Speculative Short Fiction Deserves Love discussion

This is a thread for the illustrious editors/publishers/managers among us, of which there are several, to let us know what is going on at their magazines.

Hi all -- each month I do a round-up of Strange Horizons contributor news for our blog, including news about new stories published in other magazines. Here's the August edition:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/blog/2...

I always enjoy that feature, as a reader and a writer. It's easy to lose track of what others are up to, and nice to see when a favorite has a story somewhere that I might otherwise miss.

The September issue of Clarkesworld came out yesterday.

* New fiction by Susan Palwick, JY Yang, and Xia Jia.
* Reprints from Brendan DuBois, Leigh Kennedy, and Peter Watts.
* Interview with Ann Leckie.

and some big news about a translation project I've been working on.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_96

Neil wrote: "The September issue of Clarkesworld came out yesterday.

* New fiction by Susan Palwick, JY Yang, and Xia Jia.
* Reprints from Brendan DuBois, Leigh Kennedy, and Peter Watts.
* Interview with Ann ..."

I'm excited about that translation project. I haven't read enough Chinese science fiction.

Strange Horizons' latest "Short Fiction Snapshot" feature is up, by Erin Horáková:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/review...

Tor.com's upcoming fiction preview for September and October is live. I especially recommend the Cortázar translation and tomorrow's new story by Charlie Jane Anders.

Clarkesworld Magazine's Kickstarter campaign to regularly feature Chinese science fiction has reached its goal with 22 days to spare, so we've added stretch goals to allow us to publish even more works in translation. Details here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

October issue of Clarkesworld was published the other day. Stories include:
* "Taxidermist in the Underworld" by Maria Dahvana Headley
* "Lovecraft" by Helena Bell
* "Seeking boarder for rm w/ attached bathroom, must be willing to live with ghosts ($500 / Berkeley)" by Rahul Kanakia
* "Pithing Needle” by E. Catherine Tobler
* "A Rich, Full Week" by K.J. Parker (reprint)
* "Wizard’s Six" by Alex Irvine (reprint)

Link: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_97

Neil wrote: "October issue of Clarkesworld was published the other day. Stories include:
* "Taxidermist in the Underworld" by Maria Dahvana Headley
* "Lovecraft" by Helena Bell
* "Seeking boarder for rm w/ atta..."

What a fantastic table of contents.

Strange Horizons is fundraising! We run an annual fund drive, and kicked off this year's edition yesterday, aiming to raise $13,500. Everyone who donates gets entered into a prize draw; and for every $1,500 raised we'll be publishing some bonus content, including extra reviews and poems, an interview with the late Iain Banks, and stories by Alex Dally MacFarlane and Ann Leckie. Details at the link below, also happy to answer any questions here!

http://strangehorizons.com/fund_drive...

The November 2014 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine (issue #98) is out today!

Stories include:
* "Cameron Rhyder’s Legs" by Matthew Kressel
* "Pernicious Romance" by Robert Reed
* "The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009" by Ken Liu
* "Cody" by Pat Cadigan
* "The Vorkuta Event" by Ken MacLeod

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_98/

December 2014 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is out...

Original stories:
"Fatima's Wound" by Kali Wallace
"The Magician and Laplace's Demon" by Tom Crosshill
"Now Dress Me in My Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket" by M. Bennardo
"No Vera There" by Dominica Phetteplace

Reprints:
"The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele
"The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" by Alastair Reynolds
"Tongtong's Summer" by Xia Jia translated by Ken Liu

"Tongtong's Summer" is one of my favorite stories from Upgraded. I reprinted it this month (because it's really good and) as a teaser for our Chinese translation project (starting next month). If you like this one, it is eligible for awards this year.

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_99/

Thanks!

December 2014 issue of Apex Magazine is out:
http://www.apex-magazine.com/issue-67-december-2014/

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 the first Tuesday of every month.

Fiction
“Anthracite Weddings” by John Zaharick
“Keep Talking” by Marie Vibbert
“Griefbunny” by Brooke Juliet Wonders
“Henrietta’s Garden” by Rebecca Kaplan
“Desire” by Kiini Ibura Salaam (eBook/subscriber exclusive)
“Severance — Novel Excerpt” by Chris Bucholz (eBook/subscriber exclusive)

Poetry
“The Grey Cathedral” by Joshua Gage
“Night-time Visitor” by Melanie Rees
“Sympathy for the Devil: A Duet in Two Solos” by Elizabeth R. McClellan Rees

Nonfiction
“Fandom: Not Just Funny Business” by Andrea Judy
“Apex Author Interview with Marie Vibbert” by Andrea Johnson
“Apex Cover Artist Interview with Nello Shep” by Russell Dickerson
“Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction” by Charlotte Ashley

Thanks Jason!

The January issue of Clarkesworld is our big issue #100 celebration and the kickoff of our Chinese translation project.

New Stories:

"Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard
"A Universal Elegy" by Tang Fei
"Cat Pictures Please" by Naomi Kritzer
"The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary" by Kij Johnson
"Ether" by Zhang Ran
"The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild" by Catherynne M. Valente
"An Exile of the Heart" by Jay Lake


Reprints:

"This Wind Blowing, and This Tide" by Damien Broderick
"Laika's Ghost" by Karl Schroeder


Nonfiction:

"Song for a City-Universe: Lucius Shepard's Abandoned Vermillion" by Jason Heller
An Interview with Xia Jia by Ken Liu
Another Word column by Cat Rambo
Editorial by Neil Clarke


clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_100

First, congratulations to Neil for making it to #100. That is an impressive accomplishment!

Issue #68 of Apex Magazine contains the following goodies:

Fiction
“Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon
“Multo” by Samuel Marzioli
“Anarchic Hand” by Andy Dudak
“John Dillinger and the Blind Magician” by Allison M. Dickson
“The Sea Half-Held by Night” by E. Catherine Tobler (eBook/subscriber exclusive)
“Straggletaggle — Novel Excerpt” by J.M. McDermott (eBook/subscriber exclusive)

Poetry
“Doors” by Alina Rios
“The Poe Twist” by Armel Dagorn
“Before My Father Vanished” by Wendy Rathbone

Nonfiction
“Words from the Editor-in-Chief” by Jason Sizemore
“The Other: HP Lovecraft, Alien, and Ghost Stories: Monstrifications of Dunbar’s Number” by DeAnna Knippling
“Apex Author Interview with Ursula Vernon” by Andrea Johnson
“Apex Cover Artist Interview with Emma SanCartier” by Russell Dickerson
“Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction” by Charlotte Ashley

Podcast Fiction
Download Podcast #19 (“Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon)

http://www.apex-magazine.com/issue-68-january-2015/

Because I'm insane... a new magazine...
http://neil-clarke.com/the-future-is-...

Neil wrote: "Because I'm insane... a new magazine...
http://neil-clarke.com/the-future-is-..."

Love that artwork!

Artist is Ron Guyatt. He'll be our cover artist for at least the next six issues.

Awesome! Always nice to see new novella markets. Good luck!

Thanks!

Hi all! Just found this group and it's amazing and so needed!

I run Luna Station Press, which publishes Luna Station Quarterly, now in our SIXTH year. omg.

Issue 021 went out on the first. Free to read online, contributors paid on royalties of the print and digtials, so if you're inclined buy a copy (I keep the prices low as I can, so we're a good deal!)

Our best of the first 5 years anthology is coming out next month, too, so yay!

Issue 021
EDITORIAL – Jennifer Lyn Parsons
THE GOLD FISH – Kim Mary Trotto
MINOTAUR – R.S. Bohn
INDULGENCE – Tammy Salyer
SWEET – Sam Butler
GREENTEETH – Robin Eames
THE RUIN – Sara Norja
THE GYRE – Rebecca Schwarz
ANOTHER YOUNG GIRL – Erin Kennemer
DAUGHTER OF THE SUN – A.E. Ash
A GUIDE FOR LOST SAILORS – Allison S. Har-zvi
http://www.lunastationquarterly.com

Welcome, Jennifer! Congrats on the first-5-years anthology, and feel free to post updates in this thread anytime!

