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Adventitious Magazine
2 November
Adventitious hopes to be an intelligently mischievous literary magazine for the curious and unclassifiable.
Each bi-monthly digital issue arrives dressed in original artwork, with flash and experimental surprises online between …
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Dani Finn
2 November
Dani Finn (they/them) is a nonbinary fantasy romance author who occasionally writes fantasy without romance as well.
They favor high-steam love stories that crisscross the gender spectrum, from swords and …
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Space Penguin Ink
2 November
Founded in 2022, Space Penguin Ink is a small press games publisher focused on equitable partnerships with creators.
Home of Mothership, Cairn 2e, Troika!, and much more. Space …
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Frogby Shop
2 November
Alexandra Gallant-Lee is an award-winning artist, cartoonist, designer & science communicator based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Alexandra’s work often features colorful art, bold lines and shapes and a focus on nature, …
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The Cybernetic Coven
2 November
The Cybernetic Coven, or CyCo, is an international collective supporting a small group of like-minded artists i pursuit of creative and fulfilling work.
They believe that it is possible, or …
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Faye Stacey
2 October
Faye Stacey is an Ignatz nominated comic artist and illustrator based in Glasgow.
They've coloured for The Phoenix; drawn pages of comics for Magic Torch Comics; been featured in anthologies …
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Wildstar Press
2 October
Founded in 2019 by Akira Brown, Wildstar Press is an indie publishing company to uplift the voices of diverse creatives.
Their personal goal was and still is to spread stories …
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Otava Heikkilä
2 October
Otava Heikkilä (b. 1990) is a visual artist from Tampere, Finland.
He graduated from Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ Fine Art program in 2014 with a focus on writing and …
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Costa Koutsoutis
2 October
Costa Koutsoutis is a writer of weird stuff from horror to crime to fantasy to sci-fi, & even some of it mashed up together.
Costa is the author of stuff like …
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Southerly Literary Magazine
1 October
Southerly is Australia’s oldest literary journal.
The journal of the English Association, Sydney, it was launched in 1939 with works by authors such as AD Hope and Kylie Tennant. It …
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INTERZONE #279 (JAN-FEB 2019)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue of Interzone, with interesting stories by Alison Wilgus, G.V. Anderson and Sean McMullen.
Cure: Book One in the Strandville Zombie Series
Recommended by
weaver
I admit this was my first time reading a zombie book. The zombie genre hasn't always been my favorite in film and television, so I wasn't keen on reading a zombie book. But Frisch has a medical background and that made this book very interesting, as it revolved around a hospital. Very enjoyable, my only regret was that I didn't immediately read the next book so now I have to re-read it. :)
INTERZONE #278 (NOV-DEC 2018)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A not very interesting issue of Interzone, mainly because the stories appear to be on the theme of conflicts (mainly military related) and not of much interest to me. Natalia Theodoridou's story about unusual genetically engineered soldiers is probably the most interesting.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2023
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Kristina Ten, DaVaun Sanders, Nick Thomas, Jennifer Hudak, and two standout stories by Peter S. Beagle and Aimee Ogden.
Full review at my website [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/FantasyAndScienceFiction/20230718-FSF202307.html ]
INTERZONE #288 (SEP-OCT 2020)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue with interesting stories by Alexander Glass and Gary Gibson at the start and end of the magazine.
Interzone #295
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue with interesting stories by Amal Singh, Katie McIvor, Corey J. White, Frank Dumas.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Interzone/20230915-Interzone295.html ].
The Sea Hates A Coward
Recommended by
kevin
I don't normally like the whole zombie genre.
But what Crowley has done with his undead POV, uprising, mutiny, sea monster, revolutionary, thoughtful treatise on life (then death and then more life) tale is absolutely stunning.
Took a bit of effort to get going, but it's definitely worth sticking with it. A great addition to the New Weird.
Nate Crowley's book put me off scampi for months!
Jiwe
Recommended by
kevin
A fantastic and fantastical short tale that provides a much-needed respite from medieval-styled Western fantasy.
Written in a mythological format, Jiwe gives us a world of magic, gods, and the usual evils of man. Curses intended to redress balance and strong women working to save broken lives.
Kiko Enjani's work is sublime, and I can't wait to read her longer stories.
B-Mecha
Recommended by
kevin
This isn't your propaganda-and-trope filled flag-waver. B-Mecha is fully aware of its place in Mech vs. Kaiju lore, and up-ends it in glorious West Yorkshire fashion.
We're given a concise yet comprehensive view of the lay-of-the-land, and the personal toll when Michael receives very little thanks for the dangerous work he does.
Love it!
Saga #1
Recommended by
kevin
Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, Saga is a beautifully intimate space opera.
It touches on race, religion, conflict, family and love, with a deft hand and imagery that is just sublime.
Proof that Image Comics' creator-owned approach really works. These are the kinds of stories that comics were made for.
Becoming Crone (The Crone Wars)
Recommended by
kevin
Fans of urban fantasy looking for a protagonist who is a little more... mature, will love Becoming Crone.
Claire has seen it all, or so she thinks. Her world-weariness, her highly-developed lack of trust, and her not-unexpected ability to expect things to go wrong make her the perfect character to introduce us to a world of witches, gargoyles, werewolves, and witches, plenty of witches.
The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 5
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A wonderful collection of speculative fiction from around the world. Ranging from Asia to Africa, Europe to the Americas, you will find much to like in many of the stories featured. My favourites include those by Vina Jie-Min Prasad, T.L. Huchu, Taiyo Fujii, Vandana Singh, Bo-young Kim, Chi Hui, Karla Schmidt and Giovanni De Feo.
Download your Black Library ebooks before 31st of August
In February 2026, Games Workshop announced that The Black Library ebook and audiobook shop would be taking a “...well-earned rest from the 31st of August”.
Amazon's latest anti-reader change
Amazon’s latest change to their older Kindle devices would be perfectly acceptable, if it wasn’t for the fact that it comes after a long chain of anti-consumer and anti-reader practices.
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ShortBox Comics Fair 2025 is open!
ShortBox Comics Fair, the innovative digital comics fair showcasing all-new, original comics from artists around the globe, is hitting its fifth year!