Magazines Received – November
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.
- Erik Secker, ed.
- Issue No. 28, November 2022, $14.95 print/$2.99 digital/free online, three times a year, 172pp, 12½ x 20 cm.
- Literary ‘‘weird-lit’’ fiction magazine with stories by Jeffrey Ford, Emily C. Skaftun, Thomas Ha, and others. Cover by Faybel. Subscription: available through Patreon <www.patreon.com/bourbonpenn>. Copies can be purchased from Amazon.com; website: <bourbonpenn.com>.
- David C. Kopaska-Merkel, ed.
- No. 122, September 2022, $5.00, irregular, 24pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Magazine of fantastic and speculative poetry, with work by Deborah L. Davitt, Robert Wooten, Roger Dutcher, and others. Cover by Tabitha Marsh. 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>.
New Edge Sword and Sorcery Magazine
- Oliver Brackenbury, ed.
- Issue #0, 2022, $11.99 hardcover/$3.99 paperback/free digital, irregular, 82pp, 21.5 x 28 cm.
- Trial issue of a new sword and sorcery magazine with a modern sensibility. This issue includes fiction from Dariel R.A. Quiogue, Remco van Straten & Angeline B. Adams, and others; non-fiction from Howard Andrew Jones, Cora Buhlert and others; an interview with Milton Davis; and reviews. Cover by Gilead. Subscriptions: not available. Issue available from Amazon.com.
- Jean-Paul L. Garnier, ed.
- Issue No. 45.4, Fall 2022, $5.00 + $2.00 s&h print/$2.50 digital, quarterly, 48pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Speculative poetry magazine from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. This issue includes poems from Colleen Anderson, Beth Cato, LeRoy Gorman, Akua Lezli Hope, Christina Sng, and others; an interview with editor Justin Sloane; a non-fiction article by Denise Dumars; small press coverage, announcements, etc. Cover by Adam Mars. 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>.
- Doug Draa, ed.
- 2022, $19.99 print/$4.99 digital, annual, 199pp, 17.5 x 26 cm.
- Revival of the famous science fiction magazine of the same name, this issue includes a short novel from Mike Chinn, short stories from Darrell Schweitzer, Grendel Briarton, Jr., John Shirley, and others; an interview with John Shirley; a graphic adaptation of a story by John Russell Fearn, with illustrations by Ron Turner; etc. Cover by GrandeDue. Subscription: not available. Issue available from Wildside Press <wildsidepress.com/startling-stories-2022-issue-edited-by-doug-draa-paper> and Amazon.com.
Online Magazines
Apex Magazine- Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner, eds.
- Issue #134, November 2022, digital free online or $4.99 per issue; bimonthly.
- Online SF/fantasy/horror magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction.
- This issue includes original short fiction by Renan Bernardo, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Clelia Farris (Rachel Cordasco, trans.), Margaret Dunlap, Samit Basu, and Scott Edelman; reprinted fiction by Mame Bougouma Diene; non-fiction by Jason Sanford and Jay Sanchez-Taylor; interviews with authors Renan Bernardo and Margaret Dunlap and artist Andrew McIntosh; and reviews. Cover by Andrew McIntosh. 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.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #367, October 20, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Chris Willrich and Peter Darbyshire; and a reprint by Lavie Tidhar. Cover by Oliver Beck. Subscription: $23.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #368, November 3, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Auston Habershaw and Matt Hornsby; a reprint from Rich Larson; and a story from the Audio Vault by K.J. Parker. Cover by Oliver Beck. Subscription: $23.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #53, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes two science fiction or fantasy short stories by Kathleen Alcalá and Lester del Rey; novelettes by Leigh Brackett and Frank Belknap Long; and a novella by Arthur Leo Zagat; 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 Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #58, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes three science fiction or fantasy short stories by Craig Laurance Gidney, Janet Fox & John Gregory Betancourt, and Herminie Templeton Kavanagh; and two short novels by Fletcher Pratt and Murray Leinster; 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 Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #59, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery/suspense/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes three science fiction or fantasy short stories, including an original by Steve Liskow; novelettes by Darrell Schweitzer and Murray Leinster; and two short novels by George O. Smith and Marie Corelli; 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 Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #60, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by Melissa Scott, Sydney J. Bounds and others; and a novel by Seabury Quinn; as well as five mystery, suspense, or adventure short stories and a novelette. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #61, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories including Elizabeth Bear’s ‘‘Sapper’’ and others; and a novel by George O. Smith; 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 Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #62, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy short stories by M.A. Monnin, Larry Tritten and others; a novella by Seabury Quinn; and a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs; as well as three mystery, suspense, or adventure short stories; a novella; and a novel. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #63, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprinted SF and mystery magazine.
- This issue includes four science fiction or fantasy stories by Frank Belknap Long, Clifford D. Simak, and others; and a novel by Murray Leinster; as well as four mystery, suspense, or adventure short stories; and a novella. Subscriptions: $3.99/month or $19.99/year (subscriptions include electronic copies of Wildside Press’s other magazines).
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #194, November 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Michelle Julia John (with accompanying podcast), Isabel J. Kim, Samara Auman, Aimee Ogden, Nadia Afifi, and Ann LeBlanc; reprints from Yang Wanqing (Jay Zhang, trans.); an article by Arula Ratnakar; and interviews with Nisi Shawl and Ray Nayler. Cover by Raja Nandepu. Subscription: Digital subscription $35.88 for 12 issues 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.
