Magazines Received – December
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.
- Neil A. Hogan, ed.
- Issue #23, November 2022, $12.95 print/$4.99 digital; irregular, 108pp, 15 x 23 cm. Online and print SF anthology series. T
- his issue includes 13 stories from Gustavo Bondoni, Elana Gomel, David Castlewitz, and others. Subscription: not available. Issue can be purchase through Amazon.com. Website: <aliendimensions.com>.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- Trevor Quachri, ed.
- Vol. 92 Nos. 11 & 12, November/December 2022, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- This issue includes a novella by Mark W. Tiedemann; novelettes by Aurelien Gayet, L.C. Herbert, Guy Stewart; short stories by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes, Meghan Hyland, Kedrick Brown, Holly Schofield, Robert E. Harpold, Leonard Richardson, C.L. Schacht, Deborah L. Davitt, Tom Jolly, Steve Ingeman, Eli Jones, and Derrick Boden; flash fiction by Mark Laidlaw, M.T. Reiten, Sam W. Pisciotta; science facts by Christopher MacLeod; short articles; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 46 Nos. 11 & 12, Whole Numbers 562 & 563, November/December 2022, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- This issue includes part two of a serialized novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; novelettes by Suzanne Palmer, Nick Wolven, Michael Cassutt, Rajan Khanna, and James Maxey; short stories by Michèle Laframboise, Ray Nayler, Tom Purdom, M. Bennardo, Nick Mamatas; columns by Robert Silverberg and James Patrick Kelly; poetry; reviews, etc. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri.
- Bradford Morrow, ed.
- Issue No. 79, Fall 2022 $20.00 individuals/$30 institutions and internationally, biannual, 320pp. Literary magazine with fiction, essays, and poetry.
- This issue is dedicated to Peter Straub and includes work by John Crowley, Sofia Samatar, and others; and poetry. Cover by Erin O’Keefe. Subscription: $30.00 individuals/$50.00 for institutions and non-US for two issues to Conjunctions, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504; website: <www.conjunctions.com>; email: <conjunctions@bard.edu>.
- Gerry Canavan, et. al., eds.
- Vol. 63 No. 1, Spring 2022, three times a year, 126pp, 17½ x 24½ cm. Scholarly peer-reviewed international journal with articles and reviews.
- This issue addresses ‘‘What Does It Means to Go Viral After 2020?’’ with articles looking at various aspects of the pandemic from Andrew Milner, Lúcio Reis Filho, Rachel Fetherston, Evie Kendal and Silva G. Kurlat Ares; plus book reviews. Subscription: available. Prices vary depending a tier system. See tier pricing at <www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/prices>; website: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
- Vol. 142 No. 5 & 6, Whole No. 761, May/June 2022, $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
- This issue includes novelettes by Norman Spinrad and Albert E. Cowdrey; short stories by Fawaz Al-Matrouk, Aliya Whiteley, Ai Jiang, S.R. Mandel, Octavia Cade, Jennifer Hudak, James Enge, Julie Le Blanc, Julia August, P.H. Lee, Taemumu Richardson, Jae Steinbacher, Shreya Ila Anasuya, Mark H. Huston, John Wiswell, and Paul Di Filippo; a science article from Jerry Oltion; poetry; reviews, and etc. Cover by Alan Clark.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
- Vol. 143 No. 1 & 2, Whole No. 762, July/August 2022, $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
- This issue includes novelettes by Rudi Dornemann, Brian Trent, Charlie Hughes, and Nick DiChario; short stories Beth Goder, Nick Wolven, Rajeev Prasad, James L. Sutter, Paul Tobin, Robert Levy, Alexandra Munck, and Nini Kiriki Hoffman; a science article from Jerry Oltion; a column by Arley Sorg; poetry; reviews, and etc. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
- Vol. 143 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 763, September/October 2022, $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
- This issue includes a novella by Charles Andew Oberndorf; novelettes by Phoenix Alexander, Douglas Schwarz, and Molly Tanzer; short stories by Meg Elison, C.B. Blanchard, Karim Katan, Lucas X. Wiseman, Remi Martin, Samantha Murray, Linda Niehoff, Constance Fay, and Gerri Leen; a science article from Jerry Oltion; poetry; reviews, and etc. Cover by Bob Eggleton.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
- Vol. 143 No. 5 & 6, Whole No. 764, November/December 2022, $9.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm.
