E-zines

Reviews of e-zines.

Fantasy Magazine, July 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ July 29, 2008

Fantasy Magazine kicked off July with “Practicing Perfection,” an intriguing and original tale by Cathy Freeze. Amber allowed herself to be made into a giant long ago to be closer to the angels. She rescues them when they fall, wounded, from battles above. They never speak and don’t wish to eat. That is, until an […]

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Hub Magazine, Issues #56-58

By Douglas Hoffman ⋅ July 28, 2008

Hub #56 leads with Stephen R. Smith’s “Runner,” a fast-paced tale of a fellow who kills a randy cyborg and flees to avoid its owner’s wrath. Hub’s “About the Author” section notes that Smith grew up reading Heinlein, Asimov, and Bradbury, among others. Smith’s nurturing influences show in the story’s Golden Age sensibilities and tight […]

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Farrago’s Wainscot, Part 7: Echoes

By Z. S. Adani ⋅ July 28, 2008

Farrago’s Wainscot offers six loosely themed stories, told in a variety of literary styles, of which two are very weird and left me with questions.
“An Apotheosis” by Forrest Aguirre gives voice to Laurence, a grief-stricken warrior disciple of Rocco Bonetti. Laurence recounts the murder of his maestro during an unfair duel with the two […]

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Clarkesworld Magazine, #22, July 2008

By Scott M. Sandridge ⋅ July 22, 2008

The first story in issue #22 of Clarkesworld Magazine, “When the Gentlemen Go By” by Margaret Ronald, is rooted in the classic tradition of dark fairy tales before the Disneyfication that occurred in the 20th century. It has all the time-tested elements: deep, personal, dark, and disturbing, while providing a small ray of hope […]

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Challenging Destiny #25

By Paul J. Iutzi ⋅ July 22, 2008

Our first story in issue #25 of Challenging Destiny is Suzette Haden Elgin’s “Death and Taxes.” Bill loves his StarSpangly motor home. It is the perfect confluence of convenience and freedom, and it sure beats the alternative: a cramped and dingy room in an orbiting retirement home. The problem is, the StarSpangly isn’t his. The […]

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Distillations: Repeating Forms

By Jennifer Mercer ⋅ July 16, 2008

The act of repetition is one of the paradoxes of poetry. In the confined world of a poem, what is the use of redundancy? However wasteful it may seem, there are many poetry forms built around obligatory patterns of repetition. In this column, we will explore two rather different forms, the villanelle and the triolet, […]

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Aeon #14

By Aliette de Bodard ⋅ July 15, 2008

The fourteenth issue of Aeon kicks off with “The March Wind” by Davin Ireland. In this story, the Earth is at war with nameless, hostile aliens who have forced the human population into a continuous curfew. In the destroyed shambles of the modern world, suicide has become a fact of everyday life. Vic lives […]

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Dog Versus Sandwich, June 2008

By Marshall Payne ⋅ July 9, 2008

Dog Versus Sandwich begins the month of June with Mari Ness’s “Glass Dancing.” A flash fiction take on “Cinderella,” this offering is complete with a daughter, a mother, and more than one glass slipper. This story is so short I don’t want to give anything away, except to say there is a shattering of glass […]

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Strange Horizons, June 2008

By Jason Sanford ⋅ July 7, 2008

Online speculative fiction magazines are held to a strange standard of success. Even though the best e-zines reach far more readers than most genre print magazines, there are continual questions on the viability of these online publications. One of the most recent regurgitations on this theme came from Simon Owens, who asked on his site, […]

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Fantasy Magazine, June 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ July 2, 2008

In honor of the wedding season (or perhaps despite it) Fantasy Magazine’s June offerings explore romantic love—love lost, love found, and “love” most deadly.
June’s first story is “On the Finding of Photographs of My Former Loves” by Peter M. Ball. “Everyone has a past and you do your best to pretend it doesn’t matter,” Deacon, […]

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