A very mixed set of publications here, with the debut issue of a new zine. No Good Story award this time. Publications Reviewed F&SF, Mar/Apr 2013 Interzone #244, Jan-Feb 2013 Clarkesworld, February 2013 Waylines, January 2013 Apex Magazine, February 2013 “Dead on Arrival” by Crystal Lynn Hilbert F&SF, Mar/Apr 2013 An inferior issue. A couple [...]

I’m finding a lot of good stories this time. Commendations to Asimov’s, Lady Churchill, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Publications Reviewed Asimov’s, March 2013 Analog, April 2013 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #28, January 2013 Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Janaury 2013 Strange Horizons, January 2013 Tor.com, January 2013 Crossed Genres, January 2013 Asimov’s, March 2013 A strong issue. [...]

Marking 100 Locus Online review columns. This time there are a lot of ezines: a couple of 2012 leftovers and more new January issues. Publications Reviewed Electric Velocipede # 25, Winter 2012 Fireside #3, Winter 2012 Eclipse Online, January 2013 Lightspeed, January 2013 Kaleidotrope, Winter 2013 Black Gate, January 2013 Bourbon Penn #6, January 2013 [...]

Turning over the yearglass – closing out 2012 and moving on to the new. Publications Reviewed Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110-111, December 2012 Tor.com, December 2012 Clarkesworld, January 2013 Asimov’s, February 2013 Analog, March 2013 Apex Magazine, January 2013 Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110-111, December 2012 #110 deals with wizardry; #111 takes us to storied lands. Particularly [...]

It’s time again to look back at the year’s short fiction. I see two general trends in 2012, one inevitable and one depressing. First, the continuing migration from print to electronic publication, in some cases with versions offered in both media. I don’t see this trend as reducing either the number or the quality of [...]

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. Publications Reviewed F&SF, Jan/Feb 2013 Subterranean, Winter 2013 Eclipse Online, December 2012 Lightspeed, December 2012 Nightmare Magazine, December 2012 Strange Horizons, December 2012 On Spec, Fall 2012 F&SF, Jan/Feb 2013 A [...]

One short original anthology, plus miscellaneous e-publications, with Clarkesworld, as usual, standing out above the rest in quality. Publications Reviewed A Fantasy Medley 2, , ed Yanni Kuznia Clarkesworld, 75 December 2012 Intergalactic Medicine Show, 31 December 2012 Apex Magazine, 43 December 2012 Strange Horizons, October 2012 Stupefying Stories, December 2012 A Fantasy Medley 2, [...]

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. Publications Reviewed Interzone, 243 Nov-Dec 2012 Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 107-109 November 2012 Tor.com, November 2012 Journal of Unlikely Entomology, 4 November 2012 Stupefying Stories, November 2012 Unidentified Funny Stories, , [...]

The storm surge recedes and the digests wash onshore, although the fiction is a bit washed-out. Also the regular monthly ezines. Publications Reviewed Analog, January/February 2013 Asimov’s, January 2013 Eclipse Online, November 2012 Lightspeed, November 2012 Nightmare Magazine, November 2012 Strange Horizons, November 2012 Analog, January/February 2013 Here’s a double issue with double novellas, both [...]

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. Publications Reviewed Clarkesworld, November 2012 Apex Magazine, November 2012 Bourbon Penn #5, September 2012 Three-lobed Burning Eye, October [...]