Magazines Received, January 2021
Mark Kelly’s regular Periodicals posts have been discontinued. We will list online and print magazines seen by Locus each month.
This page lists new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism.
To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.
- Neil A. Hogan, ed.
- Issue #19, 2020
- $2.99 digital/$7.95 print, 105pp, 15 x 22 1/2cm.
- Genre fiction magazine set in outer space, with a focus on stories set in the future involving non-humanoid aliens. This issue has stories from Gustavo Bondoni, Karen L. Hallam, and others. Subscriptions not available, but the magazine can be purchased from Amazon.com in either Kindle or print format.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #4, January 2021
- pay-what-you-want, irregular.
- Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes work by Lora Gray, Maria Dong, Edward Ashton, and others. Cover by Kenjay Reyes. Subscription: Not available.
- Lezli Robyn, ed.
- Issue #48, January 2021
- $7.99 print/$4.99 digital; bimonthly, 115pp, 19 x 24½ cm.
- Online and print SF magazine with a mixture of original and reprinted fiction, reviews, and columns. This issue includes fiction by Mike Resnick, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, and others; the first chapter in the serialization of Over the Wine-Dark Sea by Harry Turtledove; columns by Gregory Benford and L. Penelope; and reviews by Richard Chwedyk. Subscription: $19.99/digital for six issues from www.weightlessbooks.com or Amazon; $37.74 for six print issues to Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #4, January 2021
- online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover copy through Blurb <www.blurb.com> (price various by issue), irregular.
- Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes work by Lora Gray, Maria Dong, Edward Ashton, and others. Cover by Kenjay Reyes. Subscription: Not available.
Online Magazines
- Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
- Issue #77, 1st Quarter 2021
- free online; quarterly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes stories by Gerri Leen, A.W. Marshall, and others; poetry, and small press reviews. Subscription: Unavailable.
- Michael Matheson, Chinelo Onwualu & Andrew Wilmot, eds.
- Issue #12, December 2020
- free online or $3.99 CAD digital; tri-annual.
- “Anathema: Spec from the Margins is a tri-annual speculative fiction magazine of work by queer POC /Indigenous/Aboriginal creators.” This is a special supersized Showcase Edition of the magazine, representing pieces from this last four years, and includes fiction by S. Qiouyi Lu, Nibedita Sen, Jaymee Goh, and many others; and poetry. Cover by MK Castaneda. Subscriptions: $10.00 CAD/year for three digital issues from their website.
- Craig L. Gidney & dave ring, eds.
- Issue #2, January 2020
- free online; quarterly.
- Online genre flash fiction magazine with a “queer bent.” This issue includes stories by Jennifer Mace, Rem Wigmore, Dare Segun Falowo, and others. Cover by Sajan Rai. Subscriptions: Unavailable.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #319, December 17, 2020
- free online, biweekly
- Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Sarah Avery and Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and a reprint from Harry R. Campion. Cover by Avant Choi. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #320, January 1, 2021
- free online, biweekly.
- Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by M.A. Carrick (with accompanying podcast) and Jelena Dunato (with accompanying podcast), and a reprint from Marie Brennan. Cover by Avant Choi. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #321, January 14, 2021
- free online, biweekly.
- Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Tegan Moore and Marika Bailey, and a reprint from Emily McCosh. Cover by Tyler Edlin. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #172, January 2021
- free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Aimee Ogden (with accompanying podcast), Elly Bangs, R.S.A. Garcia, R.P. Sand, Tovah Strong, and PH Lee; and interviews with Connie Willis and E. Lily Yu. Cover by Yuumei. Subscription: Digital subscription $35.88 for 12 issue at https://clarkesworldcitizens.com/direct-support/ or issues may be purchased monthly: $2.99 digital/$10.00 print ($14.00 Canada & Europe)/$12.99 print + digital ($16.99 Canada & Europe). Also available from third-party sellers.
- Sean Wallace, ed.
