Magazines Received – March
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.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 48 Nos. 3 & 4, Whole Numbers 578 & 579, March/April 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- Speculative fiction and fantasy magazine with stories by Alexander Jablokov, Peter Wood, Sandra McDonald, Ray Nayler, Ashok K. Banker, Lavie Tidhar, and others; poetry; columns, etc. Cover by Eldar Zakirov.
- Waverly SM & Knar Gavin, eds.
- Summer 2024, $15.00, twice yearly, 264pp, 15 x 23 cm.
- Smallpress magazine focusing on environmental justice with stories by Leah Andelsmith, Guillermo G. Mendoza, Bernie Jean Schiebeling, and others; essays; poetry; and art. Cover by Martins Deep.
Online Magazines
- Lesley Conner, ed.
- Issue #143, March 2024, free online or $4.99 per issue; bimonthly. SF/fantasy/horror magazine.
- Original fiction by Nika Murphy, Hannah Yang, Renan Bernardo, and others; reprinted fiction; interviews; and articles. Cover by Caroline Jamhour.
- Stephen Higgins, ed.
- No. 168, March 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.
- This issue incudes fiction from Michael Pryor, L.B. Hazelthorn, and Andrew Kao; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by Tatyana2206.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #401, February 22, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This is a special double-issue with stories by Natalia Theodoridou, A.T. Greenblatt, R.Z. Held, Shanna Germain, and Maurice Broaddus. Cover by Elias Stern.
- Issue #402, March 7, 2024 has stories by Rich Larson, Michael Evans, and Tony Pi. Cover by Nele Diel.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #130, $3.99, weekly. Weekly reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has five science fiction or fantasy stories by Lester del Rey, C.M. Kornbluth, John York Cabot and others.
- Issue #131 includes five stories by Aeryn Rudel, Jerome Bixby & Joe E. Dean, Seabury Quinn, and others; and a novel by Nick Boddie Williams.
- Issue #132 features three stories by Carl Jacobi, JF. Bone, and H.B. Fyfe; and two short novels by Daniel F. Galouye and Milton Lesser.
- Issue #133 has stories by Donald A. Wollheim, Harold Calin, and others; and a short novel by Oscar J. Friend.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #210, March 2024, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Fiona Jones, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Qi Ran (Andy Dudak, trans.), Malena Salazar Maciá, Ben Berman Ghan, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Z.K. Abraham, and F.E. Choe; essays; and interviews. Cover by Marco Zagara.
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- February 2023, free online. Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews.
- In February, the site posted a story by Bridgette Dutta Portman, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #106, March 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Matthew Cheney and Sara Omer, and reprints by Kristi DeMeester and Ai Jiang. Cover by Joelee Creative.
- 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.
- February/March 2024, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In February and March, the site posted short fiction by Jeff Currier, Vivian Chou, and others.
- Leon Perniciaro, ed. Issue
- #14, March 2024, $4 digital, bi-monthly.
- Online speculative fiction magazines ‘‘for a 21st century audience’’ with fiction by E.M. Linden, Ai Jiang, and others; poetry; and short fiction reviews. Cover by Aimee Cozza.
- JW Stebner, ed.
- Issue #16, Spring 2024, free online, quarterly, 77pp.
- Speculative fiction magazine specializing in ‘‘the weird, the wondrous, and the whimsical…’’ with fiction by Melissa Ridley Elmes, A.D. Sui, Amethyst Loscocco, Dante Luiz, and Avra Margariti. Cover by Andriy Lukin.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #166, March 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Adam-Troy Castro, Alex Irvine, Sharang Biswas, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Oleksandra Klestova/Shutterstock.
- Jennifer Lyn Parsons, ed.
- Issue #57, March 2024, $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’’ with fiction by Esther Alter, Allister Nelson, Anna-Claire McGrath, and others. Cover by Hannah Elizabeth.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- April- June 2024, $12.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by R.W.W. Greene, M.E. Bronstein, and Laurel Beckley. Cover by Saleha Chowdhury.
- Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
- March/April 2024, free online or via Patreon, bimonthly.
- Online magazine presenting stories that engage ‘‘meaningfully with Christianity…although not exclusively from a Christian perspective’’ has stories by K.A. Wiggins and Jessica Snell. Cover by Anne Horn.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #138, March 2024, free online or $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Keith Rosson, Fatima Taqvi, and Oyedotun Damilola Muees; author spotlights; interviews; poetry; and essays. Cover by Wilqkuku / Shutterstock.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- February/March 2024, free online.
- Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including fiction from Chris Willrich, Kemi Ashing-Giwa, S.L. Huang, Kelly Robson, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles and commentary; and interviews.
- Noel Chidwick & Mark Toner, eds.
- Issue #37, Spring 2024, £7.95 print + digital/£3.45 – £3.95 digital, quarterly
- Scottish speculative fiction magazine with short fiction, poetry, interviews, articles, and reviews. This issue has fiction by Rebecca Zahabi, Vikram Ramakrishnan, Raymond W. Gallacher, and others. Cover by Scribble Imp.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- March 2024, free/paid, monthly.
- New online literary journal that publishes two nonfiction essays a month (one free and one available only to subscribers) that ‘‘…explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy.’’ This month’s issue includes essays by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Octavia Cade.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- February/March 2024, free, weekly
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by CL Hellisen, Andrey Zhou, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap
- February/March 2024. Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level
- In February and March, the site published stories by Kij Johnson, Tessa Gratton, Mary Robinette Kowal, Molly Tanzer, and others.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- February/March 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.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, eds.
- Issue #57, March/April 2024, $3.99 digital only, bimonthly. Science fiction and fantasy magazine with fiction, non-fiction, interviews, and poetry.
- This issue includes fiction by Nghi Vo, Lavie Tidhar, Katherine Ewell, Annalee Newitz, Valerie Valdes, Parlei Rivière, and Amanda Helms. Cover art by Antonio Javier Caparo.
See this listing and more like it in the April 2024 issue of Locus.
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