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Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

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 Science fiction and fantasy stories from the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning magazine, Clarkesworld. Hosted by Kate Baker.Clarkesworld Magazine, 2006-2024 Art Literary History & Criticism Science Fiction
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  • Ratlines by Brent Baldwin

    Ratlines by Brent Baldwin
    Nov 27 2025

    This episode features "Ratlines" written by Brent Baldwin. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.

    The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/baldwin_11_25

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    10 mins
  • Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World by Chisom Umeh

    Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World by Chisom Umeh
    Nov 24 2025

    This episode features "Prerequisites for the Creation of a Possible Predicted World" written by Chisom Umeh. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.

    The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_11_25

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    32 mins
  • Trees at Night by Ramiro Sanchiz

    Trees at Night by Ramiro Sanchiz
    Nov 19 2025

    This episode features "Trees at Night" written by Ramiro Sanchiz and translated by Sue Burke. Published in the November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. Originally published in Spanish in Ruido Blanco #9, 2021.

    The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25

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    40 mins
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"The Things" has earned the acclaim it's been awarded; an innovative take on the SciFi genre, it offers readers a perspective likely not considered independently, and does so extremely well.

Awards for "The Things":
Winner of the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Story.
Finalist for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
Finalist for the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.
Finalist for the 2011 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
Finalist for the 2010 Parsec Award for short fiction (avdio version).

I've listened to this story several times and often enthusiastically share it with fans of the 1982 film The Thing (a quintessentially classic suspense/thriller featuring ground breaking inimitable SFX).

I do think it's very important to have at least a passing familiarity with the movie in order to be able to properly enjoy this story. Arguably this is the story's most significant flaw, but simultaneously it is the nature of the beast; similarly, one would most enjoy a sequel having first taken in the original work.

Despite the relative age of this story in Clarkesworld's extensive catalogue, it is read well. Your host and narrator Kate Baker is (as ever) a uniquely delightful talent.

A critically lauded expansion on The Thing (1982)

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