The contents of Interzone #246 (with Cover Art by Jim Burns) have been posted:
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The contents of Interzone #245 (with Cover Art by Jim Burns) have been posted:
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The contents of Interzone #243 (with Cover Art by Jim Burns) have been posted:
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The contents of Interzone #243 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:
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The contents of Interzone #242 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:

Fiction

• “Wonder” by Debbie Urbanski (illustrated by Richard Wagner)
• “The Message” by Ken Liu (illustrated by Mark Pexton )
• “Needlepoint” by Priya Sharma (illustrated by Martin Hanford)
• “Beyond the Light Cone” by C.W. Johnson (illustrated by Richard Wagner )
• “The Remembered” by Karl Bunker (illustrated by Richard Wagner)
• “Strigoi” by Lavie Tidhar (illustrated by Warwick Fraser-Coombe)

Features

• Ansible Link by David Langford – news and obituaries
• Book Zone by Jim Steel, Juliet E. McKenna, Jack Deighton, John Howard, Ian Hunter, Stephen Theaker, Nathaniel Tapley, Andy Hedgecock, Peter Loftus, Ian Sales, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Duncan Lunan, Peter Tennant – book reviews
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe – film reviews
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee – DVD and Blu-ray reviews

The contents of Interzone #241 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:

Fiction

• “Steamgothic” by Sean McMullen (illustrated by Jim Burns)
• “Ship’s Brother” by Aliette de Bodard (illustrated by Joe Burns)
• “One Day in Time City” by David Ira Cleary (illustrated by Richard Wagner)
• “Railroad Angel” by Gareth L. Powell
• “Invocation of the Lurker” by C.J. Paget (illustrated by Dave Senecal)

Features

• Ansible Link by David Langford – news and obituaries
• Book Zone by Jim Steel, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Paul F. Cockburn, Elaine Gallagher, Ian Hunter, Peter Loftus, Lawrence Osborn, Iain Emsley, Jack Deighton – Book reviews
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe – film reviews
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee – DVD and Blu-ray reviews

The contents of Interzone #240 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:

Fiction:

• “Beasts” by Elizabeth Bourne
• “The Indignity of Rain” by Lavie Tidhar
• “Seeking Captain Random” by Vylar Kaftan
• “Bloodcloth” by Ray Cluley
• “A Body Without Fur” by Tracie Welser

Features:

• Ansible Link by David Langford – news and obituaries
• Book Zone by Jim Steel, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Stephen Theaker, Paul F. Cockburn, Elaine Gallagher, Ian Hunter, Jack Deighton, John Howard – book reviews
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe – film reviews
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee – DVD and Blu-ray reviews

The contents of Interzone #239 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:

Fiction:

• “Twember” by Steve Rasnic Tem
• “Lips and Teeth” by Jon Wallace
• “Tangerine, Nectarine, Clementine, Apocalypse” by Suzanne Palmer
• “Bound in Place” by Jacob A. Boyd
• “Railriders” by Matthew Cook
• “One-Way Ticket” by Nigel Brown

Features:

• Ansible Link by David Langford
• Book Zone by Jim Steel, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Juliet E. McKenna, Nathaniel Tapley, Lawrence Osborn, Stephen Theaker, Paul F. Cockburn, Lara Buckerton, Elaine Gallagher – book reviews
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe – film reviews
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee – DVD and Blu-ray reviews
• Readers’ Poll

The contents of Interzone #238 (with Cover Art by Ben Baldwin) have been posted:

Fiction:

• “Fata Morgana” by Ray Cluley
• “Fearful Symmetry” by Tyler Keevil
• “God of the Gaps” by Carole Johnstone
• “The Complex” by E.J. Swift

Features:

• Ansible Link by David Langford
• Book Zone by Jim Steel, Paul Kincaid, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Paul F. Cockburn, Lawrence Osborn, John Howard, Alan Fraser, Ian Sales, Andy Hedgecock, Tony Lee, Ian Hunter – book reviews
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe – film reviews
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee – DVD and Blu-ray reviews
• Readers’ Poll

The contents of Interzone #227 have been posted:

