Magazines Received – March

Bourbon Penn

• Erik Secker, ed.
• Issue No. 26, March 2022
• $12.95 print/$1.99 digital/ free online, three times a year, 142pp, 12½ x 20 cm
• Literary speculative fiction magazine with stories by Nikita Andester, Fred Coppersmith, H. Pueyo, and others. Cover by Ed Binkley. Subscription: avail­able through Patreon <www.patreon.com/ bourbonpenn>. Copies can be purchased from Amazon.com; website: <bourbon­penn.com>.

Dark Matter Magazine

• Rob Carroll, ed.
• Issue #8, March/April 2022 $15.00 print/$4.99 digital, bimonthly, 136pp
• Literary magazine exploring the ‘‘shadow side of reality’’. This issue includes origi­nal and reprinted short fiction by Sloane Leong, Solomon Uhiara, and others; part two of a serial by Warren Benedetto; an interview with Catriona Ward; art features showcasing the art of Doodleskelly and Warakami; and reviews. Cover by Doo­dleskelly. Subscription: $30.00 per year for digital-only at <darkmattermagazine.shop/ pages/subscriptions>; or $1.00/month or $10/year basic membership to access sto­ries online at <darkmattermagazine.shop/ pages/memberships>. Print subscriptions are available with higher tier member­ship, and single copy print issues can be purchased at <darkmattermagazine. shop/collections/print-editions>; website: darkmattermagazine.com/.

Extrapolation

• Gerry Canavan, et. al., eds.
• Vol. 62 No. 3, Winter 2021, three times a year, 116pp, 17½ x 24½ cm. Scholarly peer-reviewed international journal with articles and reviews
• This issue includes María Ferrández-Sanmiguel’s analysis of the cyborgs in Pat Cadigan’s Synners from the perspective of trauma studies and post humanism; Leo Chu examines how the works of Japanese writer Gen Urobu­chi–represent the motif of ‘‘care’’ in relation to the economy; Kristen Kooperman traces the character development arc of Carlos, the scientist in the podcast Welcome to Night Vale and novel It Devours!; and Lyu Guangzhao, using Michel Foucault’s notion of ‘‘heterotopia’’, considers how the migrant workers in Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide are co-opted from being victims to becoming vampires in a society of market competition; plus book reviews. Subscrip­tion: Individual subscription rates: three issues print plus online UK £32.00/ US $52.00. Order online <www.liverpooluni­versitypress.co.uk/journals/prices>; web­site: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fic­tion

• Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
• Vol. 142 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 760, March/April 2022
• $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
• This issue includes novelettes by Me­gan Beadle, Matthew Hughes, Adriana C. Grigore, and Tobi Ogundiran; short stories by Rajeev Prasad, Phoenix Alexander, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Ethan Smestad, Sarah A. Macklin, Frank Oreto, Amanda Dier, Carl Walmsley, Anna Zumbro, and Yefim Zozulya; a column by Arley Sorg; a science article by Jerry Oltion; poetry; reviews, and etc. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.

Pulphouse

• Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
• Issue No. 16, December 2021
• $12.99 print/$6.99 digital, bi-monthly, 200pp, 17½ x 25½ cm.
• This issue includes 19 pieces of short fiction, including stories from David H. Hendrickson, Sebastien de Castell, Jerry Oltion, and others; and a one-page graphic story from J. Steven York. Subscription: six issues for $89.99 print/$34.99 digital, available at <www.wmgpublishinginc.com/project/ pulphouse-subscriptions/>; website: <pulphousemagazine.com>.

Smith’s Monthly

• Dean Wesley Smith
• Issue #57, January 2022
• $6.99 digi­tal/$12.99 print, monthly, 152pp, 17½ x 25½ cm.
• A magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with four short stories; a short Thunder Mountain novel; and a full five short story mystery col­lection. Subscription: Digital: $34.99 (six issues)/$64.99 (12 issues)/US print plus digital: $89.99 (six issues)/$179.99 (12 issues) available at <www.smithsmonth­ly.com/subscribe/>; website: <www. smithsmonthly.com >.

Smith’s Monthly

• Dean Wesley Smith
• Issue #58, February 2022
• $6.99 digi­tal/$12.99 print, monthly, 132pp, 17½ x 25½ cm.
• A magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with four short stories; a full Pakhet Jones short novel; and a full five short story strange detective col­lection. Subscription: Digital: $34.99 (six issues)/$64.99 (12 issues)/US print plus digital: $89.99 (six issues)/$179.99 (12 issues) available at <www.smithsmonth­ly.com/subscribe/>; website: <www. smithsmonthly.com >.

