E-zines
Reviews of e-zines.
The Town Drunk, November 2007
We’ve all listened to ads or messages and thought they’ve got the perfect voice. Just enough personality shines through to add depth and interest to the words and keep you happy while you punch your way through the endless phone tree or perform some mundane task. I love being told I made a wrong turn […]
Continue ReadingFantasy Magazine Online, Oct. 29-Nov. 5, 2007
Fantasy Magazine, formerly a print journal from Prime Books, has debuted online with a number of reprints and two new stories.
In “Swan” by Eilis O’Neal, a teenage girl’s attempts to come to terms with the transformation and imminent departure of her older brother serves as the basis for a finely balanced dialogue between reality […]
Jim Baen’s Universe, Vol 2 Num 3: October 2007
The October 2007 issue (Volume 2, Issue 3) of Jim Baen’s Universe is something of a mixed bag, offering traditionally structured stories that often do not fulfill all the traditional storytelling requirements (e.g., something changes by the end). The ones that do stand out, however, do so spectacularly. Also, be sure to check out […]
Continue ReadingAbyss & Apex, #24, 4th Quarter 2007
Issue #24 of Abyss & Apex is a solid one. One of the underlying themes in all the stories is how we do—or in some cases don’t—use technology. The stories run towards the science fiction end of the speculative fiction spectrum but do make room for both the everyday and the magical. I can’t say […]
Continue ReadingJournal of Mythic Arts, Summer 2007
The Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts is an online magazine which features a wide variety of offerings on folklore themes; fiction, articles, poetry, and art can all be found on the website. The fiction offerings are numerous, many of them from big names.
The theme for the Summer 2007 issue is Young Adult Mythic, […]
Strange Horizons, September 2007
In September, Strange Horizons offered four quite different stories.
I expect that some people will find the first, “All Kinds of Reasons” by Katherine Maclaine, a difficult read. Set in a near future where it is possible to predict the genetic deformities an embryo will possess, it focuses on two hopeful parents, Tony and Rhia. The […]
Clarkesworld Magazine, #13, Oct. 2007
Clarkesworld Magazine is an online ‘zine that’s been running for thirteen issues as I write this, although I must admit I haven’t previously read it. Coming across it for the first time, I had no preconceptions, and I found some intelligent and literate fiction which I admired, but also found myself wanting more.
In “A Dance […]
Hub #27 - 30
I was only a couple of paragraphs into “House Trainer” by Kenneth B. Chiacchia in Hub #27 when I thought, “Why didn’t I think of this idea?” Much has been written about home AIs, where the house has a personality of sorts, but Chiacchia’s take on it is a real treat.
Joyce has […]
Hub #8–12
In a world so polluted that the ocean and sky have turned colors you don’t usually see outside of a sixty-four count crayon box, Matthew is…
“One in a Million,” which happens to also be the title of the story in Hub #8.
He’s also special.
And, he’s different from everyone else.
The problem is, when author […]
Shiny #1
Shiny is an e-zine all about the fiction. More specifically, it’s all about YA fiction. A brief introduction from its editorial triumvirate explains that they see YA spec fic as being “pretty shiny right now.” It’s an argument that has some support, as evidenced by the sizable list of authors they reel off. So, reasoned […]
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