The December 2007 issue of Challenging Destiny, #25, is now available. The “Canadian science fiction and fantasy short story” electronic magazine, edited by David M. Switzer, is available for downloading in various formats from Fictionwise for a limited time (until 7 July 2008). The first 17 issues of the magazine were on paper.
Editor Switzer, in his editorial, announces that “this will be the last issue of Challenging Destiny for a while.” He’s “putting the magazine on hiatus,” but hopes “to return to the magazine to print in the not-too-distant future.”
This issue runs 263 pages in pdf format. The table of contents is:
Editorial: “10 Visionaries of the 21st Century” by David M. Switzer
“Death and Taxes” by Suzette Haden Elgin
“Kelmscott Manor: In the Attics” by C.A. Gardner
Interview with Spider Robinson by James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer
“God of Lemons” by Arwen Spicer
“Expectations” by James Wesley Rogers
“Where Are They Now?”
“Jhyoti” by Marcelle Dubé
“Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital” by James Schellenberg (book review)
“Pretty Birds” by A.R. Morlan
“The Keys to the Yellow Kingdom” by Matthew Sanborn Smith
“Where Are They Now?” is a feature catching up with the authors interviewed in previous issues of the magazine.