Periodicals, August 2020

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Since 2017 Bi-monthly
• http://www.analogsf.com/

September/October 2020—
Vol. 140 No. 9&10, $7.99, 208pp
• This issue reprints Lewis Padgett’s “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” from the February 1943 Astounding, as part of this year’s retrospective of classic stories from the magazine.
• New this issue is a novella by Adam-Troy Castro, novelettes by James Van Pelt, John J. Vester, M.L. Clark, and Sarina Dorie, and short stories by Sean McMullen, Aimee Ogden, Jacob C. Cockcroft, Beth Goder, Stephen S. Power, Wang Yuan (translated by Andy Dudak), Dan Reade, Joel Richards, Jay Werkheiser, Alan Dean Foster, James Sallis, and Mary Soon Lee.
• There’s a Science Fact article by Derek Künsken, and poetry by Jason Kahler and Holly Lyn Wallrath.
• Departments include a guest editorial by Sheila Williams; an “Alternate View” column by John G. Cramer, a “Guest Alternate View” column by Richard A. Lovett, and “Reference Library” book reviews by Don Sakers.

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Aphelion

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

August 2020—
Issue 253
• This issue has long fiction by Rod Clark and short stories by Arto Koistinen, a. l. Dawson, Jackson Arthur, and Verona Jones.
• There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and an editorial.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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Asimov’s Science Fiction

• Science Fiction magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Since 2017 Bi-monthly
• http://www.asimovs.com/

September/October 2020—
Vol. 44 No. 9&10 (whole #536&537), $7.99, 208pp, cover art by Maurizio Manzieri
• This issue has a novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, novelettes by Ian Tregillis, R. Garcia y Robertson, and Gray Rinehart, and short stories by Leah Cypess, Robert Reed, Cadwell Turnbull, Jason Sanford, M. Bennardo, Michael Libling, Y.M. Pang, Gregory Frost, and Rich Larson.
• Poetry is by Jane Yolen, Robert Frazier, Bruce Boston, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Michael Meyerhofer, Josh Pearce, Fred D. White, and Mary Soon Lee.
• Departments include an editorial by Sheila Williams with this year’s Readers’ Awards’ Results; a “Reflections” column by Robert Silverberg (about buying the first issue of Galaxy magazine in 1950); James Patrick Kelly’s “On the Net” column (about Leonard Mlodinow and motivated thinking); and an “On Books” column by Peter Heck, covering Lois McMaster Bujold, Ken Liu, and others.

(Sat 29 Aug 2020)

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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 133, 2020—
• This issue as fiction by Nick Marone, Chris Catlin, and Grant Longstaff.
• Nonfiction is by Dirk Strasser, Matthew Nelson, Eugen Bacon, and Gillian Polack.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
Issue 310-311
• Issue 310, posted August 13, has stories by Andrew Dykstal and Evan Dicken, and an archive story by Seth Dickinson.
• Issue 311, posted August 27, has stories by Marissa Lingen and Jeremy Packert Burke, with an archive story by Claire Humphrey.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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 2020—
Issue 76, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Ben Baldwin
• Note that for various reasons both this magazine and Interzone skipped their July/August issues.
• Stories in this issue are by Rhonda Pressley Veit, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Abi Hynes, Tim Cooke, and Stephen Hargadon.
• Columns are by Lynda E. Rucker, Ralph Robert Moore, and Gary Couzens (film reviews), plus a book review section by numerous contributors.

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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/

August 2020—
Issue 167, cover art by Joseph Diaz
• This issue has fiction by Fiona Moore, Frank Smith, Yan Leisheng (translated by Andy Dudak), Rebecca Campbell, L.X. Beckett, and Robert Reed.
• Nonfiction includes conversations with Michael Swanwick and Lauren Beukes, and an essay by Mark Cole.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
• Flash and short shorts posted in August are by Koji A. Dae, Marissa Lingen, Robert Reed, Anya Ow, Mari Ness, and others.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
Issue 63
• This issue has stories by Gillian Daniels, Ray Cluley, Suzanne Willis, and Gwendolyn Kiste.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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GigaNotoSaurus

• SF/fantasy long fiction, one story per month, beginning November 2010, current editor Elora Gatts
• Format: Online
• Frequency: monthly
• http://giganotosaurus.org/

August 2020—
• July’s story is “Miss Bulletproof Comes Out of Retirement” by Louis Evans.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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 2020—
Issue 288, £5.99, 96pp, cover art by Warwick Fraser-Coome
• Note that for various reasons both this magazine and Black Gate skipped their July/August issues.
• This issue has fiction by Alexander Glass, Cécile Cristofari, John K. Peck, Daniel Bennett, and Gary Gibson.
• Features include a gues editorial by Alexander Glass, 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/

August 2020—
Issue 123, cover art by Galen Dara
• This issue has science fiction stories by Matthew Kressel, Katherine Crighton, Caroline M. Yoachim, and Sam J. Miller; and fantasy stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum, KT Bryski, Eden Royce, and Carrie Vaughn.
• Nonfiction includes book reviews by LaShawn M. Wanak, a media review by Carrie Vaughn, and an interview with Andrea Hairston.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

Sept/Oct 2020—
Vol. 139 No. 3&4 (whole #751), $8.99, 258pp, cover art by Bob Eggleton
• This issue has a novella by Leah Cypess, novelets by David Gerrold, Tim Powers, and R.S. Benedict, and short stories by Marc Laidlaw, Angie Peng, Peter Gleick, Ashley Blooms, James Sallis, Brian Trent, and M. Rickert. There’s also a poem by Timons Esaias.
• Departments include Charles de Lint’s “Books to Look For,” covering Alan Allinger, Hailey Edwards, and others; a “Games” column by Marc Laidlaw, about Nioh and Nioh 2; a “Plumage from Pegasus” vignette by Paul Di Filippo; a “Television” column by Karin Lowachee, about Divs; a “Science” column by Jerry Oltion, about printing; and a “Curiosities” page by Paul Di Filippo, about a 1942 book by Vita Sackville-West.

(Tue 25 Aug 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
Issue 95
• This issue has fiction by Claire Wrenwood, Vajra Chandrasekera, Adam-Troy Castro, and Livia Llewellyn.
• Nonfiction includes an “H Word” column by Tim Waggoner, and an interview with John Langan.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
• Issue 3 August has fiction by Christine Lucas, poetry by Krishnakumar Sankaran, and reviews.
• Issue 10 August has fiction by Anya Johanna DeNiro, poetry by Laura Cranehill, and reviews.
• Issue 17 August has fiction by Emma Törzs, poetry by Liz Adair, and reviews.
• Issue 24 August has poetry by Leslie J. Anderson, articles and columns by Gautam Bhatia, Jaymee Goh, and Kuzhali Manickavel, and reviews. And Issue 31 August has editorial on the publication’s 20th anniversary, an article on “Decentering SFF,” fiction by Margaret Ronald, K. Tempest Bradford, Shweta Narayan, and Troy L. Wiggins, poetry, and reviews.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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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/

August 2020—
• Original fiction posted in August is by Carolyn Ives Gilman, Claire Wrenwood, and R.K. Duncan.
• Recent excerpts are by Brandon Sanderson, Chris Mooney, Alex London, Jim Butcher, and others.

(Sat 5 Sep 2020)

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