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/

August 25 2011—
Issue 76
• The two stories in this issue are Marissa Lingen’s and Peter Darbyshire’s The Angel Azrael Rode Into the Town of Burnt Church on a Dead Horse.
• Issue 75 had Ferrett Steinmetz’ My Father’s Wounds and Michael John Grist’s Bone Diamond.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

Fantasy Magazine

• Fantasy fiction, articles, and reviews, posted several times per week, since November 2005; current editor John Joseph Adams
• Format: Online
• Frequency: near-daily
• http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/

August 2011—
Issue 53, cover art by Laura Diehl
• Posted since earlier this month include Laura Anne Gilman’s Crossroads, with an author spotlight, and Michael Swanwick’s The Edge of the World (a classic reprint).
• Recent nonfiction: Genevieve Valentine’s The Weirdest Fairy-Tale Wishes Ever Made.
• Earlier: Fiction posted so far this month is by Cory Skerry’s “The World Is Cruel, My Daughter” and Nisi Shawl’s “The Pragmatical Princess”. Coming later in the month will be Laura Anne Gilman’s “Corssroads”, and Michael Swanwick’s “The Edge of the World” (a reprint).
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Seanan McGuire, and an article by Saladin Ahmed, “The Messengers, Monsters, and Moral Instructors of Islamic Literature”, and spotlights on the authors and cover artist. Coming later this month will be nonfiction by Abby Goldsmith and Genevieve Valentine.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

Lightspeed

• Science fiction stories, original and reprint, plus features; edited by John Joseph Adams; debuted June 2010
• Format: Online; ebook
• Frequency: Monthly issues in ebook formats for purchase; weekly online updates free
• http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/

August 2011—
Issue 15, cover art by Tim Warnock
• Posts since earlier this month include Genevieve Valentine’s The Nearest Thing and Connie Willis’ Nonstop to Portales (a reprint). Nonfiction by Graeme McMillan is Four Milestones In the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence.
• Earlier: Fiction posted so far this month is Will McIntosh’ “Defenders” and a reprint, John Varley’s “Just Another Perfect Day”. Coming later in the month will be stories by Genevieve Valentine and Connie Willis (a reprint).
• Nonfiction so far includes Jeremiah Tolbert’s “Five Ways to End an Alien Invasion”, and “Forget Everything You’ve Ever Known About Amnesia” by The Evil Monkey, plus spotlights on the authors and cover artist. Later in the month will be a piece on artificial intelligence by Graeme McMillan, and an interview with Simon Pegg.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

SF Signal

• Daily blog of SF reviews, links, video clips, and commentary; online since 2003; regular contributors JP Frantz and John DeNardo
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Daily
• http://www.sfsignal.com/

August 2011—
• Latest Podcasts include an interview with science comedian Brian Malow, an interview with William Gibson, and an interview with Locus reviewer Gary K. Wolfe.
• Recent Mind Meld roundtables have been on fantasy maps, recommended genre books for 9-year-olds, and favorites series of all time.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

SF Site

• Reviews, interviews, feature, links; published by Rodger Turner since 1997
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Semi-monthly
• http://www.sfsite.com/

mid-August 2011—
• The lead review, by Paul Kincaid, is of Gordon Van Gelder’s anthology Welcome to the Greenhouse.
• Other reviews include Paul Kincaid on Ian McDonald, Sandra Scholes on Stephen Jones and Craig Robertson, Michael M Jones on A. Lee Martinez, and Andy Remic on Lawrence Sutin.
• There are columns by Rick Klaw & Mark London Williams and Neil Walsh.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

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/

August 2011—
• Fiction posted August 15th, 22nd, and 29th, includes Souvenir by Genevieve Valentine, and reprint Home by the Sea by Pat Cadigan; the latter has an introduction by Tricia Sullivan and is accompanied by a retrospective article by Tanya Brown.
• August 1st and 8th posts included parts 1 and 2 of fiction by Liz Argall, The Rugged Track, poetry by Charles Cantrell and Jamieson Ridenhour, and a column by Mark Plummer, Paraphernalia: Rockets in Reno. Review are by Matthew Cheney, Marina Berlin, Rhiannon Lassiter, Dan Hartland, Katherine Farmer, and Hallie O’Donovan.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)

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/

August 2011—
• The one new story posted in the past three weeks is Swingers by Robert Reed.

(Wed 31 Aug 2011)