Magazines Received – February
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. 34, December 2024, $14.95 print/$2.99 digital/free online, three times a year, 164pp, 12½ x 20 cm.
- Literary ‘‘weird-lit’’ fiction magazine with stories by E. Catherine Tobler, Jason Baltazar, Thomas Ha, and others. Cover by Mary Carroll.
- David C. Kopaska-Merkel, ed.
- Issue No. 129, January 2025, $5.00 print/$1.00 digital, irregular, 24pp, 13.5 x 21.5 cm.
- SF and fantasy poetry magazine with work by Yuliia Vereta, Marta Randall, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, and others. Cover by Denny E. Marshall.
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link, eds.
- Issue No. 49, December 2024, $6.00 print, bi-annually, 56pp, 17½ x 21½ cm.
- Quirky, literary genre magazine with fiction by Dora Holland and Susan DeFreitas; nonfiction articles, poetry, and art. Cover by Jessica Bromley Bartram.
- Jean-Paul Garnier, ed.
- Issue No. 48.1, Winter 2025, $5.00 print, quarterly, 44pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Official journal from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association with poems by Lauren McBride, Robert Frazier, Marge Simon, and others; interviews; articles; member news; and reviews. Cover by Dante Luiz.
Worlds Beyond
- Phil Schrader, ed.
- Issue #1, March 2025, $5.95 print, monthly, 24pp, 28½ x 43½ cm. Genre magazine, reprinting classic short fiction in the public domain.
- This issue includes stories by Frederic Brown, H. Beam Piper, Poul Anderson and others. Contact: Worlds Beyond, PO Box 357399, Gainesville FL 32635.
Online Magazines
Aurealis- Dirk Strasser, ed.
- No. 177, February 2025, $2.99, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.
- This issue incudes fiction from Baden M Chant, Scott Steensma, and Eric Del Carlo; an article on the inception of the Aurealis Awards; other non-fiction; and reviews. Cover by breaker213.
- Scott H. Andrews, ed.
- Issue #424, January 23, 2024, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Samuel Jensen, Anaea Lay, and Iona Datt Sharma. Cover by Erin Costello.
- Issue #425, February 6, 2025 has stories Nne Ukwu & Somto Ihezue, Maya Chhabra, and Emily McIntyre. Cover by Erin Costello.
- John Betancourt, ed.
- Issue #178, $2.99 digital, weekly. Reprint SF and mystery digital magazine. This issue has SFF fiction by Lin Carter, Joseph J. Millard, and others. Cover by Tom Miller.
- Issue #179 includes fiction by Alexis Ames, Nikki Blakely, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Issue #181 features stories by Larry Hodges, Adam Meyer, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.
- Neil Clarke, ed.
- Issue #221, February 2025, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.
- SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Rocío Vega (Sue Burke, trans.), Somto Ihezue, Wang Zhenzhen (Carmen Yiling Yan, trans.), and others; essays; and interviews. Cover by Hamish Frater.
- Sean Wallace, eds.
- Issue #117, February 2025, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly.
- Dark fantasy and horror magazine. This issue includes original fiction by Nelson Stanley and E.M. Linden, and reprints by Rob Costello, and Steve Rasnic Tem. 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.
- Josh Wilson, ed.
- January/February 2025, free online, weekly. This site posts one piece of flash fiction every Friday.
- In January and February, the site posted fiction by TZ Hum, Jen Soong, Samuel Wood, and others.
- Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser eds.
- January/ February 2025, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.
- In January and February, the site posted short fiction by KT Wagner, Samir Sirk Morató, Holly Schofield, and others.
- Cavan Terrill, ed.
- Issue #24, February 2025, online pay-what-you-want or purchase a hardcover through Blurb, 168 pp.
- Online speculative fiction magazine with fiction from J.R. Dewitt. Albert Chu, M.R. Robinson, and others. Cover by Abi Stevens.
- Justin T. O’Conor Sloane, ed.
- Vol 1, No.1, Issue #263, $9.99 print, August 2024, 78pp, 14 x 21½ cm.
- Contemporary revival of Galaxy magazine with stories by David Gerrold, Gareth L. Powell, Eugen Bacon and others; interviews with Robert Silverberg and Bruce Pennington; and art. Cover by Bruce Pennington.
- Rebecca Bennett, ed.
- Issue No. 6, Fall 2024, $6.00 print, triannually, 110pp, 15½ x 23 cm.
- Canadian short fiction and poetry magazine focused on ‘‘long-term friendships and relationships.’’ This issue has work by T.H. Young, Ian Li, R.J. Howell, and others. Cover by Alice M.
