E-zines

Reviews of e-zines.

Lone Star Stories, #27, June 2008

By Alvaro Zinos-Amaro ⋅ June 15, 2008

Issue #27 of Lone Star Stories presents a by-now-standard sextet: from the three stories, one is particularly strong, and all three poems are highly recommended. The magazine typically offers challenging stories in a speculative vein, in various narrative styles and tones which make it—fortunately—hard to categorize; this issue is no exception. I have come to […]

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Written Word, #11, May 2008

By Carole Ann Moleti ⋅ June 10, 2008

Written Word continues its emphasis on dark fiction, and the darker side of human nature, in issue #11. Water, lost loves, and ghostly visions are the main themes. In the cover story, “I Came Upon a River,” Katherine leads us along the banks of a river which has claimed at least one life and threatens […]

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Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, #8, April 2008

By Jim Steel ⋅ June 9, 2008

In the fine traditional of Isaac Asimov, Jim Baen and, er, Vargo Statten, the Intergalactic Medicine Show webzine is named after a science fiction author. In some cases, such as Asimov’s, the author merely lends his name, and in others, such as the title under review, the author has a much more hands-on approach. […]

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Strange Horizons, May 2008

By Marshall Payne ⋅ June 9, 2008

Strange Horizons begins the month of May, 2008, with “The Gadgey” by Alan Campbell. In Scotland, two teenage boys on BMXs find a crashed spaceship. After much banter of Star Trek and E.T., the boys meet the alien they call a gadgey, who looks like the alien from the movie Predator, except in a silver […]

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Abyss & Apex, #26, 2nd Quarter 2008

By David Hebblethwaite ⋅ June 3, 2008

This was my first encounter with Abyss & Apex, a generalist speculative fiction webzine that seeks to publish “powerful stories with emotion that resonates in our minds and hearts long after the first reading” and “stories that stand out from the norm even in a genre that pushes the envelope of normal.” With the five […]

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Dog Versus Sandwich, May 2008

By Marshall Payne ⋅ June 3, 2008

The May, 2008, stories of Dog Versus Sandwich begin with “The Five Stages of Beef” by Peter Parrish. Jimmy must get home to his girlfriend, but he has a large problem: a cow has wandered onto the road, and he can’t pass. Getting out of his car, he engages in a maddening battle of rhetoric […]

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Fantasy Magazine, May 2008

By Kimberly Lundstrom ⋅ June 1, 2008

Fantasy Magazine Online delivers four strong stories in its May, 2008, offerings.
In “The Stolen Word” by Lisa Mantchev, a foul-tempered and incorrigible child is sold by her mother to a wandering peddler, with the promise that he’ll not bring her back “evermore.” But the peddler is in for more than he bargained for with this […]

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Clarkesworld Magazine, #20, May 2008

By Scott M. Sandridge ⋅ May 28, 2008

“A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antartica” by Catherynne M. Valente was a very difficult read. I had a hard time figuring out what the story was even about until after I was halfway through, and the temptation to skip whole paragraphs accumulated as I read. If anything, read this to see why it’s so […]

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Flashing Swords #10

By Chris Butler ⋅ May 22, 2008

Flashing Swords is a magazine of Heroic Adventure Fantasy. Fans of the genre should find a great deal to enjoy within the pages of issue #10. Certainly you get value for money with thirteen short stories, plus poems, art, and nonfiction. On the whole, I thought the stories were fine pulp adventures, either dark-and-grim or […]

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Distillations: Breaking the Line

By Jennifer Mercer ⋅ May 16, 2008

Once upon a time, it was easy for both poets and readers to know where to expect a line break. The rhythm of the meter shows it and by the rhyme you would know it. However, the previous example is an example of why this approach is less common today. It takes a great amount […]

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