BIG PULP

Big Pulp is an online journal featuring genre fiction and artwork of all kinds.

We define “pulp fiction” very broadly – it’s lively, challenging, thought-provoking, thrilling, and fun, regardless of how many or how few genre elements are packed in. We don’t subscribe to the theory that genre fiction is disposable; in our opinion, a great deal of literary fiction could easily fall under one of our general categories.

Current issue features fiction by Barrie Darke, Rochelle Cashdan, Terrie Leigh Relf and others.

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JUPITER

Issue 26. October 2009

Features fiction from Edward Rodosek, David Conyers, Rosie Oliver and Will Styler. Cover artwork by Michael King.

http://www.jupitersf.co.uk/

ALBEDO ONE

Albedo One: Issue 37

This issue features an in-depth interview with renowned SF author Greg Egan and more informative and entertaining reviews from our columnists Juliet E. McKenna and David Conyers. Our cover this issue, entitled "Moon 13", is courtesy of the highly talented Christian Podgorski. The issue is packed full of the best fiction we can get our hands on, including "Safe" by Hugo Award-winning Robert Reed, an SF story that asks some rathe important ethical questions. The issue also includes the 2nd place winner of the Aeon Award 2008, "Aegis", by D. T. Neal. There is some very distinctive work by Sara Joan Berniker, who at long last returns to the pages of Albedo One, Gustavo Bondoni, Richard Alan Scott, with a highy entertaining mythical addition to the life of Bram Stoker, Gareth Stack, who's first published story here presents a very unsettling cross of SF and Horror, and T D Edge, who has given us what can only be described as a rip-roaring adventure, featuring a most notorious woman that some readers may already be familiar with!

http://www.albedo1.com/

ABANDONED TOWERS

Abandoned Towers is a unique magazine, which provides a wide range of high quality, enjoyable reading material, audio stories, video clips, and entertainment. Our online version provides a nice mixture of classic, public domain material and brand new, never before published material, with a sprinkling of enjoyable reprints thrown in for spice.

http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers/

SILVER BLADE

Quarterly journal of classic and modern fantasy stories, poetry, and serialized novellas.

Poetry
In the Labyrinth by Deborah Walker
Landing on Island 2 by Julie Kovacs

Short Stories
A Nighttime Business Arrangement by Scott M. Sandridge
Father's Sword by Christine Rains
In The Mirror by Therese Arkenberg
Last Laughter by Carolyn Kephart
Lonnie's Gold by Erin Fanning
Sea Storm's Castaway by Aubrie Dionne
The Changing of Magic by Michael C. Pennington
The Darkest Depths by Kristen Lee Knapp

Children's Fiction and Poetry
The Troll by Kellee Kranendonk
Barnacle Bill by DJ Barber
The Castle by Barry Sykes

Columns
Literary Fantasy & Horror Poetry, An Oxymoron? by John C. Mannone
Break the Block - Part 1 by Kellee Kranendonk

www.silverblade.net/

MIRROR DANCE

Autumn 2009 Issue of Mirror Dance.

Fiction by

Robert Keller

Sheena Williams

John Whitehouse

Heather Kuehl

Poetry by

Shelly Bryant

Sarah Wagner

Jess C Scott

An interview with D. Harlan Wilson

http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/

THE ABSENT WILLOW REVIEW

The Absent Willow Review is the world's fastest growing magazine featuring short fiction works of horror, fantasy, and science fiction.

New fiction from Richmond Weems, Simon West-Bulford, Jasmine Giacomo, Carl Rauscher and others.

http://www.absentwillowreview.com/

THE NAUTILUS ENGINE

Every three months the Nautilus Engine offers up a brand new issue filled with a terrific batch of stories from all walks of the imagination


A Cause for Celebration by Jameson T. Caine
As a global apocalypse looms, two generations of drinkers gather at a local watering hole to contemplate the end of the world.