- John Joseph Adams, ed.
- Issue #177, February 2025, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.
- Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Lowey Poletti, Eugenia Triantafyllou Kristina Ten, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by liuzishan / Adobe Stock.
- Wendy N. Wagner, ed.
- Issue #149, February 2025, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.
- Horror/dark fantasy magazine with stories by Dan Stintzi, Kelsea Yu, and Bruce McAllister; an essay; author spotlights; and poetry. Cover by tdhster / Shutterstock.
- Graham Thomas Wilcox & Caitlyn Emily Wilcox, eds.
- Vol. #6, $9.99 print/$2.99 digital, 2024, quarterly, 103pp. Old Moon Quarterly publishes ‘‘weird sword-and-sorcery’’ fiction, poetry, and reviews.
- This issue includes stories by Josh Reynolds, R.L. Summerling, Dariel R.A. Quiogue, and others. Cover by Senkai Yami.
- Diane L. Walton, ed.
- Vol. 34 No. 4, Whole No. 130, C$6.95, 2024, quarterly, 138pp.
- Canadian small press fiction magazine with stories by Kevin Cockle, Sarah Totton, J.A. Legg, and others; interviews; non-fiction; poetry; and art. Cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk.
- Anna Catalano ed.
- No. 16, Spring 2024, $14.00 print, triannual, 122pp.
- This issue includes stories by Claire Scherzinger, Daniel I. Clark, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, and others; an artist spotlight, etc. Cover by Casey Landerkin.
- The Radon Team, eds.
- Issue #9, January 2025, $6.99 print/free online; triannual.
- Speculative fiction journal dealing with ‘‘science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism and dystopia’’.
- This issue includes fiction by Dafydd McKimm, Eleanor Lennox, Aeryn Rudel, and others. Cover by Ninja Jo.
- Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, et al., eds.
- January/February 2025, free online.
- Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carrie Vaughn, Pat Murphy, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles, commentary; and interviews.
- Bruce Gillespie, ed.
- No. 118, November 2024, limited print copies available/free online; irregular, 115pp, 20 1/2 x 29 1/2 cm. Australian fanzine from Bruce Gillespie with commentary and notes on Australian fandom, news; articles; author spotlights; appreciations; poetry; letters of comment, and reviews. Cover by Elaine Cockrane + NightCafé.
- Issue #119, January 2025 (128 pp) is part two of Issue 118 and the 56th anniversary edition. Cover by Alan White.
- Alex Woodroe, ed.
- Issue 3, April 2025, $12.99 print plus digital/$6.99 digital, quarterly 40pp.
- This issue features weird fiction and poetry with an emphasis on eco-horror and cli-fi from Jes Malitoris, Chris Kuriata, Aggie Novak and others; poetry; etc. Cover by Mx. Morgan G. Robles.
- Angela Yuriko Smith, ed.
- No. 147, Fall/Winter 2024, $12.00 print/$3.99 digital, biannual, 126pp, 21 x 27½ cm. Small-press fiction magazine.
- This issue includes stories by Pauline Chow, Harold Steve Hull, Damian Stockli, and others; interviews; a graphic story; articles; poetry; and reviews. Cover by Alan F. Beck.
- Alexandra Pierce, ed.
- February 2025, 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 Ng Yi-Sheng and E.D.E. Bell.
- Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.
- January/ February 2025, free, weekly.
- Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Christopher R. Muscato, Rich Larson, Caroline Hung,and others; poetry; articles; columns; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day.
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap, eds.
- February 2025. Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level.
- In February, the site published stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.
- Dave Truesdale, ed.
- February 2025, 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.
- Jonathan Maberry, ed.
- #368, Vol. 70, No.2, 2024, tri-annually, $14.00, 132pp. Weird horror and dark fiction magazine with fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. This issue features stories by Jody Lynn Nye, Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Lumley and others. Cover by Jeff Wong.
- Issue #369, Vol 70, No 3, 2024, 104pp, includes fiction by Nancy Holder, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, and others. Cover by Lynne Hansen.
- Issue #370, Vol 70, No. 4, 2024, 112 pp has stories by Delilah S. Dawson, Peter Clines, Gwendolyn Kiste, and others. Cover by Jeff Wong.
- Mark Bilsborough, ed.
- Issue #15, Spring 2025, $9.50 print/$5.00 digital, biannually, 80pp. This issue features stories by J.L. George, Michael Teasdale, Kate Kelly, and others.
- Issue#16, January 2025, includes stories by Mark Rigney, Liam Hogan, Steve Burford, and others; and reviews.
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