Magazines Received – June
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. 92 Nos. 7 & 8, July/August 2022
- $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
- This issue includes a novella by Shane Tourtellotte; novelettes by Auston Habershaw, Jerry Oltion, T.L. Huchu, A.T. Sayre, Sean Monaghan; short stories by Kelsey Hutton, Steve Toase, Aimee Ogden, Geoffrey Hart, Jennifer R. Povey, Michèle Laframboise, Karl Gantner, Kate Maruyama, Joe M. Mc Dermott, Melanie Harding- Shaw, David Cleden, Mjke Hood; flash fiction by Bruce McAllister, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, and Eric James Stone; science facts by Howard V. Hendrix and Valentin D. Ivanov; a special feature by Edward M. Wysocki, Jr.; short articles; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Donato Giancola.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 46 Nos. 7 & 8, Whole Numbers 558 & 559, July/ August 2022
- $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
- This issue includes a novella by Rick Wilber; novelettes by Will McIntosh, Michèle Laframboise, Megha Spinel, and Robert R.Chase; short stories by Michael Swanwick, Olivia Cade, K.A. Teryna (Alex Shvartsman, trans.), Jack McDevitt, Jonathan Sherwood, Paul Melko, and Annika Barranti Klein; columns by Rober t Silverberg and James Patrick Kelly; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Eldar Zakirov.
- Erik Secker, ed.
- Issue No. 27, July 2022
- $14.89 print /$2.99 digital/free online, three times a year, 166pp, 12½ x 20 cm.
- Literary ‘‘weird-lit’’ fiction magazine with stories by Amanda Baldeneaux, Josh Pearce, Travis Schuhardt, and others. Cover by Laura H. Rubin. Subscription: available through Patreon <www. patreon.com/bourbonpenn>. Copies can be purchased from Amazon.com; website: <bourbonpenn. com>.
- Andy Cox, ed.
- Issue No. 292/293, 2022, £14.00/$18.00, bimonthly, 196pp, 17 x 24 cm. British SF/F magazine
- This issue is a special double issue and includes a guest editorial by Gareth Jelley; stories by Rich Larson, Alexander Glass, Jeff Noon, Val Nolan, Charles Wilkinson, Cécile Cristofari, Justen Russell, Tamika Thompson, and Lucy Zhang; an interview with Alexander Glass; articles, columns, and reviews. This is the last issue edited by Andy Cox and published by TTA Press. Starting with Issue 294, Interzone will be edited by Gareth Jelley and owned by MYY Press. Subscription: For issue 294 and onward: €47.00 for six-issues from MYY Press, Przystankova 7/12, 52-231 Wroclaw, Poland; website: <www.interzone.press/subscribe>; e-mail: <subscriptions@ interzone.press>. To purchase issue numbers 292/293, contact TTA Press <<shop.ttapress.com>
- Aīcha Martine Thiam & Gabriela Santiago, eds.
- Issue No. 6, Winter 2022, $20.00 print /$7.00 digital / free online (new content appears weekly), annual, 283pp, 23 x 15 cm.
- Journal addressing ‘‘the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change’’ with stories by Nicasio Andres Reed, Mari Ness, Prashanth Srivatsa, and others; essays by Sofia Ezdina, paulo da costa and Brianna Cunliffe; poetry and art. Cover by Zuzanna Kwiecien. Subscription: available through Patreon <www. patreon.com/reckoningpress>. Print issues are available through their website <reckoning.press/ support-us/>, and both digital and print copies can be purchased through Amazon.com and Weightless; website: <reckoning.press/>.
- Mark Teppo, ed.
- Issue No. 7, Summer 2022, free online/$12.99 print/$2.99 digital, quarterly, 125pp, 12½ x 18 cm.
- This issue includes short fiction from A.P. Howell, Scott Edelman, Mattia Ravasi, and others. Cover by thanawong. Subscription: $3.00 per digital issue/$10.00 per print + digital issue via Patreon at <www. patreon.com/UnderlandPress>; website: <www.underlandarcana.com/>.
Vastarien
- Jon Padgett, ed.
- Vol. 5, Issue 1, Spring 2022
- $20.00 print/$4.95 digital; tri-annually, 223pp, 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 issue includes stories by Wendy N. Wagner, Daniel Braum, Kristin Cleaveland, and others; articles by Gwendolyn Kiste, Chris Brawley, Macy Harrison, and others; a play by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro; and a graphic story by Kolbeinn Karlsson. Cover by Jason Barnett. Subscription: $60.00 for three print issues worldwide/$13.50 for digital (pdf or e-pub) from Grimscribe Press <vastarien-journal.com/ subscribe/> or through Patreon <www.patreon.com/grimscribepress>.
