Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 238, July 2026

by Neil Clarke (Editor), K.J. Khan (Contributor), Fiona Moore (Contributor)

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 July 2026 issue (#238) contains:

Fiction

• "The Life and Times of the Extraterrestrial Potoo" by K. J. Khan
• "Cliff's Girl" by Fiona Moore
• "Focus" by Carlos Hernandez
• "The Animator and the Glazer" by Ju Chu
• "Our Revels Now Are Ended" by Thomas Ha
• "This Is an Emergency Broadcast" by R.S.A. Garcia
• "Nesting Behavior of Imported Species Troglodytes aedon on Planet Americearth" by R.L. Meza

Non-Fiction

• "Donut Brains and Skin Dreams: Aliens on Earth" by Gunnar De Winter
• "Art and Arcade Games: A Conversation with Tran Nguyen" by Arley Sorg
• "Horror And Absurdity: A Conversation with Meg Elison" by Arley Sorg
• "Editor's Desk: July Is for Survivors" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art

"Constellation Field" by Alex Vede

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2026

About the author

Neil 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.