Magazine Issue Tracker
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TRACKER FOR 2018
Magazines Publishing Original Fiction
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
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Abyss & Apex (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | |||||||||
Aliterate (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #4 | ||||||||||||
Analog (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January- February |
March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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Anathema (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | Issue 4 | Issue 5 | Issue 6 | ||||||||||
Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #70 | #71 | #72 | #73 | partial contents | ||||||||
AntipodeanSF (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | #234 | #235 | #236 | #237 | #238 | #239 | #240 | #241 | #242 | #243 | #244 | #245 | |
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Apex Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Aphotic Realm (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | Issue 3 | Issue 4 | Issue 5 | ||||||||||
Apparition Lit (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 1 | Issue 2 | Issue 3 | Issue 4 | |||||||||
Asimov's (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January- February |
March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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The Audient Void (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #5 | #6 | |||||||||||
Augur Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | stories or poems? | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Aurealis (series) (issue grid) |
10x/year | #107 | #108 | #109 | #110 | #111 | #112 | #113 | #114 | #115 | #116 | |||
Bards and Sages Quarterly (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | January | April | July | October | |||||||||
Beneath Ceaseless Skies (series) (issue grid) |
biweekly | #242 | #244 | #246 | #249 | #251 | #253 | #255 | #257 | #260 | #262 | #264 | #266 | |
#243 | #245 | #247 | #250 | #252 | #254 | #256 | #258 | #261 | #263 | #265 | #267 | |||
#248 | #259 | |||||||||||||
Big Echo (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | |||||||||
Black Static (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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Bloodbond (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | May | November | |||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Boundary Shock Qarterly (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | |||||||||
Bourbon Penn (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #15 | #16 | |||||||||||
Breach (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | ||||||||
Broadswords and Blasters (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | |||||||||
Capricious (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | Issue 9 | Issue 10 | |||||||||||
Cicada (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | Vol. 20 No. 3 | Vol. 20 No. 4 | Vol. 20 No. 5 | Vol. 20 No. 6 | defunct | ||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Clarkesworld (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
The Colored Lens (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | ||||||||||
Compelling Science Fiction (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #11 | #12 | |||||||||||
Companion Issue | ||||||||||||||
Daily Science Fiction (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
The Dark (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Dark Gothic Resurrected (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | Spring | ||||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Dark Moon Digest (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue #30 | Issue #31 | Issue #32/33 | ||||||||||
Deciduous Tales (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | Issue 2 | ||||||||||||
Deep Magic (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
Diabolical Plots (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Dimension6 (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | #13 | #14 | #15 | ||||||||||
Disturbed Digest (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | March | June | September | December | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Electric Spec (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Vol. 13 No. 1 |
Vol. 13 No. 2 |
Vol. 13 No. 3 |
Vol. 13 No. 4 |
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Expanded Horizons (series) (issue grid) |
irregular | Issue 57 | Issue 58 | Issue 59 | Issue 60 | Issue 61 | ||||||||
Exterus (series) (issue grid) |
2x/year | Volume 6 | Volume 7 | |||||||||||
Factor Four (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||||||||
Fantasia Divinity (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | on hiatus until Aug '19 | ||||
Fantasy & Science Fiction (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January- February |
March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Fireside Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Fiyah (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |||||||||
Flash Fiction Online (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Foreshadow (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | Issue 0 | starts January '19 | |||||||||||
FrostFire Worlds (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | February | May | August | November | |||||||||
The Future Fire (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 2018.44 | Issue 2018.45 | Issue 2018.46 | Issue 2018.47 | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Galaxy's Edge (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January | March | May | July | September | November | needs lengths | ||||||
The Gallery of Curiosities (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #2 | #3 | #4 | ||||||||||
Gathering Storm (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | 7 | 8 | 9 | defunct | |||||||||
GigaNotoSaurus (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Grimdark Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 14 | Issue 15 | Issue 16 | Issue 17 | |||||||||
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Q35 | Q36 | Q37 | Q38 | |||||||||
Hinnom Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | February | April | June | August | October | December | |||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Horror Bites Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | February | April | June | August | October | December | |||||||
The Horror Zine Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | Spring | Summer | Fall '18 issue appears in Jan '19 | ||||||||||
Hypnos (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Spring | Summer | Fall | contents unknown | |||||||||
The InterGalactic Medicine Show (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | February | April | June | August | October | December | Needs lengths | ||||||
Interzone (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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Into the Ruins (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | needs lengths | ||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Jump Point (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | Issue 06.01 | Issue 06.02 | Issue 06.03 | Issue 06.04 | Issue 06.05 | Issue 06.06 | Issue 06.07 | Issue 06.08 | Issue 06.09 | Issue 06.10 | Issue 06.11 | Issue 06.12 | |
