The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 1615

Previous — Magazine Issue Index — Table-of-Contents

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 1 Issue 2, December 2016] ed. Elizabeth O. Smith (Radiant Crown Publishing, $2.99, ebook, cover: Zombie Robot of Doom! by Devin Francisco) []
The theme of this issue is “RE_ACTED”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Editor’s Corner: Our Secrets · Elizabeth O. Smith · ed

· Golden Dawn · Robert Beveridge · pm

· Che(mother)apy · Nicole Melchionda · pm

· One Oscillating Thread · Nicole Melchionda · pm

· A Pillowcase of Poe · Zev Lawson Edwards · pm

· The Forlorn Creature’s Lament · J. J. Steinfeld · pm

· A Lifetime of Headlines and Confusion · J. J. Steinfeld · pm

· Positronic Dreams · Greg Beatty · pm

· Fimbulheart · Jennifer Crow · pm

· Prisoner in Stone · George Nikolopoulos · ss

· The Rabbit That Wasn’t There · B. Anne Adriaens · ss

· Witness Interview #54678 · Sim Bajwa · ss

· Thok · Nicholas Stillman · ss

· Prey · Ron Sanders · ss

· Fossil Fuel · Van Alrik · ss

· Girl in the Woods: A CrossRoad Puzzle · A. P. Sessler · ss

· And We Shall Inherit the Sea · H. L. Fullerton · ss

· Prospectors · J. M. Kerr · ss

· Jutland · David Rae · ss

· The Migration · Dean Brink · ss

· Imperceptible · Shane Fraser · ss

· Interview with Marie DesJardin · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Marie DesJardin]

· The Second Adam · Louis Rakovich · ss

· Interview with Louis Rakovich · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Louis Rakovich]

· How the Dun-In Man Got His Name [Part 2 of 2] · Stephen Scott Whitaker · ss

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 2 Issue 1, March 2017] ed. Elizabeth O. Smith (Radiant Crown Publishing, $2.99, ebook, cover: Ghost by Tommaso Renieri) []
The theme of this issue is “Commercial Cosmonauts & Hired Guns”.
Details taken from online listing.

· Editor’s Corner: United We Fall · Elizabeth O. Smith · ar

· The Grim Sleeper Takes Me Hiking Before His Execution · Bryanna Licciardi · pm

· Life in an Out-Station · John Grey · pm

· Despite Being Weaponless · J. J. Steinfeld · pm

· Blood and Chocolate Forever · Jennifer Crow · pm

· Paradoxical Risk · Jarryd Bartle · ss

· Mother’s Love · Jeff Dosser · ss

· Day Is Done · Thomas Canfield · ss

· Black Flowers Grow · Jack Lothian · ss

· The Apollo Protocol · C. W. Blackwell · ss

· Saloons and Stardust · Pamela Jeffs · ss

· We Are Looking for the Beautiful Horses · Jenny Blackford · ss

· Space Bike Zombies FTW · Ingrid Garcia · ss

· Interview with Ingrid Garcia · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Ingrid Garcia]

· Lux Aeterna · Mike Adamson · ss

· Interview with Mike Adamson · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Mike Adamson]

· Red Tide Rising [Part 1 of 2] · Sara Codair · ss

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 2 Issue 2, June 2017] ed. Elizabeth O. Smith (Radiant Crown Publishing, $3.99, ebook, cover: Ride the Desert by Tommaso Renieri) []
The theme of this issue is “Redux & Progression”.
Details taken from online listing.

· Editor’s Corner: Future’s Past · Elizabeth O. Smith · ar

· The Tower (Coup de Foudre) · Nina Kaye · pm

· Mantic Rabbit Talks to a Tree at Sundown Day · Ethan J. Cole · pm

· Interdependence Day · Karen L. Kanter · pm

· Idyll of the Chiroptera · Todd H. C. Fischer · vi

· Burn · Gareth Gray · ss

· Port of Call · Meredith Rose Schorr · ss

· Levels for Sustainable Living · Leo X. Robertson · ss

· Glitch · George Spisak · ss

· Pause, Reset, Repeat · Michael McGlade · ss

· Lifetime Guarantee · Kevin Holton · ss

· Interview with Kevin Holton · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Kevin Holton]

