Clarkesworld Magazine – Issue 115

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    Clarkesworld 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 April 2016 issue (#115) contains:

    * Original fiction by Carolyn Ives Gilman (“Touring with the Alien”), Gregory Feeley (“The Bridge of Dreams”), Sara Saab (“The Cedar Grid”), and Chen Qiufan (“Balin”).

    * Reprints from Garth Nix (“Old Friends”) and Elizabeth Hand (“Winters Wife”).

    * Non-fiction by Jason Heller (Silver Machine: Hawkwinds Space Rock Journey throughout Science Fiction and Fantasy), an interview with David Brin, an Another Word column by Margot Atwell, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

    Mythic Delirium 2.4

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    The April-May-June 2016 issue of Mythic Delirium celebrates spring with three stories of fey strangeness from three writers new to the pages of our magazine. Roshani Chokshi reveals the fate of those who seek the fox feast, Amy Aderman offers a bright take on an inescapable curse, and Alisa Alering (an alumna of Clockwork Phoenix 4) spins an ekphrastic tale of preternatural sisters.

    Our poems this time come from Theodora Goss, Virginia M. Mohlere, Sandi Leibowitz, Carina Bissett, Danial Ausema, and A.J. Odasso, with meditations on the perilous magic inherent in bears, swans, sharks, and other animal forms, and explorations of aerial biology and genetic identity.

    Our evocative cover photograph comes from Gary Every, making his debut as a cover artist for us after many appearances as a poet over our 16-year history.

    We hope you enjoy this otherworldly spring bloom.

    Table of Contents
    • A Trade at the Fox Wedding • Roshani Chokshi
    • The Bear’s Wife • Theodora Goss
    • Daily Office • Virginia M Mohlere
    • The Muse • Amy Aderman
    • One-Winged • Sandi Leibowitz
    • Swimming with the Shark Boys • Carina Bissett
    • We Will Hold • Alisa Alering
    • Beings of Air • Daniel Ausema
    • XX/XY • A.J. Odasso

    Space and Time Magazine Issue #125

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    The Spring 2016 issue of Space and Time Magazine.

    This issue features fiction by Scott H. Andrews (“The Sadly Only Mildly Dramatic Tale of Sijo Uthwen”) and Christine Lucas (“They Came Bearing Dangerous Gifts”), an interview with Jeanne Cavelos, poetry by Christina Sng and Beth Cato.

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #196

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    Issue #196 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Alter S. Reiss and Cae Hawksmoor.

    Interzone #263

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    The March–April issue of Britain’s longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new novelettes and stories by Alexander Marsh Freed, Christopher Fowler, Michelle Ann King, Jeffrey Thomas, Rich Larson, and E. Catherine Tobler. The 2016 cover artist is Vincent Sammy, and interior colour illustrations are by Jim Burns, Richard Wagner, and Martin Hanford. Features: Shattering Illusions in SFF by Juliet E. McKenna; Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Laser Fodder by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray reviews); Book Zone (book reviews); Jonathan McCalmont’s Future Interrupted (comment); Nina Allan’s Time Pieces (comment).

    Black Static #51

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    The March–April issue contains new novelettes and short stories by Mark Morris, Stephen Graham Jones, Gary McMahon, Caren Gussoff, Norman Prentiss, and Stephen Hargadon. The cover art is by Martin Hanford, and interior illustrations are by Vince Haig, Jim Burns, Ben Baldwin, and Richard Wagner. Features: Coffinmaker’s Blues by Stephen Volk (comment); Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews and an interview with Molly Tanzer); Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (DVD/Blu-ray reviews).

    New York Review of Science Fiction #330

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    Special Memorial Issue, in conjunction with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts: David G. Hartwell, science fiction’s longest-serving editor and the co-founder of this magazine, is gone. Herein, a collection of memories, conversations, appreciations, poetry, arguments, and outpourings from friends, family, fellow travelers, clients, coworkers, and others whose lives David touched.