Online Magazines
- Wendy S. Delmater, ed.
- Issue #83, 3rd Quarter 2022, free online; quar terly. Online speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by Leslie Vedder, Jonathon Mast, Wendy Nikel, and others; flash fiction by Phoebe Wood, poetry, and small press reviews. Subscription: Unavailable
- edited by the Assemble Media team
- Issue #2, Summer 2022, $4.99 digital/$13.47 audio CD, biannually, 182 pp.
- Short story magazine with a mix of different genre content including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each story includes an ar tifact which impacts the story. This issue includes fiction by Arianna Reiche, Eric Lewis, and others. Cover by Andreu Zaragoza. Subscription: not available. Purchase single issues through Amazon.com. Website: www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts.
- Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner, eds.
- Issue #132, July 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 Iori Kusano, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Jennifer R. Donohue, Lavie Tidhar, Marie Croke, and Aimee Picchi; reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, and Sarah Hans; nonfiction by Kwame Mbalia and Michelle P. Browne; interview with authors Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam and Aimee Picchi and artist Galactic Nikita; and reviews. Cover by Galactic Nikita. Subscription: $27.00 digital for a six-issue recurring subscription from Apex <apex-magazine.com/product / apex-magazine-subscription-one-year/>. Also available from third-party sellers.
- Michael Payor, ed.
- No. 152, July 2022, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December)
- This issue incudes fiction from Avril Mulligan, Dirk Strasser, and Bryn Dodson; non-fiction by Lynne Lumsden Green, Gillian Polack, Emmet O’Cuana, and Henry Farnan; and reviews. Cover by djvstock. Subscriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue Issue #359, June 30, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
- This issue includes original fiction by Michelle Muenzler and Leah Ning; and a reprint by Cory Skerry. Cover by Olexii Shuhurov. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #360, July 14, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine
- This issue includes original fiction by Geoffrey W. Cole and Valerie Hunter (with accompanying podcast); and a reprint from B. Gordon. Cover by Olexii Shuhurov. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www. weightlessbooks.com>.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #43, $3.99, weekly
- Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy stories by Isaac Asimov, Murray Leinster, Robert Silverberg, and others; an interview with John Varley; as well as three mystery, suspense, or adventure stories and two novels. Cover by BlackDog1966. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #44, $3.99, weekly
- Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine. This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by David Marusek, Fritz Leiber, and others; an interview with Nancy Springer; as well as four mystery, suspense, or adventure stories and a novel. Cover by Kellepics. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #45, $3.99, weekly
- Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine. This issue includes five science fiction or fantasy stories by Tobias S. Buckell, Henry Kuttner, and others; an interview with Craig Shaw Gardner; as well as three mystery, suspense, or adventure stories and two short novels. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #46, $3.99, weekly
- Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine. This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by David D. Levine, Murray Leinster, and others; short novels by Edmond Hamilton and Yevgeny Zamyatin; as well as four mystery, suspense, or adventure stories and a short novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines also).
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #190, July 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Eliane Boey (with accompanying podcast), David Goodman, Ahmed Asi, Suzanne Palmer, and Isabel J. Kim; a reprint from Xiu Xinyu (Emily Jin, trans.); an article by E.E. King; and interviews with Eileen Gunn and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Cover by Henrik Lundblad. 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.
- Clara Madrigano & Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #86, July 2022, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Ai Jiang, Seán Padraic Birnie, James Bennett, and Gillian Daniels. Cover by Francesco Crisci. 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.
- E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
- Issue #15, July 2022, digital/free online, monthly, 40pp.
- ‘‘The Deadlands exists in liminal spac es between life, death and elsewhere’’ with ‘‘speculative fiction that concerns itself with death – but also everything death may involve.’’ This issue includes fiction from Leah Bobet, Ewen Ma, and Shanna Germain; non-fiction by Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Eva Carollo. Subscription: $36.00 for 12 digital issues at <thedeadlands.com/membership-account/membership-levels/>.
- Four weekly podcasts: : Escape Pod <escapepod.org/> 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 June and July, Escape Pod aired stories from Caroline Diorio, Jordan Chase-Young, and Ann LeBlanc; PodCastle aired stories by Abra Staffin-Wiebe, Jaxon Tempest, Kate Heartfield, Natalia Theodoridou, and Dafydd McKimm & Timothy Mudie; PseudoPod aired stories from Tobi Ogundiran, and Nathan McCullough, plus flash fiction from Frank J. Oreto, Hannah Whiteoak and Karlo Yeager Rodriguez; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Naomi Kritzer, Darcie Little Badger, and Simon Pan. Subscriptions: Free.
- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #81, July 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online Fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original flash fiction by Lindsey Godfrey Eccles and Michelle Muenzler; short fiction by B.S. and Sabrina Vourvoulias; an interview with RF Kuang; 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 ddraw / 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>.
Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
- DaVaun Sanders, ed.
- Issue #23, Summer 2022, $3.99 digital only, quarterly.
- Literary Black Speculative Fiction magazine that ‘‘features stories by and about people of the African Diaspora.’’ This issue’s theme is ‘‘Food & Cuisine’’ and includes stories from Elnora Gunter, Ashaye Brown, Makeda K. Braithwaite, Lina Munroe, and A.M. Barrie; and poetry. Cover by Kai Robinson. Subscription: digital subscriptions available for $15.99 for four issues at <www.fiyahlitmag.com/product-category/subscription/>.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #12, July 2022, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover copy through Blurb, this issue $27.99 CAD (price varies by issue), irregular, 128 pp, 21½ x 28 cm.
- Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original work by Lindz McLeod, Mahmud El Sayed, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and others, and reprinted work by Samantha Murray (each story includes a short Q&A with the author); and reviews. Cover by Kenjay Reyes. Subscription: Available through Patreon <www.patreon.com/fusionfragment>.
- Fred Coppersmith, ed.
- Summer 2022, free online, quarterly
- Online speculative fiction magazine with science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This issue has ten original stories by Annika Barranti Klein, Benjamin C. Kinney, Christine Lucas, and others; and six new poems. Cover by Cindy Fan. Subscription: Unavailable.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #146, July 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original science fiction by Peter Watts and RJ Theodore & Maurice Broaddus; original SF flash fiction by Rich Larson; and reprinted SF by Samuel Peralta; original fantasy from Lyndsie Manusos and Micah Dean Hicks; original fantasy flash by Isabel Cañas; reprinted fantasy by Catherynne M. Valente; 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 Ruthanna Emrys. Cover by Grandeduc / 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.
- September 2022, $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original stories by B. Morris Allen, Mande Matthews, Kari El-Koura, 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.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #118, July 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 Robert Levy and Laura Blackwell; an essay by L. Marie Wood; creative non-fiction by Dante Luiz; 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. This month’s exclusive content includes a novel excerpt from Victor Manibo. Cover by Dominick / Adobe Stock Image. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Gayle Surrett ed.
- July 2022, free, monthly.
- Online SF review site. In the July issue, the site posted reviews of non-fiction, short fiction, and books; and various columns. Subscriptions: Not available.
- Jean-Paul L. Garnier, ed.
- Issue No. 45.3, Summer 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 Pedro Iniguez, Mary Soon Lee, Ken Poyner, and others; an interview with David C. Kopaska-Merkel; a non-fiction article by Denise Dumars; small press coverage, etc. Cover by I. Niemand Amalgamated. 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>.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- June/July 2022, free, weekly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday.
- In June and July, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Rick Hollon, Samantha Lane Murphy, Eugenia Triantafyllou, and Tanvir Ahmed; weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); an interview with Dip Ghosh; a column by Maria Haskins; and reviews. Covers by Tahlia Day, Maria Carvalho, and Dante Luiz. Subscription: unavailable.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- June/July 2022, free online
- Long-running (since the 1970s), award-winning, short fiction SF and fantasy review magazine, including SF & F magazines, online and electronic publications, selected collections and anthologies; as well as articles and essays. In June/July the site posted fiction reviews for stories appearing in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and many other magazines; etc. Subscriptions: unavailable.
- Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- June/July 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.
- June and July’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Ed McDonald, Rebecca Stott, Ava Reid, Dan Chaon, Sally Oliver, Victoria Aveyard, Trent Jamieson, Elisa A. Bonnin, Sunyi Dean, R.R. Virdi, and Joma West; and original fiction by Tamsyn Muir, Garth Nix, and Seanan McGuire.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohaegbu, eds.
- Issue #47, July/August 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 Marie Brennan (with accompanying podcast), AnaMaria Curtis, Juliet Kemp, K.S. Walker, John Chu (with accompanying podcast), Radha Kai Zan, and Jordan Taylor; a reprint from Tochi Onyebuchi; nonfiction fromKeidra Chaney, Gay Haldeman, Jim C. Hines, and Jeannette Ng; interviews with AnaMaria Curtis and Jordan Taylor; and poetry. The site also includes podcast interviews with Marie Brennan and John Chu; and podcast poetry. Cover art by Kirbi Fagan. 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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