· Red Tide Rising [Part 2 of 2] · Sara Codair · ss

· Saudade [Part 1 of 2] · Jason Mykl Snyman · sl

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 2 Issue 3, September 2017] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook, cover by Tommaso Renieri) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· We Are Them and They Are Us · Deborah L. Davitt · pm

· Relics from the Battlefield · Sophie Sparrow · ss

· Heroine of the Ages · John A. Frochio · ss

· Re-Inventing Monticello · LaVa Payne · ss

· New Earth · Christopher Benamati · ss

· The Quiet Song of Return · Reiko Scott · ss

· Rain · Brendan Hall · ss

· The Last Sybil · Russell Hemmell · ss

· Saudade [Part 2 of 2] · Jason Mykl Snyman · sl

· [artwork] · Kevin Hurtack · il

· Interview with Sophie Sparrow · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Sophie Sparrow]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 2 Issue 4, December 2017] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Moons of Mars · T. D. Walker · pm

· Night Games · George Nikolopoulos · vi

· Cry of the Electric Arc · John A. Frochio · ss

· The Engineer · Christopher Benamati · ss

· Last Flight of the Gryphon Rider · Melion Traverse · ss

· Interview with Melion Traverse · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Melion Traverse]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 3 Issue 1, March 2018] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Where the Tongue Claws · Nicole Melchionda · pm

· Mother Time, Father Death · Clayton Snyder · ss

· An Intercession of Bones [Part 1 of 2] · Terry Madden · sl

· Interview with Nicole Melchionda · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Nicole Melchionda]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 3 Issue 2, June 2018] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Vestiges · Angela Boswell · ss

· Children of the Golden Tower · Tim Dubber · ss

· Beautiful Bones · Joseph G. Engelhardt · ss

· An Intercession of Bones [Part 2 of 2] · Terry Madden · sl

· Interview with Angela Boswell · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Angela Boswell]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 3 Issue 3, September 2018] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Dilation · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · vi

· There Are an Infinite Number of Stories in the Naked City · Edmund Schluessel · ss

· Transfer · J. B. Riley · ss

· Interview with J.B. Riley · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. J. B. Riley]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 3 Issue 4, December 2018] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook, cover by Ivan Laliashvili) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Cult of Gravity · David M. Chevalier · ss

· A Thousand Eyes Red, Yellow, and Black · A. P. Sessler · ss

· Do You Love Me More Than the Stars? · Hal Y. Zhang · ss

· Interview with Hal Y. Zhang · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Hal Y. Zhang]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 4 Issue 1, March 2019] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· 2023; or The Spaceship · Gracie O. · ss

· The Only Truth · E. N. Auslender · ss

· Hive · Cam McGlynn · ss

· Screaming at the Sky · David Whitaker · ss

· Interview with Cam McGlynn · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Cam McGlynn]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 4 Issue 2, June 2019] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook, cover by Ivan Laliashvili) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Catch a Boitatá · H. Pueyo · ss

· Compulsive Compiling · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · ss

· The Cloud Warriors · Lee Forsythe · ss

· The Scarlatti · Dean Anthony Brink · ss

· Interview with D.A. Xiaolin Spires · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. D. A. Xiaolin Spires]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 4 Issue 3, September 2019] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook, cover by Ivan Laliashvili) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Ancient Grove · Jason Restrick · ss

· The Last Laugh of the Tuscarora · Linda H. Codega · ss

· The Breath of the Sea · Joshua K. Haarstad · ss

· A Shared Dream · Yadira Álvarez Betancourt; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss

· Interview with Linda H. Codega · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. Linda H. Codega]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 4 Issue 4, December 2019] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Latest Model · C. M. Benamati · ss

· The Homunculus · L. Rose Reed · ss

· A Wolf Slips Through the Fence Between Ages · Adrian Simmons · ss

· The Imperfect Metal Lover · Elizabeth Davis · ss

· Wishing for More · Rebecca Gomez Farrell · ss

· Interview with L. Rose Reed · Zelda Knight · iv [Ref. L. Rose Reed]

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 5 Issue 1, March 2020] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from magazine website.

