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Shimmer is a quarterly magazine providing speculative fiction for a miscreant world. Each issue presents unusual stories told with conventional storytelling techniques. The stories are dark, funny, strange, or all three.
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Issue 11
Table of Contents:
Shedding Skin; Or How the World Came to Be, by Jay Lake
The Jackdaw's Wife, by Blake Hutchins
The Student and the Rats, by Jess Nevins
The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, by Shweta Narayan
Kay's Box, by Marissa Lingen
Otto's Elephant, by Vince Pendergast
The Monkey and the Butterfly, by Susannah Mandel
Message in a Bottle, by James Maxey
The Clockwork Cat's Escape, by Gwynne Garfinkle
The Wolf and the Schoolmaster, by James L. Cambias
A Garden in Bloom, by Genevieve Valentine
And How His Audit Stands, by Lou Anders
The Story In Which Dog Dies, by Sara Genge
A Red One Cannot See, by Barbara A. Barnett
The Fishbowl, by Amal El-Mohtar
His Majesty's Menagerie, by Chris Roberson
The Emperor's Gift, by Rajan Khanna
The Clockwork Goat and the Smokestack Magi, by Peter M. Ball
The Giant and the Unicorn, by Alethea Kontis
Mockmouse, by Caleb Wilson
Illustration by:
Andrew Chase (Covers)
Stephen Stanley
Shweta Narayan
Russell Morgan
Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
Bill Stoneham
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Issue 10
Table of Contents:
Blue Joe, by Stephanie Burgis
The Carnivale of Abandoned Tales, by Caitlyn Paxson
One for Sorrow, by Shweta Narayan
A Painter, a Sheep, and a Boa Constrictor, by Nir Yaniv
The Bride Price, by Richard S. Crawford
Jaguar Woman, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Firefly Igloo, by Caroline M. Yoachim
The Fox and the King's Beard, by Jessica Paige Wick
River Water, by Becca De La Rosa
What to Do with the Dead, by Claude Lalumiere
The Spoils of Springfield, by Alex Wilson
Counting Down to the End of the Universe, by Sara Genge
Non-Fiction:
Interview with Cory Doctorow, by Jen West
Illustration by:
Carrie Anne Baade (cover)
Tom Marcello
Sean Stone
Chris Howard
Adam Doyle
John Bellotti Jr.
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Issue 9
Table of Contents:
Chimera and Qi, by Tinatsu Wallace
The Hummingbird Heart, by Angela Slatter
Maybe Blue, by Jenny Maloney
Juniper Grave, by Alex Daly MacFarlane
The Girl Who Lost Her Way, by D. Lynn Smith
The Shape of Her Sorrow, by Joy Marchand
The Hand of the Devil on a String, by M. K. Hobson
20th Anniversary Caveman, Gra Linnaea
Even the Slowest Fall, by D. T. Friedman
Distractions, by Chad Brian Henry
Lucy, by Chrissy Ellsworth
The Glass Girl Looks Back, by Stephanie Campisi
Non-Fiction:
Interview with Dave Farland, by Spencer Ellsworth
Illustration by:
Aunia Kahn
A. R. Stone
Stephen Stanley
Sandro Castelli
Chrissy Ellsworth
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Art Issue
Penny Wise, by Kurt Kirchmeier
A Very Young Boy with Largely Clipped Wings, Michael Livingston
Within the City of the Swan, by Aliette de Bodard
Even Songbirds Are Kept in Cages, by Josh Vogt
Monologue with Birds and Burin, by Daniel A. Rabuzzi
Dresses, Three by Angela Slatter
Flying and Falling, by Kuzhali Manickavel
Non-Fiction:
Interview with award-winning artist John Picacio
Illustration by:
John Picacio
Sandro Castelli
Fatima Azimova
Chrissy Ellsworth
Carrie Ann Baade
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Pirate Issue
Guest-edited by John Joseph Adams
Double-length issue
Table of Contents:
A Hand for Each, by J. Kathleen Cheney
Captain Blood's B00ty, by Jeremiah Tolbert
The Blackguard of God, by Melinda Selmys
Come to the Islands, by Mikal Trimm
The Barbary Shore, by James L. Cambias
Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8, by Marissa K. Lingen
The Sweet Realm, by Jill Snider Lum
The Furies, by Rajan Khanna
The Perfect Hook, by Justine Graykin
Hard Times for Bartleby Crow, by Grant Stone
Non-Fiction:
Interview with Bobby Henderson, founder of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, by Jen West
Illustrated throughout by James Owen.
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Winter 2007 issue
Juana and the Dancing Bear, by n. a. bourke
Duets, by Philip J. Lees
Tom Cofferwillow Comes Undone, by Stephen L. Moss
Lucy, by Chrissy Ellsworth
Catch of the Day, by Michael Livingston
Interview with Cherie Priest
Eagle-haunted Lake Sammamish, by Cat Rambo
Night Milling, by Mike Driver
Dwell on Her Graciousness,by Dario Ciriello
Sparrow and Egg, by Amal El-Mohtar
Art:
Sandro Castelli (covers and interior
Lucy, by Chrissy Ellsworth (cartoon)
Stephen Stanley
Mary Robinette Kowal
Fatima Azimova
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Autumn 2006 issue
Halloween Night, by John Parke Davis
Skeletonbaby Magic, by Kathy Watts
Pray for Us, St. Dymphna, by Bryan Lindsey
The Angel Wood, by Angela Slatter
Interview with John Scalzi
Through the Obsidian Gates, by Aliette de Bodard
A Wizard on the Road, by Nir Yaniv, translated by Lavie Tidhar
Voices of the Gods, by Monica Eiland
King of Sand and Stormy Seas, by Siliva Moreno-Garcia
Art:
David Ho (covers)
Melancholix: Affinity, by Joseph Remy (cartoon)
Stephen Stanley
Mary Robinette Kowal
Cybele Collins
Sandro Castelli
J. Myztico Campo
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Summer 2006 issue
Fiction:
The Crow's Caw, by Amal El-Mohtar
Oscar's Temple, by Stephen L. Moss
Always Greener, by Paul Abbamondi
Bluebeard, by Angela Slatter
Gnome Season, by Michael Livingston
On the Edge of the World, by Marina T. Stern
Urban Renewal, by Tom Pendergrass
A Fish Tale, by Beverly Jackson
Non-Fiction:
Interview with Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, by Ken Scholes and
Jen West
Art:
Lucy and the Centaur, by Chrissy Ellsworth (cartoon)
Chrissy Ellsworth (cover, interior)
Stephen R. Stanley
Mary Robinette Kowal
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Spring 2006 issue
Fiction:
Dog Thinks Ahead, by Clifford Royal Johns
Drevka's Rain, by Marina T. Stern
The Dealer's Hands, by Paul Abbamondi
Litany, by John Mantooth
Rubber Boots, Mr. President, by Bruce K. Derksen
Paper Man, by Darby Harn
A Warrior's Death, by Aliette de Bodard
The LIttle Match Girl, by Angela Slatter
Non-Fiction:
John Joseph Adams reviews Larry Niven's The Draco Tavern
Art:
David Ho (cover)
Chrissy Ellsworth
Joy Marchand
Joseph Remy
Frank Harper
Paul Guinan
Stephen R. Stanley
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