Print Magazines
Reviews of print magazines.
Flytrap, Issue #9, June 2008
Flytrap #9 begins with M. Rickert’s “War is Beautiful.” Told in a highly subjective first person, an American soldier befriends a Vietnamese girl named Binh. He thinks of her as his angel, but soon she takes on the qualities of a ghost. Rickert begins by using an ironic tone with lines such as: “…humans […]
Continue ReadingDiet Soap #2
Welcome to the second issue of Diet Soap magazine, which has the theme of “sex and gender.” It begins with “Dream Date” by Chelsea Martin, which may be only three pages long, but leaves an impression that’s disproportionate to its length. A (largely) present-tense, second-person narrative voice addresses the female protagonist as she embarks on […]
Continue ReadingCemetery Dance #58
Cemetery Dance is 58 issues old, but this was this reviewer’s first experience with the publication. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting.
Magazine-sized with a glossy cover stapled around a low quality pulp paper, the physical magazine is most reminiscent of the comics published by British Marvel in the 1970s. The overall design is straightforward […]
Tales of Moreauvia #1
The subtitle of the new print magazine Tales of Moreauvia instantly stakes out where this intriguing semi-prozine plans to take readers: on “Flights of Historical Fancy.” While this theme might seem to place Tales of Moreauvia on the same ground as the well-established Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction, the difference is that […]
Continue ReadingBlack Static #5
Few horror publications still offer a breadth of terror that satisfies the widely diverse palates of the mature and experienced audience. Too often, splatterpunk takes center stage: blood curdling screams, sexy blonde teenagers running from a dripping blade. While this reader does not discredit the gore scene—it is as foundational to contemporary horror as […]
Continue ReadingThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 2008
As the fourth issue of my run reviewing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I was keen to see how the July, 2008, edition measured up against my expectations. To date, I have taken equal parts inspiration and frustration from the magazine. Would the latest installment tip the balance in one direction or the […]
Continue ReadingAmbit #192
There are only three stories in issue #192 of Ambit, the first of which, “Mrs Cohen’s Conversion” by Carol K. Howell, exemplifies what appears to be a theme common to all of them, that of transformation in response to nature.
It’s a darkly comic fantasy in which the narrator, academic Marvin Cohen, tries to understand and […]
Fictitious Force #5
Fictitious Force #5, published by Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso, is a singular semi-pro magazine published at unpredictable intervals. As described by the editors on their website, this is more a labor of love than a commercial endeavor, and it shows. From its appearance (a 4 1/2 x 11″ saddle-stapled glossy cover […]
Continue ReadingAnalog, July/August 2008
The July/August 2008 issue of Analog is a roller coaster: full of ups and downs—more ups than downs, but a bit frustrating all the same. It barely manages to keep a delicate balance between the scientific infodump and the storytelling, often resulting in the science overwhelming the fiction. It’s not a return to Hugo Gernsback […]
Continue ReadingPostscripts, #14, Spring 2008
PS Publishing must have one of the most diverse lists in the independent press; and their magazine, Postscripts, reflects that diversity: reading an issue is like reaching into the PS bran tub and pulling out a random selection.
Opening issue #14 is “Blackbird” by Robert Reed which, according to its introduction, arose from “wondering what it […]
All Articles:
All Reviews:
- Audio
- E-books
- E-zines
- Poetry
- Print Anthologies
- Print Collections
- Print Magazines
- Ambit
- Analog
- Apex Digest
- ASIM
- Asimov’s
- Black Gate
- Black Static
- Cabinet des Fées
- Cemetery Dance
- City Slab
- Diet Soap
- Electric Velocipede
- Escape Velocity
- F&SF
- Fantasy Magazine
- Fictitious Force
- Flytrap
- GUD
- Interzone
- LCRW
- Leading Edge
- Midnight Street
- Murky Depths
- Neo-opsis
- New Genre
- Not One of Us
- On Spec
- Paradox
- Polluto
- Postscripts
- Realms of Fantasy
- Shimmer
- Something Wicked
- Subterranean
- Sybil’s Garage
- Talebones
- Tales of Moreauvia
- TOTU
- Weird Tales
- Withersin
- Print Other
- All Reviews
Site content copyright © 2007-2008 The Fix. All rights reserved. Banners courtesy Paul J. Iutzi, used with permission.
