Updated as of: March 28, 2006
This page lists small press magazines, chapbooks, anthologies, webzines, and other publications in the science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy genres published in 2005. If a publication is listed here, then the stories and/or poetry in it were reviewed for possible inclusion in Best of the Rest 4, to be published in April 2006.
The next Best of the Rest will not cover the year 2006, so review copies of small press materials for this year are not needed. - Brian Youmans, Editor
The 3rd Alternative - "Transmissions From the Edge" - seen: #41 (Spring 2005), #42 (Summer 2005)
Amazing Journeys Magazine - "of Science Fiction and Fantasy" - seen: #8 (Summer 2005), #9 (Fall 2005), #10 (Winter 2005)
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - seen: February/March 2005, April/May 2005, June/July 2005, August/September 2005
Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest - seen: #1 (Spring 2005), #2 (Summer 2005), #3 (Autumn 2005), #4 (Winter 2005)
Black Clock - seen: #3
Black Gate - "Adventures in Fantasy Literature" - seen: #8
Cthulhu Sex Magazine - "The Magazine for Connoiseurs of Sensual Horror" - seen: #21
Dreaming in R'lyeh - seen: Winter 2005
Electric Velocipede - seen: #8 (Spring 2005), #9 (Fall 2005)
Fictitious Force - "Speculative Fiction" - seen: #1
Halcyon Pulp Fiction Magazine - seen: #1 (March 2005), #2 (April 2005)
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror - seen: Spring 2005
Jupiter - seen: #7 (Winter 2004), #8 (Spring 2005)
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet - seen: #15 (January 2005), #16 (July 2005), #17 (November 2005)
Midnight Street - "Journeys into Darkness" - seen: #5 (Summer 2005)
Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine - seen: #5, #6, #7
NFG - "Writing with Attitude" - seen: #6
Not One of Us - seen: #33, #34
Nth Degree - "The Fiction and Fandom 'Zine" - seen: #13 (May 2005)
On Spec - "The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic" - seen: Winter 2004/5, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, Fall 2005
Paradox - "The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction" - seen: #7, #8
Pindeldyboz - seen: #5
Postscripts - seen: #3 (Spring 2005), #4 (Summer 2005)
Say... - seen: #5
Scifantastic - "look deeper & discover a new world... - seen: #3 (December 2005)
Space and Time - "the magazine of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction" - seen: #99 (Spring 2005)
Sybil's Garage - seen: #2.
Talebones - "A Magazine of Science Fiction & Dark Fantasy" - seen: Summer 2005
Tales of the Unanticipated - "The Anthology of TOTU Ink" - seen: #26
Trunk Stories - seen: #3
Zahir - "Unforgetable Tales" - seen: #6 (Spring 2005)
Whispers of Wickedness - "Dark Atmospheric Art and Fiction" - seen: #11 (Winter 2005)
Bare Bone #7, edited by Kevin L. Donihe, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press
Bare Bone #8, edited by Kevin L. Donihe, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press
Clarity - chapbook anthology edited and published by John Benson of Not One of Us, February 2005.
Clash of Steel: Book One - Reluctant Hero - "5 all-original tales of Epic Fantasy", published by Carnifex Press
Clash of Steel: Book Two - Assassin, published by Carnifex Press
Crown of Bones - "Horror That Will Totally Consume You" - an online anthology from Yellow Bat Press
Daikaiju! - "Giant Monster Tales" - edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen, published by Agog! Press
Dark Duets: Musical Mayhem - by Michael McCarty & His Band - published by Wildside Press
Dark Notes From NJ - "Dark Tales Inspired by Songs of NJ Musicians", published by the Garden State Horror Writers
The Dead Cat Poet Cabal - published by Bedlam Press
The Elastic Book of Numbers - edited by Allen Ashley, published by Elastic Press
Ghosts at the Coast - "The Best of Ghost Story Weekend, Vol. 2" - edited by Dianna Rodgers, published by Triple Tree Publishing
In the Palace of Repose - stories by Holly Phillips, published by Prime Books.
Life Among the Dream Merchants and Other Phantasies - poems by Kurt Newton, published by Coscom Entertainment.
Marking the Signs and Other Tales of Mischief - stories by Laura J. Underwood, published by Yard Dog Press
Northwest Passages - "A Cascadian Anthology" - edited by Cris DiMarco, published by Fandom Press
Polyphony 5 - edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake, published by Wheatland Press
Rabid Transit: Menagerie - chapbook anthology edited by Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro, Kristin Livdahl; published by Velocity Press
Sky Songs II - Spiritual SF - anthology published by Skysong Press (mostly reprint)
Spirit House - "A collection of short fiction to benefit victims of the 2004 tsunami disaster"
TEL: Stories - anthology edited by Jay Lake, published by Wheatland Press
Tesseracts Nine - "New Canadian Speculative Fiction" - edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Through a Glass Darkly - chapbook with short story by Angeline Hawkes-Craig; published by Naked Snake Press
Time for Bedlam - "a collection of cautionary tales" - edited by Ian Donnell Arbuckle, published by Saltboy Bookmakers
Unparalleled Journeys - Tales From the Writers of Amazing Journeys Magazine - edited by Edward Knight and David M. Fitzpatrick, published by Journey Books Publishing.
Aeon - "Speculative Fiction" - seen: #2, #3, #4
Challenging Destiny - seen: #20
Cosmic Speculative Fiction - seen: #3, #4
Dawn Sky - seen: #4 (March 2005)
Fantasy World Geographic - seen: #1 (March 2005)
Flash Me Magazine - An Online Magazine Exclusively for Flash Fiction - seen: #7, #8
Nemesis Magazine - seen: #6
Oceans of the Mind - "a science and future fiction magazine" - seen: #15, #16, #17
Padwolf Presents - seen: #2 (this issue is also being distributed as Cosmic Speculative Fiction, issue #3)
Simulacrum - "The Magazine of Speculative Transformation" - seen: #8 (January 2005), #9 (March 2005), #10 (May 2005)
Transfinite - seen: #1, #2
Adbhut Science Fiction & Fantasy
Alien Skin - "Featuring Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Fiction"
Aoife's Kiss - "SF, fantasy, and horror zine"
Between Kisses - "Newsletter About Sam's Dot Publishing" (includes fiction and poetry)
Bewildering Stories - "an electronic publication featuring speculative fiction"
Chiaroscuro - "Treatments of Light and Shade in Words"
Dark Energy Speculative Fiction
Deathlings - "dark fiction for the discerning reader"
EOTU - Ezine of Fiction, Art, and Poetry
Feral Fiction - "Words Raised by Wolves"
The Fifth Di... - "SF and fantasy zine"
Fortean Bureau - "a magazine of the strange, weird, and unusual speculative fiction"
Futurismic - "a website for people interested in the future and the effects of science and technology on the present"
GateWay S-F Magazine - Stories of Science and Faith
Gothic.Net - "one of the web's top sites for horror fiction"
Journal of Mythic Arts - "An online journal for the exploration of myth, folklore, and fairy tales, and their use in contemporary arts"
Kenoma - "Speculative Fiction and Myth"
KidVisions - "SF, fantasy, and eww gross zine for kids"
Lenox Ave. - "Speculative Fiction and Art"
Lone Star Stories - Speculative Fiction and Poetry
The Martian Wave - "SF zine dedicated to the exploration and colonization of our solar system"
nanobison - "the evolution of speculation
Neverary - Speculative Fiction Writing
Planet Magazine - "Wild SF and Fantasy"
Reflection's Edge - The E-Zine for Thoughtful Readers and Writers
ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com
Scifaikuest - scifaiku zine
Shadowed Realms - "Dark Flash Fiction Online Magazine"
Shadows of Saturn - "Dark Science Fiction
Sidereality - "A Journal of Speculative and Experimental Poetry"
Strange Horizons - "a weekly web-based magazine of and about speculative fiction"
The Sword Review - "Fantasy, Science Fiction & More"
Twilight Times - "a digital journal of speculative fiction"
Vacant Funhouse - "A Webzine of horror, mystery, suspense and crime short fiction and poetry"
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