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.