Magazines Received, September 2021

This list covers 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. 91 Nos. 9 & 10, September/October 2021
  • $7.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
  • This issue includes part one of a serial by Jay Werkheiser; a novella by Adam-Troy Castro; novelettes by J.T. Sharrah and Marco Frassetto; short stories by Bianca Sayan, Marissa Lingen, Joel Richards, Holly Schofield, Marie Vibbert, Chelsea Obodoechina, and John J. Vester; flash fiction by Robert Scherrer; a science article by Donald Wilkins; an appreciation for Don Sakers; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Kurt Huggins.

Asimov’s Science Fiction

  • Sheila Wil­liams, ed.
  • Vol. 45 Nos. 9 & 10, Whole Numbers 548 & 549, September/October 2021
  • $7.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
  • This issue includes a novella by Greg Egan and Elizabeth Bear; a novelette by Rick Wilber; short stories by Jason Sanford, James Gunn, Michèle Laframboise, Mercurio D.Rivera, Wole Talabi, Peter Wood, S. Qiouyi Lu, James Van Pelt, and Naomi Kanakia; an appreciation for James Gunn by Kij Johnson; columns by Robert Silverberg and James Patrick Kelly; poetry; reviews,etc. Cover by Eldar Zakirov.

Dwarf Stars 2021

  • Charles Christian, ed.
  • 2021
  • $5.00 + s&h $2.00 US/$4.00 int’l s&h paper/$2.50 for extra copies to SFPA members, $1.00 pdf, annual, 22pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
  • Dwarf Stars 2021 gathers the best short speculative fiction poetry (ten lines or fewer) as nominated by the members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and chosen by the editors for publication. This year’s offering of numerous poems includes work by Susan Burch, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Mary Soon Lee, and oth­ers. Cover by Janie Christian. Subscription: $5.00 or included with a subscription to Star*Line to SFPA, SFPA Secretary, PO Box 1563, Alameda CA 94501; paypal; website.

Extrapolation

  • Gerry Canavan, et. al., eds.
  • Vol. 62 No. 2, Summer 2021
  • Three times a year, 134pp, 17½ x 24½ cm
  • Scholarly peer-reviewed international journal with articles and reviews. This issue includes Jeremy Withers’s examination of the al­ternates to automobiles in Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel and Arthur C. Clarke’s The City and the Stars and their ramifica­tions; T.S. Miller & Elizabeth Miller’s look at how sex and rape is depicted in Tolkien’s works; Dennis Wilson Wise’s consider­ation of Poul Anderson’s contribution to the twentieth-century alliterative revival by looking at his poetry and how the pulp market shaped the poetry he produced; Sara Martin’s exploration of ethics in terms of intervention, A.I. rights, and Utopia in The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks; and Erin Mercer’s analysis of Stephen King’s The Institute; plus book reviews. Subscription: Individual subscription rates: three issues print plus online UK £31.00/ US $50.00. Order online.

Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction

  • Paul March-Russell, ed.
  • Vol. 50, Issue No. 2, #139, 2021
  • £9.00/$15.00, three times yearly, 140pp, 14½ x 21 cm.
  • Peer-reviewed journal pub­lished by the Science Fiction Foundation. This is a special ‘‘Decolonizing Science Fic­tion’’ issue with Bodhisattva Chattopadhy­ay’s writing about ‘‘Manifestos of Futurism’’, Steven K. McClain’s examination of Octa­via E. Butler’s Wild Seed; Beatriz Hermida Ramos’s look at A Memory Called Em­pire by Arkady Martine; Abhishek V. Lak­kad’s discussion of how artificial human consciousness is depicted in Bollywood and Hindi cinema as shown in the movie Prince; Carissa Ma’s exploration of Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon; and Christine Xiong’s consideration of cyborgs in Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide; interviews with Courttia New­land and John Rieder; articles by Vandana Singh and Isiah Lavender III; and book reviews. Subscription: UK £25.00/Rest of Europe £28.00/Elsewhere £32.00/USD$48.00/Students £15.00/USD$25.00 (proof required) for three issues, specify year of commencement. Inquire for cost to institutions. Send checks made out to ‘‘The Science Fiction Foundation’’ to The Science Fiction Foundation, 28 St. John’s Road, Guildford, GU2 7UH, UK. Registered Charity No. 1041052; e-mail: Roger Robinson (‘‘SFF’’ in subject line) <sff@beccon.org>.

