Electronic Periodicals, late October
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews
• Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats
• Frequency: biweekly
• http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
October 2013—
Issue 132-133, cover art by Rick Sardhina
• Issue 133, posted October 31, has stories by Matthew Kressel and Alan Baxter, and an audio fiction podcast by Gemma Files.
• Issue 132, posted October 17, has stories by Gemma Files and Caleb Wilson, with an audio fiction podcast by Adam Callaway.
• Lois Tilton reviewed these issues yesterday, especially recommending the Gemma Files story.
(Thu 31 Oct 2013)
Mythic Delirium
• Bi-annual poetry magazine since 1998; published and edited by Mike Allen
• http://www.mythicdelirium.com/
Oct 2013—
Issue 0.2, cover art by Paula Friedlander
• This poetry ‘zine’s second digital edition has posted, in October, a story by Georgina Bruce and poems by Liz Bourke and Jennifer Crow. Content to be posted in November and December are also listed.
• Editor Mike Allen has this background editorial.
(Thu 31 Oct 2013)
SF Site
• Reviews, interviews, feature, links; published by Rodger Turner since 1997
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Semi-monthly
• http://www.sfsite.com/
mid-October 2013—
• The lead review by Dave Truesdale is about the latest Writers of the Future anthology.
• Other reviews include Nathan Brazil on Ben Aaronovitch, Sandra Scholes on David Lee Summers and on poetry ‘zine 140 and Counting, Mario Guslandi on Brian James Freeman, Trent Walters on Alan Dean Foster, and Steven H Silver on Robert Silverberg.
• There’s also Neil Walsh’s “New Arrivals” column.
(Thu 31 Oct 2013)
Strange Horizons
• Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews; founded September 2000; editor-in-chief Susan Marie Groppi through 2010, Niall Harrison beginning 2011
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Weekly; reviews posted three times a week
• http://www.strangehorizons.com/
October 2013—
• Stories posted this month are by Lara Elena Donnelly, Steve Berman, and Sunny Moraine, each with a podcast reading.
• Poetry is by Marchell Dyon, Margartia Tenser, April Grant, and Richard Prins.
• Columns and articles are by Genevieve Valentine (about Ben Affleck’s Batman), John Clute (his “Score” column, reviewing nonfiction by Andrew Milner), Renay, Elena Gomel, and Lavie Tidhar & Shimon Adaf.
• Lois Tilton reviewed this month’s stories yesterday, especially recommending the one by Sunny Moraine.
(Thu 31 Oct 2013)
Tor.com
• SF & fantasy fiction, reviews, commentary, founded 2008; staff includes fiction editors Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Liz Gorinsky
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Daily
• http://www.tor.com/
October 2013—
• New stories posted this month include a long story, Wakulla Springs, by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages; Slayers: The Making of a Mentor by C.J. Hill; Come Back to the Sea by Jason Vanhee; and Freeze Warning by Susan Krinard.
• There are also numerous reprints and excerpts, by Gene Wolfe, Howard Waldrop, Robert Charles Wilson, and many others.
• Lois Tilton reviews two of the stories, including a lengthy examination of the Duncan/Klages novella.
(Thu 31 Oct 2013)