Clockwork Quills

No AI ift.tt/wEMtIq3 Skip to content Issue – by We are currently investigating allegations that the art originally used for this issue was created with the assistance of AI. This is against our policy and pending the outcome of that investigation, the…

Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer ift.tt/52mXCkW June was the first of my friends to get into it. This isn’t surprising—she was playing Wordle for weeks before Margo or I discovered it. When we met up for our weekly lunch, she kept checking her phone …

Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer (audio) ift.tt/NHhbWQL Skip to content Issue 200 – May 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our first podcas…

Through the Roof of the World by Harry Turtledove ift.tt/pxPea9U Scog hung in space, close enough to the Roof of the World so she could faintly hear her pulses echoing back from its jagged hardness. Coming back from everything in the area, those pulses told her of al…

To Sail Beyond the Botnet by Suzanne Palmer ift.tt/gwjS1WZ I have been activated, therefore I have a purpose, Bot 9 thought. I have a purpose, therefore I serve. It had a lengthy list of Mantra subroutine sets to run after its usual initialization check, and it no…

LOL, Said the Scorpion by Rich Larson ift.tt/7ElycOr “Does it come in any other colors?” Maeve asks, eyeing herself in the smart glass. “No,” the salesperson admits. “You look quite elegant in eggshell, though.” She’s undecided. The holiday suit is a cooperativ…

Sensation and Sensibility by Parker Ragland ift.tt/rFh2Ocg As the droids approached the front door to the Queen of Tarts from Cow’s Lane, one could’ve cut the air between them with a butter knife. Both reached for the handle at once, and both hesitated. “After …

The Giants Among Us by Megan Chee ift.tt/ufIHU70 On an island in the northern hemisphere, there is a small community called the Kadyon. In the summer, the Kadyon sprawl like a brightly colored bazaar around the sleeping body of a giant feline creature, sheltered from…

Action at a Distance by An Hao, translated by Andy Dudak ift.tt/7EpBPsU “The sage seeks to satisfy the hunger of the belly, not the voracious craving of the eyes.” —Lao Tzu 1 The spacecraft Mad Hunter 2 will soon be landing on Incognita. Xiahou pilots al…

The Fall by Jordan Chase-Young ift.tt/4Z8uSpf Blue earthshine and bare sunlight soaked the forest of the Moon. The trees stood in silence, white as bone. They, like the animals that dwelled here, had been shaped long ago to survive without atmosphere. The forest w…

Horror and Science Fiction: Genre's Evil Twins by Carrie Sessarego ift.tt/6DvYP7h Science fiction and horror are like siblings who sometimes quarrel, and sometimes live separate lives, but always come back together. Defining genre always leads to controversy, but one…

Gods Aren't Necessarily Nice: A Conversation with Premee Mohamed by Arley Sorg ift.tt/kjeP5Ys Premee Mohamed was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She lived in Calgary for about two years for work/a university co-op term, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for a university…

Exploration And Healing: A Conversation with Megan O'Keefe by Arley Sorg ift.tt/MrkXCc2 Megan O’Keefe is from Seattle, and spent time on Whidbey Island, then later on the Oregon coast before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. “I’ve enjoyed aspects of all of those …

Editor's Desk: Something Went Mostly Right by Neil Clarke ift.tt/HwSDTi0 I’ve spent the last two editorials focused on things that have caused major disruptions at Clarkesworld: a loss of revenue due to Amazon’s discontinuation of its digital subscription program and…

I am galaxy by Alunzh ift.tt/xJSaMRW Skip to content Issue 200 – May 2023 Cover Art I am galaxy by Alunzh Alunzh is an award-winning artist who loves to draw in various styles and creates unique artworks inspired by mythology, legends, and the vastness o…

Voices Singing in the Void by Rajan Khanna (audio) ift.tt/rXwHYpa Skip to content Issue 199 – April 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction Voices Singing in the Void by Rajan Khanna, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our eighth podcast for April…

The Librarian and the Robot by Shi Heiyao (audio) ift.tt/IEwNT71 Skip to content Issue 199 – April 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction The Librarian and the Robot by Shi Heiyao, translated by Andy Dudak, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our …

Stranger Shores by Gregory Feeley (audio) ift.tt/Lwl0U6o Skip to content Issue 199 – April 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction Stranger Shores by Gregory Feeley, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our sixth podcast for April is “Stranger Shore…

Happiness by Octavia Cade (audio) ift.tt/zVg0a9K Skip to content Issue 199 – April 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction Happiness by Octavia Cade, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our fifth podcast for April is “Happiness” written by Octavia …

Keeper of the Code by Nick Thomas (audio) ift.tt/l0gHrq3 Skip to content Issue 199 – April 2023 Podcast, Original Fiction Keeper of the Code by Nick Thomas, read by Kate Baker TEXT VERSION Our fourth podcast for April is “Keeper of the…