Galaxy’s Edge

  • Lezli Robyn, ed.
  • Issue #52, September 2021
  • $7.99 print/$4.99 digital; bimonthly, 100pp, 19 x 24½ cm.
  • Online and print SF magazine with a mixture of original and reprinted fiction, reviews, and columns. This issue includes both original and reprinted fiction from Mica Scotti Kole, Mike Resnick, Wang Nuonuo (S. Qiouyi Lu, trans), and others; an interview with Jonathan Maberry; the next chapter in the serialization of Over the Wine-Dark Sea by Harry Turtledove; columns by Gregory Benford and L. Penelope; and reviews. Subscription: $19.99/digital for six issues from www.weightlessbooks.com or Amazon; $37.74 for six print issues to Galaxy’s Edge c/o Arc Manor Publishers, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fic­tion

  • Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
  • Vol. 141 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 757, September/October 2021
  • $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
  • This issue includes a novella by Nuzo Onoh; novelettes by Brian Trent and Matthew Hughes; short stories by Lincoln Michel, Erin Barbeau, Octavia Cade, E.A. Bourland, Carl Taylor, Lora Gray, Amal Singh, and Paul Di Filippo; a science article by Jerry Oltion; poetry; reviews, and etc. Cover by David A. Hardy.

Planet Scumm: Snake Eyes

  • Hailey Piper, guest ed.
  • No. 11, $12.00, Summer 2021
  • Tri-annual, 103pp, 15 x 21 cm
  • Perfect-bound, small‑press fiction magazine spe­cializing in ‘‘weirdo science fiction, specula­tive fiction, and paranormal horror’’. This issue has stories by Ana Gardner, Avery Kit Marlone, L.C. Von Hessen, and others. Cover by Maura McGonagle. Subscription: three print issues for $30.00, three digital issues for $18.00; website: <www.plan­etscumm.space/shop/subscription>; email: <crew@planetscumm.space>.

Smith’s Monthly

  • Dean Wesley Smith
  • Is­sue #51, July 2021
  • $6.99 digital/$12.99 print, monthly, 134pp, 17½ x 25½ cm
  • A magazine written entirely by Dean Wes­ley Smith with five short stories; a short novel; and a serialization of a novel (part 3 of 6). Subscription: Digital: $29.99 (six issues)/$49.99 (12 issues)/US print plus digital: $59.99 (six issues)/$99.99 (12 issues)/Outside the US print plus digital: $99.99 (six issues)/$199.99 (12 issues) at <www.smithsmonthly.com/subscribe/>.

Smith’s Monthly

  • Dean Wesley Smith
  • Is­sue #52, August 2021
  • $6.99 digital/$12.99 print, monthly, 136pp, 17½ x 25½ cm
  • A magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with five short stories; a novella; and a serialization of a novel (part 4 of 6). Subscription: Digital: $29.99 (six is­sues)/$49.99 (12 issues)/US print plus digital: $59.99 (six issues)/$99.99 (12 issues)/Outside the US print plus digital: $99.99 (six issues)/$199.99 (12 issues) at <www.smithsmonthly.com/subscribe/>.

Star*Line

  • Jean-Paul L. Garnier, ed.
  • Issue No. 44.3, Summer 2021
  • $5.00 + $2.00 s&h print/$2.50 digital, quarterly, 44pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
  • Speculative poetry magazine from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. This issue includes poems from Dawn Vogel, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Russell Nichols, and others; non-fiction articles; small press coverage, etc. Cover by Austin Arthur Hart. Subscription: $24.00 for four print issues/$10.00 digital or included with a SFPA membership via paypal to <SFPATreasurer@gmail.com>.

Online Magazines


Abyss & Apex Magazine 

  • Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
  • Issue #79, 3rd Quarter 2021
  • Free online; quarterly.
  • Online speculative fiction maga­zine. This issue includes stories by Ember Randall, Maggie Slater, John Burridge, and others; flash fiction, poetry, and small press reviews. Subscription: Unavailable.

Apex Magazine

  • Jason Sizemore, ed.
  • Issue #125, September 2021
  • Digital free online or $4.99 per issue; bi-monthly.
  • Online SF/fantasy/horror magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction. This issue includes original short fiction by Joelle Wellington, Rose Keating, Jared Millet, Maggie Slater, D. Thomas Minton and Rachel Swirsky; reprinted fiction from Tenea D. Johnson, Jason Sanford, and Yohanca Delgado; nonfiction by Maria Dong and Ken MacGregor; interviews with Joelle Wellington and Rose Keating, and artist Marcela Bolívar; and reviews. The issue content will be made avail­able free online intermittently over the two months between issues. Cover by Marcela Bolívar. Subscription: $24.00 digital for a six issue recurring subscrip­tion from Apex <apex-magazine.com/product/apex-magazine-subscription-one-year/>.

