Locus, March 2014

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  Tales of the Talisman–David Lee Summers, ed. Vol 9, Issue 3, Winter 2013/2014, $8.00, quarterly, 114pp, 20 x 25 cm. Fantasy and speculative fiction magazine with short fiction, an article on adding science fiction tropes to mysteries and “fair play”, poetry, and reviews. Cover by Laura Givens. Subscription: $24.00 per year to Hadrosaur Productions, PO Box 2194, Mesilla Park NM 88047-2194; website: .

  Online Magazines

  Apex Magazine –Sigrid Ellis, ed. Issue #57, February 2014, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction. This issue includes fiction by Lucy A. Snyder, Rich Larson (with accompanying podcast), and Élisabeth Vonarburg; poetry; an essay by Wen Spencer; and an interview with Lucy A. Snyder. New issues posted the first Tuesday of the month. Cover by Karla Ortiz. Subscription: $19.95/year from Apex or Weightless Books . Also available from Amazon.com at $1.99/month.

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies –Scott H. Andrews, ed. Issue #139, January 23, 2014, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by Dean Wells and K.C. Ball; and a podcast of ‘‘Enginesong’’ by Nathaniel Lee. Cover by Stefan Meisl. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies –Scott H. Andrews, ed. Issue #140, February 6, 2014, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by Brian McClellan and Alec Austin; and a podcast of ‘‘Evensong, Having Been Answered’’ by Dean Wells. Cover by Stefan Meisl. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Clarkesworld –Neil Clarke, ed. Issue #89, February 2014, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original short fiction by Cat Rambo (with accompanying podcast), Natalia Theodoridou, An Owomoyela, Vandana Singh, and John Barnes; and nonfiction essays by Rhiannon Held, Jeremy L.C. Jones, and Daniel Abraham. Cover by Julie Dillon. Subscription: $1.99/month Amazon.com, £1.99/month via Amazon.co.uk, or $23.88/year from Weightless Books .

  Crowded –Baden Chant & Ethan Fode, eds., February 2014, free online, stories monthly, issues annually. This month’s story is “A Narrow Space” by Matthew Borgard. Crowded is a speculative fiction site with a crowd-sourced editorial feature. Authors can submit stories directly to the editors or their stories can be posted and voted on by the site’s membership. Each month, the best one or two stories are posted on their website, and at the end of the year, the stories are compiled into an annual. Subscription: AUD$18.00 b&w/AUD$28.00 full color for print at lulu.com; AUD$5.49 for pdf version from their website and through Apple itunes.

  Daily Science Fiction –Michele-Lee Barasso & Jonathan Laden, eds., January/February 2014, free online, every weekday. Online daily SF magazine. This site e-mails one piece of short SF to subscribers every weekeday; stories are posted online one week later. From January 10, 2014 through February 17, 2014 the site posted fiction by Jennifer Mason-Black, Liz Schriftsteller, Rene Sears, Michael Adam Robson, Josh Rountree, Day Al-Mohamed, Dustin Adams, Alex Shvartsman, Brent C. Smith, Vylar Kaftan, John M. Shade, Mark Budman, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Dani Atkinson, Conor Powers-Smith, Morgan Crooks, C.J. Paget, Jonathan Vos Post, Stefanie Freele, Jane Elliott, Brenda Kazar, Robert Lowell Russell, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, G.O. Clark, Brynn MacNab, and Jonathan Schneeweiss. Subscription: Free by email; $2.99/monthly compilations for the Kindle can be purchased from Amazon.com.

  The Dark –Jack Fisher & Sean Wallace, eds. Issue #3, February 2014, free online or $2.99 for the pdf, mobi or e-pub, bimonthly. Dark and strange fiction magazine. This issue includes fiction by Helena Bell, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Steve Berman, Douglas Smith, and Amanda E. Forrest. Cover art by Tullius Heuer. Subscription: $2.99/month Amazon.com, Magzter, and Barnes & Noble or $15.00/year from The Dark Magazine or Magzter or checks to Jack Fisher, 311 Fairbanks Ave., Northfield NJ 08225; e-mail: [email protected].

  Fireside –Brian W. White, ed. Issue #9, January 2014, $2.00 digital only, monthly. Online fiction magazine with substantial genre content. Access to content is restricted to purchasers and subscribers. This issue includes short stories by Steven J. Dines and Lilith Saintcrow; flash fiction by Lauren M. Roy and Memory Scarlett; and part six of a 12-part serial by Chuck Wendig. Subscriptions: $24.00 for Year Two (Issues 4 –15, which includes the entire Wendig serial), only available in digital format.

