Periodicals in Print, April 2018
New issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. ...Read More
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Karen Burnham Reviews Short Fiction: Fireside Fiction
One of the lovely parts of being out of the field for a couple of years is catching up with the venues that have blossomed while I’ve been away. Fireside Fiction looks like it was just hitting its stride as I was fading out. Currently edited by Julia Rios, I’ve been quite impressed with their recent offerings.
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2017 Year-in-Review by Gardner Dozois
Last year I mentioned that most of the stories I was seeing were of short-story length, with few long novelettes or novellas. Although perhaps most of this year’s stories were still of short-story length, this year saw a dramatic resurgence of novellas. By one count, there were over 80 novellas published in the SF/fantasy/horror genres in 2017. Most of these were published as standalone chapbooks, and the ambitious new program ...Read More
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Periodicals, March 2018
New print issues of Black Static and Interzone, and new online issues of Apex, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, Mythic Delirium, Nightmare, Shimmer, and Uncanny. ...Read More
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Liz Bourke Reviews Vallista by Steven Brust
Vallista, Steven Brust (Tor 978-0-7653-2445-0, $25.99, 334pp, hc). October 2017. Cover by Stephen Hickman.
Marissa Lingen, in her review of Steven Brust’s Vallista, noted that “[E]veryone has tolerance limits on the First Person Asshole voice.” One is accustomed to a certain degree of cocky assholishness from Vlad Taltos, but in Vallista, fifteenth and latest novel in the Vlad Taltos series, the first person asshole voice seems rather ...Read More
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Periodicals, early January 2018
New issues of Abyss & Apex, Apex, Aurealis, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Galaxy’s Edge, GigaNotoSaurus, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Kaleidotrope, Lightspeed, Mythic Delirium, Nightmare, Perihelion, Shimmer, and Uncanny.
Periodicals, late November 2017
Perihelion returns after several months’ hiatus, and November posts at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily SF, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com.
Periodicals, late October 2017
A new issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction, and summaries of October content at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily SF, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com.
Periodicals, early September 2017
Apex Magazine • Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis • Format: Online; Ebook formats • Frequency: Monthly • http://apex-magazine.com/
September 2017— Issue 100, cover art by Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor • This 100th issue has fiction by Andrea Tang, Kameron Hurley, Carrie Laben, Kristi DeMeester, and Lucy A. Snyder. • Nonfiction includes interviews with Kameron Hurley and artist Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor, an essay on
Periodicals, late August 2017
Aphelion • Webzine of SF and fantasy; nonpaying; since 2001 • Format: Online • Frequency: Monthly • http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/
August 2017— Issue 220 • This issue has fiction by Rod Clark, Lou Antonelli, Ray Prew, Charlie Fish, Gregory Cioffi, and others. • There’s also flash fiction, poetry, and an editorial, plus links to more of the best stories and poetry from the ‘zine’s first 20 years.
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Periodicals, mid-June 2017
Apex Magazine • Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis • Format: Online; Ebook formats • Frequency: Monthly • http://apex-magazine.com/
June 2017— Issue 97, cover art by Irina Kovalova • This issue has stories by Aimee Ogden, Pip Coen, K.A. Teryna, and Tobias S. Buckell, with a novel excerpt by Mary Turzillo and a vault story by Maureen F. McHugh. • Nonfiction includes interviews
Print Periodicals, late April 2017
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
May/June 2017— Vol. 137 No. 5&6, $7.99, 208pp • This issue has a novella by Howard V. Hendrix, novelettes by Julie Novakova, Stanley Schmidt, and Jay Werkheiser, and short stories by Bond Elam, Dave Creek, Eric Choi,
Periodicals, late February 2017
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
March/April 2017— Vol. 137 No. 3&4, $7.99, 208pp, cover art by Tomislav Tikulin • This issue has novellas by Michael F. Flynn and John Alfred Taylor, novelettes by Marianne J. Dyson, Eneasz Brodski, and Tony Ballantyne, and
Periodicals, late January 2017
Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews • Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats • Frequency: biweekly • http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
January 2017— Issue 216-217, cover art by Jinxu Du • Issue 217, posted January 19, has stories by Tony Pi and Cae Hawksmoor, a podcast story by Eleanna Castroianni, and an archive story by Derek Künsken. • Issue 216, posted January 5,
Print Periodicals, January 2017
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
January/February 2017— Vol. 137 No. 1&2, $7.99, 208pp, cover art by Kurt Huggins • This issue has a novella by Alec Nevala-Lee, novelettes by Christopher L. Bennett, Thoraiya Dyer & Alvaro Zino-Amaro, Scott Edelman, and Bill Johnson,
Periodicals, late November 2015
Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews • Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats • Frequency: biweekly • http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
November 2015— Issue 186-187 • Issue 186, posted November 12th, has stories by Bruce McAllister and Tamara Vardomskaya, a podcast story by Cory Skerry, and an archive story by M. Bennardo. • Issue 187, posted November 24th, has stories by Rich Larson,
Periodicals, mid-August
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
October 2015— Vol. 135 No. 10, $4.99, 112pp, cover art by Dominic Harman • This issue has part 3 of a serial by Stanley Schmidt, a novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee, and short stories by Joe Pitkin, Marie
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early August 2015
After a surfeit of fantasy last time, I had hopes of finding some actual science fiction in the digests, from which the most sciencey is the Nevala-Lee in Analog. In fantasy, I preferred a lot of the weird stuff in Lackington’s.
