Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our August 2014 issue contains: Original Fiction by James Patrick Kelly ("The Rose Witch"), Caroline M. Yoachim ("Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion"), Kat Howard ("The Saint of the Sidewalks"), and Joseph Tomaras ("Bonfires in Anacosta"). - Classic stories by Naomi Novik ("Seven Years from Home") and Ian R. MacLeod ("Nevermore"). - Non-fiction by Susan E. Connolly (the conclusion of her analysis of gender in short fiction), an interview with Peter Watts, an Another Word column by Daniel Abraham, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.