Weird Horror

• Michael Kelly, ed.
• No. 4, Spring 2022
• $16.00 print/$6.00 digital, twice a year, 88pp, 17½ x 25 cm.
• Dedicat­ed to ‘‘pulpy dark fiction in the weird fiction and horror genres’’. This issue includes fiction from J.F. Gleeson, Sarina Dorie, Steve Rasnic Tem, and others; articles by Orrin Grey and Simon Strantzas; and book and film reviews. Cover by Drazen Kozjan. Subscription: $29.50 for two print issues from Undertow Publications; Website: <un­dertowpublications.com/shop/whsubs>.

Online Magazines

Apex Magazine

• Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner, eds.
• Issue #130, March 2022, 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 RJ Taylor, Risa Wolf, Devon Mihesuah, Spencer Nitkey, Benjamin Blattberg, and Russell Nichols; reprinted fiction from Molly Tanzer and Wole Talabi; nonfiction by Milton J. Davis and Linda D. Addison; inter­views with RJ Taylor and Spencer Nitkey, and artist J.R. Slattum; and reviews. Cover by J.R. Slattum. Subscription: $24.00 digital for a six issue recurring subscription from Apex <apex-magazine.com/product/ apex-magazine-subscription-one-year/>. Also available from third-party sellers.

Aurealis

• Stephen Higgins, ed.
• No. 148, March 2022, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December)
• This is­sue incudes fiction from Leon D Furze, Jennie Del Mastro, and Ian Pohl; articles by Claire Fitzpatrick, Gillian Polack, and Terry Wood; an interview with Andrew Nette; and reviews. Cover by Algol2. Sub­scriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• Issue #350, February 24, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
• This is a special double ‘‘sci­ence fantasy’’ issue with original fiction by Aliette de Bodard (with accompanying podcast), A.T. Greenblatt, R.Z. Held, Wil­liam Broom, and Thomas Ha; and reprints from Phoenix Alexander and Anne Ivy. Cover by Jose Borges. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• Issue #351, March 10, 2022, free online, biweekly
• Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fic­tion by Peter Darbyshire and Patty Temple­ton (with accompanying podcast); a reprint from Saladin Ahmed; and a rebroadcast of a podcast by Peter Darbyshire. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Black Cat Weekly

• John Betancourt, ed.
• Issue #25, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy short stories by David Marusek, Irvin Lester & Fletcher Pratt, and others; as well as three mystery stories and two mystery novels. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).

Black Cat Weekly

• John Betancourt, ed.
• Issue #26, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy short stories by Eando Binder, Cynthia Ward, Lester del Rey, and others; as well as mystery stories and two mystery novels. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).

Black Cat Weekly

• John Betancourt, ed.
• Issue #27, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly reprinted SF and mystery maga­zine. This issue includes science fiction or fantasy stories by Nalo Hopkinson, James E. Gunn, Lester del Rey, and oth­ers; an interview from 1976 with George R.R. Martin; a ‘‘non-fact’’ humor article; as well as four mystery stories and a 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 #28, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes science fiction or fantasy stories by Linda D. Ad­dison, Randall Garrett, and others; an interview with Larry Niven; as well as three mystery stories and one 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 #29, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy stories by M. Christian, Clark Ashton Smith, and others; an inter­view with Poul Anderson; as well as four mystery stories and one mystery novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).

Clarkesworld

• Neil Clarke, ed.
• Issue #186, March 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
• Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Naomi Kritzer (with accompanying podcast), Ray Nayler, Cal Ritterhoff, R.T. Ester, EA Mylonas, Tegan Moore, and Priya Chand; a reprint from Arthur Liu (Stella Jiayue Zhu, trans.); an article by Carrie Sessarego; and interviews with John Scalzi and Regina Kanyu Wang & Yu Chen. Cover by Alejandro Burdisio. 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.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

• Fran Eisemann, ed.
• February/March 2022, free online
• Online genre fiction magazine; content (generally one illustrated story per month, plus occa­sional interviews and articles) is posted throughout the month. For February and March, the site posted stories by Anne E. G. Nydam, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, and others. Subscriptions $12.00/year.