  Lightspeed Magazine –John Joseph Adams, ed. Issue #45, February 2014, free online or $3.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original SF stories by Jessica Barber and Carrie Vaughn, and reprints by Ramez Naam and Robert Charles Wilson; original fantasy fiction by Sunny Moraine and Ken Liu, and fantasy reprints by Rachel Swirsky and Eugene Mirabelli; interviews with Doug Dorst and Chris Hadfield; and an artist showcase on Scott Grimando. The e-book edition is available on the first of the month with exclusive content not available on the website including an author spotlight on Robin McKinley and her novella ‘‘Hellhound”; novel excerpts from Jeff VanderMeer, C.S. Friedman, and Sagan Jeffries; and a panel on swordfighting in fiction and film. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Tuesdays. Cover by Scott Grimando. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Weightless Books .

  The New York Review of Science Fiction –Kevin J. Maroney et al., eds. Vol. 26 No. 5, Whole No. 305, January 2014, $5.00 cover price ($10.00 + shipping for two copies sold bimonthly bundled from Lulu.com) or $2.99 from Weightless Books www.weightlessbooks.com, monthly, 32pp. Review and criticism magazine, with essay-length and short reviews, etc. In this issue Brain Stableford examines Francis Bacon’s version of utopia in his unfinished book New Atlantis and its subsequent influence on other writers; Ian Campbell looks at the socio and sexual politics in HWJN, a middle-eastern SF/romance novel by Ibraheem Abbas & Yasser Bahjatt; Terry Thompson documents how various short stories by Edgar Allan Poe influenced Henry James’s story “The Jolly Corner”; Jen Gunnels reviews An Evening with William Shatner Asterisk which was performed by the New Ohio Theatre in Manhattan; and Donald M. Hassler considers the career and work of James Gunn. Subscriptions: $30.00/year from Weightless Books .

  Nightmare Magazine –John Joseph Adams, ed. Issue #17, February 2014, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online horror/dark fantasy magazine publishing both original and reprinted fiction. This issue includes original fiction by Adam-Troy Castro and Kat Howard, and reprints from Gary Braunbeck and Tanith Lee; an artist showcase featuring Jel Ena; a column on horror by Ramsey Campbell; and an interview with Dean Koontz. The e-book edition is available on the first of the month. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Cover by Jel Ena. Subscription: $2.08/monthly from Nightmare or $24.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show –Edmund R. Schubert, ed. Issue #37, January 2014, subscription only, bimonthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine, access is by subscription only. This issue includes fiction by Marina J. Lostetter, Jeffrey A. Ballard (part one of two), Alex Shvartsman, Jamie Todd Rubin, Van Aaron Hughes, and Catherine Wells (with accompanying podcast); an interview with Brenda Clough; an essay by Chris Bellamy; and reviews, writing advice, etc. Cover by Eugene Carter. Subscription: $15.00/year, includes access to entire site and all back issues.

  Strange Horizons –Niall Harrison et al., eds. January/February 2014, free, weekly. Online speculative fiction magazine publishing fiction, poetry, es
says, reviews and interviews. New issues are posted each Monday. For January and February, the site posted fiction with accompanying podcasts of works by Anders Åslund, LaShawn M. Wanak, Tory Hoke, and Marissa Lingen; article by Liz Gloyn; columns by Genevieve Valentine, Eleanor Arnason, and S.E. Connolly; poetry and a monthly podcast of the poetry appearing on the website; and reviews. Subscription: unavailable.

  Subterranean < subterraneanpress.com/magazine>–William K. Schafer, ed. Winter 2014, free, quarterly. Online horror/dark fantasy magazine. This issue is guest edited by Jonathan Strahan and includes fiction by Eleanor Arnason, Greg Egan, Jeffrey Ford, Karen Joy Fowler, Frances Hardinge, Ellen Klages, K.J. Parker, and Bruce Sterling. Cover by Richard Anderson. Subscription: unavailable.