    Contents

    A Selection of Books Edited by David G. Hartwell
    Patrick Nielsen Hayden
    Kathryn Cramer
    Gary K. Wolfe
    Dave Drake
    Eugene Reynolds
    Gordon Van Gelder
    Mary Robinette Kowal
    James Morrow
    F. Brett Cox
    Marco Palmieri
    Henry Wessells
    Susan Palwick
    Toni Weisskopf
    Michael Swanwick
    Ann Crimmins
    Kit Reed
    Farah Mendlesohn
    Rudy Rucker
    Shira Daemon Houghton
    Joseph T. Berlant
    Judith Collins
    James Frenkel
    Jan Vaněk, Jr.
    Paul Levinson
    Kathryn Morrow
    Joe Milicia
    Michael Levy
    Gregory Benford
    Samuel R. Delany
    Jean-Louis Trudel
    Donald “Mack” Hassler
    Paul Park
    Randy Byers
    Gwyneth Jones
    Liz Argall
    Michael Bishop
    John Clute
    Lisa Padol
    Andy Duncan
    Yves Meynard
    Darrell Schweitzer
    David Brin
    Alex Donald
    Jo Walton
    B. Diane Martin and David G. Shaw
    Ron Drummond
    Alexei Panshin
    Christopher Brown
    Stephen B. Gerken
    Kevin J. Maroney
    Hartwell’s Laws of Fashion

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #195, Double-Issue for Science-Fantasy Month 3

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    Issue #195 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, a special double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 3, featuring stories by Aliette de Bodard, Sarah Pinsker, and Jason Sanford.

    Luna Station Quarterly – Issue 25

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    Welcome to the 25th issue of Luna Station Quarterly!

    It’s the beginning of our seventh year of publication, and another year of bringing you, our loyal readers, an exciting assortment of magickal tales by some amazing women. A young Brazilian girl accepts a dare to visit the local fortune teller, who may or may not have an alligator head … On an alternate earth during World War I, there are women who create sigils in ink and paper that can make airplanes fly … A selkie comes to shore and stays by choice, and she meets a mysterious woman who looks after her when her life takes a sad turn … These courageous, multi-faceted, very real women, and others like them, await you within these pages. You can help bring them to life. We hope very much that you will.

    Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 70 (March 2016)

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    LIGHTSPEED 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, we have original science fiction by Caroline M. Yoachim (“Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station”) and Craig DeLancey (“RedKing”), along with SF reprints by Timons Esaias (“The Mars Convention”) and Aliette de Bodard (“The Waiting Stars”).
    Plus, we have original fantasy by Rich Larson (“Sparks Fly”) and Marie Vibbert (“Michael Doesn’t Hate His Mother”), and fantasy reprints by Andy Duncan (“The Premature Burials”) and Seanan McGuire (“Rat-Catcher”). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns and a roundtable interview on the Star Wars canon. For our ebook readers, we also have an ebook-exclusive reprint Mark W. Tiedemann’s novella, “Miller’s Wife.” And for our novel excerpt this month, we’re proud to present a preview of Hugh Howey’s novel, SHIFT, out now from our editor’s new book line for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, John Joseph Adams Books.

    Nightmare Magazine, Issue 42 (March 2016)

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    NIGHTMARE 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 John Skipp (“Bringing Out the Demons”) and Sandra McDonald (“The Modern Ladies’ Letter-Writer”), along with reprints by Nancy Holder (“Lady Madonna”) and Charles L. Grant (“When All the Children Call My Name”). We also have Orrin Grey bringing the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, a showcase on our cover artist, and a feature interview with director Josh Boone.

    The Big Click Issue 25

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    In the final issue of The Big Click we have three stories by crime author Libby Cudmore—“Narc,” “Play Dead,” and “Barbie Girl,” all different, all the same with their themes of what humans driven to extremes by circumstances are capable of.

    We also have “The Hero of East Vale” by Marc E. Fitch which, sadly, will resonate with anyone who watches the news. Our nonfiction pieces are a Q&A with Libby Cudmore and a farewell musing from Barry Graham.

