E-zines
Reviews of e-zines.
A Thousand Faces, Issue #4, Spring 2008
A Thousand Faces busts open its second season with another great lineup of superhuman fiction. And the story chosen by editor and publisher Frank Byrns to set the tone for a new year “in the evolution of the superhero genre” is…a reprint! But a reprint with a purpose.
“Heroic Measures” by Matthew Johnson, originally published in […]
Dog Versus Sandwich, April 2008
The first offering in April’s Dog Versus Sandwich is “Eat My Stardust” by Sarah Totton. For those unfamiliar with Totton’s fiction, you’re in for a real treat. Her work has an odd quirkiness unlike any I’ve seen. While her style often possesses a childlike innocence, a certain disturbing decadence offsets the naiveté. […]
Continue ReadingWritten Word, #10, April 2008
This month’s Written Word, #10, dives into darkness with fiction that feels so real it’s hard to believe it isn’t true. Readers who are easily disturbed are cautioned, but my comments should in no way be construed as criticism of some very fine writing by authors with the guts to tackle controversial issues.
The cover […]
Fantasy Magazine, April 2008
This is the richest month I’ve seen from Fantasy Magazine so far. All four stories are strong, or at least interesting, and much more smoothly written than some of the pieces that appeared in the past.
What would you do if Tony the Tiger appeared at your door and asked you to marry him? Can you […]
shortshortshort.com, April 2008
Bruce Holland Rogers’s short shorts for April consist of three stories, the longest of which clocks in at just over 700 words.
In “Dear Lisa,” an advice columnist realizes that despite all the advice she has struggled to give over the years, in general, her readers aren’t really looking for advice but merely for entertainment. She […]
Baen’s Universe, Vol 2 Num 6: April 2008
The Vol 2 Num 6 issue of Jim Baen’s Universe is arranged in the usual fashion of SF and fantasy stories, plus a classic story, and finally a couple of “Introducing” stories featuring authors who are not yet professionals in the genre.
Opening the SF section is Tobias Buckell’s “Manumission.” Pepper is indentured to ShinnCo, a […]
Hub Magazine, Issues 47-50
Hub issues 47-50 includes the conclusion of Neil Gardner’s series on Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon, an essay on the writer’s strike, reviews of Planet Terror, Jericho—Season 1, The Grin of The Dark, Doctor Who s4—Episode 1: “Partners in Crime,” Needful Things, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who s4—Episode 2: “The Fires of Pompei,” editorials, and more.
What […]
ChiZine #36, April-June 2008
ChiZine offers us another helping of dark, intimate speculative fiction in issue #36. As with the previous issue, I’m very glad for ChiZine’s apparent preference for straightforward plot- and character-oriented fiction, but often its stories do not achieve the spark they’re reaching for.
In “The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft,” a collaboration between Nick Mamatas and Tim […]
Farrago’s Wainscot, Part VI: Obscura
Farrago’s Wainscot clearly wants readers to believe that it is a radical, experimental e-zine. Part VI: Obscura explores themes of estrangement from society, with some interesting, multilayered storytelling, but on the evidence of the six stories presented, it would be a mistake to assume that this e-zine is in any way inaccessible or too […]
Continue ReadingClarkesworld #19, April 2008
Clarkesworld Magazine is a good magazine to read, despite it having only two fiction stories in each issue. If there ever comes a day when I read a fiction magazine and discover that each issue comprises only one fiction story, then something tells me I won’t be surprised.
In the April, 2008, issue, Jeffrey Ford picks […]
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