Periodicals, early July
Apex Magazine
• Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis
• Format: Online; Ebook formats
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://apex-magazine.com/
July 2014—
Issue 62, cover art by Ashley Mackenzie
• Stories in this issue are by Laura Davy, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Gillian Conhan, and Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Additional eBook/subscriber exclusives are by Jon Singer, Roberta Trahan, and Michael J. Martinez.
• Poetry is by Melanie Rees, Anne Carly Abad, Rose Lemberg, and Neile Graham.
• Nonfiction includes interviews with Victor Fernando R. Ocampo and Ashley Mackenzie, short fiction reviews by Charlotte Ashley, an essay on comics by Rachel Edidin, and an editorial by Sigrid Ellis.
• Lois Tilton reviews the issue here.
(Fri 11 Jul 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/
July 2014—
Issue 151, cover art by Alex Ries
• This issue, posted July 10, has stories by Cat Rambo and Helen Marshall, plus the debut episode of new podcast The BCS Audio Valt.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Clarkesworld
• SF and fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and podcasts, since 2006; publisher/editor Neil Clarke
• Format: Online; Ebook
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/
July 2014—
Issue 94, cover art by Albert Urmanov
• Fiction in this issue is by Yoon Ha Lee, N.K. Jemisin, Juliette Wade, William Browning Spencer, and Chris Roberson.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Jeff VanderMeer, an article on tie-in novels, and two pieces by Susan E. Connolly about gender in genre fiction.
• Lois Tilton reviews the issue here.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Galaxy’s Edge
• Bimonthly online SF ezine, beginning March 2013, edited by Mike Resnick
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.galaxysedge.com/
July 2014—
• New and reprinted stories in this issue are by Kary English, Gardner Dozois, Andrea G. Stewart, Robert Sheckley, Laurie Tom, Lou J. Berger, Michael Swanwick, Lisa Tang Liu & Ken Liu, and Kay Kenyon.
• There’s also the third part of a serialization of L. Sprague de Camp’s novel Lest Darkness Fall.
• The interview is of Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dizon, and there are columns by Barry Malzberg, Greg Benford, and Paul Cook.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
GigaNotoSaurus
• SF/fantasy long fiction, one story per month, beginning November 2010, current editor Rashida J. Smith
• Format: Online
• Frequency: monthly
• http://giganotosaurus.org/
July 2014—
• This month’s story is “Sixty Years in the Women’s Province”, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
James Gunn’s Ad Astra
• SF and scholarly articles, since 2012; editors include Isaac Bell and Douglas McKinney
• Format: online
• Frequency: annual
• http://adastra.ku.edu/
Issue 3, 2014—
• This annual issue has short fiction by David Bowles, Hunter Liguore, Sean Monaghan, and Adrian Simmons.
• Poetry is by Changming Yuan, David Falkinburg, and Adele Gardner.
• Nonfiction, by Jean Asselin, is a lengthy theme -based online curriculum for the teaching of science fiction.
• Lois Tilton reviews the issue here.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Kaleidotrope
• Semi-regular sf/f/h zine, since 2006, becoming electronic after Fall 2011; editor Fred Coppersmith
• Format: Print
• Frequency: 2-3/year
• http://www.kaleidotrope.net/
Summer 2014—
• This issue has stories by Preston Grassman, Karen Munro, Desmond Warzel, Angelle Haney Gullett, and Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• There’s also poetry by Folly Blaine and Jessica Meddows.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Lightspeed
• Science fiction and fantasy stories, original and reprint, plus features; edited by John Joseph Adams; debuted June 2010; combined with former Fantasy Magazine since Jan 2012
• Format: Online; ebook
• Frequency: Monthly issues in ebook formats for purchase; weekly online updates free
• http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
July 2014—
Issue 50, cover art by Udara Chinthaka
• This issue has SF stories by Adam-Troy Castro, Jo Walton, Howard Waldrop, and Carrie Vaughn, and fantasy stories by Carmen Maria Machado, Theodora Goss, Matthew Huges, and Emma Bull.
• Nonfiction includes interviews with Karl Schroeder and Richard Garriott.
• Exclusive ebook/print content includes stories and excerpts by Gene Wolfe, Hannu Rajamiemi, Adrian Cole, and Jason Gurley.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Luna Station Quarterly
• SF by women authors, since ~2010; editory and publisher Jennifer Lyn Parsons
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Quarterly
• http://lunastationquarterly.com/
June 2014—
Issue 18
• This issue of an online quarterly of speculative fiction by women has stories by Robin L. Martinez, Sandra Wickham, Chikodili Emelumadu, Nina Shepardson, Natasha Leullier, Penelope Schenk, Molly N. Moss & Shereen Marie Jensen, Christine Rains, Megan Neumann, and Nancy O’Toole.
• Lois Tilton reviews the issue here.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Mythic Delirium
• Quarterly fiction and poetry journal published and edited by Mike Allen; debuted 1998 as a biannual poetry journal, became quarterly in 2013
• http://www.mythicdelirium.com/
July-Sept 2014—
Issue 1.1
• Featured content available online is a story by Jamie Killen and poems by Saira Ali and Jane Yolen.
• Other content available to subscribers included stories from Saira Ali and Virginia M. Mohlere and poetry from Geoffrey A. Landis, Gwynne Garfinkle, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Margo Lanagan, and Sonya Taaffe.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
The New York Review of Science Fiction
• Essays and reviews, published since 1988; edited by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, et al.; PDF and other electronic formats since Sept. 2012
• Format: Electronic
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.nyrsf.com/
June 2014—
Issue 310, Vol. 26 No. 10, 32pp
• This special “Elder Figures of SF” issue features an review by Arthur D. Hlavaty the two Heinlein biographies by William H. Patterson, Jr., and a third volumne about Heinlein edited by Clareson & Sanders; and Michael Swanwick’s “Six Untitled Tales Written in Mark Twain’s Library”.
• There are reviews by Peter Rawlik, Aidan-Paul Canavan, Don Webb, and Jen Gunnels, plus essays and commentary by Richard L. Kellogg, Brian Stableford, Jen Gunnels, Michael Andre-Driussi, Mike Barrett, and Donald M. Hassler.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Nightmare Magazine
• Monthly horror e-zine, since October 2012, edited by John Joseph Adams
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://nightmare-magazine.com/
July 2014—
Issue 22, cover art by Galen Dara
• Stories this month are by Lane Robins, Dennis Etchsion, Mari Ness, and Tom Piccirilli.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Del Howison, and a column by Janice Gable Bashman.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)
Quantum Muse
• Science fiction, fantasy and alternative stories and artwork, based on writers’ group submissions and critiques, since 1998; current lead editor Tim Goyette
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.quantummuse.com/
July 2014—
Cover art by Todd Messegee
• This month’s stories are by Jeromy Henry, Andrew Booth, Harris Tobias, and Laura Beasley.
• There’s also flash fiction and an editorial by Michele Dutcher.
(Fri 11 Jul 2014)