The December 2011 issue of Clarkesworld. This issue features fiction by Ben Peek ("Sirius"), Chris Stabback ("In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems") and Catherynne M. Valente (Part 3/3 of "Silently and Very Fast"), an interview with Aliette de Bodard, an article on the off-planet locations on Earth by Brenta Blevins and seasons greetings from the Clarkesworld staff.