Interzone #269, March/April 2017
Stories this issue from Steve Rasnic Tem, Sean McMullen, Tim Akers, Christien Gholson, and Richard E. Gropp.
Interzone #268, January/February 2017
Stories this issue from Julie C. Day, Christien Gholson, Michael Reid, Mel Kassel, Val Nolan, and T.R. Napper.
Interzone #267, November/December 2017
Stories this issue from Harmony Neal, Ryan Row, Sarah Brooks, Rich Larson, Samantha Henderson, and David Cleden.
Interzone #266, September/October 2016
Stories this issue from Tade Thompson, Georgina Bruce, Ray Cluley, Aliya Whiteley, and Malcolm Devlin.
Interzone #265, July/August 2016
Stories this issue by John Schoffstall, Dan Reade, Suzanne Palmer, Ken Hinckley, Andrew Kozma, and Robert Reed.
Interzone #264, May/June 2016
Stories this issue by Tyler Keevil, Malcolm Devlin, James Van Pelt, Rich Larson, and Gwendolyn Kiste.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2017
Stories this issue from : Richard Chwedyk, Robert Grossbach, Matthew Hughes, Albert E. Cowdrey, Arundhati Hazra, Cat Hellisen, James Sallis, Eleanor Arnason.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2017
Stories this issue from : Rachel Pollack, Nina Kirika Hoffman, Rick Norwood, Robert Reed, Rich Larson, Wole Talabi, Gregor Hartmann, Debbie Urbanski, Monica Byrne, Marc Laidlaw.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2016
Stories from Esther M. Friesner, Albert E. Cowdrey, Lilliam Rivera, Matthew Hughes, Gardner Dozois, Minsoo Kang, Kurt Fawver, Charlotte Ashley, Robert Reed, James Beamon, Sandra McDonald.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2016
Special David Gerrold issue, with a couple of stories from him, and stories from others including Sarah Pinsker, Peter S. Beagle, Leah Cypess, Ian Creasey, Geoff Ryman.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2016.
Stories from Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, David Gerrold, Gregor Hartmann, Dominica Phetteplace, Oliver Buckram, K.B. Rylander, Bruce McAllister, Betsy Phillips. Reviews underway.
Interzone #263, March/April 2016
Stories by Alexander Marsh Freed, Christopher Fowler, Michelle Ann King, Jeffrey Thomas, Rich Larson, E. Catherine Tobler.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2016.
Fiction this issue from Pat MacEwen, Charlotte Ashley, Brian Trent, Albert E. Cowdrey, William Leadbetter, Ted Kosmatka, Rich Larson, Allora & Calzadilla and Ted Chiang, Joseph Tomares, Susan Palwick, Yukimi Ogawa. Reviews underway.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2016
Stories by John P. Murphy, Marc Laidlaw, Cat Rambo, Juliette Wade and Sheila Finch, Sarina Dorie, Nancy Kress, Justin Barbeau, Chris De Vito, N.J. Schrock, James L. Cambias. Nothing in the issue really grabbed me.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2016
Three SF stories set on Mars start the issue, other good SF, and Raffalon and Jimmie and Morrie return to grace the F&SF pages.
Interzone #262, Jan-Feb 2016
Fiction by Mercurio D. Rivera, Rahul Kanakia, Carole Johnstone, T.R. Napper, Philip A. Suggars, and Ian Sales. Cover art by Vincent Sammy.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2015
Scholz, Kritzer, and Birnbach the pick of the issue for me.
Interzone #261, November/December 2015
Stories by Gary Gibson, Julie C. Day, Greg Kurzawa, Rich Larson, Malcolm Devlin, and Ken Altabef.
Asimovs December 2015
A strong issue with good stories from vets like Greg Egan and Robert Reed, as well as the newer writers.
Asimovs October/November 2015
Strong stories by Small, McDonald and Wilber..
Interzone #260 (September/October 2015)
I’m a bit behind with my Interzone reading… Stories this issue by John Shirley, Jeff Noon, Priya Sharma, C.A. Hawksmoor, Christien Gholson
Interzone #259 July/August 2015
A reasonable collection of stories, but nothing to really write home about.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2015
Some excellent stories within – a strong issue.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2015
Muir, Van Aaron Hughes, and Chwedyk the pick of the ish for me.
