Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 230

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 November  2025 issue (#230) contains:

Fiction
* "The Stone Played at Tengen" by R.H. Wesley
* "Jade Fighter" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
* "The Apologists" by Tade Thompson
* "Trees at Night" by Ramiro Sanchiz
* "Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World" by Chisom Umeh
* "Ratlines" by Brent Baldwin
* "The Fire Burns Anyway" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Non-Fiction

* "What is the Retirement Age of a Jedi?" by João Pedro de Magalhães
* "Breaking Bones: A Conversation with K.A. Teryna" by Arley Sorg
* "Needing to Make Sense of the World: A Conversation with R.T. Ester" by Arley Sorg
* "Editor's Desk: Four from our Readers" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art
"Neo Mars" by Guy Warley