Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet

• Issue 22, June 2008, $5, 60pp, cover art by Derek Ford
• Semi-annual small-press magazine subtitled 'an occasional outburst'; published/edited by Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link
• Website: http://www.lcrw.net/lcrw/index.htm

• This issue has fiction by Charlie Anders, Maureen F. McHugh, Caleb Wilson, David J. Schwartz, Jeremie McKnight, Cara Spindler, William Alexander, Becca De La Rosa, Carol Emshwiller, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Jodi Lynn Villers, Miriam Allred, Mark Rigney, and Kristine Dikeman
• There are also comics by Abby Denson and Michael J. DeLuca, and poetry by Eileen Gunn.
• Nonfiction consists Gwenda Bond's column "Dear Aunt Gwenda".

(Sat 24 May 2008)

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Mythic Delirium

• Issue 18, Winter/Spring 2008, $5.00, 28pp, cover art by Tim Mullins
• Bi-annual poetry magazine since 1998; published and edited by Mike Allen
• Website: http://www.mythicdelirium.com/

• Poetry in this issue is by Jeannine Hall Gailey, Greg Moglia, Sonya Taaffe, Gene van Troyer, Robert Borski, Gemma Files, and others.
• The Mythic Delirium site will have the wraparound cover image, and table of contents, online shortly.

(Wed 21 May 2008)

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Star*Line

• Issue 31.2, March/April 2008, $3.50, 28pp, cover art by Randy Moore
• Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA); edited by Marge Simon
• Website: http://www.sfpoetry.com/

• Poetry in this issue is by Gary Every, Mikal Trimm, Peter Payack, R. Borski, Sandra Lindow, Geoffrey A. Landis, and many others. The notes that "in this issue we are looking at the surreal, the humorous, and the poetic dealing with emotions plus a smattering of the unclassifiable."
• Features are a President's Message by Deborah P. Kolodji, news about awards and events, small press reviews, and reports from the World Horror Convention.
• Included with this issue is a pamphlet "Fairytale Graveyard", a gift booklet of horror poetry designed for World Horror Con 2008.

(Thu 22 May 2008)

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Weird Tales

• Issue 349, Vol. 63 No. 2, March/April 2008, $6.99, 128pp, cover art by Newel Anderson
• Dark fantasy magazine, published since 1923; currently published quarterly, edited by George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer, & John Betancourt
• Website: http://www.weirdtalesmagazine.com/

• Fiction in this issue is by Tanith Lee, Ramsey Shehadeh, Sarah Monette, John Kirk, Rachel Swirsky, and Michael Moorcock.
• The main feature is a section about "The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years", voted by readers in honor of the magazine's 85th anniversary. The magazine's website has the complete list with several samples.
• Other features include an excerpt from Csilla Csori's The Science of Dune, and an interview with China Miéville. Regular columns and departments include the editorial Eyrie; a calendar of events; a brief letters column; reviews; a "Lost in Lovecraft" column by Kenneth Hite; and a commentary by Darrell Schweitzer.
• The magazine's website has this order page listing the complete table of contents.

(Wed 21 May 2008)

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