Aurealis

  • Dirk Strasser, ed.
  • No. 144, September 2021
  • $2.99, 10 times a year (every month ex­cept January and December)
  • This issue includes fiction from Michael Gardner, Greg Foyster, and J.D. Moyer; an interview with G.R. Matthews; an article by Lachlan Wal­ter; and reviews. Subscriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Scott H. Andrews, ed.
  • Issue #337, August 26, 2021
  • Free online, biweekly
  • Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This is­sue includes original fiction by Robert Minto (with accompanying podcast) and Abhijeet Sathe, and a reprint from Erin Eisenhour. Cover by Jérôme Comentale. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weight­less Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Scott H. Andrews, ed.
  • Issue #338, September 9, 2021
  • Free online, biweekly
  • Online fan­tasy/adventure magazine. This issue in­cludes original fiction by Jenny Rae Rap­paport (with accompanying podcast) and Martin Cahill, and a reprint from Eleanna Castroianni. Cover by Jérôme Comentale. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weight­less Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Black Cat Weekly

  • John Betancourt, ed.
  • Issue #1, Septem­ber 5, 2021
  • $3.99, weekly
  • Premiere issue of a weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes reprinted science fiction by Brian Evenson, Mack Reynolds, S.M. Ten­neshaw, and Ralph Milne Farley; and a novel by Keith Laumer; as well as four mystery stories and a mystery novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).

Black Cat Weekly

  • John Betancourt, ed.
  • Issue #2, September 12, 2021
  • $3.99, weekly
  • Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes reprinted science fiction by David Brin, Robert F. Young, Reginald Bretnor, and Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg; and a fantasy novel by Geoff St. Reynard; as well as four mystery stories and a mystery nov­el. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic cop­ies of their other magazines also).

Clarkesworld

  • Neil Clarke, ed.
  • Issue #180, September 2021
  • Free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly
  • Online SF/fantasy maga­zine. This issue includes original fiction by Ray Nayler (with accompanying podcast), D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Timons Esaias, Ziggy Schutz, Robert Jeschonek and Gregory Feeley; a reprint by Regina Kanyu Wang (Emily Jin, trans.); an article by Julie Nováková; and interviews with Cat Rambo and Nina Allan. Cover by Daniele Gay. 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.

The Dark

  • Sean Wallace, ed.
  • Issue #76, September 2021
  • Free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
  • Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Kali Napier, Maiga Doocy, Phoenix Alexander, and Ai Jiang. Cover by George Cotronis. 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.

Escape Artist

  • Subscriptions: Free Online
  • Pro­duces four weekly podcasts: Escape Pod <escapepod.org/> S.B. Divya & Mur Laf­fery, eds. (SF), PodCastle <podcastle.org/> Shingai Njeri Kagunda & Eleanor R. Wood, eds. (fantasy), PseudoPod <pseudopod.org/> Shawn Garrett & Alex Hofelich, eds. (horror), and Cast of Wonders <www.castofwonders.org/> Katherine Inskip, ed (YA).
  • Genre podcasts of both original and previously published stories with accompanying text. For August/September 2021 Escape Pod aired stories from Ian Creasey, N.K. Jemisin, and Hal Y. Zhang; PodCastle aired stories from Louis Evans, Melody Gordon, Rati Mehrotra, and Kristina Ten; PseudoPod aired stories from Allen Zhang & Edogawa Ranpo, Chelsea Davis (poem), Evan J. Peterson, Sarah Turi Boshear, M.L. Humphreys, and Dan Fields; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Marie Vibbert, Ivy Grimes, and Avra Margariti.

Fantasy Magazine

  • Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
  • Issue #71, September 2021
  • Free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
  • Online Fantasy magazine. This issue includes original flash fiction by Addison Smith and Mark S. Bailen; short fiction by Amal Singh and K.P. Kulski; an interview with Jennifer Marie Brissett; 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 Thana WongAdobe 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>.

Fireside

  • Yanni Kuznia, guest ed.
  • Issue #95, September 2021
  • $5.00 digital only, monthly
  • In the September issue, the site posted short fic­tion by Kate Francia, Eleanor R. Wood, Hal Y. Zhang, and others. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.

Flash Point SF

  • Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
  • August/September 2021
  • Free online, bi-weekly
  • Flash fiction SF and fantasy site posting a new story every other Friday. In August/September, the site posted short fiction by Kristin Osani, Teresa Pham-Car­sillo, and William Kortbein. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $5.00 for one year at <flashpointsf.com/subscribe/>.

