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Jupiter Magazine
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Jupiter Magazine (edited by Ian Redman; science fiction; $4.00 + shipping) | Jupiter
is a new U.K.-based science fiction magazine set for a quarterly publication schedule with dates in July, October,
January, and April. Their direction is to produce a magazine full with the latest science fiction and poetry,
from both new and established authors. From technologically driven stories, to character-based plots, full of
emotion; if you like science fiction, you'll like Jupiter.
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Dark Animus #4
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Dark Animus #4 (edited by James R. Cain; horror, suspense, fantasy; $5.00 + shipping) |
As all previous issues of Dark Animus sell out directly from the publisher, #4 is released with
a novella from Tim Curran, short stories by Michael A. Arnzen, John Grover, Davin Ireland, and Darrell Pitt,
and poetry by Christina Sng, Gavin Salisbury, Emily Veinglory, Lee Clark Zumpe. This is a positively charged
magazine of dark fiction from Australia well worth your time.
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The Fix #7
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The Fix #7 (edited by Andy Cox; TTA Press; non-fiction; $5) |
The latest from this quarterly magazine of short story reviews. Great design, intelligent
reviews, and columns from Peter Tennant and James Van Pelt. Some reviewed magazines this
issue include Paradox, Wicked Hollow, NFG, Black Satellite, Nemonymous, Roadworks, Black
Gate, Peep Show, Dark Animus, Problem Child, Futures, Andromeda Spaceways, On Spec, Flesh
& Blood, Electric Velocipede, Say..., and more.
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The Third Alternative #35
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The Third Alternative #35 (edited by Andy Cox; TTA Press; fantasy, horror, science fiction,
literary/mainstream; $5.00 + shipping) | Another issue from this gorgeous, perfectly produced, lauded British
magazine of speculative and slipstream fiction. Stories this time by Jay Lake, Ian Watson, Christopher Kenworthy,
Alexander Glasss, and Glen Dennis, plus interviews with John Connolly, Roger Levy, James Lovegrove, Liz Williams,
and more.
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3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once
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3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once (collection by Nick Mamatas; Prime Books;
horror, fantasy, science fiction, non-fiction; $12.99) | What if everyone actually was famous for exactly
fifteen minutes? What if the spiritual enlightenment of saints and sages was a sexually transmitted disease?
These are the fictions. Neon signs that predict a city's future. Edgar Allan Poe's New York is still
alive, but not well. These are the facts. Don't know where the world is headed? Nick Mamatas does, and
it's 3000 miles per hour in every direction at once.
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Talebones #26
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Talebones #26 (edited by Patrick & Honna Swenson;
fantasy, science fiction; $6.00) | The latest issue from this
small press fantasy & science fiction magazine. Contents by James Van
Pelt, Mark Rich, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, William Mingin, Patricia Russo,
Adam Browne, Kameron Hurley, Roger Dutcher, K.S. Hardy, Holly Phillips,
an interview with Joe Haldeman, and much more.
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Settling in Nazareth
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Settling in Nazareth (novel by Sandy DeLuca;
December Girl Press; horror; $14.99 + shipping) |
. . . I'm just a false shaman, claiming to have magical powers -- ancient wisdom. Oh sure, I see things sometimes
-- have these dreams -- stuff that's happened since I was a kid. No big deal. My father told me it happens to
everybody. Most people ignore it. Others have snatches of it happening through their whole lives and never do
anythinga bout it. Dad said it's the wise person who learns to listen.
I'm not so good at listening.
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Blood Moon Rising #18
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Blood Moon Rising #18 (edited by Shoshana Strier;
Sapphire Publications; horror; $5.00 + shipping} | Fiction from John Condenzio,
Joan Stewart, Mauriece Reveley Jr., Sarina Paulley, Robert Freese, Peter White, Benjamin
Newell, D.W. Jones, and Wade Brown, plus interviews with Ben Chapman (the creature from the
Black Lagoon) and Carpathian, the Wandering Spirit.
