Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #77
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedIssue #77 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Margaret Ronald and Heather Clitheroe.
Lightspeed Magazine Issue 16
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedEvery month Lightspeed Magazine features all kinds of science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between:
In Liz Coleman’s “Join,” a man who has always felt alienated returns home to visit his family on Earth, and brings with him part of his new family-a newborn, parasitic alien.
Most of the universe is the regions between galaxies, yet no stories are ever set in that vast emptiness. In “Bubbles” by David Brin, we get to know Serena, a lonely entity traveling the space between galaxies.
D. Thomas Minton’s “Thief of Futures” follows Eshram Kingston through a future Kuala Lumpur, where he is hired for the dirty business of stealing the future of a child.
In Ursula K. Le Guin’s story, “The Island of the Immortals,” a traveler takes a vacation to an island where immortality might have been achieved. And it is-but at what price?
Fantasy Magazine Issue 54
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedFrom modern mythcraft to magic realism, Fantasy Magazine is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow:
Even when things are working just like clockwork, sometimes there is still room for error-and even love. Megan Arkenberg creates a magical realm that’s ready to teach “Lessons from a Clockwork Queen.”
Ever get tired of all the annoying chit-chat going on around you? In Jonathan Lethem’s story, “Using It and Losing It,” one man discovers a permanent escape from the rigors of conversation.
In Carrie Vaughn’s “The Nymph’s Child,” a mother wonders if she can discourage her daughter’s dreams of piracy and adventure-because she knows firsthand what heartbreak life on the high seas can lead to.
Sometimes we’re condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over again. James Alan Gardner paints a genre-blurring image of temptation and regret in “Three Damnations: A Fugue.”
Something Wicked Issue 13 (September 2011)
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedTime to get our teeth into our September Issue of Something Wicked. I’m really excited about this one; we have some awesome stories for you this month. All four of this issue’s stories are never-before-published original fiction.Starting off the batch is ‘Forge of The Soul’ by Jason Kahn, which takes us to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a small town about to be struck by fear and paranoia last seen around 40 years earlier, in another small town called Salem.
Next up we have another piece from Something Wicked alumni, Paul Marlowe, entitled ‘Cotton Avicenna B iv’ which takes us to the dingy back alleys of London one Victorian night, and features the founder of The Etheric Explorer’s club, (which features in ‘The Resident Member’), Rafe Maddox.
Scott Brendel’s ‘Groundswell of Love’ is about a rather unfortunate event, that, coupled with a momentary lapse of concentration, results in a pretty bleak (but surprisingly funny) outcome.
And to close off our month of original fiction we have a beautiful piece by Damien Filer, about a girl whose somewhat ill brother requires a life-changing favour from her, in ‘Herman’s Bad Seed’.
Our Feature Interview for September is with Diane Awerbuck, award-winning author of Gardening At Night and Cabin Fever.
And that, along with our usual Writers Cornered interviews and two fantastic non-fiction pieces, is our issue for this month.
Thanks for reading, and remember – if you’re fan, please consider getting a subscription for yourself or a friend, or simply tell everyone you know about us, we really need and truly appreciate your support.
Clarkesworld Magazine – Issue 60
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe September 2011 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine.
This issue features fiction by Robert Reed (“Pack”) and Greg Mellor (“Signals in the Deep”), an interview with Genevieve Valentine, an article on AI by Nancy Fulda and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #6
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe sixth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features another stellar lineup of Holmes-themed non-fiction and Holmes-inspired mystery fiction. Included:
NON-FICTION: “The Rare Mexican Sherlock Holmes Series,” by Gary Lovisi; “Remembering Edward D. Hoch and His Sherlock Holmes Stories,” by Len Moffatt; “Screen of the Crime: Baker Street on a Budget,” by Lenny Picker; and “The Autumn of Terror: Sherlock Holmes Investigates Jack the Ripper,” by M. J. Elliott.
FICTION: “A Memo from Inspector Lestrade,” “The Curse of Bridges Falls,” by William E. Chambers; “Let Them Eat Cake,” by Jean Paiva; “The Little Blue Dog,” by Marc Bilgrey; “The Bank Job,” by Steve Hagood; “Silent Victim” (novel excerpt), by C.E. Lawrence; and “The Book of Tobit,” by Carla Coupe.
CLASSIC REPRINT: “The Reigate Squires,” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
POETRY: “The Shadow Train,” by Mike Allen.
Apex Magazine Issue 28
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedApex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field.
Fiction
“Namasté Prime”
Grá Linnaea
“Frank”
Betsy Phillips
“Gemphalon”
Elizabeth Engstrom
Poetry
“And Cut Down a Moment Later”
Erik Amundsen
Nonfiction
“The Improbable, Inevitable Domestication of the Great Old Ones: H. P. Lovecraft’s Iconic Influence on 21st-Century Fantastic Literature and Culture” John H. Stevens
Interview with Grá Linnaea, author of “Namasté Prime”
Stephanie Jacob
Interview with Betsy Phillips, author of “Frank”
Stephanie Jacob
Apex Magazine is edited by award-winning author and editor Catherynne M. Valente.
New York Review of Science Fiction #277
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe 24th Year: Medical errors in f&sf; electronic immortality on the stage; John Bellairs; Roberto Bolaño; Karen Joy Fowler; and reviews.
