It being a new month, Neil Clarke has been busy getting the new issue of Clarkesworld Magazine online. In #29 you can find fiction by Berrien C. Henderson and Ken Scholes (the latter also available as a podcast), an interview with Jeff VanderMeer, and a fabulous article about the real life horror of right wing fanaticism by Robert N. Lee. I didn’t buy the Lee article – it is the last of Kathy Sedia’s purchases, but I wish I could claim credit for it.

I do have one contribution to the issue – my annual rant about people who think they are “not qualified” to vote in the Hugos. Hopefully having in it Clarkesworld rather than here or on SFAW will reach a different audience. We also announce our 2008 Readers Poll, and there is the fine piece of cover art by Geoff Trebs shown here (LJ and Facebook readers, you’ll need to click through).

Finally I’d like to remind you that Clarkesworld is able to pay its authors professional rates only because of donations from kind people like you. If you would like us to continue bringing you good fiction and articles, please consider making a donation.