Stories

• “The History of Poly-V” by Jon Ingold
• “Dance of the Kawkawroons” by Mercurio D. Rivera
• “Chimbwi” by Jim Hawkins
• “Flying in the Face of God” by Nina Allan
• “Johnny’s New Job” by Chris Beckett
• “The Glare and the Glow” by Steve Rasnic Tem

Features

• Guest Editorial by Chris Beckett
• Ansible Link by David Langford
• BookZone by Jim Steel and the team
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe

The contents of Interzone #226 have been posted:

Stories

• “Into the Depths of Illuminated Seas” by Jason Sanford
• “Hibakusha” by Tyler Keevil
• “In the Harsh Glow of its Incandescent Beauty” by Mercurio D. Rivera
• “Human Error” by Jay Lake
• “Again and Again and Again” by Rachel Swirsky
• “Aquestria” by Stephen Gaskell

Features

• Ansible Link by David Langford
• BookZone by Jim Steel and the team
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe

The cover art is the first part of six connected images by Warwick Fraser-Coombe which at the end of the year will form a new, much larger image.

MY RATING:

The latest issue of Interzone (#225) offers a wide variety of stories catering to many tastes. You’ll get stories about superheroes, other dimensions, sky pirates, underground monsters, and witches. This variety naturally leaves open the possibility that not every story will be to a particular reader’s preferences. So it was with me. The longest story in the issue (“Bone Island” by Shannon Page & Jay Lake) was ultimately the kind of fantasy that is simply not my cup of tea. Other stories ranged from mediocrity to excellence – the latter provided by the one standout story in this issue: Colin Harvey’s “The Killing Streets”. This helped balance things a bit, resulting in a decent issue overall.

Following are my reviewlettes of the stories contained in this issue…which also contains several other non-fiction articles and features to round it out.

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The contents of Interzone #225 (Cover art by Adam Tredowski) have been posted:

Stories

• “Here We Are, Falling Through Shadows” by Jason Sanford
• “By Starlight” by Rebecca J. Payne
• “The Killing Streets” by Colin Harvey
• “Funny Pages” by Lavie Tidhar
• “Bone Island” by Shannon Page & Jay Lake

Features

• Ansible Link by David Langford
• BookZone by Jim Steel and the team
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe

MY RATING:

It’s easy to forget that the numerous “Year’s Best” anthologies don’t paint the whole picture in terms of what’s getting published. The stories have to come from somewhere, right? One of those places in Interzone magazine, now up to issue #224 and under the Editorial leadership of Andy Cox and Andy Hedgecock.

This is the first issue of Interzone I’ve read [smacks self on head] and I’m surprised by how strong an issue this is — surprised because an average anthology is not usually this good. Why? The quality of fiction is subjective, of course, and some stories are thus less entertaining — this is the nature of the anthology, or any collection of stories. That’s not a bad thing, mind you. Such variety is useful in expanding reading boundaries. What’s remarkable is that this particular collection of stories tickles my brain in all the right ways.

Following are my reviewlettes of the stories contained in this issue…which also contains several other articles and features to round it out.

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The contents of Interzone #224 (Cover art by Adam Tredowski) have been posted:

Stories

• “Sublimation Angels” by Jason Sanford (Novella)
• “No Longer You” by Katherine Sparrow & Rachel Swirsky
• “Shucked” by Adrian Joyce
• “The Godfall’s Chemsong” by Jeremiah Tolbert
• “The Festival of Tethselem” by Chris Butler

Features

• Ansible Link by David Langford
• BookZone by Jim Steel and the team
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe

The contents of Interzone #223 (Cover art by Adam Tredowski) have been posted:

Stories

• “Butterfly Bomb” by Dominic Green
• “Coat of Many Colours” by Dominic Green
• “Glister” by Dominic Green
• “The Transmigration of Aishwarya Desai” by Eric Gregory
• “Silence and Roses” by Suzanne Palmer

Features

• Magpies and Ravens – Dominic Green interviewed by Andrew Hedgecock
• Ansible Link by David Langford
• BookZone by Jim Steel and the team
• Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
• Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe