The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

28/08/2023

"F&SF recently accepted a story by a writer whose background, when we learned of it, turned out to be a cause for concern. We will not be publishing that story.

I stand by my editor’s integrity, leadership, and vision for F&SF.

Apologies to everyone who has been disappointed. We strive to do our best and will continue to do so. Thank you to those folks who have supported us."

---Gordon Van Gelder
Publisher, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

09/08/2023

Sightings of the recent July/August 2023 issue and a new review from Andrew Weston of Amazing Stories. Enjoy!

https://amazingstories.com/2023/06/review-the-magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction-jul-aug-2023/

06/06/2023

Exciting news today! Congratulations to Innocent Chizaram Ilo whose story, "The City and the Thing Beneath It" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2022) is a 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist for the Year's Best Science Fiction. 💫🪐 Congrats to all the Finalists!

https://sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-award

02/05/2023

Enjoy this recent review of the new MAY/JUNE 2023 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from AMAZING STORIES by Andrew Weston:

"If you’re looking for a truly spectacular blend of ancient history and far-future adventure, then look no further. This issue has whales that sing directly to the stars; tips of the hat to Lord of the Rings; revenge-seeking mummies; AIs that threaten to make humans redundant in just about every aspect of life; and dingy drinking holes on even dingier moons in which to make new besties."

https://amazingstories.com/2023/04/review-the-magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction-may-jun-2023/

If you’re looking for a truly spectacular blend of ancient history and far-future adventure, then look no further. This issue has whales that sing

02/05/2023

Congratulations to Ai Jiang whose The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction short story, "Give Me English" (May/June 2022) is a 2023 LOCUS Award Finalist for the Year's Best Short Story! Congratulations also to the F&SF team for also being named a Finalist in the Best Magazine and Editor categories. Winners will be announced at the in-person and virtual awards ceremony at the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in Oakland, California on June 24, 2023. To see the full lists of finalists, visit:

https://locusmag.com/2023/04/2023-locus-awards-top-ten-finalists-2/

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2023 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an o…

01/02/2023

Good news! We are so grateful and have much to celebrate! Congrats to the nine original novellas, novelettes, stories, & F&SF reprints that are featured in the 2023 Locus Magazine
Recommended Reading List. What an honor!

NOVELLAS

“The Cottage in Omena”, Charles Andrew Oberndorf (F&SF 9-10/22)

NOVELETTES (2)

“Optimist Cleaver’s Last Transmission”, J.C. Hsyu (F&SF11-12/22)

“The Epic of Qu-Sh*ttu”, Tobi Ogundiran (F&SF 3-4/22) - And congrats on his AFRICA RISEN anthology story being featured in "LeVar Burton Reads..."!

SHORT STORIES (4)

“The Voice of a Thousand Years”, Fawaz Al-Matrouk (F&SF 5-6/22)

“The City and the Thing Beneath It”, Innocent Chizaram Ilo (F&SF 1-2/22)

“Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5-6/22)

“Iconophobe”, Sam J. Miller (F&SF11-12/22)

REPRINTS (2 stories in 1 anthology)

The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 1, Paula Guran (Pyr) featuring:

• James Enge, “Drunkard’s Walk (F&SF 5-6)
• Karen Joy Fowler, “The Piper” (F&SF 1-2)

https://locusmag.com/2023/02/2022-recommended-reading-list/

  Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List! We are so pleased to share this list of excellent fiction! Published in Locus magazine’s February 2023 issue, the list is assembled by L…

01/02/2023

2023 feels like its moving faster than the speed of light! I hope your holiday was peaceful and restful and that the new year is treating you all gently. There is some good news for the magazine, but I'll save that for another post. This is my twelfth issue as the editor of F&SF, and I am honored to continue this new journey with such wonderful writers and readers!

The new stories, poems, and voices for the January/February 2023 issue are exciting, original, and memorable, and I'm thrilled to share them with you, especially with Kent Bash's vibrant, retro spacey cover that made me smile when I first saw it.

Thank you for your kind letters and other reading recommendations, as well as your thoughts on my Sun Ra editorial. I didn't realize so many of you shared love for the Arkestra's music. Some fellow David Bowie fans reached out as well, and that has been a treat. Let me know if you pick up any of the works that are discussed in our Curiosities columns, as that's an in-house favorite, and it would be great to know what you discovered in reading these unusual works that may have escaped your radar over the years. And of course, our columnists appreciate any feedback you care to share, as they work very hard on creating original, interesting content for each issue.

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All best,
Sheree Renée Thomas

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THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023 - 74th Year of Publication

Sheree Renée Thomas, Editor
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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09/11/2022

Dear readers,

We're on my eleventh issue, November/December 2022, and I'm excited about these new stories, poems, columns, and art! Some are beloved icons and others are exciting lights, making their F&SF debut. We have another cool cover by Mondolithic Studio that illustrates Cyberpunk pioneer John Shirley's cover story, "Sacrificial Drones" and the new humor contest winners are announced in this issue. This issue's theme explores the darkness and the light of the new season and, yes, there is a holiday tale that I hope will make you smile.

Thank you all so much for your continued support, and many thanks to the wonderful F&SF team! They all live very full lives and yet each comes to share their love and appreciation of the magazine by giving it their time and great care. No small gift, thank you!

May the new season bring you all a lot of rest and joy!

All best,
Sheree Renée Thomas
Editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 - 74th Year of Publication

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08/09/2022

Happy Birthday to award-winning publisher Gordon Van Gelder! Wishing him another wonderful year around the sun!

01/09/2022

Greetings readers,

The September/October 2022 issue, my tenth, as editor of F&SF, already has made its way to many of you around the world, thanks for letting us know. Look for some faves and some wonderful debuts by Charles Andrew Oberndorf, Douglas Schwarz, C.B. Blanchard, Karim Kattim, Lucas X. Wiseman, Remi Martin, Samantha Murray, Linda Niehoff, Constance Fay, Gerri Leen, Amanda Hollander, Dixon Chance, and Mary Soon Lee. Enjoy new columns from Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand (who will soon be handling the creation of a brand new Shirley Jackson novel, supported by the author's estate!), Karin Lowachee, David J. Skal, and explore "The Moon Illusion" in Jerry Oltion's latest science column.

Our vibrant, cosmic cover by Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton inspired several commissioned cover stories, including "One Day I Will" by Phoenix Alexander, "In the Dream" by Meg Elison, and "Les Chimères: An Ode" by Molly Tanzer. Please share your favorite stories on FB & on Twitter.

Thanks for your continued support of F&SF that helped make the magazine a 2022 Hugo Award Finalist in the Short Form category. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will attend the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago this weekend, so say hello if you're out and about. Thanks also for sending in your subscriptions and your renewals! Hope you enjoy this new issue, and that you'll be on the look out for the final issue of the year, available in November.

All best,
Sheree Renée Thomas

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THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 - 73rd Year of Publication

14/08/2022

Enjoy this recent review of the July/August 2022 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in Amazing Stories!
It also includes reviews of our fine poetry!

In the latest issue of F&SF magazine: a dash of archaeological mystery; a hint of ancient legend; the virtue of endurance; parental guidance and unburied secrets are among the themes of this bi-monthly issue

14/08/2022

Greetings readers,

The July/August 2022 issue, my ninth, as editor of F&SF, has been winging its way around the world to you. If you're a subscriber and have not received your recent issue, please reach out to our Circulation Manager with your subscription info (DM so the kind soul isn't spammed by Facebook bots). The issue features work by great writers you know and some who are new to you, including Nick DiChario who has penned another one of his moving Italian folktales, Brian Trent, Charlie Hughes, Robert Levy, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Paul Tobin, the multitalented James L. Sutter (photo below) with a music-themed tale, Beth Cato, Rajeev Prasad, Beth Goder, Robert Levy, Alexandra Munck, Nick Wolven, and Ellis Bray.

Our wonderfully weird cover art by Mondolithic Studios, in time for the last supermoon (the sturgeon moon), illustrates the cover story, “Starblind, Booklust, and Hearing the Songs of True Birds” by Rudi Dornemann. If you also follow us on Twitter, please share your favorite stories there, as quite a few F&SF writers are on 'Book Twitter', and they would welcome hearing from you. Readers are still discovering stories from our previous issues, and it has been good to see those excited threads. One author was invited to speak at MIT based on their story and another new writer was recently discussed as being the best debut in the past decade. How exciting!

Thank you for supporting F&SF and for making the magazine a 2022 Hugo Award Finalist in the Short Form category. As always, we appreciate your subscriptions and your renewals, your reviews, original story and poetry submissions, and your word-of-mouth! As you know, it is more than a notion being a print magazine in these challenging times, and we couldn't do it without you. Thank you!

All best,
Sheree Renée Thomas

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THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
JULY/AUGUST 2022 - 73rd Year of Publication

20/07/2022

Nice news announced today! CONGRATULATIONS to Lauren Ring. Her story, "(emet)" that appeared in the July/August 2021 issue is a 2022 World Fantasy Award Finalist for the Year's Best Short Story. CONGRATULATIONS to Editor Sheree Renée Thomas who is a 2022 World Fantasy Award Finalist in the Special Award - Professional category for editing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Thanks to the jury and to all of our readers for the nominations, and congrats to all of the excellent Finalists this year!

To see the full list of finalists and categories, including F&SF contributors, see the LOCUS announcement:

https://locusmag.com/2022/07/2022-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2021 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2022 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for November 3 -3, 2021 at the Hyatt…

10/06/2022

Dear F&SF readers, we have just heard from our printer that the new July/August 2022 issue will be delayed, so subscriptions won't arrive that first week of July. Watch this space for more information, thank you so much!