Periodicals, early January 2019

New issues of Abyss & Apex, Apex, Aphelion, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Lightspeed, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Nightmare, and Uncanny

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Abyss & Apex

• Magazine of Speculative Fiction, since Jan/Feb 2003; editor-in-chief Wendy S. Delmater
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Quarterly
http://www.abyssapexzine.com/

1st Quarter 2019
Issue 1Q, Whole #69
• This issue has fiction by Marc Singer, Brandon Crilly, Emily McCosh, and Wayne Martin.
• There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and small press book reviews.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 116, cover art by Tangmo Cecchini
• This issue has fiction by Beth Dawkins, Lavie Tidhar, Marian Coman, Aja McCullough, and LH Moore.
• Nonfiction includes interviews with Beth Dawkins and Tangmo Cecchini, and essays by Daniel M. Bensen and A.C. Wise.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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Aphelion

• Webzine of SF and fantasy; nonpaying; since 2001
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/

December 2018 – January 2019
Issue 235
• This double issue has fiction by Martin Lochman and Richard Tornello, short stories by Honza Vojtísek, Nikhil Kshirsagar, Denis Winston Brum, and J.B. Toner.
• There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and an editorial.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 146, cover art by Pascal Blanché
• This issue has fiction by Jamie Wahls, Natalia Theodoridou, Ray Nayler, Derek Künsken, Lavie Tidhar, Marissa Lingen, and Karl Bunker.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Wesley Chu and pieces by Carrie Sessarego and Chris Urie.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 44
• This issue has new stories by Sara Saab and Angela Fu, and reprints by Ian Muneshwar and Aimee Ogden.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 36
• New and reprinted stories in this issue are by Elly Bangs, Austin DeMarco, Robert Silverberg, Dan Koboldt, Edward M. Lerner, Jane Yolen, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Thomas K. Carpenter, Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, Todd McCaffrey, Joy Kennedy-O’Neill, Christopher Blake, and Joe Haldeman.
• There’s also a serialization by Charles Sheffield that’s only available in the print issue.
• Nonfiction includes columns by Gregory Benford and Robert J. Sawyer, and recommended books by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
• This month’s story is “Hand Me Downs” by Maria Haskins.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

December 2018
Issue 66, cover art by Scott Altmann
• This issue has stories by Stephen Case, Filip Wiltgren, Steve Pantazis, Rhiannon Rasmussen, and Terra LeMay.
• There’s also vintage fiction by Holly Heisey and an interview with Anton Bogaty.
• December Columns include movie reviews by Chris Bellamy, science fact by Randall Hayes, and book reviews by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 104, cover art by Reiko Murakami
• This issue has SF stories by A. Merc Rustad, Roger Zelazny, Tony Ballantyne, and Sarah Micklem, and fantasy stories by Emily B. Cataneo, Ashok K. Banker, E. Lily Yu, and Meg Elison.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Henry Lien, book reviews by Chris Kluwe, and a media reviews by Christopher East.
• Exclusive paid content includes a novella by Maria Dahvana Headley and a novel excerpt by Charlie Jane Anders.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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The New York Review of Science Fiction

• Essays and reviews, published since 1988; edited by Kevin J. Maroney, David G. Hartwell, et al.; PDF and other electronic formats since Sept. 2012
• Format: Electronic
• Frequency: Monthly
http://www.nyrsf.com/

December 2018
Issue 350, Vol. 30 No. 2, 32pp
• This special “Sesquarcentennial” issue features Michael Bishop’s afterword to his recent collection The Sacerdotal Owl and
Three Other Long Tales
, and an essay by Michael Swanwick about Murray Leinster, R.A. Lafferty, and others.
• Other pieces are by Ron Drummond on Ursula K. Le Guin, Dave Drake about Karl Edward Wagner, Darrell Schweitzer about S.T. Joshi, Michael Andre-Driussi on Jack Vance, Brian Stableford on successors of the Comtesse De Murat, and Victor Grech on Star Trek: Voyager.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January 2019
Issue 76
• This issue has fiction by Natalia Theodoridou, Paul Tremblay, Vanjra Chandrasekera, and Laura Blackwell.
• Nonfiction includes an “H Word” column by Cadwell Turnbull and an interview with Emil Ferris.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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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/

January/February 2019
Issue 26, cover art by Julie

Likhain Dillon
• This issue has original fiction by Fran Wilde, Natalia Theodoridou, Senaa Ahmad, Delilah S. Dawson, Marissa Lingen, and Inda Lauryn, and reprint fiction by Ellen Kushner.
• Poetry is by Cassandra Khaw, Sonya Taaffe, Hal Y. Zhang, and Jennifer Crow.
• There are also interviews with Natalia Theodoridou and Marissa Lingen, and essays by Linda D. Addison, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Alec Nevala-Lee, and Keidra Chaney.

(Sat 5 Jan 2019)

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