Shimmer

• Fantasy fiction, since 2005, editor-in-chief Beth Wodzinski
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Quarterly
• http://www.shimmerzine.com/

Issue 18, 2014—
$8, 130pp, cover art by Kurt Huggins
• This issue, guest-edited by Ann VanderMeer, has stories by Ben Peek, Rachel Marston, Ramsey Shehadeh, Christine Schirr, Ben Godby, Annalee Newitz, Jeff VanderMeer, and Dustin Monk.
• The magazine’s website has this order page with the full table of contents and the opening paragraphs from each story.

(Mon 24 Feb 2014)

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/

February 2014—
• Stories posted this past month include 21 Steps to Enlightenment (Minus One) by LaShawn M. Wanak, Lysistrata of Mars by Tory Hoke, and The Suitcase Aria by Marissa Lingen.
• Poetry is by John Philip Johnson, Peter Chiykowski, and Susan Carlson, plus contributors to a special poetry issue posted 24 February, incluidng Natalia Theodoridou, Alicia Cole, Jude Alford, Mike Allen, and several others.
• There is a column by S.E. Connolly and an article by three poetry editors.
• Weekly reviews include those covering titles by Jeff VanderMeer, Simon Ings, Ian McDonald, and others.

(Wed 26 Feb 2014)

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/

February 2014—
• Original fiction posted this past month includes three stories all inspired by an illustration from Richard AndersonReborn by Ken Liu, Space Ballett by Judith Moffett, and Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? by Kathleen Ann Goonan.
• Other stories include Mad Maudlin by Marie Brennan, The Tallest Doll in New York City by Maria Dahvana Headley, The Price of Doing Business by DB Jackson, Cold War by Adam Christopher, and Jubilee by Karl Schroeder.
• There are also numerous novel excerpts by Karl Schroder, Patricia Briggs, Seanan McGuire, Glenn Cook, and others.

(Wed 26 Feb 2014)