Magazines Received – December
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. 144 Nos. 9 & 10, September/October 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm.
- Hard SF magazine with fiction by Adam-Troy Castro, Tom R. Pike, Hayden Trenholm, David Goodman, Andrew Sullivan, and others; non-fiction; poetry; reviews; etc. Cover by NASA.
- Sheila Williams, ed.
- Vol. 48 Nos. 9 & 10, Whole Numbers 584 & 585, September/October 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm. Speculative fiction and fantasy magazine with stories by Nick Wolven, Naomi Kritzer, James Patrick Kelly, Betsy Aoki, Robert Reed, and others; poetry; columns, etc. Cover by Shutterstock.com.
- Vol. 48 Nos. 11 & 12, Whole Numbers 586 & 587, November/December 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp, 15 x 21½ cm. Speculative fiction and fantasy magazine with stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Sean Monaghan, Dominica Phetteplace, Peter Wood, and others; poetry; columns, etc. Cover by John Sumrow
- Diane L. Walton, ed. Vol. 34 No. 3, Whole No. 129, C$6.95, 2024, quarterly, 142pp, 13½ x 20 cm.
- Canadian small press fiction magazine with stories by Julie E. Czerneda, Catherine MacLeod, Marie Brennan, and others; interviews; non-fiction; poetry; and art. Cover by James Beveridge.
- Graham Thomas Wilcox & Caitlyn Emily Wilcox, eds.
- Vol. #7, $9.99 print/$2.99 digital, 2024, quarterly, 153pp, 15 x 23 cm. Old Moon Quarterly publishes ‘‘weird sword-and-sorcery’’ fiction, poetry, and reviews.
- This issue includes with stories by James Enge, E. Catherine Tobler, Hailey Piper, and others. Cover by Simon Underwood. Vol 8, 198pp, has stories by Laird Barron, Alex Fox, John Langan, and others. Cover by Darko Stojanovic.
- Scott J. Couturier & Shayne K. Keen, eds.
- Issue #5, $19.99 print/$7.99 digital, Winter 2024, quarterly, 162pp, 12½ x 20½ cm. Flash fiction anthology.
- This issue’s theme is ‘‘Monsters’’ and includes stories by M Ennenbach, Nora B. Peevy, Lamont A. Turner, and others. Cover by Russell Smeaton.
Online Magazines
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #421, November 28, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine.
- This issue includes stories by Avram Klein, Thomas Bales, and Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko. Cover by Nele Diel.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #168, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue’s science fiction and fantasy offerings include part one of a serial by Edmund Glasby starring his series character Brother Santiago, a novel by Nelson S. Bond, and stories by Maureen Bowden and others. Cover by Stephen Hickman.
- Issue #169 has the conclusion of the serial by Edmund Glasby, as well as work by E.C. Tubb, Arthur Leo Zagat, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #170 features part one of a Brother Santiago serial by Edmund Glasby, and stories by Theresa Duck, Steve Rasnic Tem, and others. Cover by Stephen Hickman.
- Issue #171 presents the conclusion of the latest Edmund Glasby serial, and stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Philip E. High, John S. Glasby, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #219, December 2024, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from L Chan, Zhu Yixuan, Thoraiya Dyer, and others; essays; and interviews. Cover by Alex Ries.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #115, December 2024, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.
- This issue includes original fiction by R.L. Summerling and Abigail Kemske, and reprints by Steve Rasnic Tem and Rob Costello. Cover by Russell Smeaton.
- 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.November/December 2024, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In November and December, the site posted short fiction by Ruth EJ Booth, and others.
- JW Stebner, ed.
- Issue #19, Winter 2024, 49pp, free online, quarterly. Online speculative fiction magazine with fiction from international authors, poets, and visual artists.
- This issue includes work from Colin O’Mahoney, Raina Joines, J Wallace, and others. Cover by Nickolej Villiger.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #175, December 2024, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Pat Murphy, Gene Doucette, Melissa A Watkins, Cressida Blake Roe, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Tithi Luadthong (aka Grandfailure).
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #147, December 2024, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with stories by Adam-Troy Castro, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Tania Chen; an essay; author spotlights; poetry; and reviews. Cover by zlikovec/ Shutterstock.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- November/December 2024, free online
- Rebranded Tor.com website. Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from Veronica Roth, Daryl Gregory, Nisi Shawl, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles, commentary; and interviews.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- November/December 2024, free/paid, monthly.
- 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 new free essay is by Christine Yunn-Yu Sun.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- November/December 2024, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Íde Hennessy, E. Catherine Tobler, Cory Farrrenkopf, and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- December 2024
- Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level. In December, the site published stories by Jenna Hanchey, Alex Irvine, and others.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- December 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 #43, November 2024, free online or $2.99 for a pdf, tri-annually
- Online speculative fiction magazine with stories by Timothy Granville, E. Catherine Tobler, Jonathan Olfert, and Shelly Lavigne. Cover by Rew X.
- Jeff Reynolds & Jennifer Reynolds, eds.
- Issue #2, Winter 2024, quarterly. Online speculative fiction magazine with stories, non-fiction and poetry
- This issue has stories by Beston Barnett, Maressa Voss, Emlyn Meredith Dornemann, and others. Cover by Brian Quinn.
See this listing and more like it in the January 2024 issue of Locus.
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