Magazines Received, June

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

DreamForge

Scot Noel ed.

Issue #18 May 2026, $14.99, biannually, 60pp, 21½ x 28 cm. Science fiction and fantasy magazine with illustrations.

This issue includes stories by James C. Bassett, Brandon Case, Hap Azizr, and others. Cover by Jane Noel.

Dreams and Nightmares

David C. Kopaska-Merkel, ed.

Issue #133, May 2026, $5.00 print, tri-annually, 24pp, 14 x 21½ cm.

Poetry magazine with work by E.W.H. Thornton, Santiago Eximeno (tr. Monica Louzon), Sarah Cannavo, and others. Cover by Denny E. Marshall.

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet

Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, eds.

Issue #52, Summer 2026, $7.00, semi-annually, 17.5 cm x. 21.5 cm, 64pp.

Quirky literary magazine with fiction by Janice Leadingham, Tammy Komoff, Matthew Bean, and others; nonfiction, and poetry. Cover by Guilherme Nunes.

Foundation

Paul March-Russell, ed.

Vol 55, No. 1, Issue #152, 2026, £9.00/$15.00, biannually, 156pp, 15 x 21 cm. International peer-reviewed scholarly journal.

This issue includes a special section on “Whose Futures?” featuring articles by Helen Young & Stephanie Downes, Lois W. McFarland, Elizabeth Prew-Stell, and others, as well as essays; features; book reviews, and media reviews. Cover by Iain Clark.

A Weird Occasional

Douglas A. Anderson & Christopher Tompkins, eds.

Issue #1, June 2026, $8.38 print, irregular, 97pp, 21½ x 28 cm.

Premire issue of “An occasional publication devoted to the weird, particularly the older and unknown stuff.”

This issue includes stories by A.M. Burrage, Kenneth Morris, Bernard Capes, and others; and essays. Cover by Johnny Mains.

Online Magazines

Aurealis

Dirk Strasser, ed.

No. 192, July 2026, $3.99 digital, 10 times a year (every month except January and December). Australian SF/F magazine.

This issue includes fiction from EL Edwards, Ben Peek, and John Mavin; essays, and reviews. Cover by breaker213.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Scott H. Andrews, ed.

Issue #459, June 11, 2026, free online, biweekly. Literary fantasy/adventure magazine. This issue includes stories by Louis Inglis Hall, Jonathan Olfert, and R.K. Duncan. Cover by Anthony Avon.

Issue #460, June 25, 2026 has fiction by KJ Kabza, Edward Hodge, and Adam R. Shannon. Cover by Tyler Edlin.

Issue #461, July 9, 2026 features works by Prashanth Srivatsa, Louis Morris and Nghi Vo. Cover by Tyler Edlin.

Black Cat Weekly

John Betancourt, ed.

Issue #251, $2.99 digital, weekly. SF and mystery digital magazine with original and reprinted stories. This issue has stories by Robert Bloch, Bruce McAllister, Richard R. Smith, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.

Issue #252 includes fiction by Madeleine L’Engle, Mark Thielman, Peter Darbyshire, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.

Issue #253 features work by James E. Gunn, Noel M. Loomis, Margaret St. Clair, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.

Issue #254 has fiction by Lester del Rey, Joseph J. Millard, Evelyn Goldstein, and others. Cover by Ron Miller.

Clarkesworld

Neil Clarke, ed.

Issue #238, July 2026, free online or $3.99 digital/$13.99 print + digital, monthly.

SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from K.J. Khan, Carlos Hernandez, Thomas Ha, and others; essays; and interviews. Cover by Alex Vede.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

Fran Eisemann, ed.

June/July 2026, free online. Genre fiction magazine with stories, podcast, and reviews.

In June and July, the site posted a story by Jack Morton and more.

The Dark

Sean Wal­lace, ed.

Issue #134, July 2026, free online or digital available for $1.99-$2.99, monthly. Dark fantasy and horror magazine.

