The latest issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is hitting newsstands, e-readers, and mailboxes, and I’m pleased to brag that the Pizza King himself graces the cover (and my story “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal” graces the interior).
Need your copy? Order online: paper or digital. Wanna review it on GoodReads? You can! (There is currently one review up, and the reviewer didn’t finish the story because it was “gross.” I respect that decision; it has a solid basis. Know your limits, my Dear Readers and Best Belovéds!)
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
July/August, 71st Year of Publication
NOVELETS
- “Spirit Level” – John Kessel
- “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal” – David Erik Nelson
- “‘Omunculus” – Madeleine E. Robins
- “The Monsters of Olympus Mons” – Brian Trent
SHORT STORIES
- “Knock, Knock Said the Ship” – Rati Mehrotra
- “Last Night at the Fair” – M. Rickert
- “Bible Stories for Adults No. 37: The Jawbone” – James Morrow
- “Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo” – Ana Hurtado
- “A Bridge from Sea to Sky” – Bennett North
- “Crawfather” – Mel Kassel
- “The Staircase” – Stephanie Feldman
- “The Shape of Gifts” – Natalia Theodoridou
POEMS
- “A Quartet of Alphabetic Bubbles” – Mary Soon Lee
DEPARTMENTS
- Editorial by C.C. Finlay
- Books to Look For by Charles de Lint
- Musing on Books by Michelle West
- Film: Darkness Visible by David J. Skal
- Science: What the Heck is an Analemma by Jerry Oltion
- Curiosities: The Contaminant by Leonard Reiffel (1978) by Thomas Kaufsek
Cartoons by Arthur Masear, Arthur Masear, Danny Shanahan, Kendra Allenby, Nick Downes, Nick Downes
Cover: By Alan M. Clark for “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal”