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There are quite a few online ‘zines covering speculative, scifi and fantasy short fiction but this week I am reading and thoroughly enjoying Darwin’s Evolution. I’m only a few stories into the first issue but so far my attention has been held and more importantly I’ve found them entertaining.
There can be a tendency in short [...]

The steampunk scene has slowly moved away from just a small subgenre of fiction to an entire culture and weird sort of nostalgia for a time that never really existed but seems like it should have.
The people over at SteamPunk Magaine produce a very professional publication celebrating and discussing all things steampunk. They [...]

Before the huge time sink that is the internet was around in any easy to use form, we used to rely on bits of paper with information printed on it to get interesting news and commentary.
Thankfully you can now get some of those bits of paper in handy digital form if you head over to [...]

Another free short fiction magazine..as if I don’t already have enough to read.
I’m a huge fan of short fiction, particularly genre and what is now termed speculative fiction so it’s great to see more of these publications cropping up online.
This one is very nicely produced and published as an illustrated PDF. It would [...]

Hub Magazine started life as a printed fiction magazine specialising in science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories with some editorial, feature and review content. I did actually buy the only two issues which made it into print and very good they were too. Unfortunately however it seems it was not possible to cover costs [...]

Computer Gaming World was apparantly the first magainze devoted entirely to computer games, starting way back in 1981.
CGW Museum is a great site for info on the mag but more importantly you can download fully searchable PDF copies of the first 100 issues of the magazine. This is a great resource for information on old [...]

In their Discovering Sherlock Holmes project, Stanford University have been rereleasing electronic versions of Sherlock Holmes stories as originally printed in The Strand Magazine including all illustrations.
Currently 12 short stories and 4 novels are available out of the complete canon and I believe there are plans to release more.
There are also 3 Dickens novels available [...]

HelixSF is a another place to get an online fix of short fiction. I’ve been reading a few of the stories here and its certainly worth a read.
Those of you who read short fiction and particularly short science/speculative fiction will know that print based publications have been on the decline for many years. I see [...]

Head on over to Astonishing Adventures for a free fiction magazine packed full of pulpy goodness. The first issue is available for free download.
It’s amazing! It’s stupendous! It’s ASTONISHING!
ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE, the greatest place for new tales in the old pulp fashion, has finally arrived!
Marvel at the tale of the man who married a Yeti! [...]