Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 169

by Neil Clarke

  As you’ve probably figured out, there’s no happy ending to this story. Johnny passed away on the morning of September 25th. I am crushed, but he will always be with me in my mind and heart. Cherished.

  If you have people like Johnny in your life, tell them. Thank them.

  Thank you Johnny. Love you.

  About the Author

  Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld Magazine and Forever Magazine; owner of Wyrm Publishing; and a eight-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form). His anthologies include Upgraded, Galactic Empires, More Human Than Human, Touchable Unreality, The Final Frontier, Not One of Us, The Eagle has Landed, and the Best Science Fiction of the Years series. His next anthology, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5, will be published later this year by Night Shade Books. He currently lives in NJ with his wife and two sons.

  Cover Art:

  Ancient Stones

  Francesca Resta

  About the Artist

  Francesca Resta is an Italian illustrator based in London, UK. Her love for fantasy and science fiction novels drives her art and she paints digital illustrations for book covers for US and Italian publishers such as Penguin/Putnam, Simon and Schuster, Sourcebooks, Mondadori and Giunti.