New Reviews

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008

P.E.Cunningham’s “Monkey See” in the June, 2008, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a lighthearted heroic fantasy tale, complete with wizards, magic, and of course, a talking sword. Ji is a Zhindi warrior. Whilst investigating a potential threat to the Emperor, she arrives at an apparently abandoned village, only to find [...]

Words Written Backwards by Gemma Files

Gemma Files writes dirty, which in her deft hands is a good thing. She’s the author of two collections, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, which saw her charting a similar gothic, transgendered, human/monster terrain as that explored in the work of writers like Caitlin R. Kiernan and Poppy Z. Brite. Which is [...]

Warrior Wisewoman, edited by Roby James

In the introduction to Warrior Wisewoman, editor Roby James explains that the anthology is meant to offer stories with strong female protagonists—not characters that could as easily be male as female, but strong women, whose gender informs their actions but does not define them. It seeks to show women protagonists who are both strong and [...]

New Articles

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• An Interview with Mike Dolan

  This month, Elastic Press will release two short story collections. One of those is Another Santana Morning by Mike Dolan, a revamped version of Mike's original Santana Morning, released in 1970. Here, Mike tells us what he has been up to since then and talks about the sad fate of that original collection. (more...)

• Flickers on the Wall: Needing a Little Zombie Love

  My Blood again is rushing I feel I might be blushing My face is turning red I have never felt so un-undead In the world of independent short film, no critter pops up its nasty little head more than the zombie. I'm being too conservative. Forget creature films; my completely unreliable survey (I asked me) shows there are more zombie movies in the low budget world than any other type, even those involving people chatting at a coffee house. It makes sense. Zombies are cheap monsters to design and even cheaper to film. A bit of gray makeup, some ketchup, and an inexpensive camera and away you go. You don't even have to worry about keeping your subjects in frame. Of course, most of these flicks aren't as fresh as their subject matter, but now and again an adequate tale slips through, and far less often, something really remarkable appears. (more...)

• Audiobook Fix: Novellas from Audible Frontiers

  As I've watched audiobooks climb in popularity over the past several years, I've wondered why short fiction hasn't caught on more with listeners. Not short stories, generally, but rather novelettes and novellas, which, in my opinion, is where a lot of the best science fiction lives. On audio, most novelettes and novellas end up between ninety minutes and four hours long. Select carefully from the untapped wealth that is the collection of science fiction available at this length, ensure that a great narrator does the reading, and what you've got is the perfect product for today's commuter; short enough to be enjoyed in a sitting or two, at least as satisfying as a movie, and no need for the word "abridgment." Why aren't they doing this? (more...)

• An Interview with Samantha Henderson

  For the past few years, Samantha Henderson’s short fiction and poetry has appeared in such publications as Clarkesworld, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, and Lone Star Stories, to name just a few. She has lived in England, South Africa, Illinois, Oregon, and California, and she loves corgis. Sam now lives in Covina, California, with her family, working as a church office coordinator in between writing things on napkins. I’ve always thought of Sam as a skillful, poignant writer and a consummate professional of our field, and I’m very pleased that she agreed to be interviewed for The Fix. (more...)