Ever since I discovered it a couple of years ago Shimmer Magazine has become one of my
favorite speculative fiction periodicals. Providing excellent short stories
with each issue and a medium for discovering new writing talents I become fonder
of Shimmer with its every single appearance. After 18 issues, released since
2005 in both print and digital format, Shimmer Magazine takes a step forward
nowadays and changes its publishing model. Starting with the 19th issue,
Shimmer will have a new 4 story appearance every other month, in digital format.
Each issue will be delivered to the subscribers of the magazine in convenient DRM-free
digital formats at the beginning of every month when Shimmer is published, while
for the readers who enjoy their fiction free the 4 stories of each issue will
be made available on Shimmer’s website one every two weeks. This year Shimmer
plans four such appearances, on May, July, September and November. It doesn’t
mean that Shimmer will renounce its print appearance completely, the stories
published during a year will be collected in an annual print anthology released
in early December. The table of contents for the 19th issue is
already available and the readers can expect the following stories:
“The Earth &
Everything Under” by K.M. Ferebee (available on website from May 6)
“Methods of Divination”
by Tara Isabella Burton (available on website from May 20)
“Jane” by Margaret
Dunlap (available on website from June 3)
“Lists of Items Found in
Valise on Welby Crescent” by Rachael Acks (available on website from June 17)
To celebrate the change of format Shimmer Magazine is
also holding a giveaway for 3 subscriptions. Anyone helping to spread the word
of this change on Twitter, linking to the Shimmer website and using the hashtag
#NewShimmer, enters in a contest for a chance to win a 6-issue subscription.
The winners will be announced on Friday, April 18th, at noon, MT.
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