Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year)
• http://www.analogsf.com/

January/February 2015—
Vol. 135 No. 1&2, $7.99, 112pp, cover art by John Allemand
• This double issue has a novella by Richard A. Lovett, novelettes by J.T. Sharrah, Stephen Lombard, Henry Lien, and Jay Werkheiser, and short stories by Chuck Rothman, David L. Clements, Arlan Andrews, Sr., Priya Chand, Jerry Oltion, Judith Tarr, Andy Dudak, Sean Vivier, and Lex Wilson. There’s also a “Probability Zero” vignette by Marianne Dyson
• The science fact article, by Stanley Schmidt, is about orbital mechanics.
• Departments include a guest editorial by Rajnar Vajra, an “Alternate View” column by Jeffery D. Kooistra, and a “Reference Library” book review column by Don Sakers.

(Thu 20 Nov 2014)

Asimov’s Science Fiction

• Science Fiction magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year)
• http://www.asimovs.com/

January 2015—
Vol. 39 No. 1 (whole #468), $4.99, 112pp, cover art by Randy Gallegos
• This issue has a novella by Allen M. Steele, a novelette by Rudy Rucker & Marc Laidlaw, and short stories by Christopher Rowe, Caroline M. Yoachim, Jay O’Connell, Peter Wood, and Sarah Pinsker. Poetry is by Trent Walters and Robert Borskil.
• Departments include Sheila Williams’ editorial, about Worldcon; Robert Silverberg’s “Reflections”, about Richard Hakluyt; James Patrick Kelly’s “On the Net” column, called “Billions and Billions”; and book reviews by Paul Di Filippo.

(Thu 20 Nov 2014)

Aurealis

• Australian SF magazine, published irregularly since 1990; online for purchase since 2013
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.aurealis.com.au/

November 2014—
Issue 76
• This issue has stories by Meryl Stenhouse and Melanie Rees.
• There’s also an editorial, an essay on sacred cows, and reviews.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Bastion

• Monthly online SF magazine, since April 2014; editor-in-chief R. Leigh Henning
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.bastionmag.com/

November 2014—
Issue 8
• This issue has stories by Alexander Jones, CJ Menart, B. Brooks, Rob Steiner, Jedd Cole, Michael Andre-Driussi, and Spencer Wightman.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

• Quarterly magazine of fiction and poetry, formerly Pirate Writings, published since 1992; edited by Edward J. McFadden III
• http://www.dnapublications.com/fantastic/

November 2014—
• This issue has an original story by Brenda Kalt, and reprinted stories by Alexandra Grunberg, Darrell Schweitzer, and Krystal Claxton.
• Nonfiction includes reviews by Carole McDonnell, Adam-Troy Castro (covering all four versions of Invaders of the Body Snatchers), Steven Sawicki (books by Scott Lynch, Poul Anderson, and others), and Gilliam Daniels (current short fiction).

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

• Original and reprint SF & F; edited by Warren Lapine
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com/

November 2014—
• This issue has an original story by Brenda Kalt, and reprinted stories by Alexandra Grunberg, Darrell Schweitzer, and Krystal Claxton.
• Nonfiction includes reviews by Carole McDonnell, Adam-Troy Castro (covering all four versions of Invaders of the Body Snatchers), Steven Sawicki (books by Scott Lynch, Poul Anderson, and others), and Gilliam Daniels (current short fiction).

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet

• Semi-annual small-press magazine subtitled ‘an occasional outburst’; published/edited by Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link
• http://www.lcrw.net/lcrw/index.htm

December 2014—
Issue 31, cover art by Ursula Grant
• This issue has fiction by Jessy Randall, Goldie Goldbloom, Kathleen Jennings, Owen King, and Sarah Micklem.
• There’s also a poem by Lesley Wheeler and an essay about community-supported agriculture by Nicole Kimberling.

(Sat 15 Nov 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/

October 2014—
Issue 314, Vol. 27 No. 2, 32pp
• This special “Sex and Memory” issue features an essay by Brian Stableford, “Speculative Sex: The First Gropings”, and an appreciation of Fred Pohl by Fruma Klass.
• Reviews include Michael Levy on Stephen R. Donaldson, A.P. Canavan on Ian C. Esslemont, Dan’l Danehy-Oakes on Daryl Gregory, Joe Sanders on Peter Watts, and Fran Wilde on Eileen Gunn.
• There are also essays by Michael Andre-Driussi, Emily Hosokawa, and Mariano Villareal, and an editorial by Kevin J. Maroney.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Perihelion Science Fiction

• E’zine of hard SF fiction, nonfiction, and art, since 2012; edited by Sam Bellotto Jr.
• Format: Monthly
• Frequency: Online
• http://www.perihelionsf.com/

November 2014—
Cover art by Jesse Jennings
• Stories in this issue are by Francis Marion Soty, David R. Bunch, Alan Rader, Nick Nafpliotis, Barbara Krasnoff, Henry Szabranski, A.L.
Sirois, Anthony Langford, Guy T. Martland, Frederick Obermeyer, and Louis Shalako.
• Articles are by Ricardo L. Garcia and John McCormick.
• There’s also a comic strip, an editorial, a page of shorter stories, and a page of reviews.

(Fri 21 Nov 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/

November 2014—
Issue 22
• This issue has fiction by Alix E. Harrow, Carlie St. George, Craig DeLancey, and Kelly Sandoval.
• There’s also an editorial by E. Catherine Tobler, and an interview with Alix E. Harrow.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

The Dark

• Bimonthly online horror ‘zine, edited by Jack Fisher and Sean Wallace, since October 2013
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Quarterly
• http://www.thedarkmagazine.com/

November 2014—
Issue 6
• This issue has stories by Sara Saab, Eric Schaller, Patricia Russo, and Naim Kabir.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Uncanny

• Magazine of SF and fantasy, since 2014; edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://uncannymagazine.com/

November/December 2014—
Issue 1, cover art by Glen Dara
• This debut issue of a new bimonthly e-zine is releasing half its content for free online in November, and half in December.
• This issue has fiction by Maria Dahvana Headley, Kat Howard, Max Gladstone, Amelia Beamer, Ken Liu, and Christopher Barzak, with a classic fiction by Jay Lake. Poetry is by Neil Gaiman, Amal El-Mohtar, and Sonya Taaffe.
• Nonfiction includes essays by Sarah Kuhn, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Christopher J Garcia, a Worldcon Roundtable featuring Steven H Silver and others, and interviews with Maria Dahvana Headley, Deborah Stanish, Beth Meacham on Jay Lake, and Christopher Barzak.

(Fri 21 Nov 2014)