Clarkesworld Year Eight

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 CONTENTS Introduction by Neil ClarkePassage of Earth by Michael SwanwickMystic Falls by Robert ReedWeather by Susan PalwickHuman Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist by Thoraiya DyerA Gift in Time by Maggie ClarkNever Dreaming (In Four Burns) by Seth DickinsonWine by Yoon Ha LeeThe Cuckoo by Sean WilliamsFive Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion by Caroline M. YoachimSilent Bridge, Pale Cascade by Benjanun SriduangkaewAnd Wash Out by Tides of War by An OwomoyelaTortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable by Cat RamboGrave of the Fireflies by Cheng JingboBonfires in Anacostia by Joseph TomarasStone Hunger by N. K. JemisinThe Contemporary Foxwife by Yoon Ha LeeSuteta Mono de wa Nai by Juliette WadeThe Saint of the Sidewalks by Kat HowardDaedalum, the Devil's Wheel by E. Lily YuThe Rose Witch by James Patrick KellyThe Creature Recants by Dale BaileySpring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy by Xia JiaOf Alternate Adventures and Memory by Rochita Loenen-RuizwHole by Robert ReedPepe by Tang FeiThe Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul by Natalia TheodoridouBits by Naomi KritzerCommunion by Mary Anne MohanrajThe Aftermath by Maggie ClarkWater in Springtime by Kali WallaceSoul's Bargain by Juliette WadeThe Symphony of Ice and Dust by Julie NovakovaMigratory Patterns of Underground Birds by E. Catherine ToblerPatterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points by JY YangAutodidact by Benjanun SriduangkaewMorrigan in the Sunglare by Seth DickinsonThe Clockwork Soldier by Ken LiuThe Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye by Matthew KresselAbout the AuthorsClarkesworld CensusAbout Clarkesworld