- Issue #68, January 2021
- free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Carrie Laben, Frances Ogamba, Clara Madrigano, and Osahon Ize-Iyamu. Cover art by Vincent Chong. Subscription: digital subscriptions available for $23.88 for 12 issues from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>. Issues can be purchased at a monthly subscription rate from Amazon.com at $1.99/month or £1.99/month via Amazon.co.uk; or as single copies at $2.99 from Apple, B&N, Kobo, and Weightless.
- Jeff Wheeler, Charlie N. Holmberg, et al., eds.
- Issue #71, Winter 2020
- $2.99, quarterly.
- Deep Magic is a SF and fantasy fiction magazine (without sex, swearing, or graphic violence) which publishes stories in various subgenres. This issue includes original fiction by Patrick Hurley, David Cleden Timothy Mudie, and Brendon Taylor; a reprint by Michael Sullivan; and excerpts from novels by Jeff Wheeler, and Charlie N. Holmberg. Cover art by Todd Lockswood. Subscription: Not available. Single issues can be purchased from Amazon.com.
- Arthur Robert Tracy IV, ed.
- Issue #2, Winter 2021
- free online; quarterly.
- Premiere issue of a pro-rate, genre magazine looking at SF and fantasy as “a departure from and a mirror on reality”. This issue includes a novelette by Marie Brennan; short stories by Mari Ness, Marie Vibbert, Christopher Blake, and others; and poetry. Cover by Andrew Braithwood. Subscriptions: free.
- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #63, January 2021
- free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online fantasy magazine. This issue includes original short fiction, flash, and poetry by C.E. McGill, Megan Chee, Magaly Garcia, Maria Zoccola, Tonya Liburd, and Marissa Lingen; author spotlights on C.E. McGill and Tonya Liburd; and an interview with N.K. Jemisin. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Tuesdays. The ebook edition is available on the first of the month. Cover by warmtail/Adobe Stock Image. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $23.88 for 12 issues from Fantasy <https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/subscriptions//> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Brian J. White ed.
- Issue #86, December 2020
- $5.00 digital only, monthly.
- In the December issue, the site posted short fiction by Em Liu, Danian Darrell Jerry, James Yu, M.R. Herbert, and Jaymee Goh. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <https://firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.
Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
- DaVaun Sanders, ed.
- Issue #17, Winter 2021
- $3.99 digital only, quarterly.
- Literary Black Speculative Fiction magazine that “features stories by and about people of the African Diaspora.” This issue’s theme is “Prose” and includes stories from M.H. Ayinde, Kalynn Bayron, Kel Coleman and Jade Stewart; and poetry. Cover by Nilah Magruder. Subscription: digital subscriptions available for $15.99 for four issues at <https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/product-category/subscription/>.
- Fred Coppersmith, ed.
- Winter 2021
- free online, quarterly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This issue has fiction by Marissa Lingen, Mary E. Lowd, Paul Crenshaw, and others; and poetry. Cover by Paula Arwen Owen. Subscription: Unavailable.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #128, January 2021
- free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original science fiction by Anjali Sachdeva and D. Thomas Minton; reprinted SF by An Owomoyela and Greg van Eekhout; original fantasy by Adam-Troy Castro and PH Lee; reprinted fantasy by Maria Dahvana Headley and Liz Ziemska; and book reviews. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Tuesdays. The ebook edition is available on the first of the month with exclusive content not available on the website. This month’s exclusive content is an excerpt from a novel by Greg Bear. Cover by Grandeduc / Adobe Stock Image. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Lightspeed <www.lightspeedmagazine.com/subscribe/> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Katrina Archer, ed.
- Fall/Winter 2020
- free online, monthly.
- “Little Blue Marble is an online speculative climate fiction outlet whose goal is to raise awareness of climate change through the lens of fiction and writing.” Each month the site posts two stories, which are collected into an anthology at the end of the year. For Fall/Winter 2020, the site posted stories by Clio Velentza, Eileen Gunnel Lee, L.P. Melling, and others; and poetry. Subscriptions are available through Patreon.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- January 2021
- free online, monthly.
