M L Clark

M L Clark is a writer of speculative fiction (Analog, Clarkesworld, F&SF) and humanist essays (for OnlySky). Canadian by birth and settler by heritage, Clark now calls Medellín, Colombia home, and publishes translations of classic Colombian literature alongside personal SFF out of Sí, Hay Futuros Ediciones. Follow Clark’s newsletter, Better Worlds Theory, for weekly international analyses, media literacy pieces, and/or thoughts on literature and publishing.

Ghosts vs. Ghosts and the Shift from Traditional Hauntings

Culture / M L Clark

Apparitions from the afterlife have a tried-and-true role in Western fiction. Usually, when a ghost appears, it’s with a rigid […]

Somebody Somewhere and the Everyone, Everywhere of Grief

Essays / M L Clark

Telling stories about life after death is a strange business. It’s possible we lean so often on the fantastical because