Tag: Beneath Ceaseless Skies

  • Supporting Professional Payment Rates in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Fiction Markets

    Supporting Professional Payment Rates in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Fiction Markets

    The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America sets the minimum payment rates for professional short fiction markets. In September, this rate rises from 6 cents per word to 8 cents per word.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies #206

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies #206

    The stories in issue #206 are about long, painful journeys, but one leads home and the other does not.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #205

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #205

    I have enjoyed several recent issues of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, but this was a rare issue with stories that didn’t quite work for me.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #204

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #204

    This was a difficult issue to rate because these two stories were to different degrees a little opaque and difficult for me to read and understand. They both rewarded my effort, however, and gave me much to think about, in terms of their content and their craft.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #203

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #203

    Both stories in issue #203 of BCS deal with transformation, gender, and the strict roles of women and men in two very different societies and two very different settings.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #202

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #202

    Although I found these two stories somewhat opaque (especially the second one), they feature strong writing, memorable characters, and vivid world building. I was left after reading both wanting to know much more about their worlds.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #201

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #201

    Another great issue.

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 200

    Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 200

    The four vividly imagined worlds in these four fantasy stories are populated by characters on journeys through time and space, their loyalty to existing systems sorely tested, similar in their resolve to see their way through, but different in the complexities of their own unique personalities and how they forge ahead.