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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 15, 2011

The June 2011 issue (# 100) of RoF has been reviewed on sffworld.com. You can purchase copies of this issue on our website in PDF form here, and in print form here.

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You can read the gaming reviews for the August issue right here on the website. Matt Staggs reviews The Mutant Epoch, Red Tide: Adventure in a Crimson World, and Black Bag Jobs, and Matt London reviews Portal 2.

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Print Editions

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 10, 2011

Print copies of the February 2011 issue have sold out. Print copies of April, June, and August are still available and can be purchased here. The February issue remains available in PDF form.

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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 9, 2011

The current issue of RoF (August 2011) has been reviewed by Lois Tilton over on Locus Online. The current issue can be purchased through the website as a PDF here, and in print here.

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Realms of Fantasy Reviewed

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 8, 2011

The June 2011 issue of Realms of Fantasy has been reviewed by Rich Horton in the August 2011 issue of Locus. Here is the review in its entirety: The 100th issue of Realms of Fantasy is an extra long one, with some pretty good stuff. I particularly liked Euan Harvey’s Chinese-set ‘‘Wreathed in Wisteria, Draped [...]

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EDITORIAL: August 2011 Issue

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 4, 2011

Welcome to 101 By Douglas Cohen 101. The very number is laden with humor, representing innumerable punch-lines about classes dealing with the basics. So welcome to Realms of Fantasy 101, though we hope our magazine has moved well beyond the basics at this point. Now don’t get me wrong. We here at RoF like the [...]

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August 2011 Issue

by Editor Douglas Cohen August 4, 2011

The August 2011 issue is now available for purchase on our website as a PDF.

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Fiction Department Reminder

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 31, 2011

A reminder that we’re closing down to fiction submissions one month from now. Further details can be found here.

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August Issue: Update

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 27, 2011

The August issue will be printing this week. Next up, shipping.

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Art Department: Process

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 23, 2011

You can read about Kristina Carroll’s process on creating the cover to our forthcoming August issue over on her blog.

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Art Department: Sneak Peek

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 22, 2011

Here is the cover to the August 2011 issue. It features Kristina Carroll’s interior illustration to “Leap of Faith” by Alan Smale. You can read the ToC for the August issue here.

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Subscriptions and August TOC

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 22, 2011

Today is the last day you can subscribe and still receive the August issue of RoF as part of your subscription. To help with your decision, here is the TOC for the August issue: “The Progress of Solstice and Chance” by Richard Bowes, illustration by Raoul Vitale “Isabella’s Garden” by Naomi Kritzer, illustration by Stephanie [...]

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Submissions Announcement

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 19, 2011

Hi All, I wanted to let you know that on August 31st Realms of Fantasy will be closing to fiction submissions. This closure is part of our plan to switch over to electronic submissions. When we reopen, RoF will begin accepting electronic submissions for both fiction and poetry. Please note that we’ll be letting the [...]

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Another New One

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 11, 2011

On occasion we’ll receive a fiction submission from someone who is also submitting an accompanying illustration for the story in question. That’s fine, although each piece will end up being evaluated separately. We also rarely end up accepting work that has an accompanying illustration. There’s no stigma against such a thing–it just tends to work [...]

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RoF on PodCastle

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 5, 2011

This week’s offering on PodCastle is “A Hunter’s Ode to His Bait” by Carrie Vaughn, which originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy. Give it a listen.

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Folkroots Tackles Narnia

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 2, 2011

For the Folkroots column in our October issue, Theordoa Goss will be tackling Narnia. You can read some of her advanced thoughts about working on this column here.

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Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 Edition: Honorable Mentions

by Editor Douglas Cohen July 1, 2011

On the heels of yesterday’s Honorable Mention post for stories given the nod in Gardner Dozois’ latest year’s best collection, today I’d like to mention that I also hunted down the honorable mentions in Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 Edition, edited by Rich Horton, honoring stories published in 2010. Congratulations to Hannah-Strom Martin, [...]

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Year’s Best Science Fiction 28: Honorable Mentions

by Editor Douglas Cohen June 29, 2011

Honorable Mentions for Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois are available for the perusal of the curious over on Amazon.com. While this collection typically reprints science fiction stories, Dozois does give the nod to fantasy stories in the Honorable Mention section. The following Realms of Fantasy stories published in 2010 [...]

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