Magazines Received – April

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

  • Sheila Williams, ed.
  • Vol. 46 Nos. 5 & 6, Whole Numbers 556 & 557
  • May/June 2022, $7.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
  • This issue includes novelettes by Evan Marcroft, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ursula Whitcher, Sheila Finch, R. Garcia y Robert­son, Zack Be, and Robert Reed; short stories by Alice Towey, Rich Larson, Oghenechovwe Donald Ek­peki, Andrea Kriz, James Van Pelt, Vikram Ramakrishnan, and Bruce McAllister; columns by Robert Sil­verberg and James Patrick Kelly; a guest editorial by Fran Wilde; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by 123RF.

Dreams & Nightmares

  • David C. Kopas­ka-Merkel, ed.
  • No. 120, Janu­ary 2022, $5.00, irregular, 24pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
  • Magazine of fantastic and speculative poetry, with work by Rebecca Buchanan, Ann K Schwader, Ken Poyner, and others. Cover by Denny Marshall. Subscrip­tion: $25.00 US/$30 outside North America for six issues, to David C. Kopaska-Merkel, 10055 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge LA 70815. Make checks out to David C. Kopaska-Merkel. E-mail: jopnquog@gmail.com; website: <dreamsandnight­maresmagazine.blogspot.com/>.

Foundation: The International Re­view of Science Fiction

  • Paul March-Russell, ed.
  • Vol. 51, Issue No. 1, #141, 2022, £8.00/$15.00, three times yearly, 130pp, 14½ x 21 cm. Peer-reviewed journal published by the Science Fiction Foundation.
  • This issue includes Frances Foster’s es­say on John Christopher’s Fireball, Kathryn Heffner’s look at British post-war female fandom; Paul Kin­caid’s consideration of early fantasy writer Margaret Cavendish; Eman­uel Lottem & Sheldon Teitelbaum’s analysis of Israeli speculative fiction and a specific missing element; Christie Oliver-Hobley’s discussion of John Wyndham’s Web; and Mike Stack’s examination of the evolution of queerness in the television show The Tomorrow People as a reflec­tion of the times; and book reviews.
  • Cover by ‘‘yed’’. 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, 75 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG; email: Roger Robinson (‘‘SFF’’ in subject line) <sff@beccon.org>; website: <www.sf-foundation.org/>.

Galaxy’s Edge

  • Lezli Robyn, ed.
  • Issue #56, May 2022, $7.99 print/$4.99 digital; bimonthly, 113pp, 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 David Gerrold, Shirley Song, Alicia Cay, and others; the next chapter in the serialization of Over the Wine-Dark Sea by Harry Turtledove; an interview with Martha Wells; col­umns by L. Penelope and Gregory Benford; 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; website: <www.GalaxysEdge.com>.

On Spec

  • Diane L. Walton, ed.
  • Vol. 32 No. 1, Whole No. 119, C$6.95, 2022, quarterly, 140pp, 13½ x 20 cm. Canadian small‑press fiction magazine
  • This issue has stories by Geneviève Blouin (Margaret Sankey, trans.), Cynthia Zhang, Marcelle Dubé, and others; inter­views with Swati Chavda (cover artist) and Michele Laframboise (author); poetry and art. Cover by Swati Chavda. Subscription: Print: C$24.00/C$30.00 US/C$45.00 overseas a year to On Spec, c/o Variant Edition Comics, 15129 Stony Plain Rd., Edmonton, AB T5P 3YT, Canada; digital subscriptions avail­able through Weightless, Kobo, and others; website: <www.onspec.ca>.

Planet Scumm: Something Up Ahead

  • Sean Clancy, ed.
  • No. 13, Spring 2022, $14.00, tri-annual, 90pp, 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 Chelsea Muzar, Andrew Kozma, Hailey Piper, and others. Cover by Maura McGonagle. Subscrip­tion: three print issues for $30.00, four digital issues (‘‘buy 1, gift 1’’) for $20.00; website: <www.plan­ plan­etscumm.space/shop/subscrip­tion>; email: <crew@planetscumm.space>.

Smith’s Monthly

  • Dean Wesley Smith
  • Issue #60, April 2022, $6.99 digital/$12.99 print, monthly, 144pp, 17½ x 25½ cm
  • A magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with four short stories; a short Seeders Universe short novel; and a six short story 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 >.

