Periodicals, March 2018
New print issues of Black Static and Interzone, and new online issues of Apex, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, Mythic Delirium, Nightmare, Shimmer, and Uncanny.
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Apex Magazine
• Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis
• Format: Online; Ebook formats
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://apex-magazine.com/
March 2018—
Issue 106, cover art by Benedick Bana
• This issue has fiction by Rachel Harrison, Cassandra Khaw, Bentley A. Reese, and T.A. Pratt.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Rachel Harrison, a remembrance of Ursula K. Le Guin, an interview with Benedick Bana, and a review of Black Panther.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Black Static
• British fantasy and horror magazine, debuting 2007 (formerly The Third Alternative), edited by Andy Cox
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://ttapress.com/blackstatic/
Mar-Apr 2018—
Issue 62, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Jim Burns
• Stories in this issue are by E. Catherine Tobler, Jack Westlake, David Martin, Kay Chronister, and Michael Wehunt.
• Columns are by Lynda E. Rucker, Ralph Robert Moore, Peter Tennant (book reviews), and Gary Couzens (film reviews).
• Note: there was no January/February issue, for reasons explained in this editorial by Andy Cox.
(Wed 21 Mar 2018)
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Clarkesworld
• SF and fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and podcasts, since 2006; publisher/editor Neil Clarke
• Format: Online; Ebook
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/
March 2018—
Issue 138, cover art by Artur Haas
• This issue has fiction by Kij Johnson, Juliette Wade, Izzy Wasserstein, Xiu Xinyu, E. Lily Yu, Kage Baker, and Rich Larson.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Jo Walton and essays by Carrie Sessarego and Cat Rambo.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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The Dark
• Monthly online horror ‘zine, edited by Sean Wallace and Silvia Moreno-Garcia; since October 2013
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.thedarkmagazine.com/
March 2018—
Issue 34
• This issue has new stories by Hadeer Elsbai and Aliya Whiteley, and reprint stories by Ray Cluley and Mark Morris.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Galaxy’s Edge
• Bimonthly online SF ezine, beginning March 2013, edited by Mike Resnick
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.galaxysedge.com/
March 2018—
Issue 31
• New and reprinted stories in this issue are by Michael Haynes, Robert Jeschonek, Nancy Kress, Brennan Harvey, Regina Kanya Wang, Robert Silverberg, Larry Hodges, George Nikolopoulos, Robert J. Sawyer, Jon Lasser, Steven H Silver, and Orson Scott Card.
• There’s also part five of a serialization of Joan Slonczewski’s Daughter of Elysium.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Greg Bear, columns by Gregory Benford and Robert J. Sawyer, and recommended books by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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GigaNotoSaurus
• SF/fantasy long fiction, one story per month, beginning November 2010, current editor Rashida J. Smith
• Format: Online
• Frequency: monthly
• http://giganotosaurus.org/
March 2018—
• This month’s story is “Traces of Us” by Vanessa Fogg.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Interzone
• SF magazine, currently bimonthly, published since 1982, co-founded by David Pringle; edited since 2004 by Andy Cox
• http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/
Mar-Apr 2018—
Issue 274, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Vince Haig
• This issue has fiction by James Sallis, Antony Johnston, Julie C. Day, Michael Reid, T.R. Napper, Alexandra Renwick, and Eliot Fintushel.
• Features include an editorial by Antony Johnston, columns by Jonathan McCalmont and Nina Allan, David Langford’s “Ansible Link” news and obits, a book review section, and film reviews by Nick Lowe.
• Note: there was no January/February issue, for reasons explained in this editorial by Andy Cox.
(Wed 21 Mar 2018)
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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/
March 2018—
Issue 94
• This issue has SF stories by Bryan Camp, A. Merc Rustad, Ken Liu, and N.K. Jemisin, and fantasy stories by Jeremiah Tolbert, Beesan Odeh, Seanan McGuire, and Cassandra Khaw & A. Maus.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Na’amen Gobert Tilahun, book reviews by Arley Sorg, and reviews of Black Panther by Joseph Allen Hill and Carrie Vaughn.
• Exclusive paid content includes a novella by Alec Nevala-Lee and a novel excerpt by Tessa Gratton.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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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/
January-March 2018—
Issue 4.3, cover art by Ruth Sanderson
• Featured in March is a story by Tiffany Trent, and poems by Christina Sng and Cassandra Rose Clark.
• Featured in February is a story by Jennifer R. Donohue, and poems by Beth Cato.
• Featured in January is a story by Jaymee Goh and poems by Cassandra Rose Clarke and Donald Raymond.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Nightmare Magazine
• Monthly horror e-zine, since October 2012, edited by John Joseph Adams
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://nightmare-magazine.com/
March 2018—
Issue 66
• This issue has fiction by A. Merc Rustad, M. Rickert, Lilliam Rivera, and Stephen Bacon.
• Nonfiction includes book reviews by Adam-Troy Castro, and an “H Word” column by Charles Payseur.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Shimmer
• Fantasy fiction, since 2005; senior editor E. Catherine Tobler; electronic only since issue 19
• Format: Electronic
• Frequency: Bi-monthly
• http://www.shimmerzine.com/
March 2018—
Issue 42
• Stories in this issue are by Sara Saab, Sara Beitia, Lora Gray, and Kathrin Köhler.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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Uncanny
• Magazine of SF and fantasy, since 2014; edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://uncannymagazine.com/
March/April 2018—
Issue 21, cover art by Nilah Magruder
• This issue has original fiction by Sarah Pinsker, A.T. Greenblatt, Emma Törzs, Sarah Monette, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, and Brandon O’Brien, and reprint fiction by Nalo Hopkinson.
• Poetry is by Fran Wilde, Cassandra Khaw, Brandon O’Brien, Beth Cato, Sonya Taaffe, Hal Y. Zhang, and Andrea Tang.
• There are also interviews with A.T. Greenblatt and Vina Jie-Min Prasad, and nonfiction by R.F. Kuang, Neile Graham, Marissa Lingen, and Karlyn Ruth Meyer.
(Sun 25 Mar 2018)
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