Magazines Received – July
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.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- Trevor Quachri, ed.
- Vol. 94 Nos. 7 & 8, July/August 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- Hard SF magazine with fiction by A.T. Sayre, Hûw Steer, Greg Egan, and others; non-fiction; poetry; reviews; etc. Cover by Shutterstock.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 48 Nos. 7 & 8, Whole Numbers 582 & 583, July/August 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- Speculative fiction and fantasy magazine with stories by John Richard Trtek, Stephen Case, Robert Morrell Jr., James Van Pelt, Susan Palwick, R. Garcia y Robertson, Alex Irvine, and others; poetry; columns, etc. Cover by John Sumrow.
- Scot Noel, ed.
- Vol 4 Issue 14, 2024, free online/$16.25 print, biannually, 84pp.
- Fantasy and science fiction magazine with original and reprinted fiction by Esteban Raposo, Christopher Davis, Priya Chand, and others; essays; and poetry. Print issues combine work from quarterly online magazine DreamForge Anvil. Cover by Elizabeth Leggett.
- David C. Kopaska-Merkel, ed.
- Issue No. 127, May 2024, $5.00 print/$1.00 digital, irregular, 24pp, 13.5 x 21.5 cm.
- SF and fantasy poetry magazine with work by Herb Kauderer, Roger Dutcher, Beth Cato & Rhonda Parrish, and others. Cover by Michael Emerald.
- Diane L. Walton, ed.
- Vol. 34 No. 2, Whole No. 128, C$6.95, 2024, quarterly, 126pp, 13½ x 20 cm.
- Canadian small press fiction magazine with stories by M. Ian Bell, Katherine Quevedo, Josh Pearce, and others; interviews; non-fiction; poetry; and art. Cover by Tim Hammell.
- Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
- Issue #29, 2024, $12.99 print/$6.99 digital, bimonthly, 235pp, 17½ x 25½ cm.
- The magazine on the ‘‘cutting edge of modern short fiction’’ with 11 short fiction stories. This issue includes short fiction from Scott Edelman, Annie Reed, Robert Jeschonek, and others. Cover by grandfailure/Depositphotos.
- Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.
- No. 42, Spring 2024, C$14.99, quarterly, 198pp, 13½ x 20½ cm.
- Canadian magazine dedicated to pulp literature. This issue includes fiction from Kelly Robson, Nat Kishchuk, Preston Lang, and others; interviews; a graphic story; poetry; etc. Cover by Mel Anastasiou.
- Angela Yuriko Smith, ed.
- No. 146, Spring/Summer 2024, $11.00 print/$2.99 digital, biannual, 87pp, 21 x 27½ cm.
- Small-press fiction magazine. This issue includes stories by Donna J.W. Munro, Jose Ángel Conde, Dom Gerard, and others; interviews; a graphic story; articles; poetry; and reviews. Cover by Matthew Schuler.
Online Magazines
- Lesley Conner, ed.
- Issue #145, July 2024, free online or $4.99 per issue; bimonthly
- SF/fantasy/horror magazine. Original fiction by Daniela Tomova, Stephen M.A., Marie Croke, and others; reprinted fiction; interviews; and articles. Cover by Silvia Moraviková Bobeková.
- Michael Pryor, ed.
- No. 172, July 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December)
- Australian SF/F magazine. This issue incudes fiction from Dirk Strasser, Thomas K. Slee, and JV Gachs; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by Space Creator.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #410, June 27, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Stephen Case, J.C. Snow, and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. Cover by Philipp A. Urlich.
- Issue #411, July 11, 2024 has stories by Emily C. Skaftun, M.R. Robinson, and Kat Howard. Cover by Philipp A. Urlich.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #147, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has three science fiction or fantasy stories by John Glasby, Ernest Favenc, and Edmond Hamilton; and two novels by Arthur Leo Zagat and E.F. Benson. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #148 includes four stories by Phyllis Ann Karr (an original), Cordwainer Smith, and others, and a novel by Lin Carter. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #149 features four short stories by Nelson S. Bond, Allen Kim Lang, and others, and a novel by Manly Wade Wellman. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #150 has five stories by Teel James Glenn, Jack Williamson, and others, and a novel by Gans T. Field. Cover by Ron Miller.
- P. Alexander, ed.
- Vol #2 Issue #19, Summer 2024, $14.99 print/$3.99 digital, quarterly, 178pp. SF, fantasy, and horror genre magazine with pulp sensibilities.
- This issue includes stories by Mark Pellegrini, J. Manfred Weichsel, and others; poetry and a comic. Cover by Benjamin Rodriguez.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #214, July 2024, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Tia Tashiro, Grant Collier, Natalia Theodoridou, Polenth Blake, Amal Singh, Em X. Liu, and AnaMaria Curtis; essays; and interviews. Cover by Ninja Jo.
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- June/July 2024, free online.
- Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews. In June, the site posted a story by Geoffrey Hart, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #110, July 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 Alex Sobel, and reprints by Ray Cluley and Angela Slatter. Cover by Stefan Koidl.
- 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.
- June/July 2024, free online, biweekly.
- Flash fiction SF and fantasy site. In June and July, the site posted short fiction by Avi Burton, Marie Brennan, and others.
- Leon Perniciaro, ed.
- Issue #16, July 2024, $4.00, bimonthly, 48pp. ‘‘Speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience.’’
- This issue includes fiction by Eugenia Triantafyllou, Marissa Lingen, J.R. Dawson & John Wiswell, and others; plus poetry and reviews. Cover by Matthew Spencer.
- Dane Scott Udenberg, ed.
- Issue #1 Vol. 7, June 2024, free, irregular, 155pp.
- Premiere issue of a new retro SF magazine dedicated to reprinting reformatted, public-domain, pulp stories and new stories written in a classical style. The first issue includes new story by John Bowers and Charles A. Cornell, and classics by Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl and Philip K. Dick, and an article by Ray Bradbury.
- Fred Coppersmith, ed.
- Summer 2024, free online, quarterly.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This issue has 12 original stories by Greta Hayer, Rebecca Burton, Don Mark Baldridge, and others; and poetry. Cover by Steve Lillie.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #170, July 2024, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Dominique Dickey, Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, Vanessa Fogg, Carrie Vaughn, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Madison Brake.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #142, July 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Thomas Ha, Megan Chee, and Sara S. Messenger; author spotlights; poetry; and an essay. Cover by Adobe/Shutterstock.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- June/July 2024, free online. Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from T.J. Klune, Nisi Shawl, John Wiswell, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles, commentary; and interviews.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- July 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 Tansy Rayner Roberts and Nina Niskanen.
- Jean-Paul Garnier, ed.
- No. 47.3, Summer 2024, $5.00 + shipping/$2.50 digital, quarterly, 48pp, 13.5 x 21.5 cm.
- The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s official magazine. This issue includes poetry from SR Tombran, Howard V. Hendrix, and others; plus articles. Cover by Denny E. Marshall.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- June/July 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Premee Mohamed, Joanne Rixon, K.A. Wiggins, Louis Inglis Hall, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- July 2024.
- Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level. In July, the site published stories by Scott Lynch, Margaret Dunlap, Rachel Hartman, and Paolo Bacigalupi.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- July 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 #59, July/August 2024, $3.99 digital only, bimonthly.
- Science fiction and fantasy magazine with fiction, non-fiction, interviews, and poetry. This issue includes fiction by Sarah Pinsker, Greg van Eekhout, Sunwoo Jeong, John Chu, AnaMaria Curtis, Eleanna Castroianni, and Megan Chee. Cover art by Broci.
See this listing and more like it in the August 2024 issue of Locus.
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