Clarkesworld, October 2011, by Scooter Carlyle

In "Staying Behind," by Ken Liu, the majority of the Earth's population has uploaded their minds to a higher digital plane, leaving a bloody, battered body.  The Uploaded, the dead, keep trying to steal the children of those who chose to stay behind. This was one of the eeriest and most unsettling stories I've ever...

After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, by Carole Moleti

This collection by Maureen F. McHugh tours the world, with stops in a variety of settings that have been subjected to or are in the middle of some of cataclysmic event of a supernatural, natural, or manmade kind. Six of the nine stories are reprints, the remaining three make their first appearance in this compendium...

tor.com, August 2011 by Thomas Hardman

Tor's offerings for August include three pieces, one long and two short, which lean more towards science fiction rather than fantasy. The fourth, excerpted from a collection, is purely fantastic. “Journey Into the Kingdom” is from M. Rickert's collection “Holiday”, and is in the form of a nested tales. A young man attending an exhibition...

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Issue 27 (August 2011) by Sarah Goslee

From welcoming gardens, to famous musicians, to wolf men and crow men and exotic maids, the nine stories in this issue of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet are tied together by unreliable narrators and things that are not as they seem. If the cardinals waved their red wings at me, and the wolves called me on...

Clarkesworld, July through September by Scooter Carlyle

July In "Trois morceaux en forme de mechanika," by Gord Sellar, the end began when the first mechanika butchered its maker.  Within a few generations humanity's accomplishments became little more than relics in museums. I loved the story, which I think can be most accurately described as dystopian steampunk.  It takes place over several hundred...

Asimov’s, September 2011 by Aidan Doyle

This issue of Asimov's features a wide range of stories, from post-apocalyptic settings, to deep space, to plague-ridden colony worlds. Several of the stories cover grim material and feature disturbing characters. "Burning Bibles", by Alan Wall, follows the investigation by UK and US intelligence services into several fires suspected to be linked to terrorists. An...

Tor.com, July 2011 by Thomas Hardman

July's selection of short stories from Tor include one fantasy, and two other tales which both seem to be children's literature. Yet seeming can be deceiving, and although probably one might read these to their children with no harm done, this is adult fare. In “Dala Horse”, Michael Swanwick offers us a fairly short story...

An interview with Lavie Tidhar by Elizabeth Allen

Lavie Tidhar is an award-winning genre writer of Israeli origin. I asked him about his short fiction, one of his most recent novel-length works, Osama, the World Fantasy Award-nominated World SF blog, and his role with the World SF Travel Fund. Q: How do you use your short fiction? What does it do for you...

An Interview with Kevin J. Anderson on his trip to the UAE, sci-fi in the Middle East by Arafaat Ali Khan, and finding time to write

You visited the UAE recently, what did you think of sci-fi fans from this region as compared other parts of the world that you frequent? The difficult availability of Arabic translations of major science fiction and fantasy novels has always made it problematic for Arabic speakers to read the most important works in the genre....

An interview with Cheryl Morgan on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards

So, we know the inspiration for these awards has been covered elsewhere, for example on New Zealand author Helen Lowe's blog, but I am curious how the board and the first year's jurors came together.  Also, it sounds from the FAQ on the website like you are going to have different jurors every year? It...