by Neil Clarke
“Iron Pegasus” by Brenda Cooper
“The Audience” by Sean McMullen
“Empty” by Robert Reed
“Gypsy” by Carter Scholz
“Violation of the TrueNet Security Act” by Taiyo Fujii
“Damage” by David D. Levine
“The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David Brin
“No Placeholder for You, My Love” by Nick Wolven
“Outsider” by An Owomoyela
“The Gods Have Not Died in Vain” by Ken Liu
“Cocoons” by Nancy Kress
“Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World” by Caroline M. Yoachim
“Two-Year Man” by Kelly Robson
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
“Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” by Ian McDonald
“Meshed” by Rich Larson
“A Murmuration” by Alastair Reynolds
I hope you’ll consider buying a copy, having your library get it, or at least tracking down some of those stories, and if you do, please let me know what you thought of them. Or, better yet, why not keep the momentum going and tell a friend!
About the Author
Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Forever Magazine, and Upgraded; owner of Wyrm Publishing; and a four-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form). The innagural edition of his Best Science Fiction of the Year anthology series will be published by Night Shade Books this month. He currently lives in NJ with his wife and two children.
Cover Art: XTC
Vincent LAÏK
About the Artist
Vincent LAÏK is a French freelance illustrator living in southeastern France. He’s been painting and drawing since childhood and discovered science fiction and fantasy thanks to the marvelous illustrators and movies of 70’s and 80’s. Self-taught in traditional and digital techniques, he now works mainly in Photoshop. Recently he has been creating illustrations, cover and concept art for various publishing and RPG companies like Black Coat Press, Riviere Blanche, Kerberos Productions, Black Book Editions, and Mongoose Publishing.
This piece also appears in Casus Belli Magazine, France.
