Clarkesworld Magazine – Issue 229

Isabel J. Kim et al.

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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 October 2025 issue (#229) contains:

Fiction

  • “Wire Mother” by Isabel J. Kim
  • “The Cancer Wolves” by Fiona Moore
  • “Crabs Don’t Scream” by H.H. Pak
  • “Understudies” by Greg Egan
  • “Giant Grandmother” by Liu Maijia
  • “The Job Interview” by Carrie Vaughn
  • “In Luck’s Panoply Clad, I Stand” by Phoebe Barton

Non-Fiction

  • “Space Bears and Engineering the Next Generation of Astronauts” by Gunnar De Winter
  • “Memory, Loss, and Memory Loss: A Conversation with Rich Larson” by Arley Sorg
  • “Technology as a Language: A Conversation with Ken Liu” by Arley Sorg
  • “Editor’s Desk: Nineteen” by Neil Clarke

Cover Art

“Overgrowth” by Quentin Stipp

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