2019 Clarkesworld Best Short Story and Cover Art The following stories and covers were nominated by our readers as their favorites from our 2019 issues. Now you get to pick the winner in each category. Voting will close on February 20th at 8PM EST and the results will be announced in our March issue. For links to the stories and art, please see: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_20 OK Question Title * 1. Rank the following stories in order of preference, 1 being your most preferred. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Such Thoughts Are Unproductive” by Rebecca Campbell (December) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “The Sun from Both Sides” by R.S.A. Garcia (May) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet” by Catherine George (December) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Give the Family My Love” by A. T. Greenblatt (February) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “East of the Sun, West of the Stars” by Brit E. B. Hvide (February) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Your Future is Pending” by Matthew Kressel (November) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart” by Sam Miller (July) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Dave's Head” by Suzanne Palmer (September) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “The Painter of Trees” by Suzanne Palmer (June) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Insaan Hain, Farishte Nahin” by Arula Ratnakar (May) OK Question Title * 2. Rank the following covers in order of preference, 1 being your most preferred. 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Ghostship” by Pascal Blanche (January) 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Alien Abstract VI” by Arthur Haas (March) 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Vertigo” by Matt Dixon (May) 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Adaptation” by Beeple (October) 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Pizza Break” by Tomas Kral (November) 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Halo” by Derek Stenning (December) OK DONE