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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 156, September 2019

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 156, September 2019

Penned By Neil Clarke
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CONTENTFICTION"Dave’s Head" by Suzanne Palmer"Amorville" by Bella Han"To Catch All Sorts of Flying Things" by M. L. Clark"Lapis" by Sara Saab"Malinche" by Gabriela SantiagoNON-FICTION"Staying with the End of the World: SF Futures of Hope during Ecological Devastation" by Eleanna CastroianniScience Fiction Heist: A Conversation with Derek Künsken by by Arley SorgThe Future of Shame and Hope: A Conversation with L.X. Beckett by Arley Sorg

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