CLOSED OR MISSING
Enigmatic Press have announced that, due to the withdrawal of financial support from Eastern Arts Board, ENIGMATIC TALES will close with issue 10 in September 2000. Enigmatic Variations and Enigmatic Electronic are ceasing immediately.
ALBEDO 1 #21, A4, 44pp, Ir£2:95 (4/Ir£12; UK 4/£12; Europe 4/Ir£18/$27; r.o.w. 4/Ir£22/$34) from Albedo 1, 2 Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland (e-mail: brendan@yellowbrickroad.ie). The award-winning Irish SF/F/H magazine serves up fiction by Neil Williamson, Liz Williams, Dermot Ryan, Mike Coombes, Mark A. Roberts, and Alexander Glass, plus an interview with David Brin.
BEYOND THE ROSE #2, A5, 72pp, Ir£1:50 (Ireland/UK 3/£3; USA/Canada 3/$10) from David P. Dunning, Black Rose Publications, 10 Saint Malachy's Drive, Greenhills, Dublin 12, Ireland (e-mail: dunningd@gofree.indigo.ie). A new sword-and-sorcery and high fantasy magazine from the publishers of Black Rose, with fiction by Martin Owton, Alec Worley, Bruce Boston, Lyn McConchie, Sarah-Beth Watkins, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Ash Miller, and Sergei Strel'chenko.
BLUE FOOD #1, A4, 52pp, $3:95 (4/$15) from Blue Food, 1529 W. Lynwood Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA (http://www.bluefood.cc). Rather than being shameful and furtive about it, this new literary magazine aims to show carnality as something smart, humorous and positive. The result is a sometimes heady mixture of fiction, articles, poetry, photography, comics and art, featuring stories by the likes of M. Christian, Harry Tasker, Cecilia Tan, and Jill Nagle, poetry by Marcy Scheiner, Morrigan Tait, James Dilworth and others, as well as an appreciation of the provocative photography of Rick Castro.
ENIGMATIC TALES #9 Summer 2000, A5, 172pp p/b, £3 from M. Sims, 117 Birchanger Lane, Birchanger, Hertfordshire, CM23 5QF (e-mail: michael@micksims.force9.co.uk; http://www.epress.force9.co.uk). Supernatural ghost and horror stories by new and established authors, plus reprints of rare tales from the past. This issue features fiction by Mrs S.G.C. Middlemore, Rick Kennett, D.J. Tyrer, Sarah Singleton, Katherine Haynes, James Doig, Peter Tennant, Alec Worley, David Price, Paul Marshall, Peter J. Wilson, Anthony Mann, Peter Wykes, Gordon Lewis & D.F. Lewis, Andria J. Cooke, and John Pelan.
EYE #27, A4, 96pp, $4:99 from EYE, 301 S. Elm Street, Suite 405, Greensboro, NC 27401-2636, USA (e-mail: lisa@eyemag.com; http://www.eyemag.com). The final issue of this magazine of pop culture, music, technology, TV and film, fringe culture, and bizarre science, looks at the growing cult status of Turkish rip-offs of Hollywood movies; the stories and legends surrounding the 'monsters' of North American lakes; the archives, belongings and personal effects of William Burroughs; and allegations of federal input into popular TV scripts.
THE GILA QUEEN'S GUIDE TO MARKETS #104, A4, 20pp, $6 (10/$45; Canada 10/$49; r.o.w. 10/$60) from Kathryn Ptacek, P.O. Box 97, Newton, NJ 07860-0097, USA (e-mail: gilaqueen@worldnet.att.net; http://www.gilaqueen.com/). Six-weekly writer's and artist's market magazine covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, magazines, trade journals, book publishers, small press, greetings cards and many other markets, with an emphasis on those that pay. This issue includes updates for erotica and SF/F/H markets.
NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION #143, A4, 24pp, $3:50 (12/$32; Canada 12/$37; r.o.w. 12/$45) from Dragon Press, P.O. Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA (e-mail: info@nyrsf.com; http://www.nyrsf.com). Essays, reviews and topical comment for the SF field from an eleven-time Hugo award nominee. This issue presents John Clute on the different personalities of Moorcock's King of the City, Fiona Kelleghan on the comedy of incongruity in Paul Di Filippo's short fiction, plus gender resistance in the Tiptree Award anthology, and reviews of books by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, James Morrow, Orson Scott Card, Norman Spinrad, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, and C.J. Cherryh.
NOTES FROM THE DARKSIDE Summer 2000, A4, 4pp, enquire to Silver Salamander Press, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103, USA (e-mail: jpelan@cnw.com). Promo for new and current titles from Silver Salamander, Darkside Press and Midnight House, plus news and reviews of recent releases elsewhere in the trade.
NOVA EXPRESS Vol.5 #3, A4, 48pp, $4 (4/$12; Canada/Mexico 4/$16; r.o.w. 4/$22) from Lawrence Person, P.O. Box 27231, Austin, Texas 78755-2231, USA (e-mail: lawrenceperson@jump.net; http://www.delphi.com/sflit/novaexpress/). Hard-hitting critical zine with an emphasis on post-cyberpunk and slipstream works. This issue interviews Neil Gaiman, while Russell Blackford takes on Greg Egan's rational materialism, Patrick O'Leary analyses Gene Wolfe, and Nick Gevers pays homage to Paul J. McAuley's Confluence trilogy.
SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER #197, A5, 28pp, $2:50 (12/$22; Canada 12/$21; r.o.w. air 12/$27; r.o.w. surface 12/$18) from Janet Fox, 833 Main, Osage City, KS 66523-1241, USA (e-mail: foxscav1@jc.net; http://www.jlgiftsshop.com/scav/index.html). Monthly newsletter for SF/F/H/mystery writers and artists with an interest in the small press. Market news, letters and reviews from USA, UK and elsewhere, plus fiction by Patricia Russo.
SCAVENGER'S SCRAPBOOK June 2000, A5, 28pp, $4 (2/$7; outside USA 2/$8) from Janet Fox, 833 Main, Osage City, KS 66523-1241, USA (e-mail: foxscav1@jc.net; http://www.jlgiftsshop.com/scav/index.html). Twice-a-year round-up of market information in the genres of SF, fantasy, horror and mystery from Scavenger's Newsletter, with capsule listings providing an overview of the field and making this a useful small press directory.
STEAM ENGINE TIME #1, A4, 40pp side-stapled, enquire to Bruce Gillespie, 59 Keele Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066, Australia (e-mail: gandc@mira.net) or Maureen Kincaid Speller, 60 Bournemouth Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5AZ (e-mail: set@acnestis.demon.co.uk). A meeting of minds at last year's World SF Convention in Australia identified the need for a fanzine that published 'review articles' – "much longer than a book review, but not overburdened by theory or other symptoms of pretension ... the sort of meaty article that used to be the staple of the serious fanzines". Six months later, Steam Engine Time is the result, taking in its stride such topics as the short fiction of Cordwainer Smith, the future of the ghost story, the importance of Olaf Stapledon, and the character of British SF.
THE ZONE #9, A4, 68pp, £3:25 (4/£12; Europe 4/£18; r.o.w. 4/£22) from Tony Lee, Pigasus Press, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30 3AJ (e-mail: pigasus.press@virgin.net; http://freespace.virgin.net/pigasus.press/index.htm). Well-rounded magazine of SF fiction, poetry, essays and reviews, this issue featuring stories by Neal Asher, Nancy Bennett, Hugh Cook, John Light, and David Ratcliffe, plus interviews with Pat Cadigan, Joe Haldeman, Simon Ings, Dean Koontz, Alison Sinclair, and Howard Waldrop, and a feature on asteroids and comets in SF.
BALLYMOON by Alastair G. Gunn, ISBN 0-9537476-6-2, A5, 76pp p/b, £4 from M. Sims, 117 Birchanger Lane, Birchanger, Hertfordshire, CM23 5QF (e-mail: michael@micksims.force9.co.uk; http://www.epress.force9.co.uk). Three traditional ghost stories in the style of M.R. James and E.F. Benson.
