Et tu, IROSF?
The Internet Review of SF, perhaps the best review and non-fiction F/SF ‘zine going these days, has announced they will be ceasing publication in a few months.
I’m bummed to hear that. Lois Tilton, their legendary short fiction reviewer, reviewed every issue of my magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and I really appreciated that. Her reviews were sometimes a bit grumpy, as they are known among writers to sometimes be, but she was always fair and honest, and when she praised a story, you knew that that praise had been earned.
I hope that short fiction reviews in general and Ms. Tilton’s in particular will keep going in some form, in this age of unclear business models for online F/SF both fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction and short fiction reviews are a vital if less glamorous part of the field, and it would be a shame if they dried up.