Magazines Received, February 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.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- Trevor Quachri, ed.
- Vol. 141 Nos. 1 & 2, January/February 2021
- $7.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- This issue includes novelettes by Dan Helms, Deborah L. Davitt, Nick Wolven, J. Northcutt, Jr., Norman Spinrad, and Charles Q. Choi; short stories by Harry Turtledove, Jay Werkheiser, Benjamin C. Kinney, Martin Dimkovski, Sandy Parsons, Daniel James Peterson, Em Liu, Jerry Oltion, Douglas P. Marx, anne m. gibson, Michael Meyerhofer, Marie DesJardin, Evan Dicken, Brian Rappatta, and Raymund Eich; flash fiction by Adam-Troy Castro; a science article by Julie Novakova; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Dave Seeley/Shannon Associates.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 45 Nos. 1 & 2, Whole Numbers 540 & 541, January/February 2021
- $7.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- This issue includes novellas by Ray Nayler and Robert Reed; novelettes by Nick Wolven, Suzanne Palmer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ted Kosmatka, and Fran Wilde; short stories by Robert H. Cloake, Robert R. Chase, Sean William Swanwick, and Naomi Kanakia; an in memoriam for Mike Resnick; columns by Robert Silverberg and James Patrick Kelly; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Donato Giancola.
- K. Ceres Wright & LH Moore, eds.
- Issue No. 1, Summer 2020
- $11.95 print/$3.99 digital, 216pp.
- Premiere issue of a new journal from the Diverse Writers & Artists of Speculative Fiction association. This issue’s theme is “Afrofuturism” and includes fiction by B. Sharise Moore, L. Marie Wood, Berit Ellingsen, and others; screenplays by Chad Eric Smith and Scott Key; interviews with Ayize Jama-Everett and the founders of GriotCon Chad Eric Smith & William Jones; commentary; and poetry. Cover by Tabu MacLean. Subscription: unavailable. The issue can be purchased through <Amazon.com>.
Conjunctions: 75, Dispatches from Solitude
- Bradford Morrow, ed.
- Issue No. 75, Fall/November 2020
- $20.00 individuals/$30 institutions and internationally, biannual, 344pp.
- Literary magazine with fiction, essays, and poetry. This issue’s theme, inspired by the pandemic, is “dispatches from solitude” and includes stories and poems by Jane Pek, H.G. Carrillo, Helena Maria Viramontes, and others. Cover by unidentified American artist. Subscription: $30.00 individuals/$50.00 for institutions and non-US for two issues to Conjunctions, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504; email: <conjunctions@bard.edu>.
- Isiah Lavender III & Lisa Yaszek, et. al., eds.
- Vol. 61 Nos. 1-2, Spring/Summer 2020, three times a year
- 247pp, 17½ x 24½ cm.
- Scholarly, peer-reviewed, international journal with articles and reviews. This issue’s theme is “Beyond Afrofuturism” and includes André Brock’s framework for Black cyberculture using technoculture expanded by everyday interactions with online and social media; Taryne Jade Taylor’s discussion of Afrofuturism and its influences on Latinx hip-hop; Lidia Knia’s consideration of Afrofuturism as expressed in ephemeral media like photos, collages, digital art, etc.; Jessica FitzPatrick’s expansion of the concept of “second contact,” as borrowed from Latin American studies, to examine “third contact” situations (where separated human communities connect) in the works of Nnedi Okorafor, Tade Thompson, and N.K. Jemisin; Joy Sanchez-Taylor’s examination of Tananarive Due’s African Immortal series as a work that merges Afrofuturist themes with those of other cultures to create a diverse SF where non-white and non-Western cultures are integral to the narrative; Hugh Charles O’Connell’s look at how Tade Thompson’s Rosewater reconciles futurity when potential futures are annulled by economic globalization and the Anthropocene; Kirsten Dillender’s exploration of the relationship between the environment and blackness, and the ways narratives remedy or represent antiblack behavior in the SF of Jesmyn Ward and N.K. Jemisin; Doug Stark’s use of Octavia Butler’s Parables books to argue for a more realistic view of the effects of hyperempathy; Samuel R. Delany’s essay on how he sees Afrofuturism; and book reviews. Subscription: Individual subscription rates: three issues print plus online UK £31.00/ US $50.00. Order online <www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/prices>.
