Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy

This episode features "Down We Go Gently" written by M. L. Clark. Published in the January 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clark_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Stars You Can't See by Looking Directly" written by Samantha Murray. Published in the January 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/murray_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Home Grown" written by Madeleine Vigneron. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vigneron_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "This Sepulchral Aegis" written by Rob Gillham. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/gillham_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Between Here and Everywhere" written by Robert Reed. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/reed_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Hole" written by Ferenc Samsa. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/samsa_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Cold Burns" written by Anne Wilkins. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Imperfect Simulations" written by Michelle Z. Jin. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Tomorrow. Today." written by R.T. Ester. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ester_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Fire Burns Anyway" written by Kemi Ashing-Giwa. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashing-giwa_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Ratlines" written by Brent Baldwin. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/baldwin_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World" written by Chisom Umeh. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Trees at Night" written by Ramiro Sanchiz and translated by Sue Burke. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Spanish in Ruido Blanco #9, 2021. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Apologists" written by Tade Thompson. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Jade Fighter" written by D.A. Xiaolin Spires. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Stone Played at Tengen" written by R.H. Wesley. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wesley_11_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "In Luck's Panoply Clad, I Stand" written by Phoebe Barton. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/barton_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "The Job Interview" written by Carrie Vaughn. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vaughn_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Giant Grandmother" written by Liu Maijia and translated by Blake Stone-Banks. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

This episode features "Understudies" written by Greg Egan. Published in the October 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/egan_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership