SF & Fantasy Ezines

Finding science fiction and fantasy stories online is easy if you know where to look. Genre zines are everywhere, some for free and some on a subscription basis. Here are just a few suggestions:

Aeon Magazine features speculative fiction and non-fiction. Issues can be purchased in Microsoft Reader, PDF and other formats at Fictionwise.

ChiZine is a free quarterly zine of dark fiction, poetry, reviews and columns.

Deep Magic is a free ezine of fantasy and science fiction stories available in a PDF. While some stories they publish are great, others aren't.

Futurismic features science fiction stories as well as a blog and essays.

Ideomancer offers free speculative fiction, poetry, interviews and reviews.

Lenox Avenue is a free zine of speculative fiction that explores cultural myths and traditions.

Oceans of the Mind is a quarterly ezine of themed science and future fiction available as a PDF by subscription only.

Scifiction is the free monthly fiction section of the SciFi Channel’s website and has featured many award-winning and nominated stories. This one is highly recommended.

Shadowed Realms features dark science fiction and fantasy flash fiction in a bimonthly ezine.

Shadows of Saturn is free dark science fiction zine.

Strange Horizons is a free weekly ezine of speculative fiction with fiction, reviews, editorials and more.

Would That It Were is a free zine of historical science fiction stories, reviews and articles.