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. Interesting to me, because I’m submitting stories to these markets… One of my favorite magazines is Beneath Ceaseless Skies, devoted to “literary […]
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Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies #206
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #206 by Scott H. Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars The stories in issue #206 are about long, painful journeys, but one leads home and the other does not. “The Patchwork Procedure” by Claude Lalumière is a science fiction element in an alternate history story that also features airships, steam-powered […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #205
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #205 by Raphael Ordoñez My rating: 2 of 5 stars 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. The stories in issue #205 are about women coming to better understand and make use of their […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #204
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #204 by Scott H. Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars 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 […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #203
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #203 by Scott H. Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars 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. Both writers paint their worlds so vividly, and there are additional […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #202
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #202 by Scott H. Andrews My rating: 4 of 5 stars 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. In “Mortal Eyes” by […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #201
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #201 by Gwendolyn Clare My rating: 5 of 5 stars Another great issue. In “Nothing But the Sky” by Gwendolyn Clare, a vivid world of floating cities and airships and friendly dragon-like pterathers waits to be explored, and I would love to see even more stories set here. The adventure and […]
Review: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 200
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #200 by Scott H. Andrews My rating: 5 of 5 stars 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 […]
