Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 83, August 2013

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 83, August 2013

Written by Neil Clarke
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FICTION“Cry of the Kharchal” by Vandana Singh “Shepherds” by Greg Kurzawa“Found” by Alex Dally MacFarlane“The Lovers” by Eleanor Arnason“Cilia-of-Gold” by Stephen BaxterNON-FICTION“The Candlelit World: The Dark Roots of Myth and Fantasy” by Christopher Mahon“Decadence & Buckets of Blood: A Conversation with Holly Black” by Jeremy L. C. Jones“Another Word: Circles Rise Again” by Daniel Abraham“Editor's Desk: Returning to the Scene of the Crime” by Neil Clarke

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Publisher Wyrm Publishing
Published August 1, 2013
ISBN 18291673
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