Jennifer wrote: "Hi all! Just found this group and it's amazing and so needed!

I run Luna Station Press, which publishes Luna Station Quarterly, now in our SIXTH year. omg.

Issue 021 went out on the first. Free ..."

Sarah wrote: "Welcome, Jennifer! Congrats on the first-5-years anthology, and feel free to post updates in this thread anytime!

Thanks so much! I'm really proud of the stuff I've had the honor of publishing and would love to see it all appreciated by hungry readers. :)

The latest issue of Unlikely Story came out earlier this month - Unlikely Story 11.5: The Journal of Unlikely Coulrophobia.

http://www.unlikely-story.com/journal...

As the name implies, this one is a mini-issue, focusing on flash fiction about clowns. The ToC is as follows:

Five Things Every Successful Clown Must Do by Derek Manuel

Perfect Mime by Sara K. McNeilly

A Million Tiny Ropes by Virginia M. Mohlere

Everyone's a Clown by Caroline M. Yochim

Break the Face in the Jar by the Door by Carlie St. George

We also launched a Kickstarter to do an expanded anthology version of the issue... which I will link in the appropriate Kickstarter thread.

New stuff in the last couple of weeks...

The April 2015 issue of Clarkesworld (#103) contains:
* Original Fiction by Robert Reed ("The Empress in Her Glory"), Berrien C. Henderson ("Let Baser Things Devise"), Benjanun Sriduangkaew ("The Petals Abide"), and Emily Devenport ("Postcards from Monster Island").
* Reprints by Kage Baker ("Noble Mold") and Indrapramit Das ("Weep for Day").
* Non-fiction by Julie Novakova (Small Markets, Big Wonders), a roundtable on Spanish science fiction, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
[HERE]

The third issue of Forever features a novella by David Marusek ("The Wedding Album"), short stories by Ken MacLeod ("The Surface of Last Scattering") and Lauren Beukes ("Slipping"), and a short interview with David Marusek. [HERE]

Also Clarkesworld: Year Seven, which includes all of the original stories published in Clarkesworld's seventh year. Ebook and trade paperback. [HERE]

The May 2015 issue of Clarkesworld (#104) includes:

* Original Fiction by Matthew Kressel ("The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies"), Andrea M. Pawley ("For the Love of Sylvia City"), A Que ("Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Suicide Tonight"), Ian Muneshwar ("Ossuary"), and Bo-young Kim ("An Evolutionary Myth ").
* Reprints by James Van Pelt ("Solace") and Hannu Rajaniemi ("Tyche and the Ants").
* Non-fiction by Andrew Liptak (Destination: Mars), an interview with Cat Rambo, an Another Word column by Ken Liu, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
[HERE]

The fourth issue of Forever includes a novella by Robert Reed ("The Man With the Golden Balloon"), short stories by Juliette Wade ("Cold Words") and Elizabeth Bear ("The Hand is Quicker--"), and a short interview with Robert Reed.
[HERE]

This thread seems to have done slightly dormant, but in case anyone is still checking in, the new issue of Unlikely Story went live today.

Unlikely Story #12: The Journal of Unlikely Academia includes:

Follow Me Down by Nicolette Barischoff
Minotaur: An Analysis of the Species by Sean Robinson
The Librarian's Dilemma by E. Saxey
The Dauphin's Metaphysics by Eric Schwitzgebel
Soteriology and Stephen Greenwood by Julia August
And Other Definitions of Family by Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Candidate 45, Pensri Suesat by Pear Nuallak
The Shapes of Us, Translucent to Your Eye by Rose Lemberg

http://www.unlikely-story.com/journal...

Clarkesworld Magazine #109, October 2015

Fiction
* And If the Body Were Not the Soul by A.C. Wise
* Ice by Rich Larson
* The Father by Kola Heyward-Rotimi (Author's first sale)
* Egg Island by Karen Heuler
* Summer at Grandma’s House by Hao Jingfang (translation)
* War, Ice, Egg, Universe by G. David Nordley (reprint)
* The Peacock Cloak by Chris Beckett (reprint)

Non-Fiction
* Sunless Worlds by Tomas Petrasek
* Another Word: Love Song for a Saturday Morning by Alethea Kontis
* Radiant Metafiction: A Conversation with Catherynne M. Valente by Chris Urie
* Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Magazines by Neil Clarke

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue...

