ROF: Interview

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 24, 2010

There is a new interview on the website with author and RoF copy editor, Trent Zelazny.

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EDITORIAL: August 2010 Issue

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 22, 2010

Backstage Passes
By Douglas Cohen
A few years back, while reading one of the back issues to Realms of Fantasy, I noticed that the editorial had been written by Rebecca McCabe. At the time this issue was published, editorials were still appearing in the physical magazine, and Shawna McCarthy, the magazine’s longtime and founding editor, had written [...]

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Realms of Fantasy: April 2007 (Issue 76)

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 20, 2010

Part seventy-six in my ongoing retrospective as I read the fiction to the back issues of Realms of Fantasy and offer my thoughts, right up to the present. This time around I’ll be discussing the April 2007 issue.
The cover to this one features the artwork of Victoria Frances, which marks her second illustration in [...]

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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 19, 2010

The June 2010 issue of Realms of Fantasy has been reviewed over on the Black Gate website.

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Fantastic Books: The Distant Suns Now Available

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 17, 2010

The Distant Suns, one of five Michael Moorcock books I acquired for Warren Lapine’s Fantastic Books (his sf/f/h book imprint) is now available in both hardcover and paperback. The link I just posted leads to Amazon.com. For those who remain upset with Amazon after their spat with Macmillan a couple of months back, [...]

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Attending Readercon

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 17, 2010

I just realized that I haven’t mentioned yet that I’m going to be at Readercon this year. The three Rs for any con–ride, room, and registration–are all set. While I was on paneling last year, I won’t be doing any panels this year–apparently I was too slow in letting them know I’d like [...]

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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 17, 2010

The August 2010 issue of Realms of Fantasy has been reviewed over on Tangent Online.

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ROF: August 2010 Issue Available

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 16, 2010

The August 2010 issue of RoF is now available. Website updates should be taking place very soon. As soon as copies arrive, I will be mailing them off to our contributors. For a rundown of the August issue, you can read this post.

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Interviewed on Sofanauts

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 15, 2010

John Joseph Adams and I did an interview earlier today on Sofanauts. You can listen to it here. Much thanks to our excellent host, Tony C. Smith!

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More on RoF’s PDFs

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 9, 2010

This from our webmaster: Our PDFs are DRM (digital rights management) free! After some internal debate and soul searching, we’ve decided to trust our readership and provide PDFs that aren’t locked to a single device. Our PDFs can be copied from your PC to your iphone, blackberry, ipad, Nook, Kindle, or any device that reads [...]

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ROF: Now Available as a PDF

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 9, 2010

The latest issue of RoF (June 2010) is now available through our website for $3.99 as a pdf. This downloadable pdf can be read on a variety of major electronic reading devices, including the PC, Iphone, Ipad, Sony Ebook Reader, Nook, and other digital platforms. Going forward, we’re going to continue to explore [...]

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ROF: State of the Union

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 3, 2010

Hello Everyone,
As some of you are aware either because you received the notice or because you read about it in various corners of the web, a subscription notice recently went out for RoF. In it, our publisher wrote that he wanted to make our subscriber base aware that, as things currently stand, subscription renewals have [...]

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Another New One

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 3, 2010

I have an SASE here, but no accompanying manuscript or note of any kind. My best guess is this is a request for submission guidelines, so I’ll use the SASE to mail that back.

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RoF Retrospectives

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 1, 2010

RoF retrospectives up through 2006 are now available for your perusal on the website. Our thanks to web assistant, Dan Hiestand, for taking on the monstrous project of getting them all up there. New ones will be added as they become available.

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Another New One

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 1, 2010

So I open up this submission and inside I find a manuscript, along with an envelope large enough to mail back the manuscript should RoF decide to reject it. I remove both items and notice that the return mailer seems a little bit heavy. So I reach inside it and sure enough I [...]

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Which Fantasy / SciFi Character Are You?

by Aletheia Aklines June 1, 2010

Dissapointed with the unimaginative descriptions and narrow set of character returns in a popular forum quiz, TraceyLea decided to go free-form.  Here’s her self-composed result:

Éowyn…
I am not the main character who will ultimately defeat all evil
I am strong willed, high-minded and steadfast in my logic and beliefs
I wear my heart on my sleeve
I [...]

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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen May 31, 2010

The current issue of Realms of Fantasy (June 2010) has been reviewed over on Tangent Online.

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Five Silver and a Lock of Hair From Your Newborn Son

by Aletheia Aklines May 18, 2010

Ravenhawk extended a writing prompt last month that elicited some smashing responses.  Here’s his challenge: 
While shopping, your character sees a unique item that they’d like to buy.  Upon questioning the storekeeper on the price, he/she replies “Five silver and a lock of hair from your newborn son.”  Is that cheap?  Is that more than you’re [...]

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Slush Update

by Editor Douglas Cohen May 17, 2010

It’s been a fun day. I met Shawna in NYC for a slush transfer today and after we wrapped that up, the two of us had lunch in the city with longtime RoF contributor, Theodora Goss. Shawna and I both go way back with her. I attended the Odyssey Workshop with Dora [...]

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Second Major Amazon.com Challenge Grant for Clarion West

by Editor Douglas Cohen May 16, 2010

Hi Everyone,
Over the years Clarion West (not to mention the other Clarion programs) has produced some excellent writers. Quite a number of them have appeared in RoF. The message below was forwarded to Shawna, and we’d like to do our part to help spread the word about the Amazon.com Challenge Grant for Clarion [...]

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