- October/November 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 October and November, the site posted stories by Han Whiteoak, Joan Stewart, and others; and poetry. Subscriptions $12.00/year.
- Clara Madrigano & Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #90, November 2022, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by A.C. Wise, Seán Padraic Birnie, Lavie Tidhar, and Angela Liu. 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 #18, October 2022, digital/free online, monthly, 41pp.
- ‘‘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 K.S. Walker and Emily Henry Burnham; non-fiction by Cassie E. Brown and Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Printhaus. Subscription: $36.00 for 12 digital issues at <thedeadlands.com/membership-account/membership-levels>.
- E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
- Issue #19, November 2022, digital/free online, monthly, 41pp.
- ‘‘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 Wesley Woolf and Bernie Jean Schiebeling; non-fiction by Tyler Hein and Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Dawid Planeta. Subscrip tion: $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 October and November, Escape Pod aired stories including those from Grant Canterbury, Aimee Picchi, and Meg Elison; PodCastle aired stories by authors including Tim Major, Jennifer Hykes, Malon Edwards, Srikripa Krishna Prasad, Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, and Kelsey Hutton; PseudoPod aired stories from authors including Tod Robbins, Amy Nagopaleen, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Alasdair Stuart, Joe Koch, and Orrin Grey; and flash fiction from Kate Day, H.B. Diaz, and Taylor Rae; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Stephen Granade, Marguerite Sheffer, Beverly Aarons, Jasinta Jim Langer, M. Shaw & Christopher Hawkins, and Megan Chee. Subscriptions: Free.
- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #85, November 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online Fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes short fiction by Z.K. Abraham and Aimee Ogden; flash fiction by Simo Srinivas and Kelsea Yu; an interview with Patrice Caldwell; 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 MoVille/ 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>..
- Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
- October/November 2022, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site posting a new story every other Friday.
- In October and November, the site posted short fiction by Andreas Flögel and others. Subscriptions: digital subscriptions available for $5.00 for one year at <flashpointsf.com/subscribe>.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #150, November 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original science fiction by Ben H. Winters, original SF flash fiction by Dominica Phetteplace, and reprinted SF by Tobias S. Buckell; original fantasy from Alex Irvine and Kristina Ten, original fantasy flash by Maria Kelson, and reprinted fantasy by Yoon Ha Lee; 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 Everina Maxwell. Cover by Roman3d. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Lightspeed <www.lightspeedmagazine.com/subscribe> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #122, November 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 Gordon B. White and Amanda Song; flash fiction by Sean Noah Noah; an essay by May Haddad; a panel interview with Lee Murray, Geneve Flynn, Angela Yuriko Smith, Christina Sng, Rena Mason, and K.P. Kulski; and 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. This month’s exclusive paid content is an excerpt from a novel by Kay Chronister. Cover by Jesse-lee Lang / Adobe Stock. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Bruce Gillespie, ed.
- No. 110, July 2022, Limited print copies available/free online; irregular, 92pp, 20 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm. Australian fanzine from Bruce Gillespie.
- This issue includes Gillespie’s commentary on recently received (print and digital) genre-related items; book reviews; and letters of comment from Michael Bishop, Greg Benford, and others. Cover by Carol Kewley. 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.
- Gayle Surrette ed.
- November 2022, free, monthly. Online SF review site.
- In the November issue, the site posted an essay by Judy Newton, short fiction reviews, US book reviews; and various columns. Subscriptions: Not available.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- October/November 2022, free, weekly. Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday.
- In October and November, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by James Rowland, KT Bryski, M.A. Blanchard, and Crystal Odelle; fiction reprints from R.B. Lemberg and Mir Plemmons; non-fiction by Mary Fan and Maxwell Neely-Cohen; weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); and reviews. Covers by Tahlia Day and Kaylee Rowena. Subscription: unavailable.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- October/November 2022, free online. Long-running (since the 1970s), award-winning, short fiction SF and fantasy review magazine, including reviews of SF & F magazines, online and electronic publications, and selected collections and anthologies; as well as articles and essays.
- In October/November, 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.
- October/November 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; rereads/rewatches 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.
- October and November’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Everina Maxwell, James J. Butcher, Brandon Sanderson, Emily Victoria, Rebecca Mix, Freya Marske, Nick Martell, A.K. Mulford, Johnny Compton, Kristin Cashore, Amy Tintera, Sue Lynn Tan, Tracy Deonn, Shea Ernshall, and Emily Tesh; and original fiction by Indrapramit Das, Seanan McGuire, Kemi Ashing-Giwa, and Lavie Tidhar.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Monte Lin, eds.
- Issue #49, November/December 2022, $3.99 digital only, bimonthly. Science fiction and fantasy magazine with original and reprint fiction, nonfiction essays, interviews, and poetry.
- This issue includes fiction by Samantha Mills (with accompanying podcast), Vivian Shaw, Matthew Olivas, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (with accompanying podcast), Iori Kusano, Anya Ow, and Emily Y Teng; a fiction reprint from Catherynne M. Valente; nonfiction from Izzy Wasserstein, Jennifer Marie Brissett, and Karen Hueler; interviews with Alex Smith, Vivian Shaw, and Iori Kusano; and poetry. The site also includes podcast of interviews with Samantha Mills and Nina Kiriki Hoffman; and selected podcast poetry. Cover art by Maxine Vee. 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 December 2022 issue of Locus.
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