Premiere issue of Icarus now available

[kestrell]

Publisher Steve Berman, of whom I am a big fan, just released the
premiere issue of Icarus, his new gay-themed speculative fiction magazine
http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/11288
I have already ordered my copy.

Here is more about Icarus:

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Icarus is the first magazine devoted to gay-themed speculative fiction and writing - from fantasy to horror to science fiction, and all the weird tales
that fall between the cracks. Our first issue features short stories by Jeff Mann, Joel D. Lane, Jameson Currier and Tom Cardamone; interviews with Dan
Stone and graphic artist Peter Grahame; poetry by Lawrence M. Schoen; plus book reviews, an article about the Gaylactic Network, and brief happenings in
gay publishing. Icarus is published by Lethe Press.

Please Note: Icarus comes from MagCloud in a clear plastic mailer. If this is a problem for you, please contact lethepress@aol.com
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As far as other things which are being added to my to be read pile, I'm going to be grabbing a copy of "The Tiger's Wife" by Téa Obreht in the Summer Fiction issue of the New Yorker (June 8), which is getting a lot of rave reviews from the Interstitial Arts crowd as a brilliant example of magical realism and fairy tale/folklore.
More about the story here
http://msnyder.typepad.com/the_labyrinth/2009/06/ta-obreht-the-tigers-wife.html