Ideomancer

Showcasing speculative stories in all categories which provoke, reflect, and marry ideas to resonance and character.

Ideomancer, June 2008, Vol 7, Issue 2

Marsha Sisolak, the publisher of Ideomancer, comments on the website that “this month, our theme seems to be dead people. Or if not quite dead, not quite your typical zombie, either.” Be that as it may, there is no doubt that the June 2008 issue of this imaginative magazine is alive and well, offering three […]

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Ideomancer, March 2008, Vol 7, Issue 1

The first story in Ideomancer’s March 2008 issue is “Seer of Cities” by Nicole Kornher-Stace. The eponymous boy is climbing a tree in his back garden, only to fall from a rotten branch and seriously injure himself. Paralysed in his legs, he begins dreaming of a city that he sees from his tree. In his […]

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Ideomancer, December 2007

The December issue of Ideomancer opens with “How to Draw the Dark Lord” by Jon Hansen, which takes the style of a children’s colouring book and offers a ten-step set of instructions on how to draw the archetypal Dark Lord of fantasy worlds. Hansen’s observations are spot-on for the archetype, and a sprinkling of humour […]

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