The political stance is ‘so in your face’ you’d think the story heavy-handed to the point it simply collapses under the weight of its own self-righteousness. Time travel! This kind of reminded me of Connie Willis, but the fearless Afifi is not nearly as polite in her dismantling of the British Empire. ‘The Lonely Time Traveller of Kentish Town’ by Nadia Afifi ***** This one is especially dark, but there is a heartrending thread of wonder here too. Space pirates! Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke never balks at publishing stories offering grim takes on well-trodden tropes. ‘Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black’ by Isabel J. Only 15 pages long, with limited dialogue in italics, this is a tour de force. The beloved SF trope of ‘reverse colonialism’ gets a vigorous workout here, that is (seemingly) beneficent aliens politely sharing their galactic viewpoint and technology to remind us how savage a race we still are. ‘Accountability, and Other Myths of Old Earth’ by Aimee Ogden ***** Standard ‘worker agitprop’ let down by its ending. ‘The Rhythm of the Soul’ by Michelle Julia John *** He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven will published in early 2023. 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.
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.Īdditionally, Neil edits Forever-a digital-only, reprint science fiction magazine he launched in 2015. 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. 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 Clarke is best known as the editor and publisher of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine.
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