Star*Line

  • Jean-Paul L. Garnier, ed.
  • Issue No. 45.2, Spring 2022, $5.00 + $2.00 s&h print/$2.50 digital, quar­terly, 40pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
  • Speculative poetry magazine from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Associa­tion. This issue includes poems from Richard Magahiz, Mary Soon Lee, Jason P. Burnham, and others; a non-fiction article; small press cover­age, etc. Cover by Barbara Candiotti. Subscription: $24.00 for four print issues/$10.00 digital or included with a SFPA membership via mail to SFPA Treasurer, PO Box 1563, Alameda CA 94501, or paypal to <SFPATreasurer@gmail.com>; web­site: <sfpoetry.com/starline.html>.

Online Magazines


Anathema

  • Michael Matheson, Chinelo Onwualu & Andrew Wilmot, eds.
  • Issue #15, May 2022, 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 issue includes fiction by Choo Yi Feng, Saswati Chatterjee, Rasha Abdulhadi, and others; and poetry. Cover by Yu Ying. Subscriptions: $10.00 CAD/year for three digital issues from their website <anath­emamag.com>.

Apex Magazine

  • Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner, eds.
  • Issue #131, May 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 Han­nah Yang, Koji A. Dae, Sam Asher, Sage Tyrtle, Tonya Liburd, and Tim Waggoner; reprinted fiction by Eugen Bacon and Jaym Gates; nonfiction by Errick Nunnally and Jeffrey Ford; interview with author Hannah Yang and Sam Asher and artist Reza Afshar; and reviews. Cover by Reza Afshar. 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

  • Michael Payor, ed.
  • No. 150, May 2022, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and Decem­ber)
  • This issue incudes fiction from JP Townsend, Alastair Brown, and Karl El-Koura; non-fiction by Lynne Lumsden Green, Gillian Polack, and Kris Ashton; and reviews. Subscrip­tions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Scott H. Andrews, ed.
  • IIssue #354, April 21, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
  • This issue includes original fiction by Derrick Boden (with accompanying podcast) and Robert Minto; and a reprint from Evan Dicken. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Scott H. Andrews, ed.
  • #355, May 5, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
  • This issue includes original fiction by Aimee Ogden (with accompanying podcast) and Jennie Evenson; and a reprint from Kay Chronister. Cover by Andy Lee. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Scott H. Andrews, ed.
  • Issue #356, May 19, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
  • This issue includes original fiction by Marissa Lingen and Cat Hellisen (with accompanying podcast); and a reprint from Walter Dinjos. Cover by Andy Lee. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.

Black Cat Weekly

  • John Betancourt, ed.
  • Issue #34, $3.99, weekly
  • Weekly reprint­ed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy stories by Stephen D. Rog­ers, Henry Kuttner, and others; part three of four of a serial novel by Mel Gilden; a novel by Arthur Machen, and an author study of Machen by William F. Gekle; as well as four mystery or suspense 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 #35, $3.99, weekly
  • Weekly re­printed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy stories by Michael Swanwick, Lester del Rey, and oth­ers; part four of four of a serial novel by Mel Gilden; and interview with Fred Saberhagen; as well as five mystery or suspense 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 #36, $3.99, weekly
  • Weekly re­printed SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes science fiction or fantasy stories by P. Djèlí Clark, Lester del Rey, and Rog Phillips, and a novel by George O. Smith; 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 #37, $3.99, weekly
  • Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This is­sue includes three science fiction or fantasy stories by Naomi Kritzer, A.R. Morlan and Malcolm Jameson; and a novel by George O. Smith; as well as five mystery stories and two mystery novels. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other maga­zines also).

Clarkesworld

  • Neil Clarke, ed.
  • Issue #188, May 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine
  • This issue includes original fiction by Rich Lar­son (with accompanying podcast), Bo Balder (with accompanying podcast), Adriana C. Grigore (with accompanying podcast), David D. Levine, and Oyedotun Damilola Muees; reprints from Liang Qingsan (Andy Dudak, trans.) and Oskar Käll­ner (Gordon James Jones, trans.); an article by Galen T. Pickett; and interviews with Dennard Dayle and Alex Shvartsman & Tarryn Thomas. Cover by Daniel Ignacio. 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.
  • April/May 2022, free online
  • Online genre fiction magazine; content (generally one illustrated story per month, plus occasional interviews and articles) is posted throughout the month. In April and May, the site posted stories by Andrew Jensen, Liam Hogan, and others; and a review. Subscriptions $12.00/year.

