Shimmer Magazine – Issue 44
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe Passenger, by Emily Lundgren
I try to take a picture of the eerie. The power’s out, so I’m like, okay, standing outside the Pump n’ Stuff, looking at the gas pumps. My last customer was twenty minutes ago. Down the street by the McDonald’s, the black veiny power lines seizure under the blinking traffic lights. I listen to the curdles of wind. There’s no one around. No one at the Kum & Go across the way. No one in the dirt parking lot outside Toby’s bar. Just cars rumbling along on the I-29 overpass.
Milkteeth, by Kristi DeMeester
Daddy told me to keep to myself after the foxes disappeared, but there’s only so still you can keep your hands when your belly’s rumbling, and you think you’re seeing claws at the ends of your fingers instead of skin.
Bleeding From the Shadows, by David Rees-Thomas
The store has been here for a hundred years. It’s outlived the coal mines, the dead of world wars, the indecencies of Thatcher, the indiscriminate violence of South Wales valleys youth.
Rapture, by Meg Elison
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wakes up again. It’s the third time today. She thinks awakenings are far more common in springtime, but all year long she is called this way. She sighs and tucks her dark hair back under her cap. She will not refuse the call.
Clarkesworld Magazine – Issue 142
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedClarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.
Our July 2018 issue (#142) contains:
* Original fiction by Lavie Tidhar (“Gubbinal”), Mike Buckley (“A Gaze of Faces”), Kate Osias (“The James Machine”), Osahon Ize-Iyamu (“For What are Delusions if Not Dreams?”), and Qi Yue (“To Fly Like a Fallen Angel”).
* Reprints by John Barnes (“Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh”), Sam J. Miller (“Last Gods”).
* Non-fiction by Carrie Sessarego, an interview with James Patrick Kelly, an Another Word column by A.M. Dellamonica, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
Forever Magazine Issue 42
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedForever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.
Our July 2018 issue features a novella by Steven Popkes (“Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected”), a short story by Yoon Ha Lee (“The Cold Inequalities”), and a short story by Karl Schroeder (“Eminence”).
Nightmare Magazine, July 2018 (Issue 70)
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedNIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE’s pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.
This month, we have original fiction from Alison Littlewood (“Ways to Wake”) and Caspian Gray (“Kylie Land”), along with reprints by Ray Cluley (“Bones of Crow”) and Kelley Armstrong (“A Haunted House of Her Own”). In the latest installment of “The H Word,” Halli Villegas discusses the old-fashioned ghost story. We also have author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with horror poet and author Linda D. Addison.
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 98 (July 2018)
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedLIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF–and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.
This month’s cover art is by Saleha Chowdhury, illustrating a brand-new fantasy story by James Beamon (“A Song of Home, the Organ Grinds”). We also have a fantasy original from Kyle Muntz (“Wild Bill’s Last Stand”), and fantasy reprints by Genevieve Valentine (“Aberration”) and Naomi Novik (“Castle Coeurlieu”). Our science fiction originals this month are by G.V. Anderson (“Waterbirds”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“Greetings, Humanity! Welcome To Your Choice of Species!”). We’re reprinting SF by Jay Lake (“Permanent Fatal Errors”) and Caroline M. Yoachim (“The Right Place to Start a Family”). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. For our ebook readers, we also have a reprint of Kathleen Ann Goonan’s SF novella “The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse.” We’ll also have an exclusive book excerpt of THE WILD DEAD by Carrie Vaughn.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – July/August 2018
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz. Each double-sized bimonthly issue offers:
compelling short fiction by writers such as David Gerrold., Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Bisson and many others;
the science fiction field’s most respected and outspoken opinions on Books, Films and Science;
humor from our cartoonists and writers.
For more information and to sample some of our articles, Please visit our web site.
NOVELLAS
Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling – L.X. Beckett
NOVELETS
Visible Cities – Rachel Pollack
Broken Wings – William Ledbetter
SHORT STORIES
The Phobos Experience – Mary Robinette Kowal
The Prevaricator – Matthew Hughes
The Queen of the Peri Takes Her Time – Corey Flintoff
The Adjunct – Cassandra Rose Clarke
Bedtime Story – James Sallis
Morbier – R.S. Benedict
Hainted – Ashley Blooms
POEMS
Red Rising – Mary Soon Lee
DEPARTMENTS
Books to Look For – Charles de Lint
Musing on Books – Michelle West
Science: Why Do Kites Fly? – Jerry Oltion
Films: In the Queue – David J. Skal
Coming Attractions –
Curiosities – Paul Di Filippo
CARTOONS
Nick Downes, Bill Long, Danny Shanahan.
COVER
“Big Mars” By Bob Eggleton
Flash Fiction Online Issue #58 July 2018
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe July 2018 Issue of Flash Fiction Online: Fantasy, science fiction, horror, and literary short fiction for the modern reader.
Freedom Lies in Being Bold
Guest editorial by Wendy Nikel, Managing Editor of Flash Fiction Online
It’s only fitting, then, that our stories this month involve characters fighting for their freedom. Not freedom from a tyrannical government or freedom from physical incarceration, but the kinds of personal freedom that we all too often take for granted. The bold sisters-in-arms you’ll find in these stories strive to embrace their power and fight back against that which would snatch their freedom away – whether it’s a controlling relationship, societal expectations, or their own potentially deadly magic.
In “Gathering” by Jonathan Duckworth, our bold protagonist holds a peculiar power through her artwork, and this dreamy, surreal story will have you simultaneously cheering on her and hoping that someone stops her before it’s too late.
