Stories arise from specific characters in specific circumstances--and some of the characters in this month's issue find themselves in challenging situations indeed. There's the lead singer of a somewhat over-the-hill classic rock band who falls under the police suspicion when a fan dies at a concert in Doug Allyn's "The Hate Tapes." Or Kenneth Wishnia's Kassy, a sixteenth-century apothecary who has been exiled from her native city of Prague and prohibited from practicing her craft for more than ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 46006 - Reading Time: 131-184 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Shane Tourtellotte has for some time been exploring, in his "First Impressions" series, the possible ramifications and ethical dilemmas that would be opened up by a technology that allows people to literally change their minds--or other people's. The obvious first applications would be in psychotherapy or criminal rehabilitation, but how far might the trend go? "Of One Mind," in our March issue, brings the series to its logical (and scary) conclusion. A great deal of human effort and activity ha... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 72548 - Reading Time: 207-290 min. Category: Science Fiction
Our February issue features a sprawling new novella by the award-winning Stephen Baxter, set in the same slightly shifted past of his Locus-award nominated novelette "The Ice War," which appeared in these pages in September of 2008. You don't have to be familiar with that story to enjoy "The Ice Line," which features some of the descendents of those august personalities as they deal with the oncoming threat of Napoleon's invading Grande Armée as it makes it way through England's interior.... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Ellery Queen for February includes new stories from Bill Pronzini, Kate Ellis, Peter Tremayne, Nancy Means Wright, and more--plus our annual tribute to Sherlock Holmes!
CONTENTS:
Novelette: FEAR NO MORE by Peter Tremayne
Novelette: A DARK REUNION by Kate Ellis
Novelette: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET THORN by Paul W. Nash
Novelette: FAMILY VALUES by Robert Barnard
Passport to Crime: HEARD AT ONE REMOVE by Nagaoka Hiroki
Reviews: BLOG BYTES by Bill Crider
Department of First Stories: SKYLE... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 60619 - Reading Time: 173-242 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 98114 - Reading Time: 280-392 min. Category: Fantasy
Our January/February double issue offers up twelve stories that span the justice system with judges, police officers, P.I.'s, and of course criminals all sharing the hot seat.
Three authors make their sophomore appearance this month. Alan Gratz returns with a Japanese ghost story set in the Shogun era in "Okiku and the Nine Plates." K. J. Egan brings us a second tale from the judges' chambers in "Midnight." And Janet E. Irvin returns with an unsettling story of what happens when a lonely retire... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 81223 - Reading Time: 232-324 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Our January issue is a holiday package done up with a deadly bow, from your favorite authors old and new. For historical fans, we have Margaret Maron's story about a high-spirited Roman girl whose position in her future husband's home is threatened if she can't solve a burglary ("Io, Saturnalia!"); for readers with a sense of whimsy, James Powell's annual holiday yarn shows the shady political career of Mr. S. Claus ("The Black Whatever"). Contemporary fans will enjoy Val McDermid's Dr. Tony Hil... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 60169 - Reading Time: 171-240 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Hugo and Nebula winner (not to mention NASA scientist) Geoffrey A. Landis returns, after too long an absence, with his latest hard SF story, "Marya and the Pirate." In it, we find a resourceful space-hijacker tangled up (for better and worse) with an innocent--though no less resourceful--crewwoman on the very ship he's trying to boost. Popular Coyote-series scribe Allen M. Steele recounts "The Jekyll Island Horror," a tale of an eldritch, well, horror from shores unknown menacing the coddled lan... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 63835 - Reading Time: 182-255 min. Category: Science Fiction
Our January/February 2010 "double" issue marks the 80th anniversary of this magazine, the oldest of its kind and still a leader in its field. We mark the occasion with a special essay by Ben Bova, the only being in the Universe (literally!) who progressed from being a regular reader of Astounding (as it was known for its first 30 years), to writing for it, then editing it (to wide acclaim), and then returned to being a writer and reader--so he has a genuinely unique perspective. And, of course, ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 123350 - Reading Time: 352-493 min. Category: Science Fiction
Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent." STORIES: DE PROFUNDIS--Al Robertson NONE HAD SHARP TEETH--Will Mcintosh THE LIKENESS--Lawrence Conquest SERVED COLD--Gary Couzens OFF WITH THE F... more info>>
Words: 57033 - Reading Time: 162-228 min. Category: Horror
Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent." STORIES: PIANO MAN--Christopher Fowler THE CHAIR--Gary McMahon WASHER WOMAN--Scott Lambridis VIC--Maura McHugh BECAUSE YOUR BLOOD IS DARKER THAN... more info>>
Words: 61062 - Reading Time: 174-244 min. Category: Horror
Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>
Words: 58030 - Reading Time: 165-232 min. Category: Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 93142 - Reading Time: 266-372 min. Category: Fantasy