- Andrew M. Butler, et. al., eds.
- Vol. 61 Nos. 3, Winter 2020, three times a year
- 118pp, 17½ x 24½ cm.
- Scholarly, peer-reviewed, international journal with articles and reviews. This issue includes Mike Ryder’s examination of responsibility within the human/machine dynamic in Bernard Wolfe’s Limbo and its’s implications; Chad Andrews’s discussion of a middle place between technomania and technophobia found in the feminist SF of the 1980s; Dirk Vanderbeke’s exploration of how aliens (acting as human surrogates) interact in Joan Slonczewski’s Elysium Cycle to try to answer the question “What does it mean to be human?”; Hannah Skrynsky’s look at Indigenous/settler relationships as shown in Eden Robinson’s short story “Terminal Avenue”; and book reviews. Subscription: Individual subscription rates: three issues print plus online UK £31.00/ US $50.00. Order online <www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/prices>.
- Angela Yuriko Smith, ed.
- No. 139, Winter 2020
- $10.00, quarterly, 88pp, 21 x 27½ cm
- Small-press fiction magazine. This issue includes stories by Leonard Speiser, Willow Dawn Becker, Felicia Martinez, and others; interviews with John Palisano (president of the Horror Writers Association) and writer/poet Shannon A. Thompson; a graphic story by Mark Levine; poetry, and reviews. Cover by Arthur Haywood. Subscription: $39.00 print/$9.99 digital for four issues, to Space and Time, PO Box 214, Independence MO 64051; outside the US/Canada the magazine is available by e-subscriptions only via Weightless Books.
- Matt Cardin & Jon Padgett, eds.
- Vol. 3, Issue 2, Fall 2020
- $20.00 print/$4.95 digital; tri-annually, 234pp, 15 x 23cm.
- Vastarien is “A source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas.” This a special double issue and includes stories by Kurt Fawver, LC von Hessen, Jessica Ann York, and others; articles by Alex Skopic, John Palisano, Miguel Fliguer, and others; and poetry. Cover by Harry O. Morris. Subscription: $60.00 for three print issues worldwide/$13.50 for digital (pdf or epub) from Grimscribe Press <vastarien-journal.com/subscribe/> or through Patreon <www.patreon.com/grimscribepress>.
Online Magazines
- Jason Sizemore, ed.
- Issue #122, March 2021
- digital free online or $3.99 per print issue; bi-monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy/horror magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction.This issue includes original short fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, A.C. Wise, Barton Aikman, Annie Neugebauer, Sam J. Miller, and Sabrina Vourvoulias; reprints from Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Jason Sanford; nonfiction by Z.Z. Claybourne, Wendy N. Wagner, and A.C. Wise; interviews with Sabrina Vourvoulias, Annie Neugebauer, and artist Thomas Tan; and reviews. The issue content will be made available free online intermittently over the two months between issues. Cover by Thomas Tan. Subscription: $24.00 digital for a six issue recurring subscription from Apex <apex-magazine.com/product/apex-magazine-subscription-one-year/>.
- Stephen Higgins, ed.
- No. 137, February 2021
- $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December).
- This issue incudes fiction from Michael Gardner, Bethany Doherty, and Steve Dubois; articles, interviews, and reviews. Subscriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #322, January 28, 2021
- free online, biweekly.
- Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Josh Roundtree (with accompanying podcast) and R.K. Duncan, and a reprint from Nghi Vo. Cover by Tyler Edlin. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #323, February 11, 2021
- free online, biweekly.
- Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (with accompanying podcast) and Cori Hull, and a reprint from Marissa Lingen. Cover by Tyler Edlin. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #173, February 2021
- free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Monique Laban (with accompanying podcast), K.H. Meridian, M.L. Clark, Jeff Reynolds, Dominica Phetteplace, and Beth Goder; reprinted fiction from Anastasia Bookreyeva (Ray Nayler, trans.); an article by Carrie Sessarego; and interviews with Karen Osborne and S.B. Divya. Cover by Wenjuinn Png. Subscription: Digital subscription $35.88 for 12 issue at <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.
- Coral Alejandra Moore & Eliana Gonzáles Ugarte, eds.
- Issue #1, January 2021
- $9.00 digital, quarterly.
- Premiere issue of a new bilingual (English/Spanish) speculative fiction magazine with an emphasis on stories “amplifying the voices of Latin America and the Caribbean.” This issue’s theme is “The Bonds That Unite Us” and includes fiction by Keyan Bowes, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Malka Older, and others; and non-fiction from Adri, P.A. Cornell, and Cristina Jurado. Cover by John Picacio. Subscription: Digital subscription $36.00 per year at <www.constelacionmagazine.com/issues> or from Weightless. Single issues also available from Amazon.com.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- January/February 2021
- free online.
- Online genre fiction magazine; content (generally one illustrated story per month, plus occasional interviews and articles) is posted throughout the month. For January and February the site posted a story by Sam Muller and a poem. Subscriptions $12.00/year.
- Sean Wallace, ed.
- Issue #69, February 2021
- free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Suzan Palumbo, Kay Chronister, Aimee Ogden, and Priya Sridhar. Cover art by Tomislav Tikulin. 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.
- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #64, February 2021
- free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Innocent Chizaram Ilo and David James Brock; flash fiction by Sharang Biswas and Shingai Njeri Kagunda; an essay by Andrea Stewart; and poetry. 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 grandfailure/Adobe Stock Image. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $23.88 for 12 issues from Fantasy <www.fantasy-magazine.com/subscriptions/> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Brian J. White ed.
- Issue #87, January 2021
- $5.00 digital only, monthly.
- For the January issue, the site posted short fiction by Alisa Alering and Sloane Leong. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.
- Brian J. White ed.
- Issue #88, February 2021
- $5.00 digital only, monthly.
- This issue, the site posted short fiction by Michelle Mellon, Lucy A. Snyder, and Jason Sanford. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #129, February 2021
- free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original science fiction by Phoebe Barton and Keith Brooke & Eric Brown; reprinted SF by Paul Crenshaw and Maureen F. McHugh; original fantasy by A.T. Greenblatt and Alexander Weinstein; reprinted fantasy by Micah Dean Hicks and Autumn Brown; 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 Everina Maxwell. Cover by grandfailure / 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>.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- February 2021
- free online, monthly.
- Online and print speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original stories by Aaron DaMommio, Chloe Smith, Ted S. Bushman, and C.M. Fields. New stories are posted online every Friday. Cover by Caleb Costelle. Subscription: unavailable.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #101, February 2021
- free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online horror/dark fantasy magazine publishing both original and reprinted fiction. This issue includes original fiction by E.A. Petricone and Stephen Graham Jones; a non-fiction essay by Justin C. Key; an interview with Hailey Piper; flash fiction; and poetry. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Cover by Grace Legault. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Vanessa Rose Phin, et al., eds.
- January/February 2021
- free, weekly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday. For January and February, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Tamara Jerée, Varsha Dinesh, and Mário de Seabra Coelho; an article by AJ Fitzwater; a column by Maria Haskins; poetry (with accompanying podcasts); reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day & Emma Weakley. Subscription: unavailable.
- Tom Doherty, Fritz Foy, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- January/February
- 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; and interviews; as well as providing a forum for the genre community. New material is posted throughout the month. January and February posts include novel excerpts from books by Adalyn Grace, Jessica Rubinkowski, Michael Johnston, Intisar Khanani, Edward Carey, S.T. Gibson, Everina Maxwell, Gita Trelease, Robbie Arnott, Namina Forna, and Andrew Kelly Stewart; and original fiction by Annalee Newitz, Ian Rogers, Richard Kadrey, and Lavie Tidhar.
From the March 2021 issue of Locus.
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