A Place in the Dark by Brent L. Petretti
Walt Wesson, a bachelor for some 58 years, has finally succumbed to the charms of a local widower, and will do anything in his power to please her, even if it means facing his darkest nightmare.

The Moose in the Noosphere by Rob Hunter
Another family sedan whizzed by on the main road. Harry Joe Soctomah straightened up from snow shoveling to shout after it. "Hey, lady, you don't know what you're missing: a failed priest who can't keep it zipped and his sidekick, Dog with No Name."

Burn the Moon by Chris Castle
By the time he reached the top of the hills the city had ignited. There was no noise as it moved, no people screaming, no sounds at all. Just the sight of a silent city being scorched into ash.

Darren Grigsby Raises the Dead by Stephanie Manuzak
They were yelling and calling for the doctor. The ex-dead guy coughed. It didn't matter what he sang. He could probably sing in French, or Icelandic, or Bushman pops and clicks.

Lend Me Your Ears by Robert E. Porter
I offer this collection of documents as evidence of Mrs. George Hackenbush's connivance with blacklisted Hollywood producer Ronald Reagan against our Crusade Against Sexual Perversion.

Moon Dog by Nicholas J. Carter
It's a risk, buying a dog when you're drunk.
Every three months the Nautilus Engine offers up a brand new issue filled with a terrific batch of stories from all walks of the imagination

Nietzsche's Heaven by Adam Dunsby
"Yes, Mr. Lamb, we've found how to identify specific universes and yes, we can get you there!"

The Little Details by Philip Roberts
Be mindful of the deals you make, because eventually, the payment will always come due.

Tomorrow Has to be a Better Day by Jackie Paxton
A soap opera predicts the coming events in the life of Jon Wood. It has just predicted his death. Is there any hope for Jon?

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KINGS OF THE NIGHT

Kings of the Night is a free webzine designed to bring sword & Sorcery and Heroic Fantasy (in all its glorious venues) to fans, new and old.

The current issue contains:

"THWACK! The Last Arrow's Tale" by Peter J Welmerink
"Brock Strangebeard and the Towers of Matterkill" by Robert E. Keller
"The Crypt of the Cobra" by C. L. Werner
"The Fount" by G. W. Thomas
"The Huntsman's Pack" by David A. Hardy
"The Mark of Gennesh" by Jack Mackenzie
"The Obsidian City" by James Lecky

http://www.gwthomas.org/kingsofthenight.htm

RESIDENTIAL ALIENS

Headlining this month’s issue is Fred Warren’s excellent science fiction novelet, “Of All Things, Seen and Unseen,” based on the Rescue Sisters Universe created by Robert and Karina Fabian and featured in their anthologies, Infinite Space, Infinite God and Leaps of Faith. The stories in the anthologies are about a future order of Catholic nuns who provide search and rescue services to space workers and travelers throughout our solar system’s asteroid belt. “Of All Things” is a very imaginative and superbly written piece of speculative fiction.

Next up is “The Bee Stone,” a seemingly innocent little magical story by Jasmine Giacomo. This fantasy – told in the fairy-tale tradition – is more than a morality tale, so be careful.
Meghan McVey’s mystical Dune-esque science fiction novelet follows. “The Bottled City” is a stand-alone tale but feels like the first episode in an epic cycle of far-future Saharan stories. Maybe it will be.

One of the darker pieces ResAliens has published is Kristen Lee Knapp’s science fiction, “The Assassin, The Star, and The Steel-Faced Man.” This PG-13′ish tale is filled with intrigue, sexual tension, and betrayal. If you like gritty space thrillers, this is for you.

Finally, that subversive bit of fiction I was telling you about. Jeff Parish fuses fantasy, SF, and horror into a disturbingly humorous piece, “Where the Sun Don’t Shine.” Yes, that’s the title. It is an experiment in stretching the boundaries for ResAliens and isn’t particularly “spiritually themed” (as per my guidelines) but is intriguing, and speaks to the human experience of death in light of eternal truths.

www.resaliens.com