Magazines Received – June
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 #26, 2024 $6.99 digital/$13.99 print, annual, 224pp, 15 x 22 1/2cm.
- Genre fiction magazine set in outer space, with a focus on stories set in the future involving nonhumanoid aliens. This issue theme is ‘‘Mars colonization’’ and has stories from David Castlewitz, Geoffrey Hugh Lindop, and others.
- Rebecca Bennett, ed.
- Issue #4, Spring 2024, $5.99 digital/$12.99 print, tri-annually, 96pp, 15 x 23 cm.
- Canadian speculative short fiction and poetry magazine, focused on long-term relationships with works by R.H. Berry, Lilly Lu, lae astra, and others. Cover by Alice M.
Online Magazines
- Michael Pryor, ed.
- No. 171, June 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.
- This issue includes fiction from Ciaran Hannigan, Ashley Cracknell, and Christopher Henckel; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by Space Creator
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #408, May 30, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Y.M. Pang, Andrew K. Hoe, and A.E. Decker. Cover by Scott Harris.
- Issue #409, June 13, 2024 has stories by Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Cara Masten DiGirolamo, and AnaMaria Curtis. Cover by Scott Harris.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #143, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has five science fiction or fantasy stories by Henry Slesar, Edmond Hamilton, and others. Cover by Tom Miller.
- Issue #144 includes four stories by Philip E. High, Harlan Ellison, and others, and a short novel. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #145 features five short stories by Jack Ritchie, E. Hoffmann Price and others, and a short novel.
- Issue #146 has five stories by Robert Silverberg, Stephen Marlowe, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #213, June 2024, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from H.H. Pak, S.B. Divya, Carrie Vaughn, Luc Diamant, Caroline M. Yoachim, Tan Gang (Emily Jin, trans.) and Cat McMahan; essays; and interviews. Cover by Ed Laag.
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- May/June 2024, free online. Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews.
- In May, the site posted a story by Robert Luke Wilkins, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #109, June 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Jack Klausner and Beth Goder, and reprints by E. Catherine Tobler and Sara Omer. 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.
Fiyah: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
- Emmalia Harrington, guest ed.
- Issue #31, Summer 2024, $3.99, digital only, quarterly.
- Literary Black speculative fiction magazine with stories from Terna Abu, Akua Lezli Hope, and others; plus poetry and more. Cover by Kaitlin Edwards.
- Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
- May/June 2024, free online, biweekly
- Flash fiction SF and fantasy site. In May and June, the site posted short fiction by JD DeLuzio, Jon Clendaniel, and others.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #21, June 2024, online pay-what-you-want or purchase through Blurb, 141 pp.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with fiction from Sydney Paige Guerrero, Endria Isa Richardson, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and others. Cover by Abi Stevens.
- JW Stebner, ed.
- Issue #17, Summer 2024, free online, quarterly, 43pp.
- Speculative fiction magazine specializing in ‘‘…the weird, the wondrous, and the whimsical…’’ with fiction by Madi Haab, André Geleynse, Christopher R. Muscato, and more. Cover by William Tempest.
- Leon Perniciaro, ed.
- Issue #15, May 2024, $4.00, bimonthly, 48pp.
- ‘‘Speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience’’. This issue is guest edited by L.P. Kindred, with fiction by Madi Haab, N.R.M. Roshak, Natalia Theodoridou, and others; plus poetry and reviews. Cover by Lauren Raye Snow.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #169, June 2024, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Andrea Kriz, Oyedotun Damilola Muees, Varsha Dinesh, Deborah L. Davitt, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Grandeduc / Adobe Stock Images.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- July-September 2024, $12.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, monthly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by Michael Gardner, Lisa Short, and Thomas Ha. Cover by Philip McCulloch-Downs.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #141, June 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Manish Melwani, Ally Wilkes, and Bruce McAllister; author spotlights; poetry; and an essay. Cover by Juhasz Sz / Shutterstock.
- Aimer, Cress et al., eds.
- Issue #7, June 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Alex T. Singer, Elena Sichrovsky, Jenna Hanchey, and others; author spotlights; poetry. Cover by Yuumei.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- May/June 2024, free online. Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from Genevieve Valentine, Rich Larson, and others; novel excerpts; rereads and rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles and commentary; and interviews.
- Gayle Surrette, ed.
- June 2024, free, monthly. Online SF review site.
- In the June issue, the site posted short fiction reviews, US book reviews, and columns.
- Stephen Granade & Cislyn Smith, eds.
- Issue #12, June 2024, $2.99 ebook, monthly.
- Original and reprinted speculative flash fiction and narrative poetry magazine with work by Kate Francia, Sarah Cannavo, Megan Chee, and others. Cover by Stephanie Stasiuk Monk.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- June 2024, free/paid, monthly. New online literary journal that publishes two nonfiction essays a month (one free and one only available 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 Andrew Dana Hudson and Nina Niskanen.
- D.R.R. Chang, et al., eds.
- May/June 2024, free, irregular. Ephemeral, Austin-based, sci-fi and humor magazine.
- Stories are posted for only one month and then disappear. The website included stories by Michael Merriam, Robert Jeschonek, and J.S. Veter.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- May/June 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by B. Pladek, Yoon Chung, Danilo Heitor, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- June 2024. Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level.
- In June, the site published stories by Kelly Robson, Laura Anne Gilman, Meg Elison, and Ng-Yi Sheng.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- June 2024, free online
- Short fiction SF and fantasy review magazine including reviews of genre magazines, online and electronic publications, and selected collectionsand anthologies; as well as articles and essays.
- Julia Rios, ed.
- June 2024, free online, bimonthly. Speculative fiction magazine
- This issue includes stories by R.J. Howell, Stephanie Burgess, Adria Bailton, and others; poetry; and illustrations. Cover by Ana Niki.
See this listing and more like it in the July 2024 issue of Locus.
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