Interzone

"It's easy to forget that the numerous "Year's Best" anthologies don't paint the whole picture in terms of what's getting published. The stories have to come from somewhere, right? One of those places in Interzone magazine, now up to issue #224 and under the Editorial leadership of Andy Cox and Andy Hedgecock.

This is the first issue of Interzone I've read [smacks self on head] and I'm surprised by how strong an issue this is -- surprised because an average anthology is not usually this good. Why? The quality of fiction is subjective, of course, and some stories are thus less entertaining -- this is the nature of the anthology, or any collection of stories. That's not a bad thing, mind you. Such variety is useful in expanding reading boundaries. What's remarkable is that this particular collection of stories tickles my brain in all the right ways."