Dark Matter -- SF/F/H Paying Market Sightings

Many pro- and semi-pro Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror short story markets, for various reasons, have a difficult time keeping to a regular publishing schedule. Sometimes it's hard for writers to know whether a market is even still in business -- sort of like dark matter in the cosmos (it may be out there, but we can't see it). This page is thus an attempt to let folks track "sightings" of new issues of the not-entirely-regular markets. Please report any newer sightings than are already recorded.

Note that we only track markets that pay authors -- there are too many "small press" markets (no pay/pay in copies) to contemplate tracking. We're not tracking e-zines, either, since you can just look at them to see if they're alive & up-to-date. We also only track science fiction, fantasy, and horror markets.

Well known, very regular markets have been omitted precisely because they are regular -- So no Asimov's, Analog, etc.

Remember, you may have to reload this page if you've already looked at it. (Last update: Sun Nov 18 07:52:21 MST 2001)

Please report problems to Andrew Burt.

Note that a missing/outdated entry below doesn't mean the market definitely has not published! Rather, the only valid conclusion is that a recent sighting means that market was recently 'alive'.

Name - Pro,Semipro/Monthly,Qtrly Issue# Mon/Qtr Yr Seen Seen by...
Aberrations - S/?39Winter01/97jbusick@scsn.net
Aberrations - S/?40Aug9708/97rogoff@sff.net
Aboriginal - P/Q48Spring965/96aburt@du.edu
Aboriginal - P/Q50Summer967/96mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Aboriginal - P/Q52Fall9612/96mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Aboriginal - P/Q54Winter9710/97mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Aboriginal - P/Q55-56Spring9803/98lisa@laf.cioe.com
Aboriginal - P/Q60Winter981/99mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Aboriginal - P/Q64Summer0010/00brutschy@home.com
Aboriginal - P/Q65Spring0106/01danmonk@bigfoot.com
Absolute Magnitude - P/QFall968/96aburt@du.edu
Absolute Magnitude - P/QWinter971/97aburt@du.edu
Absolute Magnitude - P/Q9Spring982/98wilder@shaysnet.com
Adventures of Sword & Sorcery - P/?Fall0012/00zhaneel@dracona.com
Adventures of Sword & Sorcery - P/?3Summer968/96c-tompk@uiuc.edu
Adventures of Sword & Sorcery - P/?4Winter974/97Owton_w_m@lilly.com
Adventures of Sword & Sorcery - P/?5(Annual)08/98Owton_w_m@lilly.com
Altair - P/6M1February983/98mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Altair - P/6M2Summer9808/98DeCusatis.Carolyn@Worldnet.att.net
Altair - P/6M3Feb992/99DeCusatis.Carolyn@Worldnet.att.net
Altair - P/6M4(Annual)998/99DeCusatis.Carolyn@Worldnet.att.net
Cemetary Dance - P/?3Fall9601/97jbusick@scsn.net
Cemetary Dance - P/?30Dec9801/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Cemetary Dance - P/?31May9905/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Century - P/Q4Feb963/96aburt@du.edu
Century - P/Q5Fall99911/99doctorow@craphound.com
Century - P/Q6?Winter0011/00stacej@idcomm.com
Crank! - P/QFall980998adeniro@rocketmail.com
Crank! - P/Q7Fall968/96aburt@du.edu
Deathrealm - P/?xxxDead973/97aburt@du.edu
Deathrealm - S/?28Summer966/96mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Fortress - S/?3Winter3/97Owton_w_m@lilly.com
Haunts - S/Q31Summer971/97jbusick@scsn.net
Haunts - S/Q32Winter9603/97rochelle@mitchellware.com
Keen SF - S/MxxxDead973/97aburt@du.edu
Odyssey - P/Q3Winter983/98OWTON_W_M@lilly.com
Odyssey - P/Q5Jul9809/98rogoff@sff.net
Odyssey - P/Q6Sep9810/98mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Odyssey - P/Q7Spring9903/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
On Spec - S/?#34Fall9809/98diane.walton@infrastruction.com
On Spec - S/?#36Spring9904/99diane.walton@infrastruction.com
On Spec - S/?28Spring9703/97rleblanc@compusmart.ab.ca
On Spec - S/?39Winter9901/00diane.walton@infrastruction.com
Pirate Writings - S/Q11Nov968/96mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Pirate Writings - S/Q12Winter11/96mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Pirate Writings - S/Q14Summer976/97aburt@tech-soft.com
Pirate Writings - S/Q15Winter971/98mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Pirate Writings - S/Q16Summer9807/98mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Pirate Writings - S/Q17Winter9902/99mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Plot - S/Q7Winter972/97aburt@du.edu
Plot - S/Q8Spring976/97aburt@tech-soft.com
Silver Web - S/?13Winter9711/96rogoff@sff.net
Silver Web - S/A14(Annual)9707/97rogoff@sff.net
Space & Time - S/QSummer9807/98nillo@tao.agoron.com
Space & Time - S/Q87Summer976/97mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Space & Time - S/Q89Spring9902/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Space & Time - S/Q90Fall9907/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Strange Wonderland - S/Q?2Jun977/97BlackwellL@aol.com
Talebones - S/?Winter0110/01Cearb@aol.com
Talebones - S/?6Winter971/97mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Talebones - S/?12Summer9807/98mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Talebones - S/?13Fall9811/98mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Talebones - S/?14Winter9902/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Talebones - S/?15Spring9907/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Terra Incognita - S/?1Winter979/96lucy@gramercy.ios.com
Terra Incognita - S/?2Spring9704/97mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Terra Incognita - S/?3Summer9807/98nillo@tao.agoron.com
Terra Incognita - S/?4Winter0001/00m-brofk@uiuc.edu
Terra Incognita - S/?5Fall0010/00m-brofk@uiuc.edu
Terra Incognita - S/?6Fall0003/00brutschy@home.com
Transversions - S/?8/9Summer986/98mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Transversions - S/?10Winter9903/99mslee@cs.cmu.edu
Urbanite - S/?11Fall9912/99wgbrown@symcorp.com
Weird Tales (formerly Worlds of Fantasy & Horror) - P/Q4Winter9612/96aburt@du.edu
Weird Tales (formerly Worlds of Fantasy & Horror) - P/Q313Summer9810/98busick@microbyte.net
Weird Tales (formerly Worlds of Fantasy & Horror) - P/Q315Winter9802/99Owton_w_m@lilly.com
Weird Tales (formerly Worlds of Fantasy & Horror) - P/Q316Summer9905/99mr_mastodon@hotmail.com
Zone9 - S/2MAug9612/96bernobic@snet.net

If you'd like to report a sighting, click here.

If you want to read about very pleasant dealings with editors/publishers, click here.

If you want to read about response times, click here.

If you didn't arrive here via Critters, you may want to check that out, here. Critters is an Internet-based workshop for SF/F/H writers. There is a good deal of other SF/writing material among the Critters pages, also.