· Big Water Protect You · Arasibo Campeche · ss

· Meat and Fish · Yadira Álvarez Betancourt; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss

· El Cielo Rojo · Gibson Monk · ss

Helios Quarterly Magazine [Volume 5 Issue 2, June 2020] ed. Zelda Knight (Aurelia Leo, $3.99, ebook) []
Details taken from omnibus anthology.

· Bismuth Glance · Tiffany Morris · pm

· Conservation of Cold · Arasibo Campeche · ss

· Blowing Hellglass: A Step by Step Guide · Keyan Bowes · ss

Heliotrope (about)

Heliotrope [Volume 1 Issue 1, August 2006] ed. Jay Tomio (Boomtron, LLC, 68pp, ebook, cover: The Balloon Factory by Liezl A. Buenaventura) []
Subtitled “The Speculative Fiction Magazine”
Details taken from online listing.

2 · I Am Watching You · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

3 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

4 · Artist Bio · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Liezl A. Buenaventura]

5 · Along Came a Spider · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

6 · Honey Mouth · Samantha Henderson · ss

_7 · Nightmare Journeys · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

_10 · Journey’s End · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

13 · On the Air · Edward Morris · ss

20 · American Gothic · Michael Colangelo · ss

_21 · Just Add Water and Stir · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

_24 · Unravel · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

26 · The Novella: A Personal and Professional Exploration · Jeff VanderMeer · ar

_26 · New Year’s in China Town · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

32 · The Skeptical Fantasist: In Defense of an Oxymoron · R. Scott Bakker · ar

39 · Where’s the Sci-Fi: The Relationship Between Trends in Science Fiction and Modern History · Heidi Wessman Kneale · ar

_45 · Solstice · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

46 · Pasiphae’s Machine · Catherynne M. Valente · pm

_46 · Follow the Trail of Flashing Lights · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

48 · Bring the Jubilee · Robert Bee · br [Ref. Ward Moore]

51 · Lords of Rainbow · John Turing · br [Ref. Vera Nazarian]

54 · Blood Follows · Scott Andrews · br [Ref. Steven Erikson]

_56 · The Subway · Liezl A. Buenaventura · il

57 · Words, Music, Vision: A Multi-Media Literary Adventure with Martin Springett · Victoria Hoyle · ar

62 · The Secrets of Jin-Shei · Victoria Hoyle · br [Ref. Alma Alexander]

65 · Out · Kimberly Fujioka · br [Ref. Natsuo Kirino]

Heliotrope [Volume 1 Issue 2, April 2007] ed. Jay Tomio (Boomtron, LLC, 50pp, ebook, cover: Forest Fire by Liz Clarke) []
Subtitled “The Speculative Fiction Magazine”
Details taken from online listing.

2 · Phoenix · Liz Clarke · il

3 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

4 · Artist Bio · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Liz Clarke]

5 · Half-Breed · Liz Clarke · il

6 · They Play in the Palace of My Dreaming · Gerard Houarner · ss

_7 · Air Born · Liz Clarke · il

20 · Galatea · Vylar Kaftan · ss

_23 · Theory Into Practice · Liz Clarke · il

_26 · Missiles · Liz Clarke · il

31 · A Godmother’s Gift · January Mortimer · ss

_32 · The Weaving · Liz Clarke · il

_39 · Rain Queen · Liz Clarke · il

42 · Fasti · Sonya Taaffe · pm

_45 · Nest · Liz Clarke · il

_46 · Songbirds · Liz Clarke · il

Heliotrope [Volume 1 Issue 3, Fall 2007] ed. Jay Tomio (Boomtron, LLC, 86pp, ebook, cover by Noah Barrett) []
Details taken from online listing.

2 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

3 · Artist Bio · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Noah Barrett]

4 · Dreaming Metropolis · Jay Tomio · ed

6 · Moon at the Starry Diner · Tina Connolly · ss

14 · He Angles, She Refracts · Rob Vagle · ss

22 · Red-Haired Man in a Sweater [Dr. Black] · Brendan Connell · ss

36 · The Witch · Theodora Goss · pm

40 · The Anatomy of “Sleep” · Jeffrey Ford · ar

44 · Plus ça change? · Michael Moorcock · ar

49 · The Shadow Cabinet · Jeff VanderMeer · rc

_49 · The Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. John Calvin Batchelor]

_50 · The Throne of Bones · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. Brian McNaughton]

53 · Preview: Fablewood Anthology · Troy Dye & Tom Kelesides · cs

58 · Preview: Grease Monkey Book 2: A Tale of Two Species · Tim Eldred · cs

70 · Preview: Once Were Cops · Ken Bruen · ss

Heliotrope [Volume 1 Issue 4, Spring 2008] ed. Jay Tomio (Boomtron, LLC, 31pp, ebook, cover by Teemu Vedenoja) []
Details taken from online listing.

2 · Letter from the Editor · Jay Tomio · ed

3 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

4 · Artist Bio · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Teemu Vedenoja]

5 · Succession at Quandong Creek · Anna Tambour · pm

9 · G-O-O-D-B-Y-E · Nick Mamatas · ss

14 · The Shadow Cabinet: Spotlight on Dedalus · Jeff VanderMeer · rc

_14 · The Other Side · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. Alfred Kubin]

_15 · The Book of Nights · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. Sylvie Germain]

_15 · Confessions of a Flesh-Eater · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. David Madsen]

_15 · Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. David Madsen]

_15 · Primordial Soup · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. Christine Leunens]

_15 · The Mysteries of Algiers · Jeff VanderMeer · br [Ref. Robert Irwin]

16 · A Virtual Anthology: Weinachtabend · Ian R. MacLeod · sr [Ref. Keith Roberts]

17 · The Devil and Ms. V · Catherynne M. Valente · ar

19 · What Burns Within · Sandra Ruttan · ex Leisure Books, 2008

Heliotrope [Volume 1 Issue 5, Spring 2009] ed. Jay Tomio (Boomtron, LLC, 48pp, ebook) []
Details taken from online listing.

4 · Author Bios · [uncredited] · bg

6 · One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock [Elric] · Neil Gaiman · ss Elric: Tales of the White Wolf ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, November 1994

17 · Michael Moorcock: Behold the Man · Lou Anders · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock]

19 · Confessions of an Elric Fanboy · Paul S. Kemp · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock]

21 · Moorcock: Mastery and Mad Dance · Hal Duncan · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock]

23 · The Moorcock Effect · Bryan Talbot · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock]

27 · The Rhondda Rendezvous [Jerry Cornelius] · Rhys Hughes · ss

42 · Moorcock the Author, Mike the Man · Chris Roberson · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock]

44 · Epic Movie · Catherynne M. Valente · ar

Helix (about)
Online magazine, “A Speculative Fiction Quarterly.”

Helix [#1, Summer 2006] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· A Feast of Cousins · Beth Bernobich · ss

· City of Chimeras · Richard Bowes · ss

· The Sum of Things · Robert M. Brown · ss

· After the Protocols · Adam-Troy Castro · ss

· Mahmoud’s Wives · Janis Ian · ss

· Going to See the Beast · William Sanders · ss

· The Lordly Loofah · Bud Webster · ss

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Mars—the Amply Read Planet · Bud Webster · cl

· Uchronicle · Steven H Silver · cl

· Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc

· Reviews

· Bad Prince Charlie, John Moore · Lawrence Watt-Evans · br

· The Da Vinci Code · Melanie Fletcher · mr

· Engaging the Enemy, Elizabeth Moon · Melanie Fletcher · br

· Karavans, Jennifer Roberson · Doranna Durgin · br

· Warsworn, Elizabeth Vaughn · Beth Bernobich · br

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#2, Fall 2006] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· Put Up Your Hands · Terry Bisson · ss

· Forward · Doranna Durgin · ss

· The Padre, the Rabbi, and the Devil His Own Self · Melanie Fletcher · ss

· Real North · Jay Lake · ss

· Port Custodial Blues · Vera Nazarian · ss

· Captive Girl · Jennifer Pelland · nv

· Tonino and the Incubus · Peg Robinson · ss

· Poetry

· Manifest Density · Mike Allen · pm

· Acclimating to the Unicameral Mind · Greg Beatty · pm

· The Last Madman · William Sanders · pm

· In the K-Mart at Galactic Central · Bud Webster · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Way Up in the Middle of the Air · Bud Webster · cl

