NewsScifi
Starlog beams back after seventeen years, now in handy annual form.
Starlog returns in print on 13 November 2026 as an annual, with Annalee Newitz as editor-in-chief. Yes, there's a poem.
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November 2026
NewsIllustration
Work for hire, forever: why Donato Giancola and John Picacio turned down Asimov’s covers, and what the publisher has promised since (magazine news).
Donato Giancola and John Picacio rejected cover contracts from Asimov's owner Must Read Magazines. The publisher has since promised to drop work for…
NewsIllustration
Worlds of IF #180: the revived SF magazine lands its fattest issue yet, with Bruce Pennington round the back (magazine news).
Starship Sloane's relaunched Worlds of IF reaches issue #180, nearly 300 pages, with cover art by Ninja Jo and a Bruce Pennington back…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #170 October 2026 (magazine review).
As can be seen from the cover of this ‘Back Issue’, there is a selection of doctors from American comicbooks. Editor Roger…
October 2026
ReviewHorror
Cryptology # 11 October 2026 (magazine review).
Cryptology #11 from TwoMorrows dives into The Creature from the Black Lagoon, horror hosts, Richard Powers covers, the Golem and Hammer's The Nanny.
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue # 169 September 2026 (magazine review)
This issue of ‘Back Issue’ has the sub-title of ‘Support Staff’. I think I might have called it ‘Supporting Characters’ to be a…
ReviewCri-Fi
Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)
Another back issue of ‘Back Issue’. With the sub-title of ‘Spies And Tough Guys Issue’, it’s easy to see why this issue is…
FeatureScifi
Asimov’s at Fifty: half a century of the Good Doctor’s magazine (article).
Asimov's Science Fiction is fifty years old this December. A look back at the magazine that gave us Enemy Mine, Bloodchild and Accelerando,…
ReviewHorror
Cryptology # 10 August 2026 (magazine review)
Don’t be squeamish with this edition of Cryptology. It’s only spiders, and they aren’t really there to eat you.
September 2026
ReviewHorror
Cryptology #9 June 2026 (magazine review).
The Cryptologist doesn’t like the summer months, but I suspect vampires aren’t keen on them either. No leisurely meals, just a quick bite…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Creator #45 September 2026 (magazine review).
You can always expect a few surprises with Comic Book Creator, usually involving creators I’ve never heard of, such as Carol Lay, who…
ReviewHorror
Cryptology #8 April 2026 (magazine review).
You can always tell when a magazine is taking off when some issues seem to be selling out. Cryptology #8 came out in…