    Apex Magazine Issue 82

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    Apex 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.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Fiction
    Agent of V.A.L.I.S. — Lavie Tidhar
    Death Flowers of a Never-Forgotten Love — Jason Sanford
    Screaming Without a Mouth — Travis Heermann
    Dolly — Elizabeth Bear

    Nonfiction
    Interview with Author Travis Heermann — Andrea Johnson
    Interview with Artist Vincent Sammy — Russell Dickerson

    Poetry
    Naked — Annie Neugebauer
    The Sword Excalibur — David Barber
    Allegory of the Woman from Earth — Robert Gomez
    BlackRiver — Caleb J. Oakes
    Chimney Witch — Matt Chamberlin

    Editorial
    Words from the Editor-in-Chief — Jason Sizemore

    Uncanny Magazine Issue 9

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    The March/April 2016 issue of Uncanny Magazine.

    Featuring new fiction by Rachel Swirsky, Shveta Thakrar, Max Gladstone, Kelly Sandoval, and Simon Guerrier, classic fiction by Daryl Gregory, essays by Jim C. Hines, Kyell Gold, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and Mark Oshiro, poetry by C.S.E. Cooney, Jennifer Crow, and Brandon O’Brien, interviews with Rachel Swirsky and Simon Guerrier by Deborah Stanish, a cover by Katy Shuttleworth, and an editoral by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

    Fiction

    Love Is Never Still by Rachel Swirsky

    Just Another Future Song by Daryl Gregory

    The Shadow Collector by Shveta Thakrar

    The Wolf and the Tower Unwoven by Kelly Sandoval
    (available Apr 05, 2016)

    The Artificial Bees by Simon Guerrier

    Big Thrull and the Askin’ Man by Max Gladstone

    Poetry

    Foxgirl Cycle Song: 1 by C. S. E. Cooney

    god–date by Brandon O’Brien

    The Book of Forgetting by Jennifer Crow

    Editorials

    The Uncanny Valley by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

    Essays

    Thank You, Patreon Supporters by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

    Men of Their Times by Jim C. Hines

    Furry Fandom by Kyell Gold

    The Transmigration of George R. R. Martin by Javier Grillo–Marxuach

    Closing the Gap: The Blurring of Fan and Professional by Mark Oshiro

    Interviews

    Interview: Rachel Swirsky by Deborah Stanish

    Interview: Simon Guerrier by Deborah Stanish

    Katy Shuttleworth is a freelance animator, storyboarder, and illustrator. She’s worked on various television shows including the Emmy Award–winning WordGirl. She’s also the cover artist for the ongoing Geek Girl Chronicles series, born from the Hugo Award–winning Chicks Dig Time Lords’ success. When she isn’t animating or drawing, she’s probably painting custom matryoshka dolls. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her two marimos.

    Galaxys Edge Magazine: Issue 19, March 2016

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    A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy

    ISSUE 19: March 2016

    Mike Resnick, Editor
    Jean Rabe, Assistant Editor
    Shahid Mahmud, Publisher

    Stories by: Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Larry Hodges, Robert Silverberg, Steve Pantazis, Dantzel Cherry, Jean Rabe, Ian Whates, Janis Ian, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Sunil Patel, David Drake, Kary English, Robert B Finegold, M.D.

    Serialization: The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett

    Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford

    Book Reviews: Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett

    Interview: Joy Ward interviews David Weber

    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 Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book reviews by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

    Flash Fiction Online Issue #30 March 2016

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    The March 2016 issue of Flash Fiction Online. We don’t have to go very far from home to find the fantastic. In fact, this month, you can find it right here, safe from your sofa, protected by the anonymity of the internet. Here we give you three tales of the strange and unreal—oh, and one story about chess, which, depending on your perspective, may qualify as well.

    We’ll begin with two earthbound stories from Flash Fiction Online alumni, KJ Kabza and Shannon Peavey.
    From Mr. Kabza, “All Souls Proceed,” a ghostly tale rich with local culture.
    From Ms. Peavey, “Millepora,” a tale of change and acceptance.
    And from an FFO Newbie, “This Is the Sound of the End of the World” by Matt Dovey, a ‘galaxy-far-far-away’ offering with a healthy serving of heart.

    Finally, this month’s reprint story–the promised chess story–the beautifully written “Opening Move,” by Xin Rong, which originally appeared at writingthecity.sg, where it won first prize in the Island of Dreams contest.

    New article by Jason Ridler. Edited by Suzanne W. Vincent. Artwork by Dario Bijelac.