Kaleidotrope (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |||||||||
Kzine (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | Issue 20 | Issue 21 | Issue 22 | ||||||||||
Lackington's (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #17 | #18 | story details | ||||||||||
LCRW (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #37 | #38 | #39 | usually 2 issues | |||||||||
LampLight (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | March | June | September | December | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Leading Edge (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #72 | #73 | |||||||||||
Lightspeed (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | needs lengths |
Liminal Stories (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #5 | #6 | |||||||||||
Lovecraftiana (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Candlemas | Walpurgisnacht | Lammas | Halloween | |||||||||
Luna Station Quarterly (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 033 | Issue 034 | Issue 035 | Issue 036 | |||||||||
Mad Scientist Journal (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Metaphorosis (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | needs lengths |
Midnight Echo (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #13 | date uncertain | |||||||||||
Mithila Review (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #10 | ||||||||||||
Morpheus Tales (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #32 | ||||||||||||
Mythic (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #6 | #7 | #8 | ||||||||||
Mythic Delirium (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 4.3 | Issue 4.4 | defunct | ||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Neon (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #46 | #47 | |||||||||||
Neo-opsis (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | #29 | ||||||||||||
NewMyths.Com (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | March | June | September | December | |||||||||
Nightmare (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | needs lengths |
NonBinary Review (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | |||||||||
Not One of Us (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | hors-serie | #59 | #60 | ||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Occult Detective Quarterly (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #4 | #5 | |||||||||||
Omenana (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | #11 | #12 | #13 | ||||||||||
On Spec (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #107 | #108 | #109 | ||||||||||
Outposts of Beyond (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | January | April | July | October | |||||||||
Pulp Literature (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | needs lengths, unknown spec contents | ||||||||
Samovar (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | March | June | September | December | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Schlock! Quarterly (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Vol. 3 No. 4 | Vol. 3 No. 5 | Vol. 3 No. 6 | ||||||||||
Shimmer (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January | March | May | July | September | November | Defunct | ||||||
Shoreline of Infinity (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #11, Spring | #11½ | #12, Summer | #13, Autumn | #14, Winter | ||||||||
The Sirens Call (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | |||||||
Skelos (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | #4 | ||||||||||||
Smith's Monthly (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | #45 | Publication doubtful | |||||||||||
Space and Time (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | #131 | #132 | |||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Spectacle (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #1 | defunct | |||||||||||
Stitched Smile Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
unknown | Vol. 1 | ||||||||||||
StoryHack Action & Adventure (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #2 | #3 | |||||||||||
Strange Aeons (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #23 | ||||||||||||
Stupefying Stories (series) (issue grid) |
irregular | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | needs lengths | ||||||||
Supernatural Tales (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #37 | #38 | #39 | ||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Syntax & Salt (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | March | June | September | December | |||||||||
Tales from the Magician's Skull (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | #2 | #3 | |||||||||||
Theaker's Quarterly Fiction (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #61 | #62 | #63 | #64 | needs lengths, non-fiction contents | ||||||||
Three-Lobed Burning Eye Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | Issue 29 | Issue 30 | |||||||||||
Truancy (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | Issue 5 | next issue early 2019? | |||||||||||
Uncanny (series) (issue grid) |
bimonthly | January- February |
March-April | May-June | July-August | September- October |
November- December |
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Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Unfit Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
uncertain | Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | |||||||||||
Unnerving Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | |||||||||
Vastarien (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Spring | Summer | Fall | ||||||||||
Visions (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | Issue One | contents essay or fiction? | |||||||||||
Vulture Bones (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Issue 1 | Issue 2 | Issue 3 | ||||||||||
Weirdbook (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | #38 | #39 | #40 | ||||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Original Anthology Series
Anthology | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
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Dark Lane Anthology (series) |
semiannual | Vol. 6 | Vol. 6 | ss only | ||||||||||
Dark Screams (series) |
quarterly | Vol. 9 | Vol. 10 | Needs lengths | ||||||||||
Fiction River (series) |
irregular | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | |||||||||
The Grantville Gazette (series) |
bimonthly | #75 | #76 | #77 | #78 | #79 | #80 | |||||||
Ink Stains (series) |
quarterly | Vol. 7 | Vol. 8 | Vol. 9 | Vol. 10 | |||||||||
Lontar (series) |
semiannual | #10 | #10 is last issue | |||||||||||
Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (series) |
monthly | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | needs lengths | |||
Tales from the Shadow Booth (series) |
semiannual | Vol. 2 | Needs lengths | |||||||||||
Third Flatiron Anthologies (series) |
3x/year | Spring | Summer | Fall |
Reprint, Poetry, or Nonfiction Magazines, etc.