Asimovs September 2015
Stories from Brenda Cooper, Sean Monaghan, Jim Grimsley, Jason Sanford, Sam J. Miller, Vylar Kaftan, Peter Wood, with Miller and Sanford the pick of the issue for me.
Asimov’s August 2015
A strong issue with lots of stories to like.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2015
Some strong stories in the issue, with David Gerrold the pick of the bunch.
Asimovs, July 2015.
Several good stories, with Derek Kunsken the pick of the ish for me.
Asimovs June 2015
Wexler, Naylor and Das the pick of the issue for me.
Interzone #258, May-Jun 2015
Napper and Stufflebeam the pick of the issue for me.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2015
An especially strong issues with Bao Shu a particular standout.
Asimovs April/May 2015
There’s a lot in this double issue, although the more substantial stories don’t quite do it for me.
Interzone #257, March-April 2015
Stories by Alastair Reynolds, Fazslishah Johanabas, Rich Larson, Tendai Huchu, and Aliya Whiteley. Reynolds the pick of the issue.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January/February 2015
Dale Bailey and Eric Schwitzgabel the pick of the bunch for me.
Asimovs March 2015
Suzanne Palmer starts the issue off with a strong story (overcoming the handicap of not having the first page of the story printed!)
Interzone #256 Jan-Feb 2015
Stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflbeam, T.R. Napper, Neil Williamson, Pandora Hope, Christien Gholson. Cover by Martin Hanford. Napper and Williamson the pick of the bunch for me.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November/December 2014
Stories by Rand B. Lee (the pick of the issue for me), Michael Libling, Paul Di Filippo, Albert E. Cowdrey, Tim Sullivan, Justin Barbeau, Scott Baker, KJ Kabza, David Gerrold. Cover by Mondolithic Studios.
Asimovs. February 2015.
Stories by Nick Wolven, Eneasz Brodski, and Derek Kunsken the pick for me.
Asimovs. January 2015.
The opening story from Rowe ends just when it’s getting going, and apart from that, only O’Connell provides anything that rises above the distinctly average.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2014
Slightly more lighter stories than the norm, making the issue a gentle read. The Reed story was OK, but not up there with his Great Ship stories, and the one SF story didn’t really gr
Interzone #255 (Nov/Dec 2014)
Stories by E. Catherine Tobler, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, Tom Greene, Malcolm Devlin, Tim Major, R.M. Graves, Thana Niveau, with Devlin the pick of the ish for me.
Asimovs December 2014
Robert Reed and Tim Sullivan bookend the issue with some strong SF.
Interzone #254 (Sep-Oct 2014)
Some well-crafted stories, but an issue that feels just a little light on the fiction, with four short stories and novelettes that aren’t quite as substantial as you might like
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2014
Guest Editor C.C. Finlay, and stories from Charlie Jane Anders, Paul M. Berger, David Erik Nelson, Sarina Dorie, Dinesh Rao, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Annalee Flower Horne, Sandra McDonald, Cat Hellisen, Ian Tregillis.
Asimovs October/November 2014
Not the strongest Asimovs double-issue – Sellar, Bailey, DuBois tickling this reader’s fancy more than the bigger names (Kelly, Rusch, Steele).
Interzone #253 (Jul-Aug 2014)
Cover by Wayne Haag. Stories by James van Pelt, E. Catherine Tobler, Andrew Hook, Neil Williamson, Caren Gussoff, several excellent.
Asimovs September 2014
Onyebuchi and Palwick the pick of the issue for me.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2014
Boyer’s Bartleby the Scavenger a strong story that kept me engrossed, but the rest of the issue much less so.
Asimovs August 2014
Pinsker and O’Connell leave the best of the issue to last.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2014.
Clearly something is wrong with the time-space continuum as there’s way too much content to fit into even 250-odd pages, and it must be something to do with superdense dark matter that has meant I’ve been reading the issue since April. And there’s some excellent stories in the issue.
Interzone #252 (May-Jun 2014)
Katherine E.K. Duckett’s plastinated mortuaries the pick of the issue for me.
Asimovs July 2014
Stories by Reed, Jablokov and McDonald the pick of the bunch for me.
Asimovs June 2014
Book-ended by stories at the beginning and end of the volume which I enjoyed, but with the rest of the issue not doing as much for me.
Interzone #251 (Mar-Apr 2014)
Karl Bunker and Suzanne Palmer provide a brace of strong SF stories.
