Clarkesworld Magazine

Science fiction and fantasy stories from Clarkesworld, a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning digital magazine. Stories from Clarkesworld have been nominated for or won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Locus, BSFA, Ditmar, Aurora, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press and Stoker Awards.

Tomorrow. Today. by R.T. Ester (audio)

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

12-01
17:49

The Fire Burns Anyway by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (audio)

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

11-30
11:35

Ratlines by Brent Baldwin (audio)

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

11-27
09:35

Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World by Chisom Umeh (audio)

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

11-24
31:58

Trees at Night by Ramiro Sanchiz (audio)

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

11-19
40:27

The Apologists by Tade Thompson (audio)

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

11-14
02:35:10

Jade Fighter by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (audio)

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

11-08
01:12:16

The Stone Played at Tengen by R.H. Wesley (audio)

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

11-01
46:21

In Luck's Panoply Clad, I Stand by Phoebe Barton (audio)

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

10-30
27:25

The Job Interview by Carrie Vaughn (audio)

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

10-28
43:38

Giant Grandmother by Liu Maijia (audio)

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

10-28
48:44

Understudies by Greg Egan (audio)

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

10-22
01:46:39

Crabs Don't Scream by H.H. Pak (audio)

This episode features "Crabs Don't Scream" written by H.H. Pak. 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/pak_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

10-15
54:31

The Cancer Wolves by Fiona Moore (audio)

This episode features "The Cancer Wolves" written by Fiona Moore. 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/moore_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

10-08
39:05

Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim (audio)

This episode features "Wire Mother" written by Isabel J. Kim. 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/kim_10_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

10-01
22:57

A World of Their Own by Robert Falco (audio)

This episode features "A World of Their Own" written by Robert Falco. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/falco_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

09-30
18:01

Five Impossible Things by Koji A. Dae (audio)

This episode features "Five Impossible Things" written by Koji A. Dae. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dae_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

09-29
27:09

The Fury of the Glowmen by David McGillveray (audio)

This episode features "The Fury of the Glowmen" written by David McGillveray. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/mcgillveray_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

09-28
38:39

Aperture by Alexander Jablokov (audio)

This episode features "Aperture" written by Alexander Jablokov. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jablokov_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

09-27
52:59

Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins by Louis Inglis Hall (audio)

This episode features "Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

09-25
01:23:14

Dan RunsWith Scissers

I'm a huge fan already but this one episode is incredible.

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Andi-Roo Libecap

This short story is one of the most darkly accurate pieces I've ever heard / read. Seriously, y'all. It's amazing, particularly in light of what's happening to the Palestinians. We keep looking away because we have our own "kids in the hole" that allow the rest of us to feel morally superior. Bravo to this satirical look at what's happening under the surface of the symbolic "shining city on the hill." I'll be reflecting on this for years.

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Rebecca!

I understand that tick not every story is tick for everyone, but tick this was worse tick than boring. It was annoying tick. Bad audio doesn't jar me nearly as much as poor story writing does.

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Alex O'Connell

Immersive narration. Well done Kate

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