This issue includes fiction by Sara Omer, Kristi DeMeester, Orrin Grey, and Ai Jiang. Cover by Tithi Luadthong.

Escape Artists

Five weekly podcasts: Es­cape Pod escapepod.org/> Valerie Valdes & Mur Lafferty, eds. (SF), Pod­Castle podcastle.org/> Shingai Njeri Kagunda & Eleanor R. Wood, eds. (fantasy), PseudoPod pseudopod.org/> Shawn Garrett & Alex Hofelich, eds. (horror), Cast of Wonders www.castofwonders.org> Katherine Inskip, ed. (YA) and CatsCast escapeartists.net/catscast/> Laura Pearlman, ed. (speculative fiction cat stories).

Free online. Genre podcasts of both original and previously published stories with accompanying text.

Flash Point SF

Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser, eds.

June/July 2026, free online, biweekly. Flash fiction SF and fantasy site.

In June and July, the site posted short fiction by Juniper White, David M. Barry, Marie Brennan, Jamie Lackey, and others.

Foofaraw

Kevin Kortum, ed.

Issue #10, June 2026, free online or $3.99 digital, monthly, 66pp.

“A zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations” with fiction, observations, cartoons, poetry, and author interviews. This issue includes stories by MM Schreier, Joanna Berry, David Stevens, and others. Cover by Brendan Loper.

Fusion Fragment

Cavan Terrill, ed.

#28, June 2026, purchase through Blurb, print CAD $12.99/digital pay-what-you-want (sold in conjunction with Saros SF #6), irregular, 185 pp, 12½ x 20½ cm.

Speculative literary journal with stories by Erin Strubbe, Corey Farrenkopf, Allison Wall, Claire Jia-Wen, Audrey Zhou, and others. Cover by Carly Allen-Fletcher.

Interzone

Gareth Jelley, ed.,

#305, July 2026, £5 digital, bimonthly, 283pp. European SF and fantasy magazine with fiction, columns, and reviews.

This issue includes stories by Josh Pearce, E.G. Condé, Ben Tufnell, Mame Bougouma Diene, Rebecca Zahabi, and others. Cover by James Barry.

Kaleidotrope

Fred Coppersmith, ed.

Summer 2026, free online, quarterly. Speculative fiction magazine with science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

This issue has 12 original stories by Gunnar De Winter, Mia Xuan, Josh Pearce, T.K. Rex, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and others; and poetry. Cover by Brian Malachy Quinn.

Lightspeed Magazine

John Joseph Ad­ams, ed.

Issue #194, July 2026, free online or $4.99 ebook, monthly.

Online SF/fantasy magazine with fiction from Max Gladstone, V.M. Ayala, Ruth Joffre, B. Pladek, and others; author spotlights; and reviews. Cover by Asanee.

Mysterion

Donald S. Crankshaw & Kristin Janz, eds.

July/August 2026, free online or via Patreon, bimonthly.

Online magazine presenting stories that engage “meaningfully with Christianity…although not exclusively from a Christian perspective” The July/August issues features stories by Rajiv Moté and Kurtis Hessel. Cover by Matthew Derrick.

NewMyths.com

Scott T. Barnes, ed.

Vol 20, Issue #75, Summer 2026, free online, quarterly

Ecletic speculative fiction by Simon Simonian, James Rossmoor, Spencer Sekulin, and others; flash fiction; poetry; and nonfiction. Cover by bottrfly.

Nightmare Magazine

Wendy N. Wagner, ed.

Issue #166, July 2026, free online or $3.99 ebook, monthly.

Horror/dark fantasy magazine with fiction by Claire Jia-Wen, S.L. Coney, and Stephen Toase; author spotlights; non-fiction, and an interview. Cover by Joe Therasakdhi/Adobe Stock.

Pulp Literature

Jennifer Landels, et al. eds.

