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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149 February 2019

Penned By Neil Clarke
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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149 February 2019

Penned By Neil Clarke
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Editor's Note:
Our February 2019 issue (#149) contains:*Original fiction by Brit E. B. Hvide ("East of the Sun, West of the Stars"), Robert Reed ("Painwise"), Ian Creasey ("The Final Ascent"), A. T. Greenblatt ("Give the Family My Love"), Bo Balder ("The Face of God"), and Suo Hefu ("The Butcher of New Tasmania").* Reprints by . Qiouyi Lu ("Mother Tongues") and Ian McDonald ("Digging").* Non-fiction by Douglas F. Dluzen, an interview with Suzanne Palmer, an Another Word column by Cat Rambo, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

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Length 131 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Wyrm Publishing
Released February 1, 2019
Identifier (ISBN) 44092137
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Neil Clarke
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Neil Clarke

After spending years working in the corporate world, Neil Clarke finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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