Clarkesworld: Year Five

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 original stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their fifth year. Included in this volume are twenty-four stories by visionary writers of short fiction, including Ken Liu, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, E. Lily Yu, and more!

CONTENTS

• Introduction by Neil Clarke
• Ghostweight by Yoon Ha Lee
• Perfect Lies by Gwendolyn Clare
• Tying Knots by Ken Liu
• Seeing by Genevieve Valentine
• Salvaging Gods by Jacques Barcia
• Laying the Ghost by Eric Brown
• The Children of Main Street by A. C. Wise
• Diving After the Moon by Rachel Swirsky
• Three Oranges by D. Elizabeth Wasden
• Matchmaker by Erin M. Hartshorn
• Trickster by Mari Ness
• The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Architect of Heaven by Jason K. Chapman
• Frozen Voice by An Owomoyela
• Trois morceaux en forme de mechanika by Gord Sellar
• Pack by Robert Reed
• Semiramis by Genevieve Valentine
• Whose Face This Is I Do Not Know by Cat Rambo
• The Taxidermist’s Other Wife by Kelly Barnhill
• On the Banks of the River Lex by N. K. Jemisin
• Signals in the Deep by Greg Mellor
• The Fish of Lijiang by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu
• Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees by E. Lily Yu
• Clarkesworld Citizens – Official Census
• About Clarkesworld