Where would you go to escape the end of the world as you know it?

“The Library of the Apocalypse” by Rati Mehrota (2025) — 3,850 words (about 12 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #224, May 2025.

Thelma and Louise plus one.

“If We Make It Through This Alive” by A.T. Greenblatt (2025) — 7,070 words (about 29 minutes for the average reader)

Publish on It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton, 30 April 2025.

From the other side of climate change.

“Through These Moments, Darkly” by Samantha Murray (2025) — 3,610 words (about 15 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #223, April 2025.

An exploration of how sound might work on other planets.

“The Sound of the Star” by Ren Zeyu, translated from Chinese by Jay Zhang (2025) — 3,820 words (about 16 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #222, March 2025.

A deeply moving story of helping others.

“Those Uncaring Waves” by Yukimi Ogawa (2025) — 18,140 words (about 73 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #222, March 2025.

Compassion for AI? Really? Just read it.

“From Enceladus, with Love” by Ryan Cole (2025) — 4,970 words (about 20 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #222, March 2025.

A son cares for his elderly father.

“The Hanging Tower of Babel” by Wang Zhenzhen, translated from Chinese by Carment Yiling Yan (2025) — 6,380 words (about 26 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #221, February 2025.

This one has the depth and feel of a novel.

“We Begin Where Infinity Ends” by Somto Ihezue (2025) — 9,270 words (about 37 minutes for the average reader)

Published in Clarkesworld magazine issue #221, February 2025.