The Supernova Short Fiction Review
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We review SF & Fantasy short fiction, initially with a focus on the UK scene and other under-reviewed sites. Account maintained by @jonlaidlow.bsky.social Check out our reviews at https://supernova.reviews
While Jonathan is busy visiting Seaforth and recording what he finds, Alan took the time to review Parsec #14 - another superb issue with great stories by Adam Roberts, Mike Cobley, Teika Smits, Dave Hutchinson AND MORE!
Parsec #14
Alan reviews a cracking new issue of Parsec - why haven't you subscribed yet?
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October 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
While Jonathan is busy visiting Seaforth and recording what he finds, Alan took the time to review Parsec #14 - another superb issue with great stories by Adam Roberts, Mike Cobley, Teika Smits, Dave Hutchinson AND MORE!
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Lots of discussion lately about increased interest in short fiction, and we love that. We have 25 years of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction stories for you to read. And we would love to do 25 more, if you can help. kck.st/4mIkEm1
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
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September 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Lots of discussion lately about increased interest in short fiction, and we love that. We have 25 years of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction stories for you to read. And we would love to do 25 more, if you can help. kck.st/4mIkEm1
Alan reviews the latest edition of the excellent @shoreinf.bsky.social - Omniscient computers, ghosts in machines, and cellular communication all crop up in this edition of Shoreline, and there seems to be a loose theme of lives that take place within non-corporeal and hidden states.
Shoreline of Infinity #39 (Summer 2025)
Omniscient computers, ghosts in machines, and cellular communication all crop up in this edition of Shoreline, and there seems to be a loose theme of lives that take place within non-corporeal and hidden states. Alan reviews the latest Shoreline of Infinity
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July 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Alan reviews the latest edition of the excellent @shoreinf.bsky.social - Omniscient computers, ghosts in machines, and cellular communication all crop up in this edition of Shoreline, and there seems to be a loose theme of lives that take place within non-corporeal and hidden states.
I’m not saying you should give all your money to support the short fiction magazines we highlight, but…. Would you consider it? Here’s another excellent one for your consideration!
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July 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’m not saying you should give all your money to support the short fiction magazines we highlight, but…. Would you consider it? Here’s another excellent one for your consideration!
Well this looks like great fun and has a wonderful line up. Support shot fiction if you can!
July 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Well this looks like great fun and has a wonderful line up. Support shot fiction if you can!
Strange Horizons is getting close to their goal, back them to get another year of stories from this fine Hugo winning zine.
📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢
Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!
Donate at the link ⬇️
Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!
Donate at the link ⬇️
Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Strange Horizons is getting close to their goal, back them to get another year of stories from this fine Hugo winning zine.
Behind the news, but do please consider supporting BCS, or any of the other fine short fiction magazines that are out there struggling for support and/or readers.
The BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to keeping paying our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium. Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But <1% of our readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/2
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July 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Behind the news, but do please consider supporting BCS, or any of the other fine short fiction magazines that are out there struggling for support and/or readers.
Interzone #301
An upsettingly late review of a brilliant issue of Interzone. Stand out stories by Corey Jae White and Ashley Stokes.
An upsettingly late review of a brilliant issue of Interzone. Stand out stories by Corey Jae White and Ashley Stokes.
Interzone #301
An upsettingly late review of a brilliant issue of Interzone. Stand out stories by Corey Jae White and Ashley Stokes.
supernova.reviews
June 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Interzone #301
An upsettingly late review of a brilliant issue of Interzone. Stand out stories by Corey Jae White and Ashley Stokes.
An upsettingly late review of a brilliant issue of Interzone. Stand out stories by Corey Jae White and Ashley Stokes.
