Fever Dreams, a new online fantasy, horror and SF magazine, is available now: http://www.fever-dreams.co.uk/

They’re also on the look-out for more British talent! Check out #1 for an idea of what they’re about and then take a look at their submissions page for more details: http://fdezine.fever-dreams.co.uk/Submissions.html

Cemetery Dance magazine will open to submissions again later this year (please don’t send anything now – it’ll still be returned unread). However, they are only going to open to submissions for two months at the very most. Prior to closing to submissions, they state that they were receiving up to 500 stories per month, with a limited number of fiction slots available per issue, hence the change.

In addition, they will have a new electronic submission system in place, allowing quicker response, saving on the cost of postage and being more environmentally-friendly.

They will be seeking: “Horror, dark mystery, and suspense short stories up to 5,000 words. Originals, no reprints. We want tales that are powerful and emotional—creepy, chilling, disturbing, and moody. Suspense/mystery/crime tales with a horror element are always welcome. Both supernatural and psychological stories are fine. Most common reasons for rejection are: lack of power, lack of originality, slow pacing, poor writing, boring themes. Read the magazine, see what type of fiction we are publishing—don’t submit with a blind eye!”

Payment will be: “Professional rates, minimum of five cents per word, plus two contributor copies. Payable within 30 days of publication. Up to 5,000 words; maximum payment of $250. All rights revert to the author upon publication.”

Full details on how to submit will be posted on the website once the new submission system is ready. The publishers stress that writers must not submit until the appropriate time – all manuscripts submitted before they have the new system ready will be returned unread.

There was no Black Static published in June 2012. Issue 29 will instead become the July-August issue and mail out at the same time as Interzone issue 241. The magazines will continue on that schedule, sharing the same dateline and mailings. This makes much more sense after the recent Royal Mail changes. They are both due out this week.

TTA Press have taken this opportunity to make a couple of design changes too. Black Static magazine will lose 36mm off its height and 30mm off its width, which will allow printing of more pages (issue 29 will be 96 pages instead of the usual 64). There is the very real prospect of increasing to 128 pages in the future. The new size will use a thicker uncoated paper and a thicker cover, which will be laminated. So it’ll have a spine. The point size of the fiction will be slightly bigger. This will all add up to a better reading and handling experience, and a format that better suits the content.

Steve Davidson will be relaunching Amazing Stories – the world’s first science fiction magazine – on 1 July 2012. It returns with the publication of Volume 0, Number 1, the Relaunch Prelaunch issue.

This special issue is composed of content generously donated by contributors. It will feature reminiscences about Amazing Stories by Robert Silverberg, Barry Malzberg and Patrick L. Price (reprinted from earlier incarnations of the magazine), fiction by Jack Clemons (previously published in Amazing Stories) and a round-table style interview series with 13 authors from The Book View Cafe Authors Co-op, including Maya Bohnhoff, Brenda Clough, Chris Dolley, Katharine E. Kimbriel, Sue Lange, Vonda McIntyre, Linda Nagata, Pati Nagle, Phyllis Radford, Deborah J. Ross, Sarah Smith, Jennifer Stevenson, Judith Tarr and Dave Trowbridge.

For further information and announcements about the planned future direction of Amazing Stories please visit the website HERE

The debut issue of new magazine, Fur-Lined Ghettos, co-edited by BFS member Andrew Hook with his partner Sophie Essex has just been published and is available for purchase HERE

The first issue features poetry/fiction from Valentina Cano, Angharad Davies, Matt Hemmerich, Ian Hunter, Travis McCullers, David Spicer, Kate Tattersfield, Douglas Thompson, Harry Wilson and Paul Woodward. With cover art from Jordan Pundik of pop punk band New Found Glory.

Fur-Lined Ghettos is also currently open for submissions for the next issue. Guidelines are on the website, but buying a copy will give writers a better idea of what they are looking for.

Interzone issue 240 – marking the completion of Interzone‘s thirtieth year of publication – is out now.

Contents include fiction from Lavie Tidhar, Elizabeth Bourne, Ray Cluley, Vylar Kaftan and Tracie Welser; an interview with Nancy Kress (by Maureen Kincaid Speller); together with the usual mix of up-to-the-minute news and reviews.

Cover art is by Ben Baldwin.

For further information and purchase details visit the TTA Press website HERE

John Joseph Adams is seeking Kickstarter funding for the proposed Nightmare Magazine - “a monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction which will be published both online and in ebook format. This Kickstarter is intended to help fund the first issue and to get the magazine off the ground.

In Nightmare‘s pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. No subject is off-limits, and we will be encouraging our writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.

Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, every month Nightmare will bring you a mix of originals and reprints, and feature a variety of authors—from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven’t heard of yet. When you read Nightmare, it is our hope that you’ll see where horror comes from, where it is now, and where it’s going.

Nightmare will also include non-fiction, fiction podcasts, and Q&As with our authors that go behind-the-scenes of their stories.”

There are new brand stories lined up for the first issue from Laird Barron, Sarah Langan, Jonathan Maberry and Genevieve Valentine.

If you are interested in backing this project please visit the Kickstarter page HERE

Wormwood Issue 18 (Spring 2012) – Tartarus’ magazine of writings about fantasy, supernatural and decadent literature edited by Mark Valentine – will be published on 30 April 2012. It contains articles on H.P. Lovecraft, William Sharp, Frances Oliver, Robert Aickman, Randolph Stow and F. Marion Crawford, with contributions from Joel Lane, Mark Valentine, Mike Barrett, Reggie Oliver and others.

Full details, including pre-order information, are available HERE

Brought to you by the FrightFest convention organisation team, issue 10 of FrightFest, the UK’s free online fantasy and horror magazine, is now ready to download.

This issue contains a feature on the much-hyped Cabin in the Woods, which hits UK cinemas on 13 April 2012. In the first of two reports from the sets of upcoming horror films, Alan Jones recalls his trip to Italy to the set of Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, while Nina Romain looks at the Count’s popularity with moviegoers. Russ Gomm travelled to America to speak to the Blair Witch team on the set of their latest film Lovely Molly. There is also a preview of the upcoming Terracotta Film Festival, and many other articles of interest to fantasy and horror film fans.

Download a free copy HERE

Interzone Issue 238  is now available from TTA Press, containing new stories by Ray Cluley, Carole Johnstone, E.J. Swift and Tyler Keevil, along with its usual mix of news and reviews, and a poll where readers can vote for their favourite stories and artworks of 2011.

The magazine’s 2012 cover artist is Ben Baldwin who, in his guest editorial, explains that the images “will be focused around the imagery and symbolism of some of the Major Arcana of the tarot deck”. The first is The Moon.

Details HERE