Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 240, September 2026

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our September 2026 issue (#240) contains:

Fiction
• "Water-Eaters" by Beth Goder
• "When Humans Are No Longer Born Human" by Zhu Yixuan
• "To Walk This Distant Shore with You" by A.D. Sui
• "And So I Open My Fists" by Rachel Sobel
• "Fistful of Antimatter" by Rich Larson
• "Country Music" by Madeleine Vigneron
• "Skin and Glass" by R. P. Sand

Non-Fiction
• "Talking to Whales (and Other Cetaceans)" by Priya Sridhar
• "Devastating and Liberating: A Conversation with Cadwell Turnbull" by Arley Sorg
• "Enjoy the Apocalypse! A Conversation with Peter Watts" by Arley Sorg
• "Editor's Desk: The Other Shoe" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art
"Planet" by Alex Vede