Periodicals, September 2019

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Aphelion

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

September 2019—
Issue 243
• This issue has long fiction by Gerri Zimmerman and short stories by Charles Moulton, Frank Hill, H. David Black, and others.
• There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and an editorial.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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Aurealis

• Australian SF magazine, published irregularly since 1990; online for purchase since 2013
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Monthly
• http://www.aurealis.com.au/

Issue 124, 2019—
• This issue has stories by Maddison Stoff, E H Mann, and James Rowland.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews
• Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats
• Frequency: biweekly
• http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/

September 2019—
Issue 286-287, cover art by Ferdinand Dumago Ladera.
• Issue 286, posted September 12, has stories by Eleanna Castroianni and Christian K. Martinez, and an archive story by Mike Allen.
• Issue 287, an Eleventh Anniversary double issue posted September 26, has stories by K.J. Parker, Marie Brennan, Shweta Adhyam, and Aaron Perry.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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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/

Sep-Oct 2019—
Issue 71, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Jochim Luetke
• Stories in this issue are by Stephen Hargadon, Sarah Read, Steven Sheil, Daniel Bennett, and Seán Padraic Birnie.
• Columns are by Lynda E. Rucker, Ralph Robert Moore, and Gary Couzens (film reviews), plus a book review section by numerous contributors.

(Mon 30 Sep 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/

September 2019—
Issue 156, cover art by Beeple
• This issue has fiction by Suzanne Palmer, Bella Han, M.L. Clark, Sara Saab, and Gabriela Santiago.
• Nonfiction includes conversations with Derek Künsken and L.X. Beckett, and an article by Eleanna Castroianni.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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Daily Science Fiction

• Original science fiction & fantasy emailed to you every weekday; debuted September 1, 2010; editors Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso
• Format: Online; email
• Frequency: daily
• http://dailysciencefiction.com/

September 2019—
• Flash and short shorts posted in September are by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Pearl Widmann, Rich Larson, Tina Connolly, Sam Cameron-McKee, and others.

(Wed 2 Oct 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/

September 2019—
Issue 52
• This issue has new stories by Gillian Daniels and Ruoxi Chen, and reprints by Simon Strantzas and Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada.

(Wed 2 Oct 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/

September 2019—
Issue 40
• New and reprinted stories in this issue are by Sean Patrick Hazlett, Jon Lasser, Nancy Kress, Larry Hodges, Eric Margerum, Mercedes Lackey, S.R. Mandel, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, J.W. Alden, Peter Galalis, and Joe Haldeman.
• There’s also part 1 of a serialization by Jack L. Chalker and an interview with Kevin J. Anderson.
• Nonfiction includes columns by Gregory Benford and Robert J. Sawyer, and recommended books by Richard Chwedyk.

(Wed 2 Oct 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/

September 2019—
• This month’s story is “The Mortal Shackles” by Christopher A. Jos.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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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/

Sep-Oct 2019—
Issue 283, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Richard Wagner
• This issue has fiction by Robert Minto, Lucy Harlow, Fiona Moore, David Cleden, John Kessel, and James White Award Winner Dustin Blair Steinacker.
• Features include an editorial by John Kessel, columns by Andy Hedgecock and Aliya Whiteley, David Langford’s “Ansible Link” news and obits, a book review section, and film reviews by Nick Lowe.

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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/

September 2019—
Issue 112
• This issue has science fiction stories by Ramez Naam, Adam-Troy Castro, Seanan McGuire, and Jenny Rae Rappaport; and fantasy stories by Brooke Bolander, Micah Dean Hicks, Rajan Khanna, and Kiini Ibura Salaam.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with Lisa M. Bradley, book reviews by Arley Sorg, and a media review by Christopher East.

(Wed 2 Oct 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/

September 2019—
Issue 84
• This issue has fiction by Ray Nayler, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Nina Allan, and Letitia Trent.
• Nonfiction includes an “H Word” column by Lisa Morton and book reviews by Terence Taylor.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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Strange Horizons

• Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews; founded September 2000; editor-in-chief Susan Marie Groppi through 2010, Niall Harrison to 2017; currently Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Weekly
• http://www.strangehorizons.com/

September 2019—
• Issue 9 September has fiction by Shiv Ramdas, poetry by Sarah Shirley, and reviews.
• Issue 16 September has fiction by Marie Brennan, poetry by Hester J. Rook, an interview with artist Qistina Khalidah, and reviews.
• Issue 23 September has poetry by August Huerta, a roundtable on diversity with Nisi Shawl and others, and reviews.
• Issue 30 September has fiction by Isa Prospero, Heitor Zen, Sérgio Motta, H. Pueyo, and Kali de los Santos; poetry by Woody Dismukes and Jarid Arraes; an article about Brazilian SFF; and reviews.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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Tor.com

• SF & fantasy fiction, reviews, commentary, founded 2008; staff includes fiction editors Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Liz Gorinsky
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Daily
• http://www.tor.com/

September 2019—
• Original fiction posted in September is by Laurie Penny, Michael Cassutt, and Greg Egan.
• Recent excerpts are by Annalee Newitz, Paul Krueger, Jin Yong, A.M. Strickland, and others.

(Wed 2 Oct 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/

September/October 2019—
Issue 30, cover art by Julie Dillon
• This special “Disabled People Destroy Fantasy” issue, guest-edited by Katharine Duckett, Nicolette Barischoff, and Lisa M. Bradley, has original fiction by Sarah Gailey, Lane Waldman, Jei D. Marcade, Tochi Onyebuchi, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, and Aysha U. Farah.
• Poetry is by Roxanna Bennett, Toby MacNutt, Shweta Narayan, R.B. Lemberg, Tamara Jerée, and Julian K. Jarboe.
• There are also interviews with Lane Waldman and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, and nonfiction by Kari Maaren, Gwendolyn Paradice, Day Al-Mohamed, A. T. Greenblatt, Cara Liebowitz, and Dominik Parisien.

(Wed 2 Oct 2019)

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