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Bare Bone #4
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Bare Bone #4 (edited by Kevin L. Donihe; horror, mystery/suspense;
$9.95 + shipping) | The first issue in the new era of Bare Bone Magazine. Full color
cover, even more pages than before (now 172), and the same big names to which you've
become accustomed in these covers. Mark McLaughlin, Nick Mamatas, Scott H. Urban, Derek M.
Fox, Harry Shannon, Jeffrey Thomas, Thomas Deja, Gerard Daniel Houarner, John B. Rosenman,
Phil Locascio, Steven Lee Climer, Douglas M. Stokes, Rhys Hughes, and many other short fiction
authors, not to mention a ton of poetry. Plenty of bang for the $9.95 + shipping.
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Aurealis #31
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Aurealis #31 (edited by Keith Stevenson; Chimaera Publications; science fiction,
fantasy, horror; $7.50 + shipping) | A new issue of this beautiful Australian import. Fiction from
Anthony Fordham, Patricia L. O'Neill, Greg Guerin, Robert Hood, Steve de Beer, and Adam Browne, plus
interviews with Cameron Rogers and Peter McNamara and articles, reviews, and more.
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Futures #31
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Futures #31 (edited by Babs Lakey; mystery/suspense,
horror, fantasy, literary, science fiction; $7.99 [retail: $10.95]) | Another
new issue of Futures, this one being sold at far below retail. Fiction from
Stephen D. Rogers, John M. Floyd, J.R. Chabot, Nick Andreychuk, Rick Magers,
Cathy Buburuz, and many others, plus poetry, non-fiction, cartoons, and more.
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Scifaikuest Magazine
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Scifaikuest Magazine (edited by Teri Santitoro & L.A. Story Houry;
Sam's Dot Publishing; poetry, science fiction; $6.00 + shipping) |
Scifaikuest is an illustrated quarterly magazine that publishes scifaiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka,
and articles about these and other poetic art forms. It is published on the first day of February, May,
August, and November. Paid subscriptions received before 20 July 2003 will receive the first issue signed by
the editors.
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Black Petals #24
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Black Petals #24 (Edited by Kenneth James Crist & John Gollihar;
horror, science fiction; $6.00 + shipping) | This is Black Petal's
second issue since they went to a full-size, full-color format. This issue includes
stories by Steven L. Shrewsbury, Rik Hunk, Steven Pulukaitis, Chris Forbes, Nicholas
Knight, Stefen Styrsky, Jim Waters, R.D. Robbins, Benjamin Newell, William Malmborg,
Daniel C. Smith, David Jay Bernstein, Mark Joseph Kiewlak, Rebecca Brandt, Jason Brannon,
Eric S. Brown, Jason J. Stevenson, Paul Boulanger, Matthew Lee Bain, Stephen M. Dare,
Kurt MacPhearson, Emil Vachas, Russell A. Calhoun, and Garr Parks, as well as poetry.
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City Slab #3
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City Slab #3 (Edited by Dave Lindschmidt; City Slab Publications;
horror, literary; $6.00 + shipping) | City Slab #3, the first with a full-color
cover. This one includes feature fiction by Eric Pape and more by Leah Bobet, William
Lengeman III, Lynne Jamneck, Sonya Taaffe, and Gaie Sebold, not to mention interviews
with Ramsey Campbell and Mistress Persephone, plus book reviews by Dennis Kriesel and
artwork by Sean Madden and Russell Dickerson.
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Paradox #2
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Paradox #2 (edited by Christopher M. Cevasco; historical, fantasy,
horror, science fiction; $5.00 + shipping) | The latest release from this incredibly
promising magazine of historical and speculative fiction. Contributions this time from
Edison McDaniels II, Greg Beatty, Jeff Crook [read an excerpt], James Van Pelt, Kevin
James Kage [read an excerpt], Douglas W. Clark, and Drew Karpyshyn, as well as poetry
and non-fiction including an interview with Stanley C. Sargent.
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