Magazines Received – August
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. 9 & 10, September/October 2022
- $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
- This issue includes a novella by Michael Cassutt; novelettes by Jerry Oltion, Marianne J. Dyson, Ian Creasey, and Tom Green; short stories by Raymund Eich, Ron Collins, Jonathan Sean Lyster, Rich Larson, Hannah Yang, P.K. Torrens, Marissa Lingen, James Sallis, Marie Vibbert, Ted Rabinowitz, Sean Vivier, Sloane Leong, Tim McDaniel, Gregory Feeley, Jonathan Sherwood, and Filip Wiltgren; flash fiction by Liz A. Vogel and Timons Esaias; a science facts by Marianne J. Dyson; a special feature by Edward M. Wysocki, Jr.; short articles; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by 123RF.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 46 Nos. Nos. 9 & 10, Whole Numbers 560 & 561, September/October 2022
- $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm
- This issue includes part one of a serialized novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; novelettes by Greg Egan, Alastair Reynolds, Eileen Gunn, and Eleanor Arnason; short stories by Susan Palwick, Jendayi Brooks-Flemister, Geoffrey A. Landis, Marissa Lingen, Lia Swope Mitchell, Peter Wood, and Rich Larson; columns by Robert Silverberg, James Patrick Kelly, and Kelly Lagor; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by 123RF.
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
- Paul March- Russell, ed.
- Vol. 51, Issue No. 2, #142, 2022
- £8.00/$15.00, three times yearly, 116pp, 14½ x 21 cm.
- Peer-reviewed journal published by the Science Fiction Foundation. Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary with a symposium on 1972 with articles by Andrew M. Butler, Mark P. Williams, Tom Dillon, Una McCormack, Mark Bould, Brian Baker, Alison Sperling, Anna McFarlane, Fiona Moore, and Paul March-Russell; and features by Christopher Priest on John Wyndham; Paul March Russell’s look at the early days of Foundation, and Tony Keen’s exhibition review of Bryan Talbots’ Luther Arkwright; 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, 75 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG; email: Roger Robinson (‘‘SFF’’ in subject line) <sff@beccon.org>; website: <www.sf-foundation.org>.
- Cavan Terrill, ed. Issue #12, July 2022, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover copy through Blurb, this issue $26.99 CAD (price varies by issue), irregular, 112 pp, 21½ x 28 cm. Online speculative fiction magazine. This issue includes original work by Lindz McLeod, Timothy Mudie, Mahmud El Sayed, 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>.
- Lezli Robyn, ed.
- Issue #58, September 2022
- $7.99 print/$4.99 digital; bimonthly, 103pp, 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 Angela Slatter, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mike Resnick, and others; an interview with Mary Robinette Kowal; columns by Alan Smale 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; website: <www.GalaxysEdge.com>.
- Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
- Issue No. 18, December 2021
- $12.99 print/$6.99 digital, bi-monthly, 206pp, 17½ x 25½ cm
- This issue includes 21 pieces of short fiction, including stories from Adam-Troy Castro, Jerry Oltion, Scott Edelman, and others; and a one-page graphic story from J. Steven York. Cover by Grandfailure / Depositphotos. Subscription: six issues for $89.99 print/$34.99 digital, available at <www.wmgpublishinginc.com/project/pulphouse-subscriptions>; website: <pulphousemagazine.com>.
- Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.
- No. 33, Winter 2022
- C$14.99, quarterly, 210pp, 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 Kate Heartfield, Cara Waterfalll, Monica Wang, and others; continuing serials from J.M. Landels and Mel Anastasiou; flash fiction by Natalie Harris-Spencer and Kevin Sandefur; an interview with Kate Heartfield; a graphic story by H. Pueyo & Dante Luiz; poetry; etc. Cover by Bronwyn Schuster. Subscriptions, Pulp Literarure Press, 21955 16 Ave., Langley BC, V2Z 1K5, Canada; $C17.50 for digital; website: <pulpliterature.com>.
- Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.
- No. 34, Spring 2022
- C$14.99, quarterly, 218pp, 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 JJ Lee, Mitchell Shanklin, JM Landis and others; a continuing serial from Mel Anastasiou; an interview with JJ Lee; an artist spotlight on Hurricane Nancy; poetry; etc. Cover by Herman Lau. Subscriptions, Pulp Literarure Press, 21955 16 Ave., Langley BC, V2Z 1K5, Canada; $C17.50 for digital; website: <pulpliterature.com>.
Online Magazines
- Michael Matheson, Chinelo Onwualu & Andrew Wilmot, eds.
- Issue #16, August 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 Koso Agboanike, LP Kindred, and others; and poetry. Cover by Deep (‘‘Nostalgiac’’). Subscriptions: $10.00 CAD/year for three digital issues from their website <anathemamag.com>.
- Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner, eds.
- Issue #133, September 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 Benjamin Parzybok, Sergey Gerasimov, Paul Jessup, Leah Ning, Jon Hansen, and Derrick Boden; reprinted fiction by Danny Cherry, Jr., and Zig Zag Claybourne; flash fiction from Carlie St. George, Chris Clemens, and Anna Madden; non-fiction by Brandon Crilly, Martha Wells, and A.C. Wise; interviews with authors Derrick Boden and Sergey Gerasimov and artist Angelica Alzona, Alyssa Winans, and Pamela Zhang; and reviews. Cover by Angelica Alzona, Alyssa Winans, and Pamela Zhang. 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.
- Dirk Strasser, ed.
- No. 154, September 2022
- $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December)
- This issue incudes fiction from Aidan Doyle, John Kinsella, and Chris Butler; non-fiction by Lynne Lumsden Green, Gillian Polack, Chris Foster, and Lachlan Walter; and reviews. Subscriptions $19.99/year for 10 issues from their website.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #363, August 25, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Riley Neither (with accompanying podcast) and Adam Breckenridge; and a reprint by Caroline M. Yoachim. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks. com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #364, September 8, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Marie Croke and H.M. Goodchild; and a reprint from R.B. Lemberg (part one) with the accompanying podcast of the entire story from BCS’s audio vault, with an interview with the author. Cover by Dominique van Velsen. Subscription: $19.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #51, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes two science fiction or fantasy stories by Michael Bracken and Sherée R. Thomas; two novellas by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith; and a novel by E.E. ‘‘Doc’’ Smith; as well as four mystery, suspense, or adventure stories, a novella and a short novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #52, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes two science fiction or fantasy stories by Tom Marcinko and Stephen Marlowe; a novella by Arthur Leo Zagat; and a novel by E.E. ‘‘Doc’’ Smith; as well as two mystery, suspense, or adventure short stories, a novella, and a novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #54, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by James Blish, Holly Wade Matter, and others; and a novel by Arthur K. Barnes; as well as four mystery, suspense, or adventure short stories, and a novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of their other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #55, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by L. Timmel Duchamp, Sam Merwin, and others; and a novella by Lester del Rey; 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).
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #192, September 2022
- Free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Fiona Moore (with accompanying podcast), Amal Singh, Lettie Prell James Sallis, Octavia Cade, Sarah Pauling, and Ken Liu; an article by Volodymyr Arenev & Mykahilo Nazarenko; and interviews with Ruthanna Emrys and Tory Stephens. Cover by Raja Nandepu. 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 #88, September 2022
- Free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by James Bennett, Meg Elison, Kurt Newton and Richard Strachan. Cover by Mona Finden. 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 #17, September 2022, digital/free online, monthly, 40pp.
- ‘‘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 fiction from Tanvir Ahmed, Jonothan Pickering, and Octavia Cade; non-fiction by Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Lente Scura. 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. F
- or August and September, Escape Pod aired stories from Douglas DiCicco, C.C. Finlay, Carol Scheina, and Chaz Brenchley, plus flash fiction from Andrew Hiller, Brandon Case, and Bob McHugh; PodCastle aired stories by Uchechukwu Nwaka, Deborah L. Davitt, and Saki, plusflash fiction from Samantha Murray, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles and Stewart C. Baker; and PseudoPod aired stories from Pauline Yates, Margaret St. Clair, C.O. Davidson, Alex Singer, and Shannyn Campbell. Subscriptions: Free.
- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #83, September 2022
- Free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online Fantasy magazine
- This issue includes original flash fiction by Jen Brown and Samantha Murray; short fiction by Jennifer Hudak and K.S. Walker; an interview with the top ten finalists for the Locus Award in the Best Fantasy Novel category (Ryka Aoki, Fonda Lee, Naomi Novik, and C.L. Polk), part two; 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 Jorm S / 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>.