Future Science Fiction Digest

  • Alex Shvartsman, ed.
  • Issue 12, September 2021
  • Free online/$3.99 digital, quarterly.
  • SF magazine with a focus on translated and international fiction. This issue includes stories from Nora Schinnerl, Arthur Liu (Nathan Faries, trans.), Alex­andra Seidel, Jane Espenson, and Oleg Divov (Alex Shvartsman, trans.). Contents from this issue are also posted free online. See their website for release dates. Cover by Tithi Luadthong. Subscriptions: $11.99 for four digital issues from King Games <www.kingsgames.com/online-store/Future-Science-Fiction-Digest-ANNUAL-SUBSCRIPTION-p297358304>. Quarterly digital issues are available through Patre­on. Individual copies available to purchase from Amazon, Nook, Kobo, iBooks, Google Play, and Weightless.

khōréō

  • Aleksan­dra Hill, et al., eds.
  • Vol 1, Issue 1, February 2021
  • $5.99 digital, quarterly
  • Premiere issue of a new quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration dedi­cated to promoting immigrant and diaspora authors. This issue includes fiction from Jennifer Hudak, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, C.H. Hung, and others. Cover by Lucia Li. Subscription: $4.99/quarterly or $17.49/year from <www.khoreomag.com/shop/>.

khōréō

  • Aleksan­dra Hill, et al., eds.
  • Vol 1, Issue 2, May 2021
  • $5.99 digital, quarterly
  • Quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and mi­gration dedicated to promoting immigrant and diaspora authors. This issue includes fiction from H. Pueyo, Anjali Patel, Jaime O. Mayer, and others. Cover by Isabelle Lin. Subscription: $4.99/quarterly or $17.49/year from <www.khoreomag.com/shop/>.

khōréō

  • Aleksan­dra Hill, et al., eds.
  • Vol 1, Issue 3, August 2021
  • $5.99 digital, quarterly
  • Quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migra­tion dedicated to promoting immigrant and diaspora authors. This issue includes fic­tion from Esther Alter, Isabel J. Kim, Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas, and others; an interview with Cynthia Zhang; an essay by Nudrat Kamal; and an excerpt from a novel by Cynthia Zhang. Cover by Cindy Fan. Subscription: $4.99/quarterly or $17.49/year from <www.khoreomag.com/shop/>.

Lightspeed Magazine

  • John Joseph Adams, ed.
  • Issue #136, September 2021
  • Free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly
  • Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original science fiction by Thomas Ha and Meg Elison; original SF flash fiction by Adam-Troy Castro; reprinted SF by Violet Allen; original fantasy from Anya Ow and Lizz Huerta; original fantasy flash by Adam R. Shannon; reprinted fantasy by Alexander Weinstein; 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 paid content is an excerpt from a novel by Cat Rambo. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Light­speed <www.lightspeedmagazine.com/subscribe/> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Luna Station Quarterly

  • Jennifer Lyn Parsons, ed.,
  • Issue #47, September 2021
  • $11.95 print/$2.99 digital/free online, quarterly
  • Online and print magazine displaying ‘‘the vast and varied talents of women-identified speculative fictions writers.’’ This issue includes stories by Isabel Lee, Aimee Ogden, Ai Jiang, and others. Cover by Amagoia Agirre. Subscription: unavailable. Single print issues available from Amazon.com. Digital issues available through their website and Weightless.

Metaphorosis

  • B. Morris Allen, ed.
  • October 2021
  • $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly
  • Online and print speculative fiction maga­zine. This issue includes original stories by Ivy Grimes, J.C. Pillard, Lisa Short, Laurel Beckley, and Karl El-Koura. New stories are posted online every Friday. Cover by VQGAN+CLIP – ‘‘an AI method’’. Digital subscriptions available at $3.00/month through Patreon <www.patreon.com/metaphorosis>. Single issues available from Amazon.com and IngramSpark.

Mysterion

  • Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
  • September/October 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 September and October the site will post stories by Marshall J. Moore and David Tallerman. Cover by Andrea Alemanno. Subscription: Limited-edition digital version (pdf, epub and mobi) available prior to web publica­tion via Patreon.

Nightmare Magazine

  • Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
  • Issue #108, September 2021
  • Free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly
  • Online horror/dark fantasy magazine publishing both original and reprinted fiction as well as poetry. This issue includes fiction by Orrin Grey, Franklin Ard, Gillian Daniels, and Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas; an essay by Cynthia Pelayo; and book reviews. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Cover by MoVille / Adobe Stock. This month’s exclusive paid content is an excerpt from a novel by Cassandra Khaw. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightless­books.com>.

