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 September 2025 issue (#228) contains:<br/>Fiction "Abstraction Is When I Design Giant Death Creatures and Attraction Is When I Do It for You" by Claire Jia-Wen "Wireworks" by Sheri Singerling "Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins" by Louis Inglis Hall "Aperture" by Alexander Jablokov "The Fury of the Glowmen" by David McGillveray "Five Impossible Things" by Koji A. Dae "A World of Their Own" by Robert Falco<br/>Non-Fiction "What A Cup of Coffee Can Teach Us About Science" by Douglas F. Dluzen "Brutality and Whimsy: A Conversation with Martin Cahill" by Arley Sorg "Fear, Indecision, and Doubt: A Conversation with Thomas Ha" by Arley Sorg "Editor's Desk: Aftermath of a Worldcon" by Neil Clarke<br/>Cover Art<br/>"The Key" by Ninja Jo