The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 2008
As the fourth issue of my run reviewing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I was keen to see how the July, 2008, edition measured up against my expectations. To date, I have taken equal parts inspiration and frustration from the magazine. Would the latest installment tip the balance in one direction or the […]
Continue ReadingThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
P.E.Cunningham’s “Monkey See” in the June, 2008, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a lighthearted heroic fantasy tale, complete with wizards, magic, and of course, a talking sword. Ji is a Zhindi warrior. Whilst investigating a potential threat to the Emperor, she arrives at an apparently abandoned village, only to find […]
Continue ReadingThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2008
The May 2008 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction kicks off with a hint of horror provided by Albert E. Cowdrey’s “Thrilling Wonder Stories.” Knowledgeable science fiction readers might recognise the title as a reference to a real (and recently relaunched) pulp magazine, and the story is set in the era of […]
Continue ReadingThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is well known as one of the longest running venues for speculative fiction and as one of the “Big Three” print magazines for the science fiction genre, alongside Analog and Asimov’s. While the smallest of the three in terms of circulation, F&SF’s reputation for quality and the discovery […]
Continue ReadingFarrago’s Wainscot, Issue 5
Farrago’s Wainscot presents itself as a quarterly journal of experimentation, decay, and the problems with form and “as evidence of new ideas about artistic meaning.” Reviews of Farrago’s Wainscot have at least twice referenced the term “interstitial,” and the magazine left previous Fix reviewer, K. Tempest Bradford, feeling like an anime character with huge question […]
Continue ReadingCabinet des Fées: A Fairy Tale Journal, #2
Cabinet des Fées is a relatively new publication from established fantasy and science fiction small press, Prime Books. The publication has an online manifestation that has run for some time, but this is only the second issue of three expected in print this year. Nonetheless, Cabinet des Fées has already established a strong reputation […]
Continue ReadingViewpoints Critical by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L.E. Modesitt, Jr., is an author better known for his novel length writing than his short fiction. In the introduction to Viewpoints Critical, Modesitt points out that he has published half as many stories as novels, an unusual achievement for a writer who began his career in the pages of Analog and Asimov’s. Equally unusual, […]
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