I'm pinning it to the top so it won't get lost. Thanks for reviving it!

Apex Magazine #77, October 2015

Fiction
When the Fall Is All That's Left — Arkady Martine
All Things to All People — D.K. Thompson
Me and Jasper, Down by the Meth Shack — Aaron Saylor
The Atlas of Hell — Nathan Ballingrud
Super Duper Fly — Maurice Broaddus

Nonfiction
Unreliable Narrators in Kiernan and Chambers — Lucy A. Snyder
Interview with D.K. Thompson — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Joshua Hutchinson — Russell Dickerson

Poetry
Ten Little Zombies — Gregg Chamberlain
The Underworld — Laurel Dixon
Minotaur — Zachary Riddle
Hello, Wild Things, and Good Luck — Sarah Hollowell

Excerpts
Empire Ascendant — Kameron Hurley
The Pickpocket's Tale — Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart

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

http://www.apex-magazine.com/issue-77-october-2015/

Unlikely Story released its first print anthology earlier this month, Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The anthology features 17 new flash fiction stories from the likes of Cassandra Khaw, Mari Ness, Evan Dicken, Cate Gardener, and Charles Payseur, among others. There are also five reprint pieces from our original Unlikely Coulrophobia Mini-Issue published online in April 2015. We'll be doing a Goodreads giveaway starting on 2/1/16, so please do enter and spread the word!

A lot of new stuff in the last couple of weeks:

March Clarkesworld (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue...)

Original stories by Jack Skillingstead (“Salvage Opportunity”), A.C. Wise (“Seven Cups of Coffee”), Leena Likitalo (“The Governess with a Mechanical Womb”), Kij Johnson (“Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead”), and Gu Shi (“Chimera”).
Reprints by Cecelia Holland (“The King of Norway”) and Karl Bunker (“Gray Wings”).
Non-fiction by Mark Cole (The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off), an interview with Charlie Jane Anders, an Another Word column by Genevieve Valentine, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.


March Forever Magazine (http://forever-magazine.com/issues.html)

Editorial by Neil Clarke
Mr. Boy by James Patrick Kelly (novella)
A Few Words with James Patrick Kelly (interview)
Tideline by Elizabeth Bear (short story)
The Bernoulli War by Gord Sellar (novelette)
Cover Art by Ron Guyatt


The Berlin Quarterly (http://berlinquarterly.com/current-is...)
Guest Fiction Editor

“Slipping” by Lauren Beukes
“Tying Knots” by Ken Liu
“A Brief Investigation of the Process of Decay” by Genevieve Valentine
“The Best We Can” by Carrie Vaughn


and Clarkesworld: Year Eight (http://neil-clarke.com/books/clarkesw...)

Ooh a bunch of those look really great!

Thanks!

Issue 82 of Apex Magazine came out March 1st. Here's the toc.

http://www.apex-magazine.com/issue-82-march-2016/

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

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 Vincent Sammy, Cover Artist — Russell Dickerson

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

The July 2016 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine includes:

Original fiction
* “Helio Music” by Mike Buckley
* “Fish Dance” by Eric Schwitzgebel
* “The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale” by John Chu
* “Sephine and the Leviathan” by Jack Schouten
* “Against the Stream” A Que, translated by Nick Stember

Reprints
* “Nahiku West” by Linda Nagata
* “Lion Walk” by Mary Rosenblum

Non-fiction
* "Paradise Lost: A History of Fantasy and the Otherworld" by Christopher Mahon
* Interview with Michael Swanwick
* An Another Word column by Peter Watts
* Editorial by Neil Clarke

Thanks!
Neil wrote: "The July 2016 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine includes:

Original fiction
* “Helio Music” by Mike Buckley
* “Fish Dance” by Eric Schwitzgebel
* “The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale” by J..."