We’re thrilled to announce that Ben Greene‘s brilliant art A Deafened Plea For Peace, which was featured on the cover of Crossed Genres’ Issue 21 (Invasion), has made the shortlist for the British Science Fiction Association‘s 2010 award for Best Art! Huge congratulations to Ben!

Here’s the official announcement.


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Wow what a night! This post may be long as there’s much to talk about!

First, as I posted late last night, Issue 17: ANTIHERO has been released! This issue is amazing; please read, view and enjoy!

Today we are also officially accepting entries to the Science in My Fiction contest! You can now submit your entry via the simple online form. Entries ( Read more... )

Crossed Genres is pleased to announce the release of our 17th issue: ANTIHERO!

ARTWORK (Fair Warning: This artwork is more graphic than our usual covers!)


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Wednesday is the LAST DAY to get us your Eastern submissions! We’re currently sitting on the fewest subs we’ve had since last June. Yikes! More please!

Wednesday is also the LAST day to read the Humor issue! Some great stories and a terrific article by Piers Anthony on writing Humor! Go read it and/or buy it while you still can!

Issue 17 is pretty ( Read more... )

There’s a wonderful review of Crossed Genres Year One over at Tangent Online!

“From lovers whose needs suck away others’ life forces to the foibles of superheroes past their prime, Crossed Genres makes a tasty break from ordinary speculative fiction. This twisted group of stories both inflames and amuses. At ten bucks a pop, it is hard not to ( Read more... )

There was a bit of interest in my answering some questions via Formspring, so I set up an account. Ask whatever about CG, Little Death, Science in My Fiction, etc. Also, if you have questions about starting a zine from scratch (and the various insanity involved in keeping it going, expanding to new projects, etc) like we did, feel free. Questions ( Read more... )

There are TWO new chapters of RJ Astruc’s A Festival of Skeletons up in the Subscribers Area! Subscribers can go here to read them. If you’re not a subscriber, you can read a snippet here, or subscribe for just 83 cents a month!

I got the photos I’d been waiting on, and submitted issue 17 for approval. Just a few minutes ago ordered the proof copy ( Read more... )

First, some sadness/frustration: Cheryl Morgan, three-time Hugo award winner, non-fiction editor for Clarkesworld magazine, and an all-around terrific person, was denied entry to the US yesterday and deported back to the UK. As she explains in her blog, it seems to have been the result of an idiotic bureaucratic snafu completely beyond her control ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to send in your submissions for issue 17: ANTIHERO! On Monday we’ll begin accepting submissions for our Eastern issue.

Read issue 4: CRIME before it’s gone forever! It disappears tomorrow night! It was a damned good issue, too! (You can also buy it - only $5, free shipping from Amazon!)

Monday we’re releasing Issue 16: ( Read more... )

A fast bullet-points post today, because we’re very busy and I’m exhausted.

1) Sunday is the LAST DAY to submit to the ANTIHERO issue! Thus far subs have been pretty solid - we’re well over last month’s totals - but we need more! We always need more!

2) Also, this is your LAST CHANCE to read Issue 4 - CRIME! It was a terrific issue, and after ( Read more... )