  Tor.com –Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Irene Gallo, Fritz Foy, Tom Doherty, Liz Gorinsky, et al., eds. January/February 2014, free online. Macmillan publishing house-site specializing in genre fiction. Each month Tor.com publishes free fiction and articles including original works, reprints, novel excerpts, and comics; rereads/re-watches of novels and television shows; an artist gallery; original reviews; articles and commentary; interviews; as well as providing a forum for the genre community. New material is posted throughout the month. January/February’s fiction posts include excerpts from works by Karen Traviss, Rosamund Hodge, Tim Lebbon, Rhiannon Held, Brandon Sanderson, Jessica Brody, Naomi Foyle, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Cecil Castellucci, David Edison, Charles De Lint & Charles Vess, Sophie Hannah, Marcel Theroux, Eric C. Leuthardt, Elspeth Cooper, Jenna Black, Lynne Matson, Marie Rutkoski, Sebastien de Castell, Michael de Larrabeiti, Jon Sprunk, Glen Cook, Seanan McGuire, Michael Rowe, Wayne Gladstone, Aaron Starmer, Shannon Hale, and Patricia Briggs; excerpts from graphic novels by Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew and Mark Siegel; and original short fiction by Charlie Jane Anders, Marie Rutkoski, Ken Liu, Judith Moffett, Marie Brennan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Maria Dahvana Headley.

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  BOOKS RECEIVED: JANUARY

  Compiled by Liza Groen Trombi & Carolyn Cushman. Please send all corrections to Carolyn Cushman c/o Locus. We will run all verified corrections.

  KEY: * = first edition + = first American edition.

  Adams, Douglas & Gareth Roberts Doctor Who: Shada (Ace 978-0-425-26116-3, $16.00, 397pp, tp) Reprint (BBC Books 2012) tie-in novel written by Roberts from the unfilmed scripts by Adams.

  Adrian, Lara Edge of Dawn (Random House/Dell 978-0-345-53262-6, $7.99, 367pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 2013) paranormal vampire romance novel, 11th in the Midnight Breed series. Adrian also writes as Tina St. John.

  * Andrews®, V.C. The Unwelcomed Child (Pocket 978-1-4516-5089-1, $7.99, 373pp, pb) Associational gothic novel about a girl raised by religious extremists who believe she is evil. A Gallery hardcover edition (978-1-4767-4102-6, $26.99) was announced but not seen; e-book also available. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.

  Anonymous, ed. After Moonrise (Harlequin/HQN 978-0-373-77822-5, $7.99, 339pp, pb) Reprint (HQN 2012) original anthology of two paranormal romance/mystery novellas about the After Moonrise detective agency: ‘‘Possessed’’ by P.C. Cast and ‘‘Haunted’’ by Gena Showalter.

  * Archer, Alex Rogue Angel: The Treasure of Lima (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62166-8, $6.99, 315pp, pb) Thriller with supernatural elements, 46th in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Joe Nassise.

  Arthur, Keri Circle of Fire (Random House/Dell 978-0-440-24655-8, 7.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Imajinn 2001) paranormal romance novel, book one in the Damask Circle series. E-book also available.

  * Axler, James Deathlands: Siren Song (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62624-3, $6.99, 315pp, pb) Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 114th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library. E-book also available.

  * Baggott, Julianna Burn (Grand Central 978-1-4555-0299-8, $26.00, 418pp, hc) Young adult/adult dystopian SF novel, the third in the Pure trilogy. The author also writes as Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. E-book also available.

  Barker, Clive Chiliad: A Meditation (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-595-6, $30.00, 91pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997 as part of Revelations edited by Douglas E. Winter) Two-part dark fantasy novella in the form of two linked stories taking place a thousand years apart. Illustrated by Jon Foster. A signed limited edition of 350 ($45.00) and traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($250.00) were announced but not seen; e-book also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; .

  Barnes, Jennifer Lynn Nobody (Egmont USA 978-1-60684-508-0, $9.99, 393pp, tp) Reprint (Egmont USA 2013, not seen) young-adult thriller with fantasy elements about teens no one notices turned into assassins. E-book also available.

  * Benefield, Ellen Dawn The Star of Jolanest (Benefield, Ellen Dawn 978-1-492795575, $8.78, 219pp, tp) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Weasel-phobic Jarby goes on a quest for treasure so he can marry a penniless barmaid. A print-on-demand edition. E-book also available.

  Beukes, Lauren The Shining Girls (Little, Brown/Mulholland Books 978-0-316-21686-9, $16.00, 368pp, tp) Reprint (Random House Struik South Africa 2013) horror/mystery novel about the search for a time-traveling serial killer.

  * Beyer, Kirsten Star Trek Voyager: Protectors (Pocket 978-1-4767-3854-3, $7.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Alan Dingman) Star Trek tie-in novel. Copyrighted by CBS Studios. E-book also available.

  Black, Jenna Watchers in the Night (Tor 978-0-7653-3800-6, $14.99, 332pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2006) vampire romance novel.

  * Bledsoe, Alex He Drank, and Saw the Spider (Tor 978-0-7653-3414-5, $24.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel, fifth in the Eddie LaCrosse series. Eddie stops to find out what happened to an infant he rescued 16 years before. E-book also available.

