Periodicals, mid-February 2017
Apex Magazine
• Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis
• Format: Online; Ebook formats
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://apex-magazine.com/
February 2017—
Issue 93, cover art by Adrian Borda
• This issue has stories by Nisi Shawl, Lyndsie Manusos, Rich Larson, Samuel Marzioli, and Amal El-Mohtar, plus Valentine’s Flash Fiction winners by Joanna Truman, Tonya Walter, and Rich Larson.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Nisi Shawl and short fiction reviews by A.C. Wise.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
Aphelion
• Webzine of SF and fantasy; nonpaying; since 2001
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/
February 2017—
Issue 214
• This 20th anniversary issue has fiction by Paul Lubaczewski, Glenn M. Diamond, Dan L. Hollifield, and others.
• There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and an editorial, plus links to the best stories and poetry from the ‘zine’s first 20 years.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
Aurealis
• Australian SF magazine, published irregularly since 1990; online for purchase since 2013
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.aurealis.com.au/
Issue 97, 2017—
• This issue has stories by Catherine Moller, Melanie Rees, and Jamie Brindle.
• Nonfiction includes Deanne Sheldon-Collins on the year in Australian speculative fiction, Daniel Thompson on relativistic projectiles, and an interview with Cherry Wilder.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
Forever
• Digital reprint SF magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, since February 2015
• Format: Ebook
• Frequency: monthly
• http://forever-magazine.com/
February 2017—
Issue 25, $1.99, cover art by Ron Guyatt
• This issue has reprint stories by Harry Turtledove, Elizabeth Bear, and Gregory Norman Bossert.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
Intergalactic Medicine Show
• Fiction and interviews, since 2005; publisher and executive editor Orson Scott Card, editor Edmund R. Schubert
• Format: Online, subscription access
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/
February 2017—
Issue 55, cover art by Andres Mossa
• This issue has stories by M. Bennardo, Samuel Marzioli, Allison Mulder, Anna Zumbro, Michelle Ann King, and H.L. Fullerton.
• There’s also an interview with and vintage fiction by Laura Anne Gilman,
• Columns include science fact by Randall Hayes and book reviews by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Fiction, reviews, and features; published since 1949; edited by C.C. Finlay
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.fandsf.com/
Mar/Apr 2017—
Vol. 132 No. 3&4 (whole #730), $8.99, 258pp, cover art by Bryn Barnard
• This issue has a novella by Richad Chwedyk, novelets by Robert Grossbach, Matthew Hughes, and Albert E. Cowdrey, and short stories by Arundhati Hazra, Cat Hellisen, James Sallis, and and Eleanor Arnason. There’s also a poem by Ruth Berman.
• Departments include Charles de Lint’s “Books to Look For”, covering Amber Lynn Natusch, and Jasmine Walt & Rebecca Hamilton, and others; Michelle West’s “Musing on Books”, covering Cixin Liu, Aliette de Bodard, and others; a “Science” column by Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty, about robots; a “Films” column by Kathi Maio, discussing Arrival; and a “Curiosities” page by David Langford, about an 1879 book by Mrs. Oliphant.
(Wed 15 Feb 2017)
Mothership Zeta
• Quarterly digital magazine, since October 2015; editor Mur Lafferty
• Format: Digital
• Frequency: Quarterly
• http://mothershipzeta.org/
Issue 6, 2017—
Cover art by Elizabeth Leggett
• Fiction in this issue is by Sarah Crowe, Matthew Claxton, Shveta Thakrar, J.R. Dawson, S. Zahedi, Madeline Ray, Miranda Suri, and Anna F. Humphrey.
• Nonfiction is by Alex Acks, Jeremy Brett, James Patrick Kelly, and David Simms.
(Sat 18 Feb 2017)
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/
February 2017—
Cover art by Aaron Jasinski
• Stories in this issue are by Jude-Marie Green, Gregor Hartmann, Jason L. Corner, J.A. Becker, D.K. Latta, Gregory L. Noris, Brian Biswas, and Shaun O. McCoy, with shorter stories by William Suboski, Judy Upton, and Seth Chambers.
• Articles are by Eric M. Jones and Sam Bellotto, Jr.
• There’s also a comic strip by Doug Warner, an editorial, and a page of reviews.
(Sun 19 Feb 2017)