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An Australian anthology from Fablecroft Publishing, featuring women writers, as well as some of the usual ezines.

Three well-written stories of captivation by the other.

On a future world, one of Klary’s clone-sisters has been enthralled by a

The monthly digests for April feature a double issue of Analog. There’s good work in Asimov’s from Wilber and Schwartz. Also a nice lineup from Tor.com, where I give the Good Story Award to “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt.

With a double issue, you get novellas. Even with the

A batch of the usual monthly and bimonthly zines. Lightspeed has overall good work this time.

Starting out with the Stewart novella, I began to think this could be one of F&SF’s superior issues. Alas, not so. Several of the novelettes make for

Starting with the second of TTA Press’s new novella series, I also have some little magazines and the first-of-the-month Clarkesworld. Sadly, I also note that the promising ezine Eclipse Online has fallen victim to the Night Shade collapse.

Unraveling and reweaving the Arachne myth. We begin with the

Still digging my way out of the avalanche of fiction that fell at the beginning of March. I think I found most of the best stuff earlier in the month.

Featuring a major novella by Robert Reed, with a smaller than usual number of shorter,

March is turning out to be a particularly good month for reading. I found good stories in all the publications reviewed below.

The Good Story Award goes to the Howard and Kiernan pieces from Subterranean.

I usually look forward to a new issue of this quarterly

March comes in and dumps a lion’s share of fiction on my head, along with the snow. I’m looking at the debut issues of two new ezines, though neither raises high my heart with hope. Also some of the usual monthly publications, which had strong selections overall.

End of the shortest month with a double issue of Asimov’s, a single of Analog, and a rare original anthology, which takes best of show this time. A Good Story award to “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer”, and there are several other good stories in Clockwork Phoenix 4.

The usual monthly ezines. I call Lightspeed best overall this time, particularly the more explicit fantasy half.

A strong issue. As often, much more fantastic than sciencefictional. Some author name changes here – Charles Coleman Finlay became “C C” some time ago, and M Bennardo is

I’m finding a lot of good stories this time. Commendations to Asimov’s, Lady Churchill, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

A strong issue. I’m happy to see the zine expanding its roster of authors. This, I

Marking 100 Locus Online review columns. This time there are a lot of ezines: a couple of 2012 leftovers and more new January issues.

It never fails. Whenever I think I’ve corralled

Turning over the yearglass – closing out 2012 and moving on to the new.

#110 deals with wizardry; #111 takes us to storied lands. Particularly good stories in each issue: the Arkenberg and Doyle.

Issue #110

Getting into the new year’s first issues of F&SF and Subterranean. Also some of the December ezines and the fall issue of On Spec.

A middling-good issue with some good stories.

The

One short original anthology, plus miscellaneous e-publications, with Clarkesworld, as usual, standing out above the rest in quality.

From Subterranean Press, a short [160 pp] anthology of

Reading some of the strange stuff that people send me. As often is the case these days, the best stories come from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

A variety of imaginative futures,

The storm surge recedes and the digests wash onshore, although the fiction is a bit washed-out. Also the regular monthly ezines.

Here’s a double issue with double novellas, both involving the mysteries of time. Many of the shorter pieces focus on the

Again no digests, so here are the first of the month ezines and some other stuff I didn’t have time to fit into the column in October. The Good Story award goes to the Robert Reed novella.

No digests this time, only one print publication, the long-surviving Interzone, in a more compact format. Instead, among the large amount of other material coming in for review in October, I’m finding more publications that have switched from print to some sort of electronic media. The pixels are on the wall.

The year-end issue of F&SF, another good one. Also a couple of anthologies. I keep looking for new original anthologies, hoping to find fiction of high quality; overall, I’m not finding a whole lot of it this time.

F&SF, November/December 2012

There was a time, not too long

Debuting a couple of new online magazines, a good hard SF anthology, and the usual first-of-the-month zines. Best magazine this time is Clarkesworld, with the Good Story award to Yoon Ha Lee. Also to Elizabeth Bear and Gwyneth Jones from the Infinity anthology.

December already – at least for the digests. Time to start thinking about the Year’s Best lists. Alas, no Christmas stories.

Featuring a rocking novella by Steven Popkes.

Twelve years after their breakup, Jake is shaken when Rosie suddenly reappears in his

A Good Story award this time, for the Molly Gloss piece in Strange Horizons.

I also have a few remarks on the matter of character namelessness.

Four lengthy stories in this issue, of which one, by Nnedi Okorafor, I have already reviewed in part when the part

Catching up with a few stories that didn’t make it into the August column, notably from Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Also the abrupt shutdown of Redstone.

Issue #101 is

Mining the monthly zines for the good stories. The digests, including an Asimov’s double issue, and some ezines. A good month at Tor.com this time.

The fall double issue features two substantial novellas, which is what the doubles are particularly good for. Some nice shorter stories as

Featuring a really fine issue of F&SF, with the Good Story Award to Andy Duncan. The current issue of Shimmer is also particularly worth reading.

A lot of shorter stories this time, eleven in all, no novellas. But that’s OK,

Starting out with several printzines that arrived too late in July to review, plus the usual first of the month ezines. Overall, if it were a contest, I’d give the award to the printzines this time.

Some good stories

Some new publications showing up at midsummer and a 100-issue anniversary.

The fantasy adventure ezine is celebrating its 100th issue with a double number of stories, a total of six for the month. The

After the last column’s underwhelming batch of stories, I’m really in the mood for something superior and substantial. Happily, I have at hand publications from two sources that can be counted on to deliver it.

It seems that I just reviewed the Spring issue of this online zine, but Subterranean Press has

A whole lot of zines sprouting in the summer heat, but very few stories I could consider recommending, and quite a few stinkers. Best of the lot is On Spec.

Not enthusiastic about this

Giving the palm to Subterranean this time.

One thing I appreciate about this site is the longer fiction that they often publish. In the current issue, there is a novella by Lake and a long novelette by Kiernan, both of which will reward the