So late, so late. Just finishing off my review of @interzone.press #301 and #302 is already out! Short version is - it's fab. Particularly recommend amazing stories by @coreyjwhite.com and @ashleystokes.bsky.social which I have struggled to do justice to in the review. Pls standby
June 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So late, so late. Just finishing off my review of @interzone.press #301 and #302 is already out! Short version is - it's fab. Particularly recommend amazing stories by @coreyjwhite.com and @ashleystokes.bsky.social which I have struggled to do justice to in the review. Pls standby
The Creator by Aliya Whiteley
(Newcon Press 2025) The new novella by 2025 BSFA award-winner Aliya Whiteley is expertly written – it's a pastiche of those mid-century country house novels married to a couple of pulpy genre plots, and it all fits together really well. There’s not a moment wasted…
(Newcon Press 2025) The new novella by 2025 BSFA award-winner Aliya Whiteley is expertly written – it's a pastiche of those mid-century country house novels married to a couple of pulpy genre plots, and it all fits together really well. There’s not a moment wasted…
The Creator by Aliya Whiteley
(Newcon Press 2025) The new novella by 2025 BSFA award-winner Aliya Whiteley is expertly written – it's a pastiche of those mid-century country house novels married to a couple of pulpy genre plots, and it all fits together really well. There’s not a moment wasted here. While her Three-Eight-One still puzzles me, it’s the kind of puzzle I want to solve rather than abandon.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Creator by Aliya Whiteley
(Newcon Press 2025) The new novella by 2025 BSFA award-winner Aliya Whiteley is expertly written – it's a pastiche of those mid-century country house novels married to a couple of pulpy genre plots, and it all fits together really well. There’s not a moment wasted…
(Newcon Press 2025) The new novella by 2025 BSFA award-winner Aliya Whiteley is expertly written – it's a pastiche of those mid-century country house novels married to a couple of pulpy genre plots, and it all fits together really well. There’s not a moment wasted…
Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
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May 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
A Tiding of Magpies / Pete W. Sutton.
One of the questions I ask when reviewing a single author anthology is ‘what’s special about it?’ There are plenty of story collections that are perfectly good but nonetheless fail to create that frisson of intrigue that makes them shine. In Pete W. Sutton's A…
One of the questions I ask when reviewing a single author anthology is ‘what’s special about it?’ There are plenty of story collections that are perfectly good but nonetheless fail to create that frisson of intrigue that makes them shine. In Pete W. Sutton's A…
A Tiding of Magpies / Pete W. Sutton.
One of the questions I ask when reviewing a single author anthology is ‘what’s special about it?’ There are plenty of story collections that are perfectly good but nonetheless fail to create that frisson of intrigue that makes them shine. In Pete W. Sutton's A Tiding of Magpies, reissued last year with extra stories, I felt that mental ‘shiver’ a few times.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A Tiding of Magpies / Pete W. Sutton.
One of the questions I ask when reviewing a single author anthology is ‘what’s special about it?’ There are plenty of story collections that are perfectly good but nonetheless fail to create that frisson of intrigue that makes them shine. In Pete W. Sutton's A…
One of the questions I ask when reviewing a single author anthology is ‘what’s special about it?’ There are plenty of story collections that are perfectly good but nonetheless fail to create that frisson of intrigue that makes them shine. In Pete W. Sutton's A…
Alan really enjoyed the latest issue of WYLDBLOOD magazine. Find out which stories stood out by reading our latest review.
Wyldblood #16
This is another strong issue of Wyldblood, with a good mixture of fantasy and sci-fi.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Alan really enjoyed the latest issue of WYLDBLOOD magazine. Find out which stories stood out by reading our latest review.
After the Christmas holidays and the new-year slump, Alan gets back in the saddle with a review of the most recent issue of Parsec.
Parsec #12
After the Christmas holidays and the new-year slump, Alan gets back in the saddle with a review of the most recent issue of Parsec.
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February 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
After the Christmas holidays and the new-year slump, Alan gets back in the saddle with a review of the most recent issue of Parsec.
It seems that Supernova has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category of the @bsfa.bsky.social awards. Thank you to whoever nominated us, we really appreciate it.
February 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It seems that Supernova has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category of the @bsfa.bsky.social awards. Thank you to whoever nominated us, we really appreciate it.
So sad to see another short fiction magazine closing. Hexagon published a lot of great stories, which takes a lot of energy and effort, we salute them for all of their hard work across 20 issues.
Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Hexagon Hiatus
I have edited 19 (soon to be 20) issues of my favourite magazine of all time, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now). I started Hexagon as a project to gain editing experience and to improve my own…
hexagonmagazine.ca
February 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So sad to see another short fiction magazine closing. Hexagon published a lot of great stories, which takes a lot of energy and effort, we salute them for all of their hard work across 20 issues.
New year, new short fiction reviews! Alan has been catching up on @mythaxis.bsky.social - an excellent and free-to-read quarterly zine. Check out our review and then check out Mythaxis! supernova.reviews/2025/01/10/m...
Mythaxis #39
Reading Mythaxis really brings home that there are some great unknown (or relatively unknown) writers out there.
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January 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New year, new short fiction reviews! Alan has been catching up on @mythaxis.bsky.social - an excellent and free-to-read quarterly zine. Check out our review and then check out Mythaxis! supernova.reviews/2025/01/10/m...
Happy New Year from Supernova! We're catching up on reviews again - here's what I thought of Interzone 300 supernova.reviews/2025/01/05/i...
Another strong issue, standout story for me was by Rachael Cupp - check it out!
@interzone.press
Another strong issue, standout story for me was by Rachael Cupp - check it out!
@interzone.press
Interzone #300
Happy New Year from Supernova! The landmark 300th issue of Interzone has been out for a while, so as you can see I’m still playing catch-up with the reviews….
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January 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Happy New Year from Supernova! We're catching up on reviews again - here's what I thought of Interzone 300 supernova.reviews/2025/01/05/i...
Another strong issue, standout story for me was by Rachael Cupp - check it out!
@interzone.press
Another strong issue, standout story for me was by Rachael Cupp - check it out!
@interzone.press
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Issue 18 is coming next week! Here's the cover, with art by Angela Patera. Subscribe or pick up individual issues at store.smallwondersmag.com.
November 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Issue 18 is coming next week! Here's the cover, with art by Angela Patera. Subscribe or pick up individual issues at store.smallwondersmag.com.
Another new post of short fiction reviews from us! What is going on! This is a delayed review of PARSEC #11 from @pspublish.bsky.social which came out in August. It's a great issue with stories by @aptshadow.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and more! supernova.reviews/2024/11/28/p...
Parsec #11
Self-imposed deadlines have no meaning, at least, not to me any more. I started Parsec issue 11 on the flight from Birmingham to Glasgow for Worldcon in August and was honestly blown away….
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November 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Another new post of short fiction reviews from us! What is going on! This is a delayed review of PARSEC #11 from @pspublish.bsky.social which came out in August. It's a great issue with stories by @aptshadow.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and more! supernova.reviews/2024/11/28/p...
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We’re so glad you enjoyed it! Submissions are currently open for Issue 19 - details can be found here britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch...
BFS Horizons – The British Fantasy Society
britishfantasysociety.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
We’re so glad you enjoyed it! Submissions are currently open for Issue 19 - details can be found here britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch...
As promised, new reviews at Supernova! First up, Alan looks at the latest issue of BFS Horizons, fiction magazine of the British Fantasy Society and likes what he finds @britfantasysoc.bsky.social . supernova.reviews/2024/11/27/b...
BSF Horizons #17
BFS Horizons is a bit of a hidden gem.Sent out to members of the society but also available to purchase in the usual places, it often contains some truly wonderful stories, and this issue is a good…
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November 27, 2024 at 6:07 PM
As promised, new reviews at Supernova! First up, Alan looks at the latest issue of BFS Horizons, fiction magazine of the British Fantasy Society and likes what he finds @britfantasysoc.bsky.social . supernova.reviews/2024/11/27/b...
Today's short fiction recommendation: "Loneliness Universe" by @foxesandroses.bsky.social published by @uncannymagazine.bsky.social It is beautifully warm, terrifyingly sad, achingly familiar.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lone...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lone...
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Today's short fiction recommendation: "Loneliness Universe" by @foxesandroses.bsky.social published by @uncannymagazine.bsky.social It is beautifully warm, terrifyingly sad, achingly familiar.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lone...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lone...