The Dark

• Sean Wallace, ed.
• Issue #82, March 2022, free online or digital avail­able for $1.99-$2.99, monthly
• Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Kirstyn Mc­Dermott, Kali Wallace, Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, and Suzan Palumbo. Cover by Fredrick Nolting. 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.

The Deadlands

• E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
• Issue #11, March 2022, digital/free online, monthly.
• ‘‘The Deadlands exists in liminal spaces between life, death and elsewhere’’ with ‘‘speculative fiction that concerns itself with death – but also everything death may involve’’. This issue includes original fiction by L Chan and Josh Rountree; a reprint from Richard Butner; non-fiction by M. Van Ell and Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Mélissa Houpert. Subscription: $36.00 for 12 digital issues at <thedeadlands.com/membership-account/membership-levels/>.

Escape Artist

• 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)
• Free online
• Genre podcasts of both original and previ­ously published stories with accom­panying text
• For February/March 2022, Escape Pod aired stories from Kameron Hurley, Mur Lafferty, Kristen Koopman, Raymond Roach, and Maurice Broad­dus; PodCastle aired stories by Dani Atkinson, Chaitanya Murali, Beth Goder, Louis Evans, and Marina Ermakova; PseudoPod aired stories from Donyae Coles, Mary Berman, Kat Day, Josh Rountree, Charles Robert Maturin, Emily Rigole, and Suzan Palumbo; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Angela Teagardner, Michelle Ann King, B Myers & Graham Robert Scott, and Sydney Rivers. Subscriptions: Free.

Fantasy Magazine

• Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
• Issue #77, March 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
• Online Fantasy magazine. This issue includes original flash fiction by Marie H. Lewis and Lisa M. Bradley; short fiction by Isabel J. Kim and Gabrielle Harbowy; an interview with Rebecca Roanhorse; 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 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>.

Fireside

• Aigner Loren Wilson, guest ed.
• Issue #101, March 2022, $5.00 digital only, monthly
• In the March issue, the site posted short fiction by Lindsay King-Miller, M. Darusha Wehm, and others. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.

Fusion Fragment

• Cavan Terrill, ed.
• Issue #10, March 2022, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover copy through Blurb
• This issue $26.99 CAD (price var­ies by issue), irregular, 98 pp, 21½ x 28 cm.
• Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original work by Jennifer Hudak, Rayn Epremian, and others, and reprinted work by Hayley Stone (each story includes a short Q&A with the author); and reviews. Cover by KiTT St. Joans. Subscription: Available through Patreon <www.patreon.com/fusionfragment>.

Future Science Fiction Digest

• Alex Shvartsman, ed.
• Issue 14, March 2022, free online/$3.99 digital, quarterly.
• SF magazine with a focus on translated and international fiction
• This issue includes stories from Will McIn­tosh, Alexy Dumenigo (Toshiya Kamei, trans.), Xing Fan (Judith Huang, trans), Lavie Tidhar, Jo Miles, and Filip Wilt­gren. Contents from this issue are also posted free online. See their website for release dates. Cover by Oleksandr Kulichenko. 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

Hexagon

• JW Stebner, ed.
• Issue #8, March 2022, free online, quarterly
• Digital magazine specializing in ‘‘the weird, the wonder­ous, and the whimsical!’’ This issue includes stories by Carol Scheina, Anna Martino, and others; and poetry. Cover by Sarah Allen Reed. Subscription: available through Patreon $1.00/mo or $12/yr. Single print issues available from Amazon.com. Digital issues available through their website and Weightless

Metaphorosis

• B. Morris Allen, ed.
• April 2022, $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly.
• Online and print speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original stories by Wade Dargin, Am­man Sabet, and others. New stories are posted online every Friday. Cover by Carol Wellart. Digital subscriptions avail­able at $3.00/month through Patreon <www.patreon.com/metaphorosis>. Single issues available from Amazon.com and IngramSpark.