· Uchronicle · Steven H Silver · cl

· Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc

· Reviews

· Farthing, Jo Walton · Lynn Calvin · br

· His Majesty’s Dragon (UK title Temeraire), Throne of Jade and The Black Powder War, Naomi Novik · Lynn Calvin · br

· Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe, James M. Ward · Lynn Calvin · br

· Strange Robby, Selina Rosen · Melanie Fletcher · br

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#3, Winter 2007] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· Rod Rapid and His Electric Chair · John Barnes · ss

· Addy in My Mind · Eugie Foster · ss; sequel to “All in My Mind”.

· Starry Night · Samantha Henderson · ss

· The Narcomancer [The Dreamblood] · N. K. Jemisin · nv

· Why They Call Me Mr. Goddamn Happy · Michael Payne · ss

· The Contractors · William Sanders · nv

· The Mass Extinction of My Beloved · Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia · nv

· Poetry

· The War Recital · Bruce Boston · pm

· Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole · Lawrence Schimel · pm

· The Fading Signals · Mikal Trimm · pm

· Pluto Contemplates His Next Career · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Nelson Bond · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Nelson Bond]

· Uchronicle · Steven H Silver · cl

· Reviews

· The Android’s Dream, John Scalzi · Lynn Calvin · br

· City of Bones, Cassandra Clare · Lynn Calvin · br

· Kushiel’s Scion, Jacqueline Carey · Melanie Fletcher · br

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#4, Spring 2007] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· Gherem · Mike Allen & Charles Saplak · ss

· Pretty Little Thing · Sara Genge · ss

· A Matter of Muskets · Berry Kercheval · ss

· Vamp in the Middle · James Killus · ss

· Mercytanks · Jennifer Pelland · ss

· The Hoplite · Robert Reed · ss

· Shelf Life · Pras Stillman · ss

· Poetry

· What Happens in Space-Time · Greg Beatty · pm

· Loup garou · Serena Fusek · pm

· Berry Cobbler · Samantha Henderson · pm

· E-Meter Messiah · Mary Horton · pm

· I Can Feel the Drilling · Drew Morse · pm

· Prometheus Bound · Mikal Trimm · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Zenna Henderson · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Zenna Henderson]

· Uchronicle · Steven H Silver · cl

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#5, Summer 2007] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· A Mighty Fortress · Brenda Clough · ss

· The Center of the Universe · Eugie Foster · ss

· A Sacred Institution · Esther Friesner · ss

· Monsters of Abiding Grace · Samantha Henderson · ss

· The Brides of Heaven · N. K. Jemisin · ss

· The Shadow Postulates · Yoon Ha Lee · ss

· Funeral Games · Margaret Ronald · ss

· Poetry

· Heaven Spent · Elizabeth Barrette · pm

· Braid · Serena Fusek · pm

· Pelts of Trolls · Marge Simon · pm

· Contemplations of the Clock Woman · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm

· Comet H—The Interloper · Barbara Walsh · pm

· The Bull · Jane Yolen · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Gats, Six-Guns and Blasters · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Leigh Brackett]

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Melanie Fletcher · ed

Helix [#6, Fall 2007] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· The Button Bin · Mike Allen · ss

· The Makeover Men · Jayme Lynn Blaschke · ss

· Kill Me · Vylar Kaftan · ss

· The Mechanical Mechanic, His Apprentice, and the Judge · Sarah K. Castle · ss

· The Golden Whip · Jay Lake · ss

· The Snake’s Wife · Ann Leckie · ss

· The Last Stand of the Elephant Man · Jennifer Pelland · na

· Poetry

· Next August · Danny Adams · pm

· Geis · Kendall Evans · pm

· The Gates · David C. Kopaska-Merkel & W. Gregory Stewart · pm

· The Envoy · Mikal Trimm · pm

· The Robot’s Daughter · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm

· At Ripley’s · S. C. Virtes · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Forest of Incandescent Bliss · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Cordwainer Smith]

