Shimmer

The Spoils of Springfield - Alex Wilson

Jaguar Woman - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

River Water - Becca De La Rosa

The Fox and the King’s Beard - Jessica Wick

A Painter, A sheep…” - Nir Yaniv

The Clockwork Jungle Book

Shimmer is pleased to announce The Clockwork Jungle Book. Think steampunk animal parables! It’s a special double-length issue, guest-edited by George Mann of Solaris Books, scheduled for Autumn 2008. Now accepting submissions. Read the guidelines for more details.

Now GET WRITING!

Grasping for the Wind had this to say:

These ten stories and 1 interview are well written, and were good choices for a speculative fiction magazine’s issue on pirates. The fantasy, horror and/or sci-fi elements were neatly incorporated into the pirate stories.

Check out the full review here.

They also have an interview with John Joseph Adams (of Fantasy and Science Fiction), who guest edited the pirate issue.

GFTW: You were recently invited to be a guest editor for the Pirate Issue of Shimmer Magazine. What was your approach to choosing stories for this issue?

JJA: One of the things I wanted to do with the Pirate Issue is have a broad range of pirate stories, which took some liberties interpreting the term “pirate.” Of course, there are some stories in the issue that are your typical iconic Caribbean-style pirate, but it was important to me to have a certain diversity represented. So that was one factor.

You can read the rest of the interview here.

Angela Slatter’s story The Angel Wood, from the Fall 2006 issue of Shimmer, has made the short list for the 2007 Aurealis Award.

Congratulations, Angela!

This time from a reader, who writes to John Joseph Adams of the pirate issue, and has many nice things to say.

I liked how there was a wide range of stories, touching on different aspects of the appeal of the pirate and the various forms of piracy.

I think it’s a great idea for a little magazine to do a special issue like this. I would like to see more small press magazines doing it. The focus on one theme/topic seems much more interesting than a magazine of general spec fic stories. It felt more like an anthology, but at an affordable price.

Check out the whole post at J.J.A.’s blog.

Sam Tomino of SFRevu says:

I’m sick of pirates. I was never a big fan of them and this wave of pirate stuff in pop culture has not endeared them to me. When I saw that the Shimmer Vol. 2, Issue 3 was “The Pirate Issue”, I groaned. What would I encounter here? I needn’t have worried. I enjoyed all the stories.

Head on over to SFRevu to check out the rest of the review!