Managing Editor Dave Truesdale writes that his on-again off-again short-fiction review ‘zine Tangent is once again on. In this case, it’s on line at www.tangentonline.com, hosted by Eric James Stone.
In his relaunch editorial, he says “When I began the print version of Tangent back in July of 1993… we covered four or five magazines in the first issue and there were only three or four reviewers. In many ways, we’re starting over the same way now. Including myself, there are eleven reviewers (with a few exceptions—Robert Waters, Steven Silver, and Nader Elhefnawy—all are new to Tangent Online, though they have reviewed elsewhere), and this is in part why I have decided to temporarily forego reviewing online fiction venues. After the reviewing staff enlarges and stabilizes to the point where we’ve got the print medium covered we’ll begin covering the ever-growing number of online sources again.”
He’s also introduced a new feature: “I’ve added an Old Time Radio category to the front page. Each week I’ll be adding a classic Old Time Radio show for your listening pleasure. Before listening to the first shows (I’m beginning with five different dramatizations to kick-start the relaunch), I urge you to click on the Old Time Radio link above the category, wherein I explain for the newcomer just what Classic Old Time Radio is, and its historical relationship to print science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. I had a lot of fun putting this feature together, and I hope you get as much of a kick out of listening to these classic SF, Fantasy, Horror, and Suspense stories adapted for radio as I do.”
As the site expands its coverage, Truesdale will be looking for more reviewers, so he asks applicants for the posts to contact him now.
Tangent was created in 1993 with the objective of “reviewing as much of the professional short fiction venues in the fields of science-fiction and fantasy as possible.” It went online in 1997.