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New Treasures: Shimmer: The Best Of, edited by E. Catherine Tobler

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Cover by Sandro Castelli How did I not know there was a Best of Shimmer anthology? Time to get some better inside contacts in the publishing biz, I think. Shimmer was one of the best of the small press fantasy magazines. It received a Hugo nomination for Best Semiprozine last year, and editor E. Catherine Tobler was honored with a Best Professional Editor, Short Form nomination. The magazine published science fiction, fantasy, and “a dash of literary horror.” The final issue, #46, appeared…

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July 2017 Issue of Shimmer Now on Sale

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I think of Shimmer primarily as a magazine of contemporary fantasy. While they also publish science fiction (and “a dash of literary horror,” according to their guidelines), I generally consider them a home for fantasy with a decidedly modern spin. They’re certainly not my go-to publication for sword & sorcery or adventure fantasy, anyway. So I was surprised and pleased to find them stake out some more familiar terrain with their latest issue. Here’s the description for the July 2017 issue, now…

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Shimmer 35 Now on Sale

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Shmmer magazine has one of those Browse Stories by Tag! options at the bottom of their website. Clicking individual tags will take you to all the tales in their inventory with those tags. Some are a little headscratching (What’s the point of the awesome tag? Are some stories not awesome? Or maybe it’s awesome birds?), but overall, I’m enormously pleased to see that the most active tags this month are death ghosts haunted monsters. Shimmer, you’re all right. Shimmer #35,…

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Shimmer 27 Now on Sale

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Shimmer #27, cover-dated September 2015, offers four new stories. Two are currently available on the website; the last two will be available later this month. “Dustbaby,” by Alix E. Harrow There were signs. There are always signs, when the world ends. “A July Story,” by K.L. Owens Iron red, linseed-cured, and caked in salt, in a place where the mercury never crept much above fifty Fahrenheit, the two-room house chose to keep its back to the sea. A wise choice, given…

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Shimmer 26 Now on Sale

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Shimmer #26, cover-dated July 2015, offers four new stories. Two are currently available on the website; the last two will be available in August. “The Star Maiden,” Roshani Chokshi A star maiden is not an actual star. If you split her open, you will find neither crumbled moons nor milky pearls. A star maiden is a sliver of heaven made flesh. She is an orphaned moonbeam clinging to one possession only: A dress. “The Last Dinosaur,” Lavie Tidhar As Mina…

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Shimmer 25 Now on Sale

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Shimmer #25, cover-dated May 2015, offers four new stories. Three are currently available on the website; the fourth will be available on June 16. “The Proper Motion of Extraordinary Stars,” by Kali Wallace Smoke rose from the center of Asunder Island, marring a sky so blue and so clear it made Aurelia’s eyes ache. The sailors had been insisting for days she would see the Atrox swooping and turning overhead, if only she watched long enough, but there was no…

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Shimmer 24 Now on Sale

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Shimmer is a slender little magazine with a big reputation. Issue #24, covered-dated March 2015, offers four stories about endings. Here’s editor E. Catherine Tobler’s on the issue: The world is always ending. The world is always being reborn. Small steps, planetary scale. Turning itself inside out, do-over, rewind, fast-forward this part, and pause. Pause here and take a breath and read these four stories that will change your perception of how things end, how they start, how they go…

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Shimmer 23 Now on Sale

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I’m someone who believes that the core of the fantasy genre is still its short fiction magazines. This used to be a lot more true, of course. When fantasy and science fiction were still fresh and new as distinct literary genres in the early 20th Century, the only place they regularly appeared was pulp magazines. For fantasy, that meant Weird Tales, the shot-lived Unknown, and later Famous Fantastic Mysteries and the like. Mass market paperback fantasy didn’t take shape until…

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It’s All Rather Hit-or-Mythos, Part I

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Yes, a new watch-a-thon, featuring me, a hopeless procrastinator, plumbing the depths of cinematic misery for your entertainment. This time around, I will be watching Lovecraftian and Lovecraftian-tangential films, and as usual they must be films I’ve never seen before (which makes the task trickier and bound for disaster). If you don’t know anything about Lovecraft’s writings, cosmic horror, the Mythos, or Cthulhu, that’s great — keep it that way. Onwards! H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones (2024) – Tubi Three…

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A Holmes Christmas Carol

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Just about everyone is familiar with A Christmas Carol. The first short movie was made in 1901, based on a play adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel. And there were new adaptations this year. THAT is enduring. I’ve seen different word counts, but Dickens’ work is about 29,000 words long. That’s a very short novel. But, as with any adaptation, some things are left out. I took Dickens’ original novel – not one of the movie versions – and rewrote it…

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