Magazines Received – September
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.
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link, eds.
- Issue No. 48, September 2024, $6.00 print, bi-annually, 58pp, 17½ x 21½ cm.
- Quirky, literary genre magazine with fiction by Lyndsie Manusos, W.J. Tattersdill, Summer Olsson and others; nonfiction articles, poetry, and art. Cover by Gessica Maio.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Sheree Renée Thomas, ed.
- Vol 146, Nos 3& 4, Whole number 772, Summer 2024, $10.99 print, quarterly, 260pp, 13 x 19 cm.
- This issue includes stories by Albert Chu, Esther Friesner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Xinwei Kong, Marie Vibbert, and others; a science article; poetry; columns; reviews; and etc. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.
- Cameron Howard, ed.
- Issue No. 1, October 2024, $13.99 print/$6.99 digital, quarerly, 48pp, 17½ x 25½ cm.
- Premier issue of a new short fiction magazine celebrating the New Weird with fiction, articles, etc. Issue one includes stories by Rain Corbyn, Wailana Kalama, Renan Bernardo, and others; nonfiction, and etc. Cover by WolfSkullJack.
Online Magazines
- Lesley Conner, ed.
- Issue #146, September 2024, free online or $4.99 per issue; bimonthly. SF/fantasy/horror magazine.
- This issue has fiction by Eugen Bacon & Clare E. Rhoden, Koji A. Dae, Victor Forna, and others; reprinted fiction; interviews; and articles. Cover by Marco Mazzoni.
- Michael Pryor, ed.
- No. 174, September 2024, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.
- This issue includes fiction from Joe Ford, Michael Zeit, and A.T. Sayre; non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by frenta.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #414, August 22, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Cat Rambo, Grace Seybold, and Rajiv Moté. Cover by Michal Kváč.
- Issue #415, September 5, 2024 has stories by Timothy Mudie, Will McMahon, and Izzy Wasserstein. Cover by Michal Kváč.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #156, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has five stories by Steve Liskow, Anna Tambour, and others and a novel by Edmond Hamilton. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #157 includes five stories by Janet Fox, John S. Glasby and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #158 features five short stories by Nelson S. Bond, Frank Belknap Long and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #159 has four stories by Will Murray, Gene Cross and others, and a novel by Edmond Hamilton.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #216, September 2024, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Marissa Lingen, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Cirilo Lemos (Thamirys Gênova, trans.), Renan Bernardo, and others; essays; and interviews. Cover by Daria Anako.
- Fran Eisemann, ed.
- August/September 2024, free online.
- Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast and reviews. In August and September, the site posted a story by M.A. Akins, and more.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #112, September 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by Laura Mauro and Mae Jimenez, and reprints by Steve Rasnic Tem and Kristi DeMeester. Cover by Tithi Luadthong.
- 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.
- August/September 2024, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In August and September, the site posted short fiction by Andria Kennedy, Emlyn Meredith Dornemann, and others.
- JW Stebner, ed.
- Issue #18, Fall 2024, free online, quarterly, 43pp.
- Speculative fiction magazine specializing in ‘‘…the weird, the wondrous, and the whimsical…’’ with fiction by Adialyz Del Valle Berrios, Michael M. Jones, EC Dorgan, and Aggie Novak. Cover by Artyom Topilin.
- Gareth Jelley, ed.
- #300, August 2024, £5 digital, bimonthly, 169pp. European SF and fantasy magazine with fiction, columns, author interviews and reviews.
- This issue includes stories by Fábio Fernandes, Carlos Norcia, Rachael Cupp, and others. Cover by Dante Luiz.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #172, September 2024, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Gabriela Santiago, Sagan Yee, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Jae Steinbacher, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Tithi Luadthong (AKA Grandfailure / Shutterstock.
- B. Morris Allen, ed.
- October-December 2024, $12.00 print/$4.00 digital/free online, quarterly. Online and print speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by E.C. Dorgan, Damien Krsteski, and Suzanne J. Willis. Cover by Carol Wellart.
- Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.
- September/October 2024, free online or via Patreon, bimonthly.
- Online magazine presenting stories that engage ‘‘meaningfully with Christianity… although not exclusively from a Christian perspective.’’
- September and October features stories by Hannah Onoguwe, and L.G. McCary. Cover by Julia Lee-Papastovros.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #144, September 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Russell Nichols and Sam W. Pisciotta; essays; author spotlights; poetry; and a review. Cover by Obsidian Fantasy Studio / Shutterstock image.
- Ian Whates, ed.
- Issue #9, Winter 2024, £5.99, quarterly, 89pp. British science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine with stories, features, reviews and interviews. Issue #9 includes fiction by M.R. Carey, Tim Lebbon, Michael Moorcock, and others. Cover by Kellepics.
- Issue #10 (Spring 2024) has stories by Tim Major, L.B. Spillers, Alister Davison and others. Cover by Jim Burns.
- Issue #11 (Summer 2024) features work by Neil Williamson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ian McDonald, and others. Cover by Fangorn.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- August/September 2024, free online. Rebranded Tor.com website.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from Kell Woods, Amal Singh, Genoveva Dimova, K.J. Parker, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles, commentary; and interviews.
- Zubin Jain, ed. August/September, free online.
- Premier issue of a new Singapore-based speculative fiction journal with stories, and non-fiction articles.
- In August and September, the site posted fiction from Marc Fleury, Tan Rui Heng, Elizabeth Wong, and others.
- Gayle Surrette, ed.
- August 2024, free, monthly. Online SF review site.
- In the August issue, the site posted short fiction reviews, US book reviews, and columns.
- 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 an essay by Rjurik Davidson.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- August/September 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Aurelius Raines II, Lowry Poletti, Emma Johnson-Rivard, Ali Householder, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day, Max Banshees.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- September 2024. Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level.
- In September, the site published stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson, F. Brett Cox, Martin Cahill, and Alexander London.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- September 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.
- Jennifer Reynolds & Jeff Reynolds, eds.
- Issue #1, Fall 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, quarterly. Premiere issue of a new speculative fiction magazine.
- This issue features the fiction of Aimee Ogden, Jennifer Lesh Fleck, Allison Pottern, and others; poetry; an interview; and non-fiction. Cover by Ryan Bittner.
- Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin, eds.
- Issue #60, September/October 2024, $3.99 digital only, bimonthly. Science fiction and fantasy magazine with fiction, non-fiction, interviews, and poetry.
- This issue includes fiction by Natalia Theodoridou, Eddie Robson, Angela Liu, Tananarive Due, M.M. Olivas, Jo Miles, and Marissa Lingen. Cover art by John Picacio.
See this listing and more like it in the October 2024 issue of Locus.
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