- This issue includes novelettes by John Shirley, J.C. Hsyu, Sara Ellis, and Aigner Lee Wilson; short stories by Louis Evans, Bennett North, Vida Cruz-Borja, Sam J. Miller, Alexandra Flores, Jo Miles, and Michael A. Gonzales; a science article from Jerry Oltion; poetry; a column by Arley Sorg; reviews, and etc. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #14, November 2022, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover copy through Blurb, this issue $27.99 CAD (price varies by issue), irregular, 116 pp, 21½ x 28 cm. Online speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original work and a short Q&A with the author by Arielle Cole, Timothy Mudie, Jo Miles, and others, and a reprinted work by Thomas Ha. Cover by Carly Allen-Fletcher. Subscription: available through Patreon <www.patreon.com/fusionfragment>.
- Lezli Robyn, ed.
- Issue #59, November 2022, $7.99 print/$4.99 digital; bimonthly, 95pp, 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 Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick, Wulf Moon, Angela Slatter, Wangxiang Fengnian (Roy Gilham, trans.), and others; part one of a serialization of a book by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; an interview with P. Djèlí Clark; 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>.
- Arthur B. Evans et al., eds.
- Vol. 49, Part 3, No. 148, November 2022, $30.00, three times a year, 205pp, 15 x 23 cm. Academic journal.
- This issue has a special section on the works of Kim Stanley Robinson including Christopher Palmer’s look at Robinson’s early works; Jeremy Withers’s consideration of transportation post climate change in Robinson’s New York 2140; and Sara Martin’s examination of posthuman sexuality, gender and romance is Robinson’s 2312. There are also articles from Carol McGuirk on J.G. Ballard and American science fiction; Ron S. Judy on Chinese science fiction; David Boucher on alien immigration; and Jeremy Chow on mutant ethology and nonhuman visualities in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy; as well as essay-length book reviews; reviews; and etc. Subscription: $32.00 per year digital/$40.00 for print/$42.00 print plus digital for individuals, plus $15.00 for print subscriptions outside the US, or free with a membership in the Science Fiction Research Association, to Arthur B. Evans, Science Fiction Studies, EC 203, 400 S, Locust St., Greencastle IN 46135‑0037; or the SFS website at <www.depauw.edu/sfs/store>.
- Mark Teppo, ed.
- Issue No. 5, Winter 2022, free online/$12.99 print/$2.99 digital, quarterly, 94pp, 12½ x 18 cm.
- This issue includes short fiction from Marilee Dahlman, Avra Margariti, and others. Cover by Grandfailure. Subscription: $3.00 per digital issue/$10.00 per print + digital issue via Patreon at <www.patreon.com/UnderlandPress>; website: <www.underlandarcana.com>.
Online Magazines
- Tom Dullemond, ed.
- Vol 18 No. 3, #88, September 2022, A$9.95, quarterly, 120pp. Australian SF and fantasy small-press magazine.
- This issue includes short fiction by W.J. Tattersdill, Răzvan-Gabriel Popa, Lucy Zhang, and others; poetry, and reviews. Cover generated by NightCafe and manipulated by ArttyPagpie. Subscription: A$29.95 for four digital issues to <www.andromedaspaceways.com/subscribe>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #369, November 17, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Andrew Dykstal and Todd Honeycutt, a reprint by Anne Ivy, 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>.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #370, December 1, 2022, free online, biweekly. Online fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This special double-issue includes original fiction by Christopher Rowe (with accompanying podcast), Tina Connolly (with accompanying podcast), Marie Vibbert, Marie Croke, and Rachel Meresman; a reprint Christopher Green; and a story from the Audio Vault by Patty Templeton. Cover by Nele Diel. Subscription: $23.99/year from Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #195, December 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Naim Kabir (with accompanying podcast), Ben Berman Ghan, Laney Gaughan, Bri Castagnozzi, S.L. Huang, Vandana Singh, and Alex Sobel; reprints from Lu Ban (Blake Stone-Banks, trans.); an article by Julie Nováková; and interviews with Lisa Yaszek and Bora Chung & Anton Hur. Cover by Luca Monteleone. 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.
- November/December 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 November and December, the site posted stories by Joshua Grasso, Barbara Krasnoff, and Brian Blanchenot. Subscriptions $12.00/year.
- Clara Madrigano & Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #91, December 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, H. Pueyo, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Morana Violeta (Clara Madrigano, trans.). 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.
- E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
- Issue #20, December 2022, digital/free online, monthly, 46pp. ‘‘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 Eugenia Triantafyllou and Jonathan Louis Duckworth & Joe Koch; non-fiction by DW McKinney; a column by Amanda Downum; and poetry. Cover by Martin Le Borgne. 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 November and December, Escape Pod aired stories including those from Renan Bernardo, Patrice Sarath, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and Heather Kilbourn; PodCastle aired stories by authors including Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Gabriella Buba, and Timothy Mudie; PseudoPod aired stories from authors including J.A.W. McCarthy, Johnny Compton, Sarah Day & Tim Pratt, Tyler Jones, Jenny Kiefer, and Wailana Kalama; and Cast of Wonders aired stories by Ren Braueri, and Ana Gardner. Subscriptions: Free.
