Magazines Received – August
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. 33, August 2024, $14.95 print/$2.99 digital/free online, three times a year, 162pp, 12½ x 20 cm.
- Literary “weird-lit” fiction magazine with stories by Alex Jennings, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, and others. Cover by Jing Zhiyong.
- Brittany Hause, ed.
- 2024, $5.00 print, annually, 30pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Yearly anthology from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. This issue includes the best very short speculative poems published in 2023. Cover by Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville.
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
- Paul March-Russell, ed.
- Vol. 53, Issue No. 2, #148, 2024, three times yearly, 124pp, 14½ x 21 cm. Peer-reviewed journal.
- This issue’s theme is “Cyberpunk: Beyond Fiction 2000” with articles from Graham J. Murphy, Esko Suoranta, and others; features; and reviews. Cover by Tomasz Chistowski/DeviantArt.
- Jean-Paul Garnier, ed.
- Issue No. 47.3, Summer 2024, $5.00 print, quarterly, 48pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Official journal from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association with poems by SR Tombran, Joshua St. Claire, Howard V. Hendrix, and others; interviews; articles; member news; and reviews. Cover by Denny E. Marshall.
Online Magazines
- Michael Pryor, ed.
- No. 173, August 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.
- This issue incudes fiction from Andrew Nathan Roberts, Henry Neilsen, and Erin Munzenberger; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by prometeus.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #412, July 25, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Samuel Chapman, W.A. Hamilton, and T.S. McAdams. Cover by Philipp A. Urlich.
- Issue #413, August 8, 2024 has stories by Jonathan Olfert, J.A. Prentice, and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. Cover by Michal Kváč.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #151, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has an SF story by Nelson S. Bond, and two novels by Edmond Hamilton and Lester del Rey. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #152 includes five SFF stories by A.L. Sirois, John S. Glasby, and others, and a novella by Lester del Rey. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #154 features four SFF stories by Paul Di Filippo & Claudio Chillemi, William Campbell Gault, and others and a novel by Edmond Hamilton. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #155 includes four SFF stories including an original story by D.J. Tyrer and reprints from Philip José Farmer and others, and an original novel by Thomas A. Easton. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #215, August 2024, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Alice Towey, Rich Larson, Rajeev Prasad, Emily Taylor, Thomas Ha, Timothy Mudie, David McGillveray, and Marisca Pichette; essays; and interviews. Cover by Marcel Deneuve.
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- July/August 2024, free online.
- Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews. In July and August, the site posted a story by E. Florian Gludovacz, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #111, August 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Katie McIvor and H. Pueyo, and reprints by Alison Littlewood and Ai Jiang. Cover by Tomislav Tikulin.
- E. Catherine Tobler, ed.
- Issue #35, Summer 2024, free online/$6.99 print, quarterly, 97pp.
- Speculative fiction magazine “that concerns itself with death – but also everything death may involve,” with fiction by Corey Farrenkopf, Kay Mabasa, Stephen Kearse, and others; poetry; and nonfiction. Cover by Inkshark.
- 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.
- July/August 2024, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In July and August, the site posted short fiction by Pauline Barmby and others.
- Cavan Terrill, ed. I
- ssue #22, August 2024, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover through Blurb, 150 pp.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with fiction from Íde Hennessy, Meg Elison, Charlie B. Lorch, and others. Cover by Carly Allen-Fletcher.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #171, August 2024, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Richard Thomas, Archita Mittra, Dominique Dickey, Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Warmtail / Adobe Stock Images.
- Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
- July/August 2024, free online or via Patreon, bimonthly.
- Online magazine presenting stories that engage “meaningfully with Christianity… although not exclusively from a Christian perspective.” This issue has stories by Pamela Love, Stephen Case, and Constantine Singer. Cover by Julia Lee-Papastavros.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #143, August 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly. Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Erin Brown, Cody Goodfellow, and Guan Un; author spotlights; an interview; poetry; and an essay. Cover by ILUSTRO / Shutterstock.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- July/August 2024, free online. Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from Mary Robinette Kowal, Martin Cahill, Nancy Kress, and others; novel excerpts
- Bruce Gillespie, ed.
- No. 117, July 2024, limited print copies available/free online; irregular, 114pp, 20 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm.
- Australian fanzine from Bruce Gillespie, this issue is part three of the 55th anniversary edition, with commentary and notes on Australian fandom; news; articles; author spotlights; appreciations; poetry; and reviews. Cover by Alan White.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- August 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 Phoebe Wagner and Lee Murray.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- July/August 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Steven Archer, Alex Sandground, Avra Margariti, Jamie M. Boyd, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by delila, and Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- August 2024
- Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level. In August, the site published stories by A.R. Capetta, Lauren C. Teffeau, Leslie What, and David Bowles.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- August 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.
- Andrew S. Fuller, ed.
- Issue 42, 2024, free online, thrice yearly. Online speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem, Nick Mamatas, Nkone Chaka, and Jordan Kurella. Cover by Rew X.
- Julia Rios, ed.
- August 2024, free online, bimonthly. Speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by Rebecca Zahabi, Rodrigo Culagovski, Cecilia Tan, and others; poetry; and illustrations. Cover by Amad Razi
See this listing and more like it in the September 2024 issue of Locus.
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