Asimovs April/May 2014
Double issue with names Big and Little, and William Preston, Michael Swanwick and Joe M. McDermott the pick of the issue.
Interzone #250 (Jan-Feb 2014)
A landmark issue with a stunning cover and stories from Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, David Tallerman, C. Allegra Hawksmoor, Rebecca Campbell, Greg Kurzawa, Caroline M. Yoachim, and Georgine Bruce, with the first two offering the strongest stories.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2014
Cover by way of tribute to the late Ed Valigursky. Pick of the stories this month from Andy Stewart, C.C. Finlay, Seth Chambers, Alex Irvine.
Asimovs March 2014
Not a particularly strong issue, with only the Cat Rambo likely to stick in the mind.
Interzone #249 (Nov-Dec 2013)
Stories this issue by Tim Lees, Jason Sanford, Lavie Tidhar, Claire Humphrey, John Shirley, and Sarah Brooks, and all of them good ones.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2013
Striking cover by ‘Modolithic Studios’ and strongest stories in a strong issue from Michael Blumlein and M.K. Hobson.
Asimovs. February 2014.
A strong issue with Maurice Broaddus, Maggie Shen King, and Sarah Pinsker my picks.
Asimovs. January 2014.
Stories this month from : de Bodard, Collins, Kress, McHugh, Jablonksy, Tem, with Collins and Jablonsky the pick of the bunch.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sept/Oct 2013
Not an issue with a standout story for this reader, but entertaining enough.
Interzone #248 (Sep-Oct 2013)
Stories by Carole Johnstone, James Van Pelt, Sean McMullen, Greg Kurzawa, Ken Altabef, with Johnstone the pick of the bunch sf-wise.
Asimovs. December 2013.
After a couple of weak opening stories, the issue gathers momentum to become an excellent final issue for 2013. Shame about the cover.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July-Aug 2013
Altabef and Campion the pick of the issue for me.
Asimovs. October/November 2013.
A bumper double-issue offering ‘a mix of terrifying chills and SF thrills’ : exactly what you want on a muggy mid-August evening. Gregory Frost and Igor Teper the pick of an otherwise average bunch for me..
Interzone #247, Jul-Aug 2013.
Most of the stories provide something just a little different, to engage the reader, with Johnson and Suggars the pick of the bunch for me.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2013
Excellent value for money!
Interzone #246 May-June 2013
Stories by Steven J. Dines, Jess Hyslop, Nigel Brown, Aliette de Bodard, Priya Sharma, Lavie Tidhar, Georgina Bruce, Shannon Fay.
Asimovs September 2013
Drop-dead gorgeous cover by Kinuko Craft, and the pick of the stories from Ian R. MacLeod and Benjamin Crowell.
Asimovs August 2013
Stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Gwendolyn Clare, Jack Skillingstead, Gregory Norman Bossert, Leah Thomas, all good ones.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2013.
Wowza, an issue bulging with 10 stories, with pretty much something for everyone. Van Aaron Hughes and Albert E. Cowdrey being my picks.
Interzone #245, Mar-Apr 2013
Stories by Melanie Tem, Damien Walters Grintalis, Chris Butler, Antony Mann, Carlos Hernandez. Cover by Jim Burns. A so-so issue, light on SF.
Asimovs. July 2013
Vaughn, Rucker and Di Filippo, Schwartz, and Rick Wilber the pick of the issue.
Asimovs June 2013
Stories by Robert Reed, G. David Nordley, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Eric Del Carlo, Megan Arkenberg. A fairly weak issue, truth be told, with Reed taking up a lot of space, but to slightly less than usual effect.
Asimovs. April/May 2013.
A bit of a curate’s egg of an issue – good in parts, less so in others – stories by Neal Asher, Joel Richards, Colin P. Davies, Alan Wall, Tom Purdon, Linda Nagata, Karl Bunker, Naomi Kritzer, Leah Cypess, Ken Liu.
Asimovs. September 2012.
Stories by William Preston, Dale Bailey, Robert Reed, Chris Willrich, Matthew Johnson, Suzanne Palmer.
Asimovs. October/November 2012.
Wowza – a double issue that’s an issue and a half – enough excellent SF to keep everyone happy.
Interzone #244 Jan-Feb 2013
Fiction this month from Lavie Tidhar, Helen Jackson, George Zebrowski, Guy Haley, Jim Hawkins, Tracie Welser. Cover art by Jim Burns.