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) 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 Reuvenm, translated by Sue Burke * "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