Clarkesworld Magazine

Ice, Rock, Empathy by Damián Neri (audio)

This episode features "Ice, Rock, Empathy" written by Damián Neri. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/neri_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-29
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Burning Day by Samantha Murray (audio)

This episode features "Burning Day" written by Samantha Murray. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/murray_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-28
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A Life Measured in Seconds by Anne Wilkins (audio)

This episode features "A Life Measured in Seconds" written by Anne Wilkins. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-27
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Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic by Pan Haitian (audio)

This episode features "Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic" written by Pan Haitian. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pan_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-26
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The Floating Republic by Rebecca Campbell (audio)

This episode features "The Floating Republic" written by Rebecca Campbell. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/campbell_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-22
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The Potential Side Effects of Roleplay Stimulation Therapy by Claire Jia-Wen (audio)

This episode features "The Potential Side Effects of Roleplay Stimulation Therapy" written by Claire Jia-Wen. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-09
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Up the Line to Death by Carrie Vaughn (audio)

This episode features "Up the Line to Death" written by Carrie Vaughn. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vaughn_06_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-06-02
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The Scent of Memory by Zhao Haihong (audio)

This episode features "The Scent of Memory" written by Zhao Haihong and translated by S. Qiouyi Lu. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/zhao_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-28
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Decimation Circles by Raahem Alvi (audio)

This episode features "Decimation Circles" written by Raahem Alvi. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-28
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Aly by Grace Chan (audio)

This episode features "Aly" written by Grace Chan. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-25
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Paper Airplane Poet by Sheri Singerling (audio)

This episode features "Paper Airplane Poet" written by Sheri Singerling. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singerling_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-25
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Conquerors by Nick Wolven (audio)

This episode features "Conquerors" written by Nick Wolven. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wolven_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-20
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Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler by Tia Tashiro (audio)

This episode features "Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler" written by Tia Tashiro. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-14
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The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods by Louis Inglis Hall (audio)

This episode features "The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_05_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-05-01
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Human Studies 401 by Abby Nicole Yee (audio)

This episode features "Human Studies 401" written by Abby Nicole Yee. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yee_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-30
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The Forgetting Code by Malena Salazar Maciá (audio)

This episode features "The Forgetting Code" written by Malena Salazar Maciá. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/macia_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-29
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Shelter by Nadia W. Aldsen (audio)

This episode features "Shelter" written by Nadia W. Aldsen. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/aldsen_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-28
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Eternity in Their Hearts by Katherine Khan (audio)

This episode features "Eternity in Their Hearts" written by Katherine Khan. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/khan_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-27
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The Trajectory of Memory is Forward by Rajeev Prasad (audio)

This episode features "The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" written by Rajeev Prasad. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/prasad_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-24
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D0G by Tania Fordwalker (audio)

This episode features "D0G" written by Tania Fordwalker. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/fordwalker_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-17
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Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration by Ryan Cole (audio)

This episode features "Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" written by Ryan Cole. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cole_04_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-04-01
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Person, Place, Thing by Marissa Lingen (audio)

This episode features "Person, Place, Thing" written by Marissa Lingen. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-31
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You Are Invited to Our SPRING CELEBRATION by Thoraiya Dyer (audio)

This episode features "You Are Invited to Our SPRING CELEBRATION" written by Thoraiya Dyer. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dyer_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-31
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Those Who Left History by Wanxiang Fengnian (audio)

This episode features "Those Who Left History" written by Wanxiang Fengnian and translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/fengnian_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-27
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Scion: Afterword by Thomas Ha (audio)

This episode features "Scion: Afterword" written by Thomas Ha. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha2_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-26
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Scion by Thomas Ha (audio)

This episode features "Scion" written by Thomas Ha. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-26
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Crosstalk, Elysium by Carolyn Zhao (audio)

This episode features "Crosstalk, Elysium" written by Carolyn Zhao. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/zhao_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-23
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First Human Ghost on Mars by R.L. Meza (audio)

This episode features "First Human Ghost on Mars" written by R.L. Meza. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/meza_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-16
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Bend Like the Palm by David D. Levine (audio)

This episode features "Bend Like the Palm" written by David D. Levine. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/levine_03_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-03-01
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Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss Shudal by Louis Inglis Hall (audio)

This episode features "Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss Shudal" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-28
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Painstaking by Rich Larson (audio)

This episode features "Painstaking" written by Rich Larson. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/larson_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-25
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The Iron Piper by Fiona Moore (audio)

This episode features "The Iron Piper" written by Fiona Moore. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-24
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A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go by Claire Jia-Wen (audio)

This episode features "A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go" written by Claire Jia-Wen. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-17
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Think of Me Before I Disappear by Raahem Alvi (audio)

This episode features "Think of Me Before I Disappear" written by Raahem Alvi. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-11
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Chip by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (audio)

This episode features "Chip" written by D.A. Xiaolin Spires. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-07
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Remember Me in the Meat by Sarah Pauling (audio)

This episode features "Remember Me in the Meat" written by Sarah Pauling. Published in the February 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/pauling_02_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-02-01
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Space is Deep by Seth Chambers (audio)

This episode features "Space is Deep" written by Seth Chambers. 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/chambers_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-01-30
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The Desolate Order of the Head in the Water by A. W. Prihandita (audio)

This episode features "The Desolate Order of the Head in the Water" written by A. W. Prihandita. 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/prihandita_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-01-28
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Tomorrow's Beautiful Dream by Ju Chu (audio)

This episode features "Tomorrow's Beautiful Dream" written by Ju Chu and translated by Carmen Yiling Yan. 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/ju_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-01-27
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Je Ne Regrette Rien by James Patrick Kelly (audio)

This episode features "Je Ne Regrette Rien" written by James Patrick Kelly. 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/kelly_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-01-27
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Donor Unknown by Nika Murphy (audio)

This episode features "Donor Unknown" written by Nika Murphy. 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/murphy_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

2026-01-23
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Down We Go Gently by M. L. Clark (audio)

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

2026-01-21
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The Stars You Can't See by Looking Directly by Samantha Murray (audio)

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

2026-01-01
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Home Grown by Madeleine Vigneron (audio)

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

2025-12-31
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This Sepulchral Aegis by Rob Gillham (audio)

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

2025-12-28
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Between Here and Everywhere by Robert Reed (audio)

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

2025-12-22
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The Hole by Ferenc Samsa (audio)

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

2025-12-20
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The Cold Burns by Anne Wilkins (audio)

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

2025-12-18
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Imperfect Simulations by Michelle Z. Jin (audio)

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

2025-12-17
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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

2025-12-01
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