The Illuminarium
The Illuminarium never should have been built. We know that now. At the time of its conception, the Illuminarium’s makers were stupid and choked with hope. They were sad (the…
Spinal Tap
by Angela Liu
Literary MagNet: Patricia Q. Bidar
In 2018, Patricia Q. Bidar, at the age of fifty-eight, published her first pieces of flash fiction. More than seven years later she has published over a hundred stories in…
The Literature of Illness, Healing
Bellevue Literary Review (BLR)
A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin
No one will remember me, but they will remember him and that’s enough, isn’t it, for him to be the legendary one and for me to think that by giving…
Tune Into the Future
Tune Into The Future is a documentary which explores how thinking about tomorrow became a pop-culture phenomenon called Science Fiction. Despite rich and varied origins, there is one name which…
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF
To start, one of the problems with the Must Read Magazines business model is that any progress achieved by a single author doesn’t accrue to all authors. Each author must…
An Agent’s Perspective on Literary Magazines
Literary magazines, both online and in print, are such an important means of supporting creative work—for writers, readers, and the staff of those publications—and they’ve proved to be a great…
Index of Excellent Indie Markets
The following index offers key information on all forty venues featured in our guides to indie markets. While we’ve recommended notable outlets by genre, keep in mind that most of…