This look at the colorful and complex history of cosplay and fandom fashion examines the relationship between franchises and the cosplayers they inspire and the technology that helps bring the details of costumes to life.

MECH: Age of Steel is a collection of 24 mecha-inspired short stories in the spirit of Pacific Rim, Macross, Transformers, Robotech, Gundam, Evangelion, and more. The MECH: Age of Steel anthology features a vast array of tales showcasing giant human-piloted, robot war machines wreaking havoc in blasted cities, or on dystopian landscapes, or around space stations and asteroids against a cosmic backdrop, and more! MECH is anchored by authors such as: Kevin J. Anderson Scott Sigler Ramez Naam Jason M. Hough Jeremy Robinson Jody Lynn Nye Peter Clines Martha Wells Graham McNeill Jennifer Brozek James Swallow and more! This anthology also features illustrations for every story and is the perfect companion to its sister title, Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters. So strap in. Activate your interface array. And let's rock!

In War Stories: New Military Science Fiction, editors Andrew Liptak and Jaym Gates collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors dealing with the effects of war prior, during, and after battle to soldiers and their families.War is everywhere. Not only among the firefights, in the sweat dripping from heavy armor and the clenching grip on your weapon, but also wedging itself deep into families, infiltrating our love letters, hovering in the air above our heads. It's in our dreams and our text messages. At times it roars with adrenaline, while at others it slips in silently so it can sit beside you until you forget it's there.Join Joe Haldeman, Linda Nagata, Karin Lowachee, Ken Liu, Jay Posey, and more as they take you on a tour of the battlefields, from those hurtling through space in spaceships and winding along trails deep in the jungle with bullets whizzing overhead, to the ones hiding behind calm smiles, waiting patiently to reveal itself in those quiet moments when we feel safest. War Stories brings us 23 stories of the impacts of war, showcasing the systems, combat, armor, and aftermath without condemnation or glorification.Instead, War Stories reveals the truth.War is what we are.Table of Contents:Foreword -- Gregory DrobnyGraves -- Joe HaldemanPart 1: Wartime SystemsIn the Loop -- Ken LiuGhost Girl -- Rich LarsonThe Radio -- Susan Jane BigelowContractual Obligation -- James L. CambiasThe Wasp Keepers -- Mark JacobsenNon-Standard Deviation -- Richard DanskyPart 2: CombatAll You Need -- Mike SizemoreThe Valkyrie -- Maurice BroaddusOne Million Lira -- Thoraiya DyerInvincible -- Jay PoseyLight and Shadow -- Linda NagataPart 3: Armored ForceWarhosts -- Yoon Ha LeeSuits -- James SutterMission. Suit. Self. -- Jake KerrIn Loco -- Carlos OrsiPart 4: AftermathWar Dog -- Mike BarrettaComing Home -- Janine SpendloveWhere We Would End a War -- F. Brett CoxBlack Butterfly -- T.C. McCarthyAlways the Stars and the Void Between -- Nerine DormanEnemy States -- Karin Lowachee (Read for free at Apex Magazine!)War 3.01 -- Keith BrookeCover art by Galen Dara.

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 April 2021 issue (#175) contains:Original fiction by Ray Nayler ("Sarcophagus"), Endria Isa Richardson ("The Field Tiger"), Dean-Paul Stephens ("Ouroboros"), Richard Webb ("The Sheen of Her Carapace"), Chen Qian ("Catching the K Beast"), Andrea Kriz ("Communist Computer Rap God"), and L Chan ("A House Is Not A Home").Non-fiction includes an article by Andrew Liptak and interviews with Harry Turtledove and Bo-young Kim, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.