See Fanzines 2018 for an extensive list of fanzines.
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
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Dreams & Nightmares (series) (issue grid) |
3x/year | #108 | #109 | #110 | ||||||||||
Forever (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | Demember | |
Illumen (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | Winter | Summer | |||||||||||
Locus (series) (issue grid) |
monthly | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
Scifaikuest (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | February | May | August | November | |||||||||
Spectral Realms (series) (issue grid) |
semiannual | Winter | Summer | |||||||||||
Star*Line (series) (issue grid) |
quarterly | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | |||||||||
Magazine | Frequency | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Notes |
Weeklies
Magazine | Website | Day of the Week | Latest Issue Done |
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Bewildering Stories (series) (issue grid) |
bewilderingstories.com | Monday | Jun 11-Jul 9; Nov 5-Dec 3 |
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores (series) (issue grid) |
cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com | irregular | January 28 |
Grievous Angel (series) (issue grid) |
urbanfantasist.com | irregular | July 29; defunct |
Nature Futures (series) (issue grid) |
nature.com | Thursday | November 29 |
Strange Horizons (series) (issue grid) |
strangehorizons.com | Monday | November 26 |
Terraform (series) (issue grid) |
motherboard.vice.com | Friday | August 17 |
Tor.com (series) (issue grid) |
tor.com | Wednesday | November 14 |
Podcasts
Podcast | Website | Frequency | Latest Episode Done |
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Brick Moon Fiction | brickmoonentertainment.com | 2-3x/month | |
Cast of Wonders (series) (issue grid) |
castofwonders.org | weekly | #332, November 30 |
The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine (series) (issue grid) |
dunesteef.com | monthly | #204, November 30 |
Escape Pod (series) (issue grid) |
escapepod.org | weekly | #657, December 6 |
Far-Fetched Fables (series) (issue grid) |
farfetchedfables.com | weekly | #188, January 23 |
Gallery of Curiosities (series) (issue grid) |
gallerycurious.com | 2x/month | #72, December 3 |
GlitterShip (series) (issue grid) |
glittership.com | 1-2x/month | #62, November 26 |
Podcast | Website | Frequency | Latest Episode Done |
The Overcast (series) (issue grid) |
theovercast.libsyn.com | biweekly | #93, November 27 |
PodCastle (series) (issue grid) |
podcastle.org | weekly | #551, December 4 |
Pseudopod (series) (issue grid) |
pseudopod.org | weekly | #625, December 7 |
Sheep Might Fly | tansyrr.com | weekly | |
StarShipSofa (series) (issue grid) |
starshipsofa.com | weekly | |
Tales to Terrify (series) (issue grid) |
talestoterrify.com | weekly |
How to Use This Page
What this is: These tables are intended to help with keeping the database up to date on current magazine issues. They contain a calendar of expected publication schedules, and existing issues are color-coded for data completion.
How the calendar tables are constructed: Links to the database magazine series records are in the title column. Links to the magazine's own web page are in the calendar (see fourth paragraph). Existing issues are indicated in black text, projected ones in gray. The calendar cells are color coded: white = no database record or no contents; light brown [#f9f2ec] = partial contents, stories without lengths, etc. (details in notes); medium brown [#f3cbad] = done (whether verified or not). Podcasts and weekly magazines are in supplementary tables rather than in the calendar tables.
Maintaining the list of magazines: Add a magazine if you expect it to publish something in 2017, with an issue indicated in the earliest month it might possibly appear, and a link to the magazine's website on that issue. Remove a magazine if you're sure it's defunct; in that case, it would be good to update the Magazine List.
How to use the calendar: At the end of each month, run down the month's column. If an issue has a link, that means it may have published an issue in the past month. Click to check the web page. If an issue has appeared, add it to the database and update the color code of the cell; then shift the link to the next forthcoming issue. If there hasn't been an issue, delete the notation from the cell, update the schedule of forthcoming issues as best you can, and place a link on the notation for the next month. EXAMPLE: On February 28, I notice a link in the February column of SQ Mag. Checking their website, I find that Issue 33 has not yet appeared and there is no news from the publisher. I move Issue 33, along with the link, from February to March. Now I will know to check again in a month. I also remove issues 34 etc. from the table, since I have no idea when they may appear.
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