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Analog Science Fiction and Fact Vol. CXXIX, No. 11 (November 2009). Science fiction and fact magazine. Edited by Stanley Schmidt (112 pages). Published ten times per year by Dell Magazines, 6 Prowitt Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 USA. analogsf.com. One issue: $4.99. One year subscription: $55.90 (US); $65.90 (elsewhere). Fiction contents of this issue: To Climb a Flat Mountain (part 1 of 2) by G. David Nordley; “Amabit Sapiens” by Craig DeLancey; “Joan” by John G. Hemry; “Foreign Exchange” by Jerry Oltion; and “Thanksgiving Day” by Jay Werkheiser. Science: “Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby” by Edward M. Lerner.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Vol. CXXIX, No. 12 (December 2009). Science fiction and fact magazine. Edited by Stanley Schmidt (112 pages). Published ten times per year by Dell Magazines, 6 Prowitt Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 USA. analogsf.com. One issue: $4.99. One year subscription: $55.90 (US); $65.90 (elsewhere). Fiction contents of this issue: To Climb a Flat Mountain (conclusion) by G. David Nordley; “Formidable Caress” by Stephen Baxter; “Wilderness Were Paradise Enow”” by H.G. Stratmann; “The Jolly Old Boyfriend” by Jerry Oltion; “The Universe Beneath Our Feet” by Carl Frederick; and “A Flash of Lightning” by Robert Scherrer. Science: “Plate Tectonics, Goldilocks, and the Late Heavy Bombardment: Why Earth Isn’t Mars or Venus” by Richard A. Lovett.
Black Static #12 (August/September 2009). Horror magazine. Edited by Andy Cox (64 pages). Published six times a year by TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Cambs, CB6 2LB, UK. ttapress.com. One issue: £3.95. Six issue subscription: £21 UK; £24 Europe; £27 elsewhere. Contents of this issue: Stories: “My Brother’s Keeper” by Nina Allen; “Bryson Feeds Families” by T.F. Davenport; “Flatrock Sunners” by Sarah Totton; “Stone Whispers” by Tim Casson; “Charles” by Steve Rasnic Tem; “Unearthed” by Kim Lakin-Smith. Features: “White Noise” compiled by Peter Tennant (news); “Interference” by Christopher Fowler (book reviews); “Electric Darkness” by Stephen Volk (film reviews); “Case Notes” by Peter Tennant (book reviews); “Blood Spectrum” by Tony Lee (DVD reviews and contests); “Night’s Plutonian Shore” by Mike O’Driscoll.
SFWriter.com: News from the Robert J. Sawyer Web Site. Issue No. 26 (September 2009). Occasional newsletter. sfwriter.com. News this issue includes a reminder that ABC’s tv series based on Sawyer’s novel Flash Forward debuts 24 September; reviews of his novel, Wake; Calculating God wins an Audie award; and Sawyer’s book FlashForward is the Canadian Broadcasting Coroporation’s Book Club pick for September 2009.
Steampunk Tales #2. Electronic pulp fiction magazine. Edited by Meagan Franklin (159 pages). Published monthly by Steampulp Publishing, 2316 West Kiowa St., Colorado Springs, CO 80904, USA. steampunktales.com. One issue: $1.99. Fiction contents of this issue: “Green Smoke” by David Wellington; “Speaker for the Mayans” by Brenda Cooper; “The Flight of the Swallow” by Arkwright; “Stormada Chapter II: Fresh Tears for Ancient Sins” by SatyrPhil Brucato; “An Unfortunate Engagement: Part Five” by G.D. Falksen; “Letters Between Young Ladies of Fashionable Society, and the Alarming Events that Unfold Within” by Jillian Venters; “The Rain-Maker” by Phillip Challis; “Immum Coeli” by Angie Montmartre; “Hunting the Future Part 1 (of 2)” by Mark Rossmore; and “The Freak from the Past” by Lawrence R. Dagstine. Departments: “Foreword” by John Sondericker III (publisher); Author Bios. Cover art by Paul Sizer.