  Boomer, Clinton J. The Hole Behind Midnight (Broken Eye Books 978-1-940372-06-8, $17.99, 434pp, tp) Reprint (Lulu.com 2010) fantasy novel about the strange things that happen in the ‘‘25th hour’’ after midnight. Illustrated by Hugo Solis. A simultaneous hardcover edition (-05-1, $24.99) was announced but not seen; e-book also available. Broken Eye Books, .

  * Brennan, M.L. Iron Night (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-41841-8, $7.99, 305pp, pb) Urban fantasy novel, second in the Generation V series. E-book also available. Copyrighted by R.L. Murphy.

  Brennan, Marie A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (Tor 978-0-7653-7507-0, $15.99, 334pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) Reprint (Tor 2013) fantasy novel, ostensibly by Lady Trent, prominent dragon naturalist. Illustrated by Todd Lockwood.

  Briggs, Patricia Hunting Ground (Ace 978-0-425-26959-6, $26.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) Reprint (Ace 2009) fantasy novel, the second in the Alpha and Omega/Charles & Anna series, a spin-off of the Mercy Thompson series.

  Brody, Jessica Unremembered (Macmillan/Square Fish 978-1-250-04002-2, $9.99, 304pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2013) young-adult SF novel, the first book in the Unremembered series. This includes an added, unpaginated 30-page section with an interview, discussion questions, and two added stories: ‘‘Unstolen’’ and ‘‘The Memory Coder’’.

  * Brouwer, Sigmund Martyr’s Fire (Random House/WaterBrook Press 978-1-4000-7156-2, $7.99, 216pp, tp) Christian fantasy novel, third in the Merlin’s Immortals series. E-book also available.

  * Brown, Anne Greenwood Promise Bound (Random House/Delacorte 978-0-385-74383-9, $17.99, 353pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy romance novel, third in a series begun in Lies Beneath, about a family of murderous mermaids.

  * Brown, Pierce Red Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53978-6, $25.00, 382pp, hc) Dystopian SF novel, the first in a trilogy set on Mars, where a lowly Red discovers his caste has been deceived to make them slave for a future that already exists for the ruling classes. A first novel. E-book also available.

  Brust, Steven Sethra Lavode (Tor/Orb 978-0-7653-3478-7, $15.99, 351pp, tp
, cover by Eric Bowman) Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, third in the Viscount of Adrilanka trilogy, fifth in the series, prequel to the Vlad Taltos series, begun in Five Hundred Years After.

  * Cambias, James A Darkling Sea (Tor 978-0-7653-3627-9, $25.99, 352pp, hc, cover by Thom Tenery) SF novel. An accident threatens to set off war when scientists investigate the blind aliens living undersea on the planet Ilmatar. A first novel. E-book also available.

  * Carter, Lauren Swarm (Brindle & Glass 978-1-927366-20-2, $19.95, 279pp, tp, cover by Natalie Egnatchik) Near-future SF novel about a woman surviving after economic collapse. A first novel. E-book also available. Brindle & Glass, 103-1075 Pendergast Street, Victoria BC V8V 0A11, Canada; .

  * Cassidy, Dakota The Accidental Werewolf 2: Something About Harry (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-26865-0, $15.00, 322pp, tp) Paranormal romance novel in the Accidentally Paranormal series. E-book also available.

  Chadwick, Frank How Dark the World Becomes (Baen 978-1-4767-3626-6, $7.99, 422pp, pb, cover by David Seely) Reprint (Baen 2013) SF novel.

  * Charbonneau, Joelle Independent Study (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-547-95920-7, $17.99, 310pp, hc) Young-adult post-apocalyptic SF novel, the second book in the Testing series. E-book also available.

  * Check, S.A. Welcome to GreenGrass (Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 978-1-939065-50-6, $11.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Travis Anthony Soumis) Fantasy detective novel. Police detective John Traveller finds himself trapped in an alien city of magic and technology. A print-on-demand edition; e-book also available. Necro Publications, 5139 Maxon Terrace, Sanford FL 32771; .

  * Christopher, Adam Hang Wire (Angry Robot US 978-0-85766-317-7, $14.99, 373pp, tp, cover by Will Staehle) Fantasy novel about ancient gods, serial killings, and a circus. E-book also available.

  * Christopher, Nicholas The True Adventures of Nicoló Zen (Random House/Knopf/Borzoi 978-0-375-86738-5, $17.99, 271pp, hc, cover by Mark Owen) Young-adult historical fantasy about an orphaned teen with a magic clarinet in 1700s Venice. E-book also available.

 

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