Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230, November 2025

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) includes:

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 A Conversation with K.A. Teryna" by Arley Sorg
"Needing to Make Sense of the A Conversation with R.T. Ester" by Arley Sorg
"Editor's Four from our Readers" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art

"Neo Mars" by Guy Warley