No. 50, Spring 2026, C$18.00, quarterly, 222 pp, 13½ x 20½ cm. Canadian magazine dedicated to pulp literature

This issue includes fiction from Brandi Bird, Mel Anastasiou, Kirsty Campbell, and others; interviews; a graphic story; poetry; etc. Cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk.

Reactor

Various eds.

June/July 2026, free online.

Macmillan house site publishing fiction and articles including original fiction from James Cooper, Rich Larson, Fawaz Al-Matrouk, and others; novel excerpts; rereads/rewatches of novels and television shows; news, reviews; articles, commentary; and interviews #noinsta

Saros Speculative Fiction

Adam McPhee, ed.

Issue #6, July 2026, purchase through Blurb, print CAD $7.99/digital pay-what-you-want (sold in conjunction with Fusion Fragment #28), irregular, 45pp, 12½ x 20½ cm. Literary speculative fiction magazine with a different editor each issue.

This issue includes fiction and short author Q&As from Sheldon Birnie, Susan R. Morritt, David Kloepfer, and Marisca Pichette. Cover by Finn Matthews.

Seize the Press

Jonny Pickering, ed.

Issue #14, 2026, free online, irregular, 108pp. Anticapitalist genre mag publishing dark speculative fiction, bleak SF, dark fantasy, unsettling horror, transgressive genre grime, and non-fiction.

This issue has stories by Nelson Stanley, Kay Vaindal, Steven Cline, and others. Cover by Ana Luna.

Shoreline of Infinity

Noel Chidwick, ed.

Issue #40, Summer 2026, £9.50 print & digital/£4.45 digital, annually, 14 cm x 21.5 cm, 134 pp. Scottish SF magazine.

This issue has stories by John J Kennedy, Scott Payne, T. Lucas Earle, and others; articles, poetry; an interview; and reviews. Cover by Stephen Daly.

Speculative Insight

Alexandra Pierce, ed.

July/August 2026, free/paid, monthly. Online literary journal that publishes two nonfiction essays a month (one free and one subscriber-only) that “…explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy.”

This month’s essays are by Crystal Koo and Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Star*Line

John Reinhart, ed.

Issue No. 49.3, Summer 2026, $5.00 print/$2.50 digital, quarterly, 48pp, 14 x 21½ cm.

Official journal from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association with poems by Jason P. Burnham, Crystal Sidell, Robert Frazier, and others; interviews; articles; member news; and reviews. Cover by Shikhar Dixit.

Strange Horizons

Gautam Bhatia, et al., eds.

June/July 2026, free, weekly.

Speculative fiction magazine with fiction by Marie Brennan, Marisca Pichette, Natalia Theodoridou, RJ Taylor, and others; poetry; non-fiction; columns; articles; and reviews. New issues are posted each Monday. Covers by Tahlia Day & Romie Stott.

The Sunday Morning Transport

Julian Yap & Fran Wilde, eds.

July 2026. Speculative fiction magazine publishing one story per week at the paid level, and one story per month at the free level.

In July, the site published stories by Aliette de Bodard, Marissa Lingen, James R. Morrow, and Zoe Bellerive.

Tangent Online

Dave Truesdale, ed.

July 2026, free online

Short fiction SF and fantasy review magazine including reviews of genre magazines, online and electronic publications, selected collections and anthologies; as well as articles and essays.

Uncanny Magazine

Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, et al., eds.

Issue #71, July/August 2026, $3.99 digital only, bimonthly. Science fiction and fantasy magazine with fiction, non-fiction, interviews, and poetry.

This issue includes fiction by Tia Tashiro, P. Djèlí Clark, Sam J. Miller, and others. Cover art by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe.

The Outer Limits

Baladi

June/July 2026

A magazine focusing on Arab voices with a section called “The Helical” which is dedicated to speculative fiction

Includes stories by Faisal G. Binzagr, Eva, Zoha Kazemi, and others; intervews; and non-fiction.

Quotidian Bagatelle

July 2026

Flash fiction magazine with some genre stories including work by Emma Burnett, E. Florian Gludovacz, Monica Lyrehart, and others.