Publications Reviewed
- Asimov’s, September 2015
- F&SF, September/October 2015
- Analog, October 2015
- Lackington’s, Summer 2015
Asimov’s, September 2015
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Mostly softer SF, set in various futures, near and far,
Periodicals, late July 2015
Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews • Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats • Frequency: biweekly • http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
July 2015— Issue 177-178, cover art by Julie Dillon • Issue 178, posted July 23, has stories by Raphael Ordoñez and Benjanun Sriduangkaew, with a podcast story by Kate Marshall and an archive story by Nicole M. Taylor. • Issue 177, posted
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late July 2015
An overwhelming influx of fantasy this time, making me long in vain for the cold reaches of space.
Publications Reviewed
- Uncanny, July/August 2015
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #177-178, July 2015
- Strange Horizons, July 2015
- Tor.com, July 2015
- Shimmer, July 2015
Uncanny, July/August 2015
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As has become the norm in this zine, all five full-sized pieces of original fiction are fantasy stories by women, almost all about women confronting problems
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late May 2015
I find one favorite story in each of the publications reviewed this time.
Publications Reviewed
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #173-174, May 2015
- Tor.com, May 2015
- Analog, July/August 2015
- Asimov’s, July 2015
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #173-174, May 2015
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There’s no obvious connection between the stories in Issue #173; both stories in #174, the better issue, are set on rivers bordering an otherland. I note an interesting contrast between these two
Periodicals, late May 2015
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
July/August 2015— Vol. 135 No. 7&8, $7.99, 192pp, cover art by Tomislav Tikulin • This double issue includes the first part of a serial by Stanley Schmidt, a novella by Adam-Troy Castro, novelettes by Liz J. Andersen
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early March
Publications Reviewed
- Lightspeed, 58 March 2015
- Uncanny, 3 March/April 2015
- Clarkesworld, 102 March 2015
- Unlikely Story, 8 February 2014
- Diabolical Plots, March 2015
Lightspeed, March 2015
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Stories involving war, in different odd ways. Also another installment in the Hughes “Erm Kaslo” serial.
“Hot Rods” by Cat SparksIt seems that most of Australia has dried up and blown away, leaving Terina Flat with a broad salt plain,
Periodicals, early March
Apex Magazine • Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis • Format: Online; Ebook formats • Frequency: Monthly • http://apex-magazine.com/
March 2015— Issue 70, cover art by Lucas de Alcântara • Fiction in this issue is by Thoraiya Dyer, Rait Mehrotra, Shannon Peavey, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Damien Angelica Walters. • Poetry is by Steven Wittenberg Gordon, Jennifer Ironside, Jarod K. Anderson, and Beth
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early January
Looking mostly at the print publications this time, not seeing much difference from the previous year.
Publications Reviewed
- Asimov’s, February 2015
- Analog, March 2015
- Interzone, January/February 2015
- Lightspeed, January 2015
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The issue is anchored by an entertaining novella by Nick Wolven. There’s also an Elizabeth Bear reprint among the novelettes.
“On the Night of the Robo-Bulls and Zombie Dancers” by Nick WolvenA near-future after
Periodicals, early January
Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri • Format: Print • Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year) • http://www.analogsf.com/
March 2015— Vol. 135 No. 3, $4.99, 112pp, cover art by Dominic Harman • This issue has novelettes by Adam-Troy Castro, Martin L. Shoemaker, and Brian Trent, and short stories by Erick Melton, Ron Collins, Marissa Lingen,
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late December
And that’s it for the year.
My year-end summary of 2014’s best fiction will be posted soon.
Publications Reviewed
- Lackington’s, Fall 2014
- Strange Horizons, December 2014
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #162-163, December 2014
- Tor.com, December 2014
- Nobody’s Home, by Tim Powers
Lackington’s, Fall 2014
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Subtitled: Institutions. The editor describes the collective tone of these four stories as morose and melancholic, fitting the oppressive nature of the institutions in which
Periodicals, late December
Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews • Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats • Frequency: biweekly • http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
December 2014— Cover art by Sam Burley • Issue 163, posted December 25, has stories by Sam J. Miller and Matt Jones, with a podcast of the former, plus an audio vault podcast by Rajan Khanna and an archive story by Seth
Periodicals, late November
Beneath Ceaseless Skies • Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews • Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats • Frequency: biweekly • http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
November 2014— Issue 160-161, cover art by Juan Carlos Barquet • Issue 161, posted November 25th, has stories by Margaret Ronald and Yosef Lindell, with an audio vault story by Marissa Lingen and an archive story by A.B. Treadwell. • Issue 160,
Periodicals, early November
Apex Magazine • Quarterly magazine of SF and horror, since 2005; current editor Sigrid Ellis • Format: Online; Ebook formats • Frequency: Monthly • http://apex-magazine.com/
November 2014— Issue 66, cover art by Mark Greyland • Fiction in this issue is by Rich Larson, Chikodili Emelumadu, Marissa Lingen, and Ginger Weil, with eBook/subscriber exclusives by Elizabeth Bear and Lavie Tidhar. • There are also winners in a “Steal the Spotlight”
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early November
Regular readers of these columns will be aware that I keep looking for high quality Hard SF, a quest not often fulfilled. Lately, it seems that the ground may be more fertile for this subgenre in anthologies than periodicals. Here’s another, with an intriguing hint of hardness in the title, as well as some of the usual periodical short fiction.
Publications Reviewed
- Carbide Tipped Pens, edited by Ben Bova
