrick Kelly
• "The Creature Recants" by Dale Bailey
• "Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy" by Xia Jia
• "Of Alternate Adventures and Memory" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
• "wHole" by Robert Reed
• "Pepe" by Tang Fei
• "The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul" by Natalia Theodoridou
• "Bits" by Naomi Kritzer
• "Communion" by Mary Anne Mohanraj
• "The Aftermath" by Maggie Clark
• "Water in Springtime" by Kali Wallace
• "Soul's Bargain" by Juliette Wade
• "The Symphony of Ice and Dust" by Julie Novakova
• "Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds" by E. Catherine Tobler
• "Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points" by JY Yang
• "Autodidact" by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• "Morrigan in the Sunglare" by Seth Dickinson
• "The Clockwork Soldier" by Ken Liu
• "The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye" by Matthew Kressel

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 the first half of their ninth year. Includes stories by Aliette de Bodard, Naomi Kritzer, Ken Liu, Robert Reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Catherynne M. Valente, Kij Johnson, Jay Lake, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, and many more!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Neil Clarke
• Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight - (2015) - short story by Aliette de Bodard
• Cameron Rhyder's Legs - (2014) - short story by Matthew Kressel
• Cassandra - (2015) - short story by Ken Liu
• Indelible - (2015) - short story by Gwendolyn Clare
• Slowly Builds An Empire - (2015) - short story by Naim Kabir
• The Last Surviving Gondola Widow - (2015) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Ether - (2015) - novelette by Zhang Ran
• A Universal Elegy - (2015) - short story by Tang Fei
• All Original Brightness - (2015) - short story by Mike Buckley
• No Vera There - (2014) - short story by Dominica Phetteplace
• Fatima's Wound - (2014) - short story by Kali Wallace
• Seeking boarder for rm w/ attached bathroom, must be willing to live with ghosts ($500 / Berkeley) - (2014) - short story by Rahul Kanakia
• The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild - (2015) - novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
• An Exile of the Heart - (2015) - short story by Jay Lake
• Lovecraft - (2014) - short story by Helena Bell
• The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill - (2015) - short story by Kelly Robson
• Now Dress Me in My Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket - (2014) - short story by M. Bennardo
• Taxidermist in the Underworld - (2014) - short story by Maria Dahvana Headley
• The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary - (2015) - short story by Kij Johnson
• Pithing Needle - (2014) - short story by E. Catherine Tobler
• Coming of the Light - (2015) - novelette by Chen Qiufan
• Pernicious Romance - (2014) - short story by Robert Reed
• The Magician and Laplace's Demon - (2014) - novelette by Tom Crosshill
• The Long Haul, from The Annals of Transportation, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 - (2014) - short story by Ken Liu
• Meshed - (2015) - short story by Rich Larson
• Cat Pictures Please - (2015) - short story by Naomi Kritzer