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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 235, April 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 April 2026 issue (#235) contains:
Fiction
"Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" by Ryan Cole
"D0G" by Tania Fordwalker
"The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad
"Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan
"Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen
"The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá
"Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee
Non-Fiction
"Sleeping to the Stars: The Science and Fiction of Cryosleep" by Jason Collins
"Feynman Lectures Riff: A Conversation with John Chu" by Arley Sorg
"Hope and Friendship Will Carry Us Through: A Conversation with Suzanne Palmer" by Arley Sorg
"Editor''s Desk: Attitudinal Turning Points" by Neil Clarke
Cover Art
"Dockside" by Ian McQue
Fiction
"Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" by Ryan Cole
"D0G" by Tania Fordwalker
"The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad
"Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan
"Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen
"The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá
"Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee
Non-Fiction
"Sleeping to the Stars: The Science and Fiction of Cryosleep" by Jason Collins
"Feynman Lectures Riff: A Conversation with John Chu" by Arley Sorg
"Hope and Friendship Will Carry Us Through: A Conversation with Suzanne Palmer" by Arley Sorg
"Editor''s Desk: Attitudinal Turning Points" by Neil Clarke
Cover Art
"Dockside" by Ian McQue
- GenresShort Stories
201 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2026
About the author
Neil Clarke
413 books407 followersNeil Clarke is best known as the editor and publisher of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning
Clarkesworld Magazine.
Launched in October 2006, the online magazine has been a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine four times (winning three times), the World Fantasy Award four times (winning once), and the British Fantasy Award once (winning once). Neil is also a ten-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form (winning once in 2022), three-time winner of the Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and a recipient of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. In the fifteen years since Clarkesworld Magazine launched, numerous stories that he has published have been nominated for or won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Locus, BSFA, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press, and Stoker Awards.
Additionally, Neil edits Forever —a digital-only, reprint science fiction magazine he launched in 2015. His anthologies include: Upgraded, Galactic Empires, Touchable Unreality, More Human than Human, The Final Frontier, Not One of Us, The Eagle has Landed, , and the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven will published in early 2023.
He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.
Additionally, Neil edits Forever —a digital-only, reprint science fiction magazine he launched in 2015. His anthologies include: Upgraded, Galactic Empires, Touchable Unreality, More Human than Human, The Final Frontier, Not One of Us, The Eagle has Landed, , and the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven will published in early 2023.
He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.
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April 26, 2026
"Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" by Ryan Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was a really sad story, and if I may say so, not a great way to start this issue of the magazine, because it made it hard for me to get into the other stories.
But it was a good story.
"D0G" by Tania Fordwalker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
And yet another sad story—and a particularly cruel, even bloody one at that. Although the colorful, candy-colored robot dogs were kind of funny, even if their purpose—to wipe out humanity—is particularly barbaric.
"The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another not-so-rosy outlook on humanity’s possible future. Hard to grasp at first, and then completely shocking in the way the plot unfolds.
Very well written.
"Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An android becomes Liam’s end-of-life companion. That was deeply moving. His sister, that bitch, questions the android’s significance and is especially mean. I think the story is extremely good and really well written. There’s so much packed into just a few pages here.
"Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This story is really bizarre. What made me laugh were the excerpts from the employment contract—there were some disturbing things in there. Let’s hope something like that never becomes our future.
"The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This, too, is about the loss of loved ones and how technology can help preserve their memory—or let go of it. The question of whether one wants to remember and carry that pain around is counterbalanced by the idea that something new can emerge from memory. Interesting.
"Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Super short and absolutely perfect. Even though it’s actually a grim story about the future of humanity, it had me laughing hysterically.
This was a really sad story, and if I may say so, not a great way to start this issue of the magazine, because it made it hard for me to get into the other stories.
But it was a good story.
"D0G" by Tania Fordwalker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
And yet another sad story—and a particularly cruel, even bloody one at that. Although the colorful, candy-colored robot dogs were kind of funny, even if their purpose—to wipe out humanity—is particularly barbaric.
"The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another not-so-rosy outlook on humanity’s possible future. Hard to grasp at first, and then completely shocking in the way the plot unfolds.
Very well written.
"Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An android becomes Liam’s end-of-life companion. That was deeply moving. His sister, that bitch, questions the android’s significance and is especially mean. I think the story is extremely good and really well written. There’s so much packed into just a few pages here.
"Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This story is really bizarre. What made me laugh were the excerpts from the employment contract—there were some disturbing things in there. Let’s hope something like that never becomes our future.
"The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This, too, is about the loss of loved ones and how technology can help preserve their memory—or let go of it. The question of whether one wants to remember and carry that pain around is counterbalanced by the idea that something new can emerge from memory. Interesting.
"Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Super short and absolutely perfect. Even though it’s actually a grim story about the future of humanity, it had me laughing hysterically.
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April 20, 2026A good issue, "Human Studies 401" was stellar, "D0G" was super too, the rest of the stories were 2 or 3*
April 18, 2026
An interesting issue that starts off with three post-apocalyptic stories. Stories that I found good were by Rajeev Prasad, K. J. Khan and Malena Salazar Maciá.
- "Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" by Ryan Cole: a girl struggles to find a replacement mask for her brother, in a world wracked by volcanic eruptions and toxic gases. With the help of a friend, she may be able to find one, but time is running out for her own mask.
- "D0G" by Tania Fordwalker: in a post nuclear-war world, cybernetic D0Gs run rampant, searching for prey. One person, with a damaged D0G that does not kill until triggered, is searching for a way to stop them. But like another story about monsters, there may be not much that can be done about the D0Gs.
- "The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad: an interesting story set in a future where a member of humans known as the Have-Nots steals a device from a colony of Haves. As the story progresses, we discover that various humans groups have been genetically modified to survive an ecological disaster, and now a Have-Not and a Have travel together to a city in an attempt to gather more knowledge and survive a falling birth rate. But what they discover would be more about their past troubles and maybe a way to change things for the better.
- "Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan: an android becomes a companion to a dying person, a task it has also been doing for other people. During a discussion with the person's sister, who disagrees with the choice of the companion, we discover that the android can remember all the deaths, and has its own hopes for the future. But is the future a delusion from the android's company or a real one?
- "Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen: an alien enters a shelter run by a human and promptly disintegrates. That is just the start of a sequence of events that would involve the human taking care of the remains that would become an intimate part of the shelter.
- "The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá: an old man in a workshop helps others forget their anguish by taking away their memories. He remains puzzled by the disappearance of his daughter which he has never erased: until one day, he encounters the person who last saw his daughter and finds a way to bring her back, but at the cost of his own memories of her.
- "Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee: as part of the studies on humanity, an alien manufactures a humanoid to have a relationship with a human. From this comes the downfall of humanity, but it wins the alien a prize for best thesis.
- "Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" by Ryan Cole: a girl struggles to find a replacement mask for her brother, in a world wracked by volcanic eruptions and toxic gases. With the help of a friend, she may be able to find one, but time is running out for her own mask.
- "D0G" by Tania Fordwalker: in a post nuclear-war world, cybernetic D0Gs run rampant, searching for prey. One person, with a damaged D0G that does not kill until triggered, is searching for a way to stop them. But like another story about monsters, there may be not much that can be done about the D0Gs.
- "The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" by Rajeev Prasad: an interesting story set in a future where a member of humans known as the Have-Nots steals a device from a colony of Haves. As the story progresses, we discover that various humans groups have been genetically modified to survive an ecological disaster, and now a Have-Not and a Have travel together to a city in an attempt to gather more knowledge and survive a falling birth rate. But what they discover would be more about their past troubles and maybe a way to change things for the better.
- "Eternity in Their Hearts" by K. J. Khan: an android becomes a companion to a dying person, a task it has also been doing for other people. During a discussion with the person's sister, who disagrees with the choice of the companion, we discover that the android can remember all the deaths, and has its own hopes for the future. But is the future a delusion from the android's company or a real one?
- "Shelter" by Nadia W. Aldsen: an alien enters a shelter run by a human and promptly disintegrates. That is just the start of a sequence of events that would involve the human taking care of the remains that would become an intimate part of the shelter.
- "The Forgetting Code" by Malena Salazar Maciá: an old man in a workshop helps others forget their anguish by taking away their memories. He remains puzzled by the disappearance of his daughter which he has never erased: until one day, he encounters the person who last saw his daughter and finds a way to bring her back, but at the cost of his own memories of her.
- "Human Studies 401" by Abby Nicole Yee: as part of the studies on humanity, an alien manufactures a humanoid to have a relationship with a human. From this comes the downfall of humanity, but it wins the alien a prize for best thesis.
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April 29, 2026Eternity in their Hearts by K.J. Khan was my favorite from this month, on life and death, connection and hope.
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