Periodicals, mid-December
Bastion
• Monthly online SF magazine, since April 2014; editor-in-chief R. Leigh Henning
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.bastionmag.com/
December 2014—
Issue 9
• This issue has stories by Daniel Rosen, Jes Rausch, Kaitlin McCloughan, Nicholas Stillman, Izmarie Todd, William B. Squirrell, and Garrick Fincham.
• The current issue page features the Rosen story, with a link to a podcast of it.
(Fri 19 Dec 2014)
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
• Original and reprint SF & F; edited by Warren Lapine
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com/
December 2014—
• This issue has an original story by Chocolateland, and reprinted stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Jess Barber, and Robert Lowell Russell.
• Nonfiction includes reviews by Carole McDonnell, Adam-Troy Castro (covering The Rover), Steven Sawicki (books by Richard Kadrey, Nick Cole, and others), and Gilliam Daniels (current short fiction).
(Fri 19 Dec 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/
November 2014—
Issue 315, Vol. 27 No. 3, 32pp
• This special “Gods and Dragons” issue features essays by Michael Bishop, about Lucius Shepard’s Dragon Griaule sequence, and Damien Broderick, about early alternate version of some of his works.
• Reviews include Peter Rawlik on F. Paul Wilson, Jen Gunnels on a play by Francesa Talenti, James Cambias on game-based books by Vardeman and Doughterty.
• There are also essays by Michael Andre-Driussi, Mike Barrett, and Darrell Schweitzer, and an editorial by Kevin J. Maroney.
(Fri 19 Dec 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/
December 2014—
Cover art by Matt Keenan
• Stories in this issue are by Edward J. McFadden III, Beth Cato, J.J. Green, Eamonn Murphy, William R.A.D. Funk, Kurt Heinrich Hyatt, Jennifer Linnaea, Eric Del Carlo, Jamie Lackey, David Barber, and Clayton J. Callahan.
• Articles are by Eric M. Jones and A. de Quatrefages.
• There’s also a comic strip, an editorial, a page of shorter stories, and a page of reviews.
(Fri 19 Dec 2014)