Mexico, India, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, are just a few of the places where the December issue finds charming thieves, wily con artists, and murderous moneymen. The Chevalier Remy descends into the depths of the seventeenth century Parisian underworld in R. T. Lawton's "Boudin Noir." A slave called Colm in ancient Iceland proves to be calm and quick thinking in the midst of murderous passions in Mike Culpepper's "The Trollfarm Killing." In Iain Rowain's eerie story "Nowhere To Go," a homebound ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 46834 - Reading Time: 133-187 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Our December issue is here, and it's our favorite time of year: Time for you to send us your 2009 Readers Award ballots, and tell us which of the year's stories you liked best! Before making your choices, be sure to read this last issue of 2009. See mysteries unfold by paper trail, first in a series of letters to an old school chum, in Richard A. Lupoff's "Patterns," then in a teenager's journal washed up on the Jersey shore, in David Dean, "Erin's Journal." Catch a glimpse of a criminal: a neig... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 61401 - Reading Time: 175-245 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Stories both sweet and savory await you in our piquant December issue--and something for almost every taste. The more sophisticated palates among us often prefer both flavors intertwined, and Brian Stableford posits, in his newest novelette for us, that "Some Like It Hot." Don't fear--there will be no sign of either Tony Curtis or Jack Lemmon dressed as not-so-lovely ladies (and sadly no sign of Marilyn, either), but, instead, we offer a sophisticated fictional treatise on the future of commerci... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 65834 - Reading Time: 188-263 min. Category: Science Fiction
David A. Hardy's spectacular December cover illustrates a story as hard to capture in a single image as it was to imagine in the first place: "Formidable Caress," the latest of Stephen Baxter's "Tales of Old Earth." Old Earth, you may remember (though you don't have to) is a most peculiar place where time is layered, running at different rates at different altitudes. That's what makes it possible to experience a drama on such a colossal scale that it would at first seem intrinsically beyond the ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 73708 - Reading Time: 210-294 min. Category: Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 122162 - Reading Time: 349-488 min. Category: Fantasy
Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>
Words: 56932 - Reading Time: 162-227 min. Category: Science Fiction
Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>
Words: 55956 - Reading Time: 159-223 min. Category: Science Fiction
It's awards season in mysterydom, and we have several authors to congratulate. Jane K. Cleland's "Killing Time" (November 2008), featuring antiques dealer Josie Prescott, was a finalist for the Best Short Story Agatha Award at the Malice Domestic convention in May, and is currently a finalist for the Anthony Award for best story; the Anthonys will be presented at the 40th Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis in October.
Several other awards are also announced during Bouchercon: t... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 47998 - Reading Time: 137-191 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Our November issue features a dramatic cover by an old Analog favorite, Vincent Di Fate, for a two-part serial by G. David Nordley, To Climb a Flat Mountain. If you're marooned in an unfamiliar environment, obviously the first order of business is survival, which is even more of a challenge if, the more you learn about where you are, the less sense your surroundings make. The world Nordley has created here is one that shouldn't even exist, but he's done his usual admirable job of making it belie... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 71420 - Reading Time: 204-285 min. Category: Science Fiction
Stories from Clark Howard, Doug Allyn, Lee Goldberg, Marjorie Eccles, and more....
CONTENTS
Fiction: WHITE by Clark Howard
Reviews: THE JURY BOX by Jon L. Breen
Reviews: BLOG BYTES by Bill Crider
Novelette: THE CANDY-FACTORY GIRLS by Tessa de Loo
Novelette: FAMOUS LAST WORDS by Doug Allyn
Department of First Stories: A FELLOW OF INFINITE JEST by Nina Mansfield
Novelette: THE CASE OF THE PISS-POOR GOLD by Lee Goldberg
Novelette: HOMEWORK by Phil Lovesey
Black Mask: WHAMMER JAMMER by Mar... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 59973 - Reading Time: 171-239 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
No room here to be clever about our fabulous October/November double issue, so let�s begin: Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore contribute a literary tale of loss and personal redemption amidst the curious life cycle of an insect known as the "Blood Dauber"; Heather Lindsley, making her Asimov�s debut, tells of the troubles experienced by time-traveling wage-slaves who answer the eternal question of just "Where the Time Goes"; R. Garcia y Robertson returns to his Burroughs-inspired milieu for a j... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 110326 - Reading Time: 315-441 min. Category: Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 90322 - Reading Time: 258-361 min. Category: Fantasy
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Stories arise from specific characters in specific circumstances--and some of the characters in this month's issue find themselves in challenging situations indeed. There's the lead singer of a somewhat over-the-hill classic rock band who falls under the police suspicion when a fan dies at a concert in Doug Allyn's "The Hate Tapes." Or Kenneth Wishnia's Kassy, a sixteenth-century apothecary who has been exiled from her native city of Prague and prohibited from practicing her craft for more than ... 
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... 