Luna Station Quarterly – Issue 7
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe seventh issue of Luna Station Quarterly, featuring a collection of unique stories by up and coming women writers.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #76
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedIssue #76 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Marissa Lingen and Peter Darbyshire.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #75
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedIssue #75 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Ferrett Steinmetz and Michael John Grist.
Part 6, Broken Fortress
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe Rifter is a ten-part serialized novel by award-winning author, Ginn Hale. The first episode, The Shattered Gates, was published on March 8, 2011. Further installments will be published on the second Tuesday of each month.
Part 6, Broken Fortress, was published on Tuesday, August 9th.
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.
“The true sorcery here is in Ginn Hale’s writing, which is by turns funny, fierce and lyrical. I can’t say enough good things about her work. Rifter is an astonishing story: terrifying and yet romantic. I was bewitched from the first sentence.”
—Josh Lanyon
Read an Excerpt:
Chapter Fifty-Three
Kahlil watched the dark waters of the vast Samsira River twist and break beneath the bow of Jath’ibaye’s sleek clipper. Normally the river flowed from the north to the south and its current should have carried the ship back towards Nurjima, not away. Yet the waters directly beneath them surged in the opposite direction. Confused fish darted between the two currents.
Overhead the single mast stood bare. Kahlil doubted that the wind rushing over the river would have aided any sailing ship. He felt it twisting and spiraling as it brushed through his loose dark hair. If the sail had been up the wind would have spun the boat like a toy top. All along the shore, fishermen glanced up from their nets and then stared as the ship raced past them. Some held up their hands as if receiving blessings.
Three days before, when they had sailed past the city of Shaye’hahlir, the fishermen and sailors had averted their eyes or placed their palms against their mouths to ward off curses. Now, in the north, groups of children and women rushed to the river’s edge and sprinkled themselves with water. Some even knelt in supplication as Jath’ibaye’s clipper swept by.
Both the people of the north and the south seemed to recognize the extraordinary nature of Jath’ibaye’s mere presence. But whether he was a harbinger of destruction or a force of salvation seemed to be a matter of geography.
Either way, they were right to recognize his power, though the form it took surprised even Kahlil.
Fantasy Magazine Issue 53
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedFrom modern mythcraft to magic realism, Fantasy Magazine is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow:
Cory Skerry paints a heart-wrenching story of a mother’s love in his tale, “The World Is Cruel, My Daughter.” After all, a mother’s job is to protect her child . . .
Nisi Shawl’s “The Pragmatical Princess” is the kind of girl who doesn’t sit around waiting for princes or mice to rescue her. Here’s a story of a dragon, a princess, and the power of thinking for oneself.
Most battles in the Wild West were fought with gunpowder and hot lead. But in Laura Anne Gilman’s “Crossroads,” the outlaws aren’t just gunslingers: They also sling magic.
When three teens set out to explore the edge of the world, they find garbage, infinity, chaos . . . and unexpected magic. Michael Swanwick explores the wishes we make at “The Edge of the World.”
Weird Tales #358
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedWeird Tales is the original storytelling magazine of the dark and fantastic.
This issue features: THE EYRIE, by Ann VanderMeer; A SWEET DISORDER IN THE DRESS, by Genevieve Valentine; WEIRD CINEMA, by Robert A. Kowal; THE LIBRARY by Cynthia Ward; CARRIE ANN BAADE, Interviewed by Ann VanderMeer; THE DINER ON THE EDGE OF HELL, by Ramsey Shehadeh; JAGANNATH, by Karin Tidbeck; A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SANDCASTLE ALCHEMY, by Nik Houser; LOOK AT THE JAM I’M IN, by Richard Holinger; THE HAND, by Gio Clairval; A CONTRACT WITHOUT LOOPHOLES, by Eric Lis; BEELZEBUB’S MESSIAH, by Brant Danay; LOST IN LOVECRAFT, by Kenneth Hite.
Something Wicked Issue 12 (August 2011)
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedWell here we are, another month and another issue, our second, fully-digital online issue.
We have some awesome fiction for you this month, starting off with a trip to a courtroom for a very interesting trial in “The Devil’s Advocate” by Ivor W. Hartmann. This is followed with a story about a hack writer whose story ideas come back to haunt him in “Happiest Amongst Mortals” by Glen Damien Campbell.
We then visit with a man struggling to come to terms with the loneliness of his life only to be offered the kind of company he wasn’t expecting in Brian Kirk’s “No Longer Alone”. And we close off the issue with a whopping great novelette by M. Scott Carter about “The Bayside Incident”, which tells the story of the small town of Bayside where, for some reason, the murders have started again.
Our feature interview for this month is with Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, Lauren Beukes. I spoke to Lauren a week before she won the award in an interview for Escape Pod, so this time round I wanted to know more about what it felt like to be the Clarke winner, and if she felt any pressure carrying the genre-fiction flag for South African writers.
Well that’s our issue, plus the usual assortment of non-fiction and Writers Cornered pieces. We hope you enjoy it, feel free to comment on any and all of the stories on the site, and if you get a chance go ahead and rate us, or write a review.
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Clarkesworld Magazine – Issue 59
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe August 2011 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine.
This issue features fiction by Yoon Ha Lee (“Conservation of Shadows”) and Chen Qiufan (“The Fish of Lijiang”), part two of a group interview with epic fantasy authors, an interview with Minister Faust, an article by Karen Burnham and an editorial by Neil Clarke.