April is a special Science Fiction & Fantasy Art issue, with art and commentary by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell, Stephan Martiniere, Charles Vess, and a dozen others. Plus: full interviews with Brom and John Picacio, and reviews of new books by Terry Bisson, Paula Brandon, Karl Schroeder, Kim Harrison, and many others, and Graham Sleight’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrows” column on John M. Ford

The March issue features interviews with writers Paul Di Filippo and Sarah Pinborough, lists of forthcoming books through December 2012, a new column by Cory Doctorow, international reports from Brazil and India, and reviews of new books by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Melanie Rawn, Walter Jon Williams, Theodora Goss, and many others.

The February issue is the annual year-in-review, with the 2011 Recommended Reading List, the 2012 Locus Poll & Survey ballot, essays by Locus editors and reviewers on the year’s best books and stories, and summaries of the year’s book and magazine publications. Plus: an interview with Joe Haldeman, reviews of new books by Tim Powers, Kim Westwood, Clive Barker, and many others, and Graham Sleight’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrows” column on Samuel R. Delany.

The January issue has interviews with Lois McMaster Bujold and Claude Lalumière,
a new column by Cory Doctorow, obituaries of Anne McCaffrey and Darrell K. Sweet, and reviews of new books by Margo Lanagan, Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Michael Dirda, and many others, plus audiobook reviews by Amy Goldschlager.