- Alex Shvartsman, ed., Issue 16, September 2022
- Free online/$3.99 digital, quarterly. SF magazine with a focus on translated and international fiction
- This issue includes stories from Rodrigo Culagovski, Vanesa L. Perillo, Olga Fiks (Alex Shvartsman, trans.), Mose Njo (Allison M. Charette, trans.), Jay O’Connell, Marlon Ortiz, and Zhou Wen (Judith Huang, trans.). Contents from this issue are also posted free online. See their website for release dates. 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
- JW Stebner, ed., Issue #10, Fall 2022, free online, quarterly. Speculative fiction magazines specializing in the ‘‘weird, the wonderous, and the whimsical!’’ This issue includes short fiction by Beth Cato, Naomi Eselojor, Ai Jiang, and others; and poetry. Cover by Dante Luiz. Subscription: $1.00 per month/$12.00/year via Patreon.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #148, September 2022
- Free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine
- This issue includes original science fiction by MKRNYILGLD and RJ Theodore; original SF flash fiction by Dominque Dickey; and reprinted SF by Karl Schroeder; original fantasy from Kristina Ten and Martin Cahill; original fantasy flash by Jenny Rae Rappaport; reprinted fantasy by Cody Goodfellow; 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 Kay Chronister. 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>.
- M.E. Pickett, ed.
- Vol. #1, Issue #4, October 2022
- Free online or digital available for $0.99, quarterly. Lost Colony publishes one piece of ‘‘mid-length’’ (10,000 to 25,000 word) speculative fiction per issue. This issue’s piece is by Rebecca Marshal. Cover by AlexeyMaltsev via Shutterstock. Subscription: $3.99/year.
- Jennifer Lyn Parsons, ed.
- Issue #51, Sepember 2022
- $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 Jenna Glover, Denise Khng, and others. Cover by Devin Elle Kurtz. Subscription: unavailable. Single print issues available from Amazon.com. Digital issues available through their website and Weightless.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #120, September 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 Clara Madrigano and Kiera Lesley; flash fiction by Hannah Yang; an essay by Brian McAuley; media reviews by Adam-Troy Castro; and poetry. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Cover by Konstantin Gerasimov / Adobe Stock. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.
- No. 35, Summr 2022
- C$14.99, quarterly, 214pp, 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 Rhea Rose, M Denise Beaton, Cadence Mandybura, and others; a continuing serial from Mel Anastasiou; an interview with Rhea Rose; a graphic story by Allison Bannister; poetry; etc. Cover by Akem. Subscription: C$50.00 Canada for four print issues to Subscriptions, Pulp Literarure Press, 21955 16 Ave., Langley BC, V2Z 1K5, Canada; $C17.50 for digital; website: <pulpliterature.com>.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- August/September 2022
- Free, weekly. Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday.
- In August and September, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Wen-Yi Lee, Cat T., EK Gonzales, Nadine Aurora Tabing, Guan Un, Choong, Sarah McGill, and J.G. Lynas; non-fiction by Ada Palmer, Ng Yi-Sheng, Stephani Soejono, and Kuzhali Manickavel; an interview with C.L. Polk; weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); and reviews. Covers by Tahlia Day and Gianne Encarnacion. Subscription: unavailable. Carvalho, and Dante Luiz. Subscription: unavailable.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- August/September 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 August/Septmber 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.
- August/September 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
- August and September’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Cyla Panin, GennaRose Nethercott, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Lim, Aislinn Brophy, Victor Manibo, Andrea Hairston, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman, Chloe Gong, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Natasha Bowen, Ray Nayler, Amanda Glaze, Kylie Lee Baker, Jennifer Thorne, Brandon Sanderson, and Rin Chupeco; and original fiction by John Wiswell, Sunyi Dean, Thoraiya Dyer, and Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohaegbu, eds.
- Issue #48, September/October 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 Natalia Theodoridou, DaVaun Sanders (with accompanying podcast), Rati Mehrotra, Beth Cato, Lavie Tidhar (with accompanying podcast), Andrea Chapela (Emma Törzs, trans.), Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Miyuki Jane Pinckard; non-fiction from Greg Pak, Juliet Kemp, Premee Mohamed, and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki; interviews with Rati Mehrotra and Miyuki Jane Pinckard; and poetry. The site also includes podcast interviews with DaVaun Sanders and Lavie Tidhar; and podcast poetry. Cover art by Sija Hong. 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 August 2022 issue of Locus.
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