The Dark

  • Sean Wallace, ed.
  • Issue #84, May 2022, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly
  • Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Frances Ogamba, Becca De La Rosa, Nelson Stanley, H. Pueyo. Cover by Tithi Luadthong. 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 #13, May 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 E.M. Linden, Gunnar De Winter, and Ai Jiang; non-fiction by Katie Gill and Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Anton Horbenko. 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 (through March and the beginning of April), Valerie Valdes & 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 April/May 2022, Escape Pod aired stories from Ife J. Ibitayo, Renan Bernardo, and R.S.A Garcia; Pod­Castle aired stories by Effie Seiberg, R.S.A. Garcia, Eleanna Castroianni, Patrick Freyne, and flash fiction by Marisca Pichette, Dafydd McKimm and Devin Miller; PseudoPod aired stories from M.A. Blanchard, Lisa Tuttle, R.A. Busby, and Greg Stolze; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Beth Goder and Effie Seiberg. Subscriptions: Free.

Fantasy Magazine

  • Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
  • Issue #79, May 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
  • Online Fantasy magazine. This issue includes original flash fiction by K. Garcia Ley and Ernesto Fuentes; short fiction by Dominique Dickey and K. J. Chien; an interview with Sheree Renée Thomas, Troy L. Wiggins, & Pan Morigan, the editors of Trouble the Waters; 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 warmtail / 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>.

Lightspeed Magazine

  • John Joseph Adams, ed.
  • Issue #144, May 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
  • Online SF/fantasy maga­zine. This issue includes original science fiction by Grace Chan and Tobias S. Buckell; original SF flash fiction by Aigner Loren Wilson; re­printed SF by Peter Watts; original fantasy from Andi C. Buchanan and Lina Rather; original fantasy flash by Lauren Ring; reprinted fantasy by Jonathan Maberry; 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 T. Kingfisher. Cover by Grandfailure / Dreamstime. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Lightspeed <www.light­speedmagazine.com/subscribe/> or Weightless Books <www.weight­lessbooks.com>.

Mysterion

  • Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
  • May/June 2022, 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 April and May, the site will post stories by K.J. Khan and Andrew Hansen. Cover by Lucas Guerrini. Subscription: Limited-edition digital version available prior to web publication via Patreon.

Nightmare Magazine

  • Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
  • Issue #116, May 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 James L. Sutter, Rowan Wren, and Juan Martinez; an essay by Alex Wood­roe; an interview with Taylor Grant; poetry; 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 Joelee Creative/ AdobeStock. Subscrip­tion: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weight­lessbooks.com>.

Samovar

  • Sarah Dodd and Greg West, eds.
  • April 25, 2022, free, quarterly.
  • Special issues of Strange Horizons publishing translated speculative fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. For April, Samovar posted original fiction and poetry in its original language and in English translation by Azrin Fauzi (Ali Aiman Mazwin, trans.) and Di­ana Barberena-Honas; and poetry by Tasos Leivaditis (N.N.Trakakis, trans.). Subscription: unavailable.

SFRevu

  • Gayle Surrett ed.
  • May 2022, free, monthly
  • Online SF review site. In the May issue, the site posted reviews of non-fiction, short fiction, and books; essays on the Parable of the Sower opera; and The Dispossessed; and various columns. Subscriptions: Not available.

Strange Horizons

  • Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
  • April/May 2022, free, weekly
  • Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday. In April and May, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Mae Juniper Stokes, Seoung Kim, Gregory Marlow, and M.H. Cheung; weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); reviews, etc. Covers by Tahlia Day, Amelia Leonards, and Mateus Roberts. Subscription: un­available.

Tor.com

  • Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
  • April/May 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. April and May’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Janelle Monáe, Foz Meadows, Katherine Locke, Rose Szabo, Vincent Tirado, Samit Basu, Ashok K. Banker, and Alix E. Harrow; and original fiction by Stephen Graham Jones, Susan Palwick, and Emma Newman.

Uncanny Magazine

  • Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohaegbu, eds.
  • Issue #46, May/June 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 C.L. Clark (with accompanying podcast), Fonda Lee, Haralambi Markov, Eugenia Triantaf­yllou, John Wiswell (with accompa­nying podcast), Maurice Broaddus & Rianna Butcher, and S.B. Divya; a reprint from Aliette de Bodard; nonfiction from Francesca Tacchi, Marissa Lingen, Héctor Gonzáles, and Tessa Fisher; interviews with Haralambi Markov and S.B. Divya; and poetry. The site also includes podcast interviews with C.L. Clarke and John Wiswell and podcast po­etry. Cover art by Elaine Ho. 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>.

See this listing and more like it in the June 2022 issue of Locus.

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