Magazines Received – February
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.
- David C. Kopaska-Merkel, ed.
- Issue No. 126, January 2024, $5.00 print/$1.00 digital, irregular, 24pp, 13.5 x 21.5 cm.
- SF and fantasy poetry magazine with work by Jessy Randall, Simon MacCulloch, Bill Wolak, and others. Cover by Allen K.
Online Magazines
- Stephen Higgins, ed.
- No. 167, February 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December).
- Australian SF/F magazine. This issue incudes fiction from Michael Gardner, Arden Baker, and Christopher Yusko; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by Joe Pchatree.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #399, January 25, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine with stories by Peter Darbyshire, Jonathan Louis Duckworth and Timothy Mudie. Cover by Michal Kváč.
- Issue #400, February 8, 2024 is a special double-issue with stories by Elly Bangs, Emily McIntyre, Phoenix Alexander, Matthew O. Fromboluti, and A.T. Greenblatt. Cover by Elias Stern
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #125, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has four short science fiction or fantasy stories by Edward M. Lerner, Randall Garrett and others; and a short novel by Ward Moore.
- Issue #126 includes four stories by John Betancourt & Larry Tritten, J.F. Bone, and others; and a novel by James Stephens.
- Issue #127 has five genre stories by Walt Sheldon, Winston K. Marks, and others; and a short novel by Sam Merwin.
- Issue #128 features four stories by Janice Law, Hannes, Bok, and others, and a short novel by Manly Wade Wellman.
- Issue #129 published five genre stories by Leslie F. Stone, Clyde Mitchell, John Victor Peterson, and others.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #209, February 2024, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from H.H. Pak, Zohar Jacobs, Yang Wanquing (Jay Zhang, trans.), Ryan Marie Ketterer, Rajeev Prasad, David Goodman, Isabel J. Kim, and Meghan Feldman; essays; and interviews. Cover by Pablo Munoz Gomez.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- January 2023, free online. Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews.
- In January, the site posted a story by Erik VanBezooijen, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #105, February 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by James Bennett and Françoise Harvey, and reprints by Angela Slatter and Steve Rasnic Tem. Cover by gugacurado.
- E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
- Issue #33, Winter 2024, free online, quarterly, 71pp.
- Speculative fiction magazine ‘‘that concerns itself with death – but also everything death may involve,’’ with fiction by Avra Margariti, Tiffany Morris, Diana Dima, and others; poetry; and nonfiction. Cover by Lucy Lisett.
- Five weekly podcasts: Escape Pod <escapepod.org/> Valerie Valdes & Mur Lafferty, eds. (SF), PodCastle <podcastle.org/> Shingai Njeri Kagunda & Eleanor R. Wood, eds. (fantasy), PseudoPod <pseudopod. org/> Shawn Garrett & Alex Hofelich, eds. (horror), Cast of Wonders <www.castofwonders.org> Katherine Inskip, ed. (YA) and CatsCast <escapeartists.net/catscast/> Laura Pearlman, ed. (speculative fiction cat stories).
- Free online. Genre podcasts of both original and previously published stories with accompanying text.
- Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
- January/February 2024, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In January and February, the site posted short fiction by George Rhea, Melanie Mulrooney, and others.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #20, February 2024, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover through Blurb, 145 pp.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with fiction from M. Shedric Simpson, Sarah Bess Jaffee, Ai Jiang, and others; and a non-fiction article. Cover by Abi Stevens.
- Gareth Jelley, ed.
- #299, January 2024, Euro 5digital, bimonthly, 215pp.
- European SF and fantasy magazine with fiction, columns, author interviews and reviews.
- This issue includes stories by Daniel Bennett, Ivy Grimes, Paul E. Franz, and others. Cover by Martin Hanford.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #165, February 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction by Everdeen Mason, Phoebe Barton, PH Lee, Wen-yi Lee, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Tithi Luadthong/Shutterstock.
- M.E. Pickett, ed.
- Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 2024, $1.99 digital/free online, quarterly.
- ‘‘Mid-length’’ speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per issue. This issue’s piece is by Teresa Milbrodt Cover image by Ash via Fiverr.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #137, February 2024, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by George Sandison, H.B. Menendez, and others; author spotlights; interviews; poetry; and essays. Cover by Anya Juárez Tenorio / Pexels Stock Image.
- The Radon Team, eds.
- Issue #6, January 2024, free online, triannual.
- Journal of ‘‘science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and dystopia’’ publishing both poetry and prose. This issue includes works by Jason Vizcarra-Brown, J.D. Mitchell, Vivian Chou, and others. Cover by KiTT St Joans.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- January/February 2024, free online.
- Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including short fiction from Maureen McHugh, Jordan Kurella, Karen Heuler, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; reviews; articles and commentary; and interviews.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- February 2024, free/paid, monthly.
- New online literary journal that publishes two nonfiction essays a month (one free and one available to subscribers only) that ‘‘explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy.’’
- This month’s issue includes essays by Kemi Ashing -Giwa and Amelia Brown.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- January/February 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Elle Engel, Malda Marlys, C.H. Irons, Kathy Chao, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday.
- Covers by Tahlia Day and Heather McDougal.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap
- January/February 2024, one free story monthly; paid weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level. In January and February, the site published stories by Nibedita Sen, Yoon Ha Lee, Kij Johnson, Brian Slattery, and others.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- January/February 2024, free online.
- Short fiction SF and fantasy review magazine including reviews of genre magazines, online and electronic publications, and selected collections and anthologies; as well as articles and essays.
- Michael Kelly, ed.
- Issue #8, Spring 2024, $15.00 print/$6.00 digital, twice a year, 125pp, 17½ x 25 cm.
- Dedicated to ‘‘pulpy dark fiction in the weird fiction and horror genres’’ with fiction from Gary McMahon, Aimee Ogden, Elin Olausson, and others; opinions; reviews; and commentary. Cover by James Hutton.
- Justin T. O’Conor Sloane & Jean-Paul L. Garnier, eds.
- Vol 1, No. 1, Issue No. 177, February 2024, Debut issue free, 80pp.
- Relaunch of a historic hard SF magazine with original and reprinted stories by Robert Silverberg, Tara Campbell, David Brin, Charles Platt, and others; poetry; non-fiction; articles; and art. Cover by Bob Eggleton.
See this listing and more like it in the March 2024 issue of Locus.
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