30- Christie Yant & Arley Sorg, eds.
- Issue #86, December 2022, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly. Online Fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes short fiction by Victor Forna and Jennifer R. Donohue; flash fiction by Jennifer Hudak and Sam Kyung Yoo; an essay by Meg Elison; 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 ImageSubscription: $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 17, December 2022, free online/$3.99 digital, quarterly. SF magazine with a focus on translated and international fiction.
- This is the last issue before the magazine goes on hiatus. It includes stories from H. Pueyo, Uchechukwu Nwaka, Han Song (Nathan Faries, trans.), Renan Bernardo, and Rodrigo Culagovski. Contents from this issue are also posted free online. Subscriptions: Not available. Individual copies available to purchase from Amazon, Nook, Kobo, iBooks, Google Play, and Weightless.
- JW Stebner, ed.
- Issue #11, Winter 2022, free online, quarterly. Speculative fiction magazines specializing in the ‘‘weird, the wonderous, and the whimsical!’’
- This issue includes short fiction by Rick Danforth, Jem Fisher, Kym Deyn, and others; and poetry. Cover by Thais Leiros. Subscription: $1.00 per month/$12.00/year via Patreon.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #151, December 2022, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine.
- This issue includes original science fiction by Rich Larson and L.D. Lewis; original SF flash fiction by Stewart C. Baker, and reprinted SF by Alex Irvine; original fantasy from Rati Mehrotra and Aimee Ogden, original fantasy flash by PH Lee, and reprinted fantasy by Nadine Tomlinson; 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 Erika T. Wurth. Cover by Grandeduc. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Lightspeed <www.lightspeedmagazine.com/subscribe> or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Jennifer Lyn Parsons, ed.
- Issue #52, December 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 is ‘‘The Tree Issue’’ and includes stories by Chana Kohl, Sarah McPherson, Liz Baxmeyer, and others. Cover by Samantha Lee. Subscription: $9.99 for twelve digital issues via Weightless Books. Single print issues available from Amazon.com. Digital issues available through their website and Weightless.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- December 2022, $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original stories by Christopher Warden, Alexandra Peel, 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.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- January 2023, $7.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original stories by Cameron Bertron, Joshua Hagy, 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.
- Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
- November/December 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 November and December the site will post stories by Duke Kimball and Karl El-Koura. Cover by Yuri Magalhães. Subscription: Limited-edition digital version available prior to web publication via Patreon.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #123, December 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 Emma Osborne, Jess Essey & Cadwell Turnbull, and Mari Ness; an essay by Eric Raglin; creative non-fiction by Chris DiLeo, 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 Erika T. Wurth. Cover by Joelee Creative/ Adobe Stock. Subscription: $1.99/monthly from Amazon or $23.88/year from Nightmare or Weightless Books <www.weightlessbooks.com>.
- Gayle Surrette ed.
- December 2022, free, monthly. Online SF review site.
- In the December issue, the site posted short fiction reviews, US book reviews, and various columns. Subscriptions: Not available.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- November/December 2022, free, weekly. Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday.
- In November and December, the site posted short fiction (with accompanying podcasts) by Ariel Marken Jack, Marisca Pichette, Aimee Ogden, and Erin Innes; columns from Mame Bougouma Diene and Kuzhali Manickavel; an article by RiverFlow (Emily Jin, trans.); non-fiction by Gautam Bhatia, weekly poetry (with accompanying podcasts); and reviews. Covers by Tahlia Day and Johnatan ‘‘Johncito’’ Marques. Subscription: unavailable.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- November/December 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 November and December, 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.
- Andrew S. Fuller, ed.
- Issue 37, July 2022, free online, thrice yearly. Online speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Simo Srinivas, Kathryn McMahon, Thomas Ha, Ruth Joffre, and Gerardo Mercado Hernández. Cover by Rew X. Subscription: $5.99 for three digital issues at <www.3lobedmag.com/store.html>.
- Tom Doherty, Irene Gallo, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- November/December 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.
- November and December’s posts include novel excerpts from books by Kelly Barnhill, Kate Elliott, Isaac Fellman, Annalee Newitz, Isabelle Steiger, Ness Brown, and Kate J. Armstrong; original fiction by K.J. Parker; and a reprint by Catherynne M. Valente.
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