- Online and print speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original stories by Lynne Peskoe-Yang, Cécile Cristofari, and others. New stories are posted online every Friday. Cover by Chris Panatier. Subscription: unavailable.
- Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
- January/February 2021
- free online or via Patreon.
- Online magazine presenting stories that engage “meaningfully with Christianity…although not exclusively from a Christian perspective.” The site posts one or two stories per month, with occasional interviews and reviews. For January and February the site will post stories by H.L. Fullerton, Len Bailey, and John Nadas. Cover by Yuri Magalhães. Subscription: Limited-edition digital version (pdf, epub and mobi) available prior to web publication via Patreon.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #100, January 2021
- free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online horror/dark fantasy magazine publishing both original and reprinted fiction. This special super-sized 100th issue includes original fiction by Adam-Troy Castro, Stephen Graham Jones, and Desirina Boskovich; reprinted fiction by Tananarive Due; a non-fiction essay by Orrin Grey; book reviews; and an interview with John Joseph Adams and Wendy N. Wagner. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. The ebook edition is available on the first of the month with exclusive content not available on the website including original short stories by Sam J. Miller and Maria Dahvana Headley; reprints from Gemma Files, Carmen Maria Machado, Victor LaValle, and Laird Barron; and non-fiction by Xander Odell. Cover by Grandfailure/Adobe Stock. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Robert Zoltan, ed.
- Issue #1, January 2021
- $6.99 digital, bimonthly.
- New online sex positive “art, literature and culture” magazine. The premier issue includes stories by Robert Zoltan, Faith Jones, and Fritz Leiber; an interview with Charles Stross; and other genre-related material. Cover by Robert Zoltan. Subscription: $6.99/monthly or $59.88/year from Sexy Fantastic <sexyfantasticmagazine.com>.
- Vanessa Rose Phin, et al., eds.
- December 2020/January 2021
- free, weekly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday. For December and January, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Octavia Cade, Maya Beck, Ryu Ando, and Fatima Taqvi; an artist interview with Juliana Pinho; poetry (with accompanying podcasts); reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day, Galen Dara, and Juliana Pinho. Subscription: unavailable.
- Tom Doherty, Fritz Foy, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- December 2020/January 2021
- free online.
- Macmillan publishing house site specializing in genre fiction. Each month Tor.com publishes free fiction and articles including original works, reprints, novel excerpts, and comics; re-reads/re-watches of novels and television shows; an artist gallery; original reviews; articles and commentary; interviews; as well as providing a forum for the genre community. New material is posted throughout the month. December and January posts include novel excerpts from books by Olivia Chadha, Aliette de Bodard, Samantha Shannon, Natalie C. Parker, Stephen Leigh, Maxine Kaplan, Karin Tidbeck and Stephen Deas; reprinted fiction from Neil Gaiman; and original fiction by Sam J. Miller.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Elsa Sjunneson, eds.
- Issue #38, January/February 2021
- $3.99 digital only, bi-monthly.
- Science fiction and fantasy magazine with original and reprint fiction, non-fiction essays, interviews, and poetry. This issue includes fiction by Sam J. Miller, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Paul Cornell, Christopher Caldwell, and Marissa Lingen; a reprint from Del Sandeen; essays from John Wiswell, Octavia Cade, Katherine Cross, and Aidan Moher; interviews with Miyuki Jane Pinckard and Paul Cornell; and poetry. Cover art by Nilah Magruder. E-book subscribers receive the complete ebook on the first Tuesday of the month. Online readers will receive the first half of the magazine on the first Tuesday of the month. The second half will be available the first Tuesday of the following month. Also available free on the Uncanny website is the Uncanny Magazine podcast with some of the stories, interviews, and other content available for listening. Subscriptions: $23.88 for one year at Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
This listing and more like it in the February 2021 issue of Locus.
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