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Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Revolution in the Heart, edited by Jonathan Strahan

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Revolution in the Heart was released on September 22, 2026. I’ve read less of Ursula K. Le Guin than many of my bookish friends, but it’s hard not to appreciate her towering influence over… Continue reading Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Revolution in the Heart, edited by Jonathan Strahan

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Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the editor in exchange for an honest review. Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction was released on October 22, 2024. I made a comment on social media about how intrigued I was by the table of contents of the Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy &… Continue reading Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology Review: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two

Magazine Review

Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis: Adventitious, Lightspeed, Otherside, and Strange Horizons

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I’m leaving this month’s Magazine Minis until late on, mostly because the degree to which blogging is a reasonable activity while sick in bed depends very much on the sickness in question (get your flu shots, kids). But I dipped into several intriguing magazine issues this month, and I’ve got some sci-fi/fantasy short fiction to… Continue reading Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis: Adventitious, Lightspeed, Otherside, and Strange Horizons

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Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (September 2026)

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I review Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus each month. If you’re a regular reader, you know that. If you’re new here, those are a couple monthly magazines publishing sci-fi and fantasy short fiction. Did I say this exact thing last month? Please respect my privacy. Anyways, let’s get to it.  Clarkesworld A glance at the table of… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (September 2026)

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Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis: Asimov’s, Future Tense, and Uncanny

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A new issue of Asimov’s, the full unlocking of the most recent Uncanny, and an impressive run of intriguing tales in Future Tense Fiction have given me plenty of excellent reading for this month and a strong three-zine set for my August Magazine Minis.  Asimov’s Perusing the table of contents of the September/October 2026 issue… Continue reading Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis: Asimov’s, Future Tense, and Uncanny

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Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2026)

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I review Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus each month. If you’re a regular reader, you know that. If you’re new here, those are a couple monthly magazines publishing sci-fi and fantasy short fiction. Either way, let’s get to it.  Clarkesworld The August issue of Clarkesworld opens and closes with a pair of short stories, bookending three novelettes… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2026)

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Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis (Again!): Adventitious, Kaleidotrope, and Reckoning

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Two Magazine Minis in a month? In this economy?  Earlier this month, I took a look at some stories from OnSpec and The Deadlands that were included in the Hugo packet. But publishers didn’t stop releasing new things just because I was reading stories from last year. And guess what? There are some new releases… Continue reading Tar Vol’s Magazine Minis (Again!): Adventitious, Kaleidotrope, and Reckoning

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Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (July 2026)

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My Magazine Minis came early this month, but I’ve still got a regular magazine review to share. Let’s take a look at the new short fiction in the July 2026 issues of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus.  Clarkesworld Though Clarkesworld does an excellent job platforming new authors, I’ve been reading long enough to recognize quite a few… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (July 2026)