· The Well-Bitten Hand · John Barnes · cl

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#7, Winter 2008] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· Suicide Drive · Charlie Anders · ss

· Seraphim · Maya Bohnhoff · ss

· Night of the Living POTUS · Adam-Troy Castro · ss

· The Last Man’s First Year on Earth · David W. Goldman · ss

· Salvager’s Gold · Selina Rosen · ss

· Family Tree · Vaughan Stanger · ss

· Drooling Wizards · Laura J. Underwood · ss

· Poetry

· Deathmask · Mike Allen · pm

· Noon Blue Apples · F. J. Bergmann · pm

· 0-Null · Anthony Bernstein · pm

· (You Are Here) The Cruelest Month · Gene Van Troyer · pm

· Chinese Proverb Sent by Worried Friend · Jane Yolen · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Piper at the Gates · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. H. Beam Piper]

· The Well-Bitten Hand · John Barnes · cl

· News and Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#8, Spring 2008] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· The Sorrow Fair · A. M. Dellamonica · ss

· Holiday in Hot Zone 16 · Clifford W. Dunbar · ss

· Clapping for the Fairies · Sara Genge · ss

· Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose Head Mask · Robert T. Jeschonek · nv

· The God of Au [The God of Au Universe] · Ann Leckie · nv

· Weapons of Discretion · Robert Reed · ss

· The Einstein-Rosen Hunter-Gatherer Society · George S. Walker · ss

· Poetry

· Zombie Bombs · Mike Allen & Ian Watson · pm

· The Oblong Observatory · Bruce Boston · pm

· My Addiction · Edward Morris · pm

· Her Face Reflects · Marge Simon · pm

· The Passionate Oven · Rachel Swirsky · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: Still I Persist in Wondering · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Edgar Pangborn]

· The Well-Bitten Hand: Hopping and Bopping Through Dipping and Flipping · John Barnes · cl

· News & Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#9, Summer 2008] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []

· Fiction

· The Bitrunners · Tina Connolly · ss

· Dead Silent · Leah Cypess · ss

· Lusts of the Cat Queen: A Dash Manning Adventure · Melanie Fletcher · ss

· The Mermaids’ Tea Party · Samantha Henderson · ss

· Break the Vessel · Vylar Kaftan · ss

· An Act of Conviction · Ruth Nestvold · ss

· The Kennel Club · Jennifer Pelland · ss

· Poetry

· Kafka Respun · Ada Milenkovic Brown · pm

· Ember and Ash · Stacy Cowley · pm

· The Dispossessed · Lyn C. A. Gardner · pm

· In Sunshine · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

· Five Breaths · Jane Yolen · pm

· Regular Features

· Past Masters: It’s Not the Length, It’s What You Do with It · Bud Webster · cl [Ref. Fredric Brown]

· The Well-Bitten Hand: Hey, Noob, Who Do You Think I Am? · John Barnes · cl

· News & Announcements · Various · cl

· Editorials

· Editorial · William Sanders · ed

· Editorial · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ed

Helix [#10, Fall 2008] ed. William Sanders & Lawrence Watt-Evans (online) []
Details taken from online listings.

· The Original Suicide Artist · Jeff Crook · ss

· Plot Device · James Killus · ss

· Prometheus Rebound · Elissa Malcohn · ss

· The Super Secret Origin of She-Man · Michael H. Payne · ss

· Les Lettres de Paston · Steven H Silver · ss

· Jim Tuckerman’s Angel · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss

· Search · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm

· Past Masters: Farewell to the Masters · Bud Webster · cl

Hell Itself (about)
A monthly compilation of stories published on the “Hell Itself” website.

Hell Itself [September 2025] ed. Arthur Robert Tracy, IV (Lightning Cellar Publications, 36pp, ebook) [] (PDF)

2 · What We Do Here · The Editors · ed

4 · Reaping Whirlwinds · Deborah L. Davitt · ss

17 · The Tell-Tale Pump · Christopher R. Boltz · ss

22 · Float · Rachel Ashcraft · vi

25 · The Case of Kilts [Colm Ramirez] · James Ipse · ