Description

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 February 2026 issue (#233) contains:

Fiction
* "Remember Me in the Meat" by Sarah Pauling
* "Chip" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
* "Think of Me Before I Disappear" by Raahem Alvi
* "A Sleeper Ship Is Like a Game of Go" by Claire Jia-Wen
* "The Iron Piper" by Fiona Moore
* "Painstaking" by Rich Larson
* "Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by the Fraud Baeliss Shudal" by Louis Inglis Hall

Non-Fiction</p>
* "Will Tiny Black Holes Solve Dark Matter" by Terry Franklin
* "The Literary Buffet: A Conversation with James Sallis" by Arley Sorg
* "The Wondrous Nature of Existence: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick" by Arley Sorg
* "Editor's Desk: 2025 Readers' Poll Finalists" by Neil Clarke

Cover Art</p>
* "In This Moment" by Matt Dixon