Magazines Received – April

Online Magazines

Abyss & Apex

• Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
• Issue #82, 2nd Quarter 2022
• Free online; quarterly. Online specula­tive fiction magazine
• This issue includes stories by Siri Paulson, Tom Jolly, and others; flash fiction, poetry, and small press reviews. Subscription: Unavailable

Aurealis

• Stephen Higgins, ed.
• No. 149, April 2022, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and De­cember)
• This issue incudes fiction from Michael Pryor, Tom Walters, and Christopher Witty; articles by Finn Gionfriddo, Tim Hawken, and Stuart Olver; and reviews. Cover by LiaKoltyrina. Subscriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• Issue #352, March 24, 2022, free online, biweekly
• On­line fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Kathleen Jennings and Jonathan Louis Duckworth (with accompany­ing podcast); and a reprint from Don Allmon. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/ year from Weightless Books <www. weightlessbooks.com>.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• Issue #353, April 7, 2022, free online, biweekly
• Online fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and AnaMaria Curtis (with accompanying pod­cast); and a reprint from Rebecca Campbell. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/ year from Weightless Books <www. weightlessbooks.com>.

Black Cat Weekly

• John Betancourt, ed.
• Issue #30, $3.99, weekly
• Weekly re­printed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy short stories by Matthew Hughes, Larry Tritten, and others; an interview with Thomas M. Disch; as well as five 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 #31, $3.99, weekly.
• Weekly re­printed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy short stories by Tegan Moore, Ian Watson, and oth­ers; a novel by Ward Moore; and an interview with Joe Haldeman; 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).

Black Cat Weekly

• John Betancourt, ed.
• Issue #32, $3.99, weekly
• Weekly re­printed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes science fiction or fantasy stories by Jayme Lynn Blaschke & Don Webb, John Ber­nard Daley, and Henry Slesar; the start of a serial (part 1 of 4) by Mel Gilden; a novel by Edmond Hamil­ton; and an interview with Robert Sheckley; 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 #33, $3.99, weekly
• Weekly reprint­ed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by Nancy Jane Moore, Lester del Rey, and others; a serial (part 2 of 4) by Mel Gilden; an interview with C.J. Cherryh; 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).

Clarkesworld

• Neil Clarke, ed.
• Issue #187, April 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly
• Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Tho­raiya Dyer, Greg Egan, Beth Goder, Parker Ragland, Leonard Richard­son (with accompanying podcast), and Martin Cahill; a reprint from Pan Haitian (Emily Jin, trans.); an article by Julie Nováková; and interviews with Djuna and Rachel Cordasco. Cover by Yuumei. 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 March and April, the site posted stories by A.J. Cunder, H.B. Stone­bridge, and others; and a review. Subscriptions $12.00/year

The Dark

• Sean Wallace, ed.
• Issue #83, April 2022, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Aliya Whiteley, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ai Jiang, and Jack Klausner. Cover by Jonathan Wesslund. 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 #12, April 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 KT Bryski and Maria Haskins; non-fiction by Neal Auch and Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Julie Dillon. Subscription: $36.00 for 12 digital issues at <thedeadlands.com/ membership-account/membership-levels/>.

Diabolical Plots

• David Steffen, ed.
• Issue #86, April 2022, digital/free online, monthly
• Genre magazine with original short fiction. This is­sue includes three stories by Josh Strnad, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, and Katie Grace Carpenter. Sub­scriptions: not available. Donations accepted through Patreon.

Diabolical Plots

• David Steffen, ed.
• Issue #87, May 2022, digital/free on­line, monthly
• Genre magazine with original short fiction. Food themed issue guest edited by Kel Colman, this issue includes four stories by Amanda Hollander, Patrick Barb, Al­lison King, and Sara S. Messenger. Subscriptions: not available. Dona­tions accepted through Patreon.

