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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

Name: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015
Rating: 3.82 (604 reviews)
Author: Neil Clarke

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FICTION
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette de Bodard
“A Universal Elegy” by Tang Fei, translated by John Chu
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
“The Apartment Dweller’s Bestiary” by Kij Johnson
“Ether” by Zhang Ran, translated by Carmen Yiling Yan and Ken Liu
“The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” by Catherynne M. Valente
“An Exile of the Heart” by Jay Lake
“This Wind Blowing, and This Tide” by Damien Broderick
“Laika’s Ghost” by Karl Schroeder

NON-FICTION
“Song for a City-Universe: Lucius Shepard’s Abandoned Vermillion” by Jason Heller
“Exploring the Frontier: A Conversation with Xia Jia” by Ken Liu
“Another Word: #PurpleSF” by Cat Rambo
“Editor’s Desk: On the Road to One Hundred” by Neil Clarke

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