ParSec

  • Ian Whates, ed.
  • No. 1, Autumn 2021
  • £5.99, quarterly, 90pp
  • Premiere issue of a new genre digital magazine, featuring the ‘‘very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror’’. This issue includes fiction by David Gullen, Dan Abnett, Ken MacLeod, Harrison Varley, Yuliia Vereta, Esther M Friesner, Redfern John Barrett, Anna Tambour, and Paul Di Filippo; an interview with Christopher Priest; a feature on Arthur C. Clarke Award administrator Tom Hunter; an essay by Anne C. Perry & Jaren Shurin; and reviews. Cover by Vincent Sammy. Subscription: £20.00 for four issues to PS Publishing Ltd., Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, HU18 1PG, UNITED KINGDOM; email: <parsec@pspublishing.co.uk>.

Pulp Literature

  • Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.
  • No. 31, Summer 2021
  • C $14.99, quarterly, 226pp, 13½ x 20½ cm
  • Canadian small‑press fiction magazine dedicated to all types of pulp literature with substantial genre content. This issue includes stories by Brenda Carre, Elsa M. Carruthers, Hajera Khaja, and others; an interview with Brenda Carre; a graphic story by Matthew Nielsen; the next chapters in ongoing series by Mel Anastasiou and JM Landels; poetry; etc. Cover by Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki. Subscription: C$50.00 Canada/$C68.00 continental USA/C$86.00 elsewhere for four print issues to Pulp Literarure Press, 21955 16 Ave., Langley BC, V2Z 1K5, Canada; $C17.99 for digital.

Strange Horizons

  • Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
  • August/September 2021
  • Free, weekly
  • Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and inter­views. New issues are posted each Mon­day. In August/September, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by B. Pladek and Kola Heyward-Rotimi; an article by Kes Otter Lieffe; an interview with Nisi Shawl; weekly poetry, including a special ‘‘Poetry of the Southeast Asia Poetry Special’’ issue published on August 30, 2021 (with accompanying podcasts); reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day and Johnny Anger. Subscription: unavailable.

Tor.com

  • Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
  • August/September
  • 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. August and September’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Shanna Miles, Alex Pheby, Ayana Gray, Marie Rutkoski, Sarah Raugh­ley, S. Qiouyi Lu, Lyndall Clipstone, Zoraida Córdova, Sarah Hollowell, A. Deborah Baker, Monica Byrne, Lauren Blackwood, Margaret Rogerson, and Brandon Sand­erson; and original fiction by Catherynne M. Valente, Kathleen Jennings, Chaz Brenchley and Lavie Tidhar.

Uncanny Magazine

  • Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Elsa Sjunneson, eds.
  • Issue #42, September/October 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 Aliette de Bodard (with accompanying podcast), Betsy Aoki, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, P. Djèlí Clark (with accompanying podcast), Kristiana Willsey, Rachael K. Jones, and Eugenia Triantafyllou; essays from Sarah Kuhn, Tansy, Rayner Roberts, Ada Palmer, and Shiv Ramdas; interviews withBonnie Jo Stufflebeam and Eugenia Triantafyllou; and poetry. The site also includes podcast interview with Aliette de Bodard and P. Djèlí Clark. Cover art by Julie Dillon. 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>.

Wyldblood Magazine

  • Mark Bilsborough, ed.
  • Issue #5, October/November 2021
  • £5.99 print/£2.99 digital, bi-monthly through 2021
  • Speculative and literary fiction magazine, this issue includes stories by Richard Webb, Francis Walsh, Holly Bar­ratt, and others, as well as book and media reviews. Subscription: £35 print/£15.00 digital for six issues to Wyldblood Press, Thicket View, Bakers Lane, Maidenhead SL6 6PX, United Kingdom; website:<www.wyldblood.com/magazine>. Also available through Amazon.com.

The Outer Limits


Financial Times Weekend (August 21-22, 2021) includes ‘‘A Way Back for A World in Flames’’, an essay by Kim Stanley Robinson which considers climate change and possible changes to advert catastrophe.

The National Pastime: The Future Ac­cording to Baseball (2021) a special edi­tion of the Society for American Baseball Research’s annual convention journal edited by Marty Resnick & Cecelia M. Tan explores the future of baseball through the eyes of Harry Turtledove, Rick Wilber, and others.

The Week (September 3, 2021) had Grady Hendrix’s six ‘‘best book’’ picks.


See this listing and more like it in the October 2021 issue of Locus.

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