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 March/April 2022, Escape Pod aired stories from Shari Paul, Lia Swope Mitchell, Jennifer Hudak, Michelle Tang, and Phoenix Alexander; PodCastle aired stories by Rebecca Zahabi, Christoph Weber, Jennifer Hudak, M.L. Krishnan, and Greta Hayer; PseudoPod aired stories from Lindz McLeod, Jennifer Hudak, Margery Lawrence, Christopher Matson, and John Wiswell, Owen Duffy & Clayton Hackett; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Sydney Paige Guerrero, Jennifer Hudak, Xan van Rooyen & Mark Joslyn, and Valerie Kemp. Subscriptions: Free

Fantasy Magazine

• Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
• Issue #78, April 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly
• Online Fantasy magazine. This issue includes original flash fiction by Martins Deep and Rachel Locascio; short fiction by Hannah Yang and Kristina Ten; an essay by Priya Chand; 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 Nig3la / 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

• Ja; Y. Zhang, guest ed.
• Issue #102, Spring 2022, $5.00 digital only, monthly
• In the March issue, the site posted short fiction by Andrea Kriz, Samara Auman, Shaoni C. White, and others. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $60.00 for 12 issues at <firesidefiction.com/#subscribe>.

Fiyah: Magazine of Black Specu­lative Fiction 

• DaVaun Sanders, ed.
• Issue #22, Spring 2022, $3.99 digital only, quarterly
• Literary Black Specula­tive Fiction magazine that ‘‘features stories by and about people of the African Diaspora.’’ This issue in­cludes stories from Kirk A. Johnson, Erin Brown, Samantha Frye, Malon Edwards, Jarred Thompson; and poetry. Cover by Aimee Campbell. Subscription: digital subscriptions available for $15.99 for four issues at <www.fiyahlitmag.com/product-category/subscription/>.

Flash Point SF

• Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
• March/April 2022, free online, bi-weekly. Flash fiction SF and fan­tasy site posting a new story every other Friday. In March/April, the site posted short fiction by Aeryn Rudel, Alexander Hewitt, and others. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $5.00 for one year at <flashpointsf.com/subscribe/>.

Kaleidotrope

• Fred Coppersmith, ed.
• Spring 2022, free online, quarterly
• Online speculative fiction magazine with science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This issue has ten original stories by Aimee Ogden, Monte Lin, M. Ben­nardo, and others; and seven poems. Cover by Carly A-F. Subscription: Unavailable.

Metaphorosis

• B. Morris Allen, ed.
• May 2022, $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly.
• Online and print speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original stories by C.H. Rosenberg, Christine Lucas, 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.

Nightmare Magazine

• Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
• Issue #115, April 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 Shannon Scott, Shaoni C. White, and Martin Cahill; essays by Richard Thomas and Vic­tor T. Cypert; and book reviews. 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>

Strange Horizons

• Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
• March/April 2022, free, weekly
• Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday. In March and April, the site posted short fic­tion (with accompanying podcasts) by Margaret Ronald and Samantha Murray; weekly poetry (with ac­companying podcasts); a ‘‘Critical Friends’’ roundtable with Aishwarya Subramanian, Dan Hartland and Maureen Kincaid Speller; an article by Jo Lindsay Walton; reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day. Subscription: unavailable.

Three-Lobed Burning Eye

• Andrew S. Fuller, eds.
• Issue 35, March 2022, free online or $2.99, three issues yearly
• Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original fiction by E. Catherine Tobler, Joe Koch (with accompanying pod­cast), and others. Cover by Rew X. Subscription: $5.99 for three digital issues at <www.3lobedmag.com/store.html>.

Tor.com

• Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
• March/April 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. March and April’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Steven Kotler, C.S.E Cooney, Tamsyn Muir, T. Kingfisher, Emily J. Taylor, Ian Green, Nghi Vo, and Guy Gavriel Kay; and original fiction by Dominica Phetteplace and Manish Melwani.

Underland Arcana

• Mark Teppo, ed.
• Issue No. 6, Spring 2022, free online/$12.99 print/$2.99 digital, quarterly, 127pp, 12½ x 18 cm
• This issue includes short fiction from Gerri Leen, Mary Berman, Hermester Bar­rington, and others. Cover by DGIM Studios. Subscription: $3.00 per digital issue/$10.00 per print + digital issue via Patreon at <www.patreon.com/UnderlandPress>

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