The New York Review of Science Fiction

Nightmare Magazine

• Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
• Issue #114, March 2022, 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 Erica Ruppert, Pedro Iniguez, and R.L. Meza; an essay by Ally Wilkes; book reviews and poetry. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Ama­zon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightless­books.com>

SF Commentary

• Bruce Gillespie, ed.
• No. 108, February 2022, Limited printcopies available/free online; irregular, 80pp, 20 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm. Australian fanzine from Bruce Gillespie
• This issue includes the first fiction ever published in SF Commentary – two pieces of fiction by Michael Bishop, a non-fiction article by Michael Bishop, and a Christmas letter from Michael & Jeri Bishop; an update and commentary on life by Bruce Gillespie, including a list of books and other material with commentary; a section by Jennifer Bryce and Tony Thomas on the 2021 Booker Awards, and two non-fiction articles; guest editorials by Gillian Polack and Colin Steele; a FlyCon convention report; Ron Drummond’s article on Joanna Russ; and book reviews. Cover by Denny Marshall. Subscription: Not available. More information: Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia; email: gandc001@bigpond.com; digital copies available free through EFANZINES.COM

SF Commentary

• Bruce Gillespie, ed.
• No. 109, February 2022, Limited print copies available/free online
• Irregular, 20pp, 20 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm. Australian fan­zine from Bruce Gillespie
• This issue is a tribute to Bill Wright and includes appre­ciations from Dick Jenssen and Bruce Gillespie; LynC’s speech given on the presentation of the A. Bertram Chandler Award to Bill Wright in 2017; and various Facebook tributes. Subscription: Not available. More information: Bruce Gil­lespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia; email: gandc001@bigpond.com; digital copies available free through EFANZINES.COM.

SFRevu

• Gayle Sur­rett ed.
• March 2021, free, monthly
• Online SF review site. In the March issue, the site posted reviews of non-fiction, short fiction, and books; an in­terview with Glynn Stewart; and various columns. Subscriptions: Not available.

Shoreline of Infinity

• Noel Chidwick, ed.
• No. 29, March 2022, online monthly free/pay-what-you-want digital edition/paid biannual print edition, 64pp.
• Shoreline of Infinity (previously a quarterly print magazine) has changed their publishing schedule. They are publishing a monthly digital magazine, as well as a biannual print edition with stories, articles and reviews and selected stories form the year’s digital publications. This issue in­cludes episodes one and two of a serial by Eric Brown; short fiction by Raymond W Gallacher; an article by Lottie Em­ily Dodd on Extinction Rebellion’s first global short story competition with one of the winning stories by Christopher R. Muscato; artwork, reviews, and poetry. Subscription: £27.00 for 12 digital is­sues/£19.50 UK for two print editions, £29.00 rest of world/£41.50 UK for print+ digital, £49.00 rest of world from <www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/subscriptions/>.

Strange Horizons

• Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
• February/March 2022, free, weekly.
• Online speculative fiction magazine pub­lishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday
• In February/March, the site posted short fiction (with accompa­nying podcasts) by P. Akasaka, Su-Yee Lin, Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas, and Devin Miller; weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); the first epi­sode of ‘‘Critical Friends’’ a roundtable SFF criticism podcast with reviews editors Aishawarya Subramanian, Dan Hartland and Maureen Kincaid Speller; columns from Kuzhali Manickavel, Derek Newman-Stille & Kristy Anne Cox; reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day and Alex Pernau. Subscription: unavailable

Tor.com

• Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds
• February/March 2022, 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
• February and March’s posts include novel excerptsfrom books by Olivie Blake, Judy I. Lin, Sara A. Mueller, Traci Chee, Jo Harkin, Sarah Blake, India Holton, Sarah Tolmie, Mike Meginnis, Ann Fraistat, Anna-Marie McLemore, John M. Ford, Kayla Cotting­ham, Nina Nesseth, Hiron Ennes, and Malcolm Devlin; and original fiction by Lavie Tidhar, AnaMaria Curtis, Grace P. Fong, Vivianni Glass, Mary Anne Mohan­raj, and Daniela Tomova

 Uncanny Magazine

• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohae­gbu, eds.
• Issue #45, March/April 2022, $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 Maureen McHugh (with accom­panying podcast), Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Shaoni C. White, Carlos Hernandez (with accompanying podcast), Emma Törzs, Stephen Graham Jones, and Margaret Dunlap (with accompanying podcast); a reprint from Richard Butner; non-fiction from Jo Wu, Rebecca Romney, Elsa Sjunneson, and Sarah Gailey; interviews with Miyuki Jane Pinckard and Emma Törzs; and poetry. The site also includes podcast interviews with Maureen McHugh and Carlos Hernandez, and additional stories by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, and Nnadi Samuel. Cover art by Paul Lewin. 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>.

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