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 May 2025 issue (#224) contains:

Fiction

• "Brainstem Disco, 2191" by Angela Liu
• "The Library of the Apocalypse" by Rati Mehrotra
• "We, the Fleet" by Alex T. Singer
• "Descent" by Wole Talabi
• "Oh Time Thy Pyramids" by Ann LeBlanc
• "Proxima One" by Caryanna Reuven
• "Yarn Theory" by Marie Vibbert

Non-Fiction

• "Symbiosis and Holobionts, or Life Is a Manifold" by Gunnar De Winter
• "Dialogue Only: A conversation with Jane Espenson" by Arley Sorg
• "Inside the Science Fiction Studio: A Conversation with David Barr Kirtley" by Arley Sorg
• "Editor's Desk: From Unusual Places" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art

• "Jungleman II" by Arthur Haas