Periodicals, late May
Bastion
• Monthly online SF magazine, since April 2014; editor-in-chief R. Leigh Henning
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.bastionmag.com/
May 2014—
Cover art by Milan Jaram
• Second issue of a new monthly SF zine, available by subscription from Weightless, or as individual issues for Kindle or Nook.
• Stories are by Jamie Lackey, Gary Emmette Chandler, Brandon McNulty, G.J. Brown, Mark Patrick Lynch, Marty Bonus, Rosemary Claire Smith, Eric Del Carlo, and Jessica Payseur.
• Lois Tilton reviewed the issue here.
(Sun 18 May 2014)
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/
May 2014—
Issue 146-148, cover art by David Demaret
• Issue 148, posted May 29, has stories by M. Bennardo and Garnett Elliot.
• Issue 147, posted May 15th, has stories by E. Catherine Tobler and Carrie Patel, with a podcast of the Tobler story. Issue 146, posted May 1st, has stories by Nicole M. Taylor and Andrea Stewart, with a podcast of the Taylor story.
(Thu 29 May 2014)
Black Static
• British fantasy and horror magazine, debuting 2007 (formerly The Third Alternative), edited by Andy Cox
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/
May/June 2014—
Issue 40, £4.99, 96pp, cover art by Ben Baldwin
• Stories in this issue are by Tim Casson, Chris Barnham, Sarah Read, Stephen Hargadon, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Paul Meloy.
• Columns are by Stephen Volk, Lynda E. Rucker, Peter Tennant, and Tony Lee.
(Tue 27 May 2014)
Daily Science Fiction
• Original science fiction & fantasy emailed to you every weekday; debuted September 1, 2010; editors Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso
• Format: Online; email
• Frequency: daily
• http://dailysciencefiction.com/
May 2014—
• Stories posted this past month are by Kat Otis, M. Bennardo, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Mari Ness, Brian Yamauchi, and others.
(Thu 29 May 2014)
Interzone
• SF magazine, currently bimonthly, published since 1982, co-founded by David Pringle; edited since 2004 by Andy Cox
• http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/
May/June 2014—
Issue 252, £4.99, 96pp, cover art by Ben Baldwin
• This issue has fiction by Neil Williamson, Katharine E.K. Duckett, Val Nolan, Oliver Buckram, Claire Humphrey, and Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam.
• Features and reviews are by David Langford, Tony Lee, Nick Lowe, Paul Kincaid, and others, with an interview of Neil Williamson.
(Tue 27 May 2014)
Shimmer
• Fantasy fiction, since 2005; senior editor E. Catherine Tobler; electronic only since issue 19
• Format: Electronic
• Frequency: Bi-monthly
• http://www.shimmerzine.com/
May 2014—
Issue 19
• This issue is the first digital-only issue, available by subscription, with one story posted online every two weeks.
• Stories in this issue are by K.M. Ferebee, Tara Isabella Burton, Margaret Dunlap, and Rachael Acks.
(Thu 29 May 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/
May 2014—
• Fiction posted this past month include Jack Mierzwa’s Saltwater Economics, and Susan Jane Bigelow’s Sarah’s Child
• There are columns by Eleanor Arnason, Me and Science Fiction: Invisible, and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Movements: Brown Woman at Work, and an interview with Benjanun Sriduangkaew.
• There is also poetry by Ruth Jenkins, Gillian Daniels, Charis M. Ellison, and Tin Gou, plus reviews.
(Thu 29 May 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/
May 2014—
• Original stories posted this past month include Mary Rickert’s The Mothers of Voorhisville, Anne M. Pillsworth’s , Veronica Schanoes’ Among the Thorns, John Scalzi’s Unlocked, Ruthanna Emrys’ The Litany of Earth, Kevin J. Anderson’s Island in a Sea of Stars, Anna Tambour’s The Walking-Stick Forest, Bethany Neal’s Friends ‘Til the End, and Genevieve Valentine’s The Insects of Love.
• Excerpts include those from novels by Charlaine Harris, Alastair Reynolds, John Scalzi, and many others.
(Thu 29 May 2014)
Weird Tales
• Dark fantasy magazine, published since 1923; currently published quarterly, edited by Marvin Kaye
• http://www.weirdtalesmagazine.com/
Spring 2014—
Whole #362, $9.99, cover art by Danielle Tunstall
• This “Undead Issue” has themed fiction by Cynthia Ward, Justin Gustainis, Ron Goulart, and others, plus unthemed fiction by Ramsey Campbell, Elizabeth Bear, and others.
• Poetry is by Briam Lumley, Jane Yolen, and others.
• There’s also a tribute to Parke Godwin by Marvin Kaye, an inside look at the magazine by Jeff Wong, and an interview with Joyce Carol Oates.
(Thu 29 May 2014)