Aliette De Bodard

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 thirty-four stories published in the sixth year of this Hugo Award-winning magazine.Contents: Introduction by Neil ClarkeScattered Along the River of Heaven by Aliette de BodardAll the Painted Stars by Gwendolyn ClarePrayer by Robert ReedA Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight by Xia JiaAnd the Hollow Space Inside by Mari NessWhat Everyone Remembers by Rahul KanakiaThe Bells of Subsidence by Michael John GristThe Switch by Sarah StantonSunlight Society by Margaret RonaldA Militant Peace by David Klecha and Tobias S. BuckellAll the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions by Helena BellIn Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems by Chris StabbackThe Womb Factory by Peter M. FerencziDraftyhouse by Erik AmundsenAll the Things the Moon is Not by Alexander LumansFade to White by Catherynne M. ValenteAstrophilia by Carrie VaughnIf The Mountain Comes by An OwomoyelaFrom Their Paws, We Shall Inherit by Gary KlosterSirius by Ben PeekSynch Me, Kiss Me, Drop by Suzanne ChurchIron Ladies, Iron Tigers by Sunny MoraineMantis Wives by Kij JohnsonPony by Erik AmundsenRobot by Helena BellThe Found Girl by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckellmuo-ka's Child by Indrapramit DasHoney Bear by Sofia SamatarThe Smell of Orange Groves by Lavie TidharSilently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. ValenteFragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes by Tom CrosshillYou Were She Who Abode by E. Catherine ToblerStaying Behind by Ken LiuImmersion by Aliette de BodardAbout the AuthorsClarkesworld CensusAbout Clarkesworld

From Kapek's biotech machines of R.U.R. to Kuttner's Proud Robot to the fictional assortment of mechanical sex toys, rebels, grandmothers, servants, and masters, these machines have represented our dreams as well as our anxieties. We love these literary creations but fear them as well. Stories from the last decade representing the many faces of robots — beautiful, hideous, and everything in between.