This isn’t a full damn newsletter, because my book—MY LAST BOOK IN THE SAINT DEATH TRILOGY, CLOSING OUT MORE THAN A FULL THIRD OF MY LIFE THUS FAR— is due in 17 days, but there will be a longer, breezier, newsier newsletter anon!
No, THIS newsletter is a SPECIAL EDITION! And all to tell you that my darling Carlos Hernandez, mi esposo, the happy genius of our household, has a new novelette out in Clarkesworld as of TODAY!
It’s a market he’s always loved and admired, and he shares the ToC with Thomas Ha, R.S.A. Garcia, R.L. Meza, K. J. Khan, Ju Chu, and Fiona Moore as well!
Because my mentor Gene Wolfe told me “Writers that don’t subscribe to the magazines they’re submitting to are cutting their own throats.”
In Carlos’s own words:
Hey everyone! I am very proud of this one. My novelette “Focus” is in the July 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine!
Clarkesworld is a dream market, and I am extremely chuffed that my weird story about birding with bluetooth-enabled eyes found its home here.
It’s a longer piece, so it a pretty big request to ask you to give it a peek. But I’d really appreciate it!
And please consider supporting Clarkesworld. They’re running a subscription drive so that they can continue to pay everyone involved in the creation of a top-tier magazine—including editors, who all too often volunteer their amazing talents just for the love of the genre. Links to my story and the subscription drive in the first comment. Thank you! *glitterbomb*
C.S.E. Cooney 