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Swords Against!
8 September
Swords Against! Magazine is a new sword & sorcery fiction periodical packed with heart-pounding stories accented by great art.
The magazine explores the boundaries between the old and new, challenges …
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Hugh Howey
7 September
Hugh C. Howey is an American writer, and the author of the books Wool, Shift, and Dust, which the science fiction series Silo from Apple TV is based …
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Alan Baxter
2 September
Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning British-Australian author of more than twenty novels and novellas and over one hundred short stories, encompassing horror, weird fiction, dark fantasy, crime and more.
This Is …
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Sheer Spite Press
1 September
Sheer Spite Press was founded by Lee Arden in 2024 in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal to publish and distribute useful, generous, personal, political, funny, heart-filled works.
Lee has been making zines …
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Word Horde
11 August
Word Horde was founded by Ross E. Lockhart on the the idea that great stories should be given every opportunity to find the right audience.
When you work with the most talented …
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InverteFest
5 August
InverteFest is a periodic online event to celebrate overlooked invertebrate fauna and shre the joys of discovery.
Artists can submit their invertebrate art to be included in the regularly released …
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Tomkin Press
17 July
The home of Shawn Tomkin, the creator and publisher of the ENNIE-winning Ironsworn tabletop roleplaying game.
Now also the home of Ironsworn: Delve, and Ironsworn: Starforged, and Sundered Isles. …
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M. Darusha Wehm
9 July
M. Darusha Wehm is the Nebula Award-nominated and Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning author.
Darusha is the author of the interactive fiction game The Martian Job, as well as over …
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Speculative Insight Collections
9 July
Speculative Insight is a feminist journal, although not every essay will be explicitly feminist in analysis.
They are anti racism, transphobia, queerphobia, and ableism. Speculative Insight welcomes essays that present …
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Prairie Dragon Press
9 July
Prairie Dragon Press is a small press TTRPG publisher based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Helmed by Brent Jans (he/they), The Hearth Magazine is the imprint’s first major publication, but hopefully …
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Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2020
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with fascinating stories by James Morrow, David Erik Nelson, Brian Trent and a hilarious story by Madeleine Robins exploring a fantastic version of "My Fair Lady" that probably deserves to be made into a play too.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 202
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Marie Vibbert, Bo Balder, Brenda W. Clough and Davian Aw.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20230710-Clarkesworld202.html ]
The Outskirter's Secret
Recommended by
kevin
The amazing second book in what is, so far, an outstanding fantasy series.
The Outskirter's Secret expands on the concepts in the first book, but takes us out of the relative safety of the Inner Lands and into the wilderness of the Outskirts.
I can't believe I've only just started reading this series and am already on the third book.
Still a MUST READ.
INTERZONE #280 (MAR-APR 2019)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue with three good stories by Val Nolan, Maria Haskins and Nicholas Kaufmann and an emotional tale by Shauna O'Meara.
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, Sep/Oct 2023
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue of F&SF, with one rather gruesome horror story by Max Firehammer. Other interesting stories are by Maricar Macario, Christopher Mark Rose and a moving story by Douglas Smith about the sacrifices to be made for saving the universe.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/FantasyAndScienceFiction/20230907-FSF201809.html ]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2023
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue of F&SF, with interesting stories by Stefan Slater, Prashanth Srivatsa, Madalena Daleziou, David D. Levine, Dane Kuttler and Robert Reed.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/FantasyAndScienceFiction/20230117-FSF202301.html ]
Between the Scanlines - Issue 1
Recommended by
kevin
I love a good zine! And Between the Scanlines hits the sweet spot for me; not too long that it stretches each issue, yet filled with plenty of retro gaming info.
Sasha and Kit are doing amazing work here. Buy as many issues as you can, and fill your eyes with gaming goodness with a lovely helping of personality and passion!
The Inconvenient God
Recommended by
sakina
Fabulous and imaginative story in an unusual setting, with themes of oppression, lost language and spirituality. Reminded me of Terry Pratchett, though very different from his work.
The Hellsblood Bride
Recommended by
kevin
There's weird fiction, then there's Chuck Wendig weird fiction.
In this sequel to The Blue Blazes, our gangland enforcer with a heart of gold, Mookie Pearl, must save his daughter and the whole world from the schemes of demons, demi-gods and more weird stuff before it all ends.
Call it a Chuckpocalypse, or even Wendigeddon!
Loads of fun and a must read for any Chuck Wendig fan.
The Devil's Trill
Recommended by
sakina
Fun, light read, crazy and innovative, plenty of intrigue and weirdness. Takes a sudden left turn towards the end of the first chapter and never looks back.
F&SF, March/April 2020
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue with good tales by Matthew Hughes, Gregor Hartmann, Amanda Hollander, Elizabeth Bear and a fantastic tale involving thinking mechanicals beings by Ian Tregillis.
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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New DRM-free Bookshops of 2026
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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!