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/

September 2015
Vol. 135 No. 9, $4.99, 112pp, cover art by Gary Freeman
• This issue has part two of a serial by Stanley Schmidt, a novelette by Martin L. Shoemaker, and short stories by Maggie Clark, Norman Spinrad, and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. There’s also a poem by Ken Poyner.
• The science fact article, by Richard A. Lovett, is about human-caused earthquakes.
• Departments include a guest editorial by Amy Sterling Casil, a guest “Alternate View” column by Arlan andrews, Sr., and book reviews by Don Sakers.

(Fri 17 Jul 2015)


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 2015
Issue 74, cover art by Carly Sorge
• This issue has fiction by Rich Larson, A.A. Balaskovits, Shira Lipkin, with poetry by Roger Bonair-Agard. There’s also eBook/subscriber exclusive works by adrienne maree brown and Sam Munson.
• Nonfiction includes interviews with Rich Larson and Carly Sorge, an essay about horror by Mark Allan Gunnells, and short fiction reviews by Charlotte Ashley.

(Wed 15 Jul 2015)


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/

August 2015
Vol. 39 No. 8 (whole #475), cover art by Tomislav Tikulin
• This issue has a novella by Will McIntosh, novelettes by Nick Wolven and Karl Bunker, and short stories by Kelly Robson, Paul McAuley, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• Poetry is by Steven Wittenberg Gordon, MD, Robert Frazier, Richard Schiffman, and Ken Poyner.
• Departments include an editorial by Sheila Williams, a Reflections column by Robert Silverberg (“Reunite Gondwanaland!”), an “On the Net” column by James Patrick Kelly, and book reviews by Peter Heck.

(Fri 17 Jul 2015)


Fireside Magazine

• Quarterly fiction and comics magazine, since 2012, edited and published by Brian White
• Format: Online
• Frequency: quarterly
http://www.firesidefiction.com/

July 2015
Issue 25
• This issue has stories by Helena Bell and Lucas J. W. Johnson, a serial episode by Lilith Saintcrow, and flash fiction by Lauren M. Roy.

(Sat 18 Jul 2015)


Galaxy’s Edge

• Bimonthly online SF ezine, beginning March 2013, edited by Mike Resnick
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Bimonthly
http://www.galaxysedge.com/

July 2015
Issue 15, $6.99
• New and reprinted stories in this issue are by Ron Collins, Robert Silverberg, Dantzel Cherry, Jack McDevitt, Leena Likitalo, Alex Shvartsman, Elizabeth Bear, Josh Vogt, Lawrence Perso, Robert J. Sawyer, and David Gerrold.
• There’s also the first part of a serialization of Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin’s “Reboots”.
• Joy Ward has an interview with David Gerrold, and there are columns by Barry Malzberg, Greg Benford, and Jody Lynn Nye & Bill Fawcett.

(Fri 17 Jul 2015)


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 2015
Cover art by Toe Keen
• This issue has stories by Charlotte Ashley, Jennifer K. Oliver, C.A.L., Robert Pritchard, Julie Sondra Decker.
• There’s also poetry by Marge Simon, Leslianne Wilder, JD DeHart, F.J. Bergmann, and Bethany Powell.

(Wed 15 Jul 2015)


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

July 2015
Issue 33, cover art by Kevin Huizenga
• This issue, guest-edited by Michael J. DeLuca, has fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, Alena McNamara, Giselle Leeb, Michelle Vider, Deborah Walker, D.K. McCutchen, Sofia Samatar, M.E. Garber, and Eric Gregory.
• Poetry is by Leslie Wightman, Ingrid Steblea, Kelda Crich, and Peter Jay Shippy.
• There are also nonfiction pieces by Christopher Brown and Nicole Kimberling.

(Fri 10 Jul 2015)


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 2015
Issue 322, Vol. 27 No. 10, 32pp
• This special “Mistakes” issue features the fifth in a series of essays on medical myths and errors, by Christopher S. Kovacs and Susan M. MacDonald, and an essay by Eric Schaller about issues in Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl.
• Reviews are Joe Milicia on John Scalzi and Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen on Ben Jeapes.
• There are also essays by Terry Thompson, on Henry James; Brian Stableford, on Albert Robida; and David Drake, on space opera and military SF.

(Tue 14 Jul 2015)


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/

July 2015
Cover art by Carlos Valenzuela
• Stories in this issue are by Dale Ivan Smith and K.C. Ball, Joey To, Dave Creek, Siobhan Gallagher, James Patrick Riser, John Walters, Holly Schofield, Andrew James Woodyard, Erin Lale, Amy Sisson, and Robin Wyat Dunn.
• Articles are by Libby McGugan and Peter Cawdron.
• There’s also a comic strip, an editorial, and a page of reviews.

(Mon 13 Jul 2015)