Sunyi Dean’s “—Good,” explores the dynamics of freedom, consent, and duty within a marital relationship in a heart-crushing near-future sci-fi story.
In “Untimely Frost, Unlikely Bloom,” author Hayley Stone gives us a dark fairy tale about a woman whose freedom is snatched away by another’s well-intentioned wish, and whose own freedom brings about the suffering of others.
And finally, our reprint this month is “If We Live to Be Giants” by Allison Mulder. In this lovely fantasy tale, which originally appeared at Fireside Fiction, a pair of sisters strive for the courage and freedom to be themselves, despite their grandfather’s prejudices.
Plus a new writing advice column from Jason S. Ridler.
So before you dive into that patriotic fruit salad or light up your box of sparklers, we hope you’ll take a moment to enjoy with us these four delightful and thought-provoking tales. Let freedom ring!
Illustrated by Dario Bijelac
Edited by Suzanne W. Vincent
Locus July 2018 (#690)
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedThe July 2018 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Laura Anne Gilman and Fonda Lee. News includes the Locus Awards winners and Locus Poll writeup, the 2018 Nebula Awards Conference report with photos, the WisCon 42 report with photos, the SF&F Hall of Fame inductees, the Campbell Memorial awards finalists, and more.
Gardner Dozois is remembered with an obituary, photos, and appreciations and reminiscences from friends and colleagues. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled “Zuck’s Empire of Oily Rags”. Other obituaries remember Philip Roth, Christopher Stasheff, and E.J. Shumak. Reviews cover new titles by Rich Larson, Naomi Novik, James Patrick Kelly, Abbey Mei Otis, Ilana C. Myer, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alex White, Melissa Scott, Chuck Palahniuk, Paul Tremblay, Claire North, Leni Zumas, S.J. Morden, Karl Schroeder, Lucy Banks, Melissa Caruso, Raymond E. Feist, Jessica Day George, Laura Anne Gilman, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Vivian Shaw, Leslye Walton, Thoraiya Dyer, R.F. Kuang, and many others.
Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 33, July 2018
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedA Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
ISSUE 33: July 2018
Mike Resnick, Editor
Taylor Morris, Copyeditor
Shahid Mahmud, Publisher
R.K. Nickel, Gerri Leen, Orson Scott Card, George Nikolopoulos, Rebecca Birch, Deborah L. Davitt, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Larry Hodges, Floris M. Kleijne, Robert Silverberg, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Ralph Roberts, Nancy Kress
Serialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski
Columns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory Benford
Recommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye
Interview: Joy Ward interviews David Drake
Galaxy’s Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.
The Dark – Issue 38
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedEach month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Edited by award winning editors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sean Wallace and brought to you by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
“Sea Glass” by Carrie Laben
“Empire Down” by Nadia Bulkin (reprint)
“Vain Knife” by Dare Segun Falowo
“The Swans” by Ray Cluley (reprint)
Antilia: Sword and Song
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedIt’s the near future, and the world is on the brink of war.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #254
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedIssue #254 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor and Jordan Kurella.
New York Review of Science Fiction #347
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedSpecial Voices of the Departed Issue: Pierre-Paul Durastanti interviews Gardner Dozois; John Kessel: Shelley and Austen take tea; Brian Stableford: Comtesse De Murat and the Feys; Victor Grech: Enterprise’s Dr. Phlox; Joe Sanders: Michael Bishop’s Anthropological Truths; Don Webb on Matt Cardin’s Horror Literature Through History; Plus: Langford at Random & a Read This!
The Little World of Humongo Bongo
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedWhen everything is easily crushable under well-meaning feet, how can a Humongo ever fit in in such a little world?
From the creator of Night of the Living Dead and the zombie movement that permeates our culture today, comes a sarcastic and cynical children’s tale of different creatures trying to coexist in a benign, yet power-hungry environment. In line with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince, The Little World of Humongo Bongo is a beautiful metaphor on the evolution of our civilization, depicted with humour and simplicity.
Featuring illustrations by Romero himself, welcome to a zany little world captured by the lens of one of the world’s visionary film creators.
| Foreword by Tony Timpone. |
Luna Station Quarterly – Issue 33
Tags: No Author Royalties CollectedSpirits and fairies and borrowed bodies. Bird oracles, volcano gods and young people who can revive the dead. A thousand year friendship, a shape shifting boy, and an obsession with Maria Callas.
As we wait for the light of Spring to return, as we live each day looking for hope & beauty amidst the things that frighten us, stories are (and always have been, and always will be) our most steadfast companions.
We hope that you enjoy these nine potent reminders, to mark the start of our ninth year.
Our gorgeous cover is by Kirbi Fagan for Reckless Deck.
Apex Magazine Issue 109
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. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month.
EDITORIAL
Words from the Editor-in-Chief—Jason Sizemore
FICTION
Suzie Q — Jacqueline Carey
Three Meetings of the Pregnant Man Support Group — James Beamon
A Different Kind of Place — Tobias S. Buckell
Close Your Eyes (Novel Excerpt) — Paul Jessup
NONFICTION
Interview with James Beamon — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Cover Artists Sin & May — Russell Dickerson
Mindy St. Claire and the Male Gaze (Or Lack Thereof) — Mur Lafferty
Countdown to Close Your Eyes — Paul Jessup
COLUMNS
Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane
Page Advice with Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant