One of my favorite odd sources of science fiction stories is the “Futures” columns in Nature and Nature Physics – somewhere Clarion grads might want to check out.   The 6 March 2008 issue of Nature  has a neat little story of transfiguration by Chaz Brenchley.  Other favorites include:
      o the February 21 Nature story Ever, by fantasy writer Jeff Crook;
      o two recent stories by 1967 UCSD Ph.D. alum Greg Benford, “The Champagne Award” in Nature and “Reasons Not To Publish” in Nature Physics;
     o Terry Bisson’s “BYOB FAQ” in the 11 October 2007 Nature; and
     o my all-time favorite, Vonda McIntyre’s “A modest proposal,” a riff on Jonathan Swift’s essay of the same name, from the 3 March 2005 issue of Nature.

On the other end of the scale is the wonderful interview with great artwork in the 5 July 2007 issue of Nature, bringing together four science fiction writers with backgrounds in the biological sciences to talk about SF.  It’s a very insightful discussion of the ways that science influences their writing, and vice versa.