Hatrack River Writers Workshop: e-zines for F&SF readers

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Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :

I wonder if there are some good e-zines out there that I'm missing. I know Duotrope can tell me about potential markets for my writing, but I'm interested in finding some decent e-zines in the F&SF genres to read.

Do you have a favourite online F&SF e-zine that regularly publishes short fiction? What's its URL? Why do you like it? How would you characterize its content? What do you like as a reader? IGMS? FFO? Polluto? Bewildering Stories? Strange Horizons? Baen's Universe? Ray Gun Revival? Other ...?

Curious,
Pat

Posted by tchernabyelo (Member # 2651) on :

Beneath Ceaseless Skies (http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/) published two fantasy stories, every other Thursday. The quality of the material so far has been excepeent and I can't recommend the site highly enough.

Abyss and Apex (http://www.abyssandapex.com/) publish four or five stories plus a flash or two, every quarter. More of a mix than BCS but with some very impressive work at times.

Author's disclaimer: I have sold work to both magazines, so I could be biased.

Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :

Good pointers both, tchernabyelo. Thanks.

Posted by steffenwolf (Member # 8250) on :

I'm curious if anyone else has any e-zine markets to add.

I second tchernabyelo's, particularly regarding BCS.

Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :

I'm little surprised there are no other replies.

Perhaps I didn't ask the question clearly.

Even if your favourite on-line publication is on the list I mentioned (IGMS, etc), it would be interesting to know which ones people like and why.

Or, I imagine there could be very few replies because either, like me, everyone buys mostly paper novels, short story mags and anthologies and reads little on-line, or those who do read on-line wish to avoid offending editors of on-line markets, some of whom contribute to Hatrack (and maybe more lurk, who knows).

Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :

Let me see if I can help.

I frequent FFO (of course), and it's the only ezine I read faithfully, but there are others--if you're not talking pro-sub markets--that are good for reading:

Shimmer, Pedestal and Chizine. That's it off the top of my head, for now.

Posted by baduizt (Member # 5804) on :

Well Polluto used to be available as a PDF download, and we'd always intended to have online content, but it's never really been an e-zine. We're a print zine, really. But thanks for mentioning us

I second ChiZine as an excellent example. Abyss & Apex is another good one, and they've recently gone pro too.