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C. L. Clark

C. L. Clark

C.L. Clark, dubbed the "Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians" by Reactor Magazine, is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of a few essays, several short stories, and a handful of books.

📍 London

Bonus - Gay Brunch - Magic of the Lost AU

This post is inspired by this tweet: I typed it out and couldn't get the idea out of my head and so I had to make that YOUR problem. First off: if you continue reading this little short [and you have not read The Faithless], you may be

December 2021

A Year in Review Happy End of 2021! What a fricking year. Wow. That’s a good wow and a bad wow. It’s been a kick-in-the-teeth year, an on-your-knees year. It was full of major life changes and major life accomplishments and major life pains, so, inspired by Malinda

The Cook by...C.L. Clark??

Hey, team! Just playing with my new Yeti microphone with a little narration of a flash piece. You can check out the original text at Uncanny Magazine, or even a Spanish audio and text version. I got this mic to do other narrations, but since I had so much fun

November Updates

and Awards Eligibility! Hey, team! How’s it going? Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are spending time with family. I’m missing mine fiercely (hi, guys!) as this is a big family holiday for me. In that spirit, I would like to first say, thank you. Thank you

2022 Awards Eligibility!

It's that time of year again! I've published everything that I'm going to publish this year, finished all the projects and worked on all of the teams, so I'd love to tell you about them, and if you're so inclined,

On Writing, On Running

and some (late) September Updates Howdy everyone, It’s been a busy summer as I worked on revising The Faithless. I turned it in on time and I’ll probably spend October revising the revision! Ah, the glamor of the novelist’s life. It’s a lot like the athlete’

August 2021 - Birthday Newsletter!

It's my birthday! Book 2 has a title! LeVar Burton! etc. Hello, everyone, This update is overdue, but until recently, there hasn’t been enough accumulated news. There have been a lot of startling and painful and thrilling ups and downs in my life lately. I’ve been

More than a Sword

I wrote my first fantasy short story for English class in 8th grade at Sumner Academy--hi, Mrs. Johnson! A little while later, I realized I liked girls, so I rewrote it! You can read more about that here. Because you all overwhelmingly voted for me to share the entire story

The Unbroken: Books for Palestine Auction

Win a personalized copy, open worldwide. Hi everyone, In theory, it’s around the time for a new newsletter, but before I get composed enough for one of those… It’s no secret, though for some it might be a surprise, that Palestinians have been living through forced evictions and

Awards Noms and Upcoming Events

It’s been just over a month since The Unbroken came out and by all accounts, things are going as well as we can know right now. I’m so grateful for all of you who are getting the word out there about this story. If you’ve read the