December Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine

The December issue of Clarkesworld Magazine features stories by Samantha Henderson, Loreen Heneghan and Lisa Mantchev, non-fiction from Jason Ridler and an interview with Steven Erikson by Jeff VanderMeer. Our cover art, "Sunken City", was created by Michael Brack. This is Lisa Mantchev's second appearance in Clarkesworld. Her story is a companion piece to "A Dance Across Embers" which was originally published in our October issue.

Memorare by Gene Wolfe

For several reasons, including my ongoing battle with pneumonia, Wyrm Publishing's schedule has to be pushed back. Everything is still moving forward, just not at the pace I had hoped for. For example, I had hoped to have Memorare by Gene Wolfe in time for the holidays. Not going to happen. I can show you the final cover though. :)

Original Art by Bob Eggleton	Final Cover Design by Mary Robinette Kowal

The lead character in Memorare, March Wildspring, is making a documentary. For the cover, we decided that a 50's-inspired movie poster would fit the bill. For a larger and more impressive few, click on the movie poster.

November Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine

The November issue of Clarkesworld Magazine features stories by Ken Scholes and Rebecca Ore, non-fiction from Jeff VanderMeer and an interview with Sean Williams by Tobias Buckell. Our cover art, "I Got Something on my Head", was created by Serj Iulian. This is Serj's second Clarkesworld cover.

Ministry of Whimsy Becomes Imprint of Wyrm

For Immediate Release:
Effective January 1, 2008, Jeff VanderMeer's Ministry of Whimsy Press will come out of hibernation as an imprint of Wyrm Publishing. VanderMeer will work as a creative consultant and publicist for the Ministry's books.

In its previous incarnations, the Ministry published the Philip K. Dick Award-winning Troika by Stepan Chapman, as well as the landmark Leviathan fiction anthologies. The Ministry was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 1998 and VanderMeer won a World Fantasy Award in 2003 for co-editing Leviathan 3, also a Philip K. Dick Award finalist.

Future projects for the Ministry will include Last Drink Bird Head, an anthology of flash fiction in support of literacy projects that features contributions from Gene Wolfe, Peter Straub, Tanith Lee, Stephen R. Donaldson, Rikki Ducornet, Caitlin Kiernan, Michael Swanwick, and many more. Through Wyrm Publishing, the Ministry will release two to three books a year, with the Leviathan series set to return in 2009. The Ministry is not currently soliciting book projects.

Wyrm Publishing was established by Neil Clarke earlier this year, and will soon publish books by Charles Stross, Gene Wolfe, and Tobias Buckell, in addition to the ongoing publication of Clarkesworld Magazine and its annual Realms anthology. For more information on Wyrm Publishing, visit their web site.

October Issue of Clarkesworld

The October issue of Clarkesworld Magazine features stories by Lisa Mantchev and Kristin Mandigma. Our cover art, "Light", was created by Naomi Chen. Later this month, Clarkesworld will start running its first non-fiction columns.

Cover Art for Toast by Charles Stross

I was very happy when Steve Montiglio told me that he was available to do the cover for Charles Stross' short story collection, Toast. Steve had done the covers for the Golden Gryphon editions of The Atrocity Archives and the Jennifer Morgue, so he seemed a perfect fit for this project. The final art is just in and with a little magic added by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have now have a cover. Clicking on the image will take you to our catalog and from there, if you are so inclined, you can get a bigger version of the cover or even order the book.

September Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine

The September issue of Clarkesworld Magazine features stories by Caitlin R. Kiernan and M P Ericson. Our cover art, "Big Octopus", was created by Chen Lin. This issue marks the end of Clarkesworld's first year. All 24 stories are featured in our annual Realms anthology.

SciFi.com Site of the Week

Clarkesworld Magazine has been selected as the SciFi.com Site of the Week.

Cover Art for Memorare

	Here is the cover art for Memorare by Gene Wolfe.  Bob Eggleton emailed me the final version earlier this week and I'm quite pleased. This fits the story very well. Next up, cover design.

REALMS: The Clarkesworld Magazine Anthology

Realms Now Available for Preorder! Selected from the critically-acclaimed online magazine Clarkesworld, Realms collects the work of 24 visionary writers of short fiction, including such World Fantasy, Philip K. Dick, Tiptree, Hugo, and Campbell Award winners and finalists as Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Bear, Catherynne M. Valente, Caitlin Kiernan, Ian Watson, Sarah Monette, and Holly Phillips — and amazing stories from up-and-comers like Ekaterina Sedia, Cat Rambo, Barth Anderson, and many more! Available in Trade Paperback and Hardcover.

Congratulations to Catherynne M. Valente

Her December, 2006 Clarkesworld Magazine story, "Urchins, While Swimming" has taken first place in the StorySouth Million Writers Award for Best Online Story in 2006.

July Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine

The July issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is online now and features stories by Cat Rambo or Darren Speegle. This month's art is by Natasha Nesterova.

Valente Story Makes Top Ten of 2006

Congratulations to Catherynne M. Valente! Her Clarkesworld Magazine story, Urchins, While Swimming, has been chosen as one of the top ten online stories for 2006 by storySouth. She's now in the running for a $300 prize for 1st place, so I urge all of you who enjoyed this story to go and VOTE!

June Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine

The June issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is online now and features stories by Holly Phillips and David Charlton. This month's art is by Ian Field-Richards.

Memorare by Gene Wolfe

Wyrm Publishing is honored to announce that we will be publishing a signed limited edition hardcover of Gene Wolfe's novella, Memorare. This book is expected to be available in Fall, 2007.

TOAST by Charles Stross

We have secured the rights to publish a signed limited edition of Charles Stross' short story collection, TOAST. This collection gathers stories published between 1989 and 2001, including his award-nominated story, "Lobsters". At present, this book is scheduled for November/December 2007.

Tides from the New Worlds by Tobias Buckell

Wyrm Publishing is happy to announce that it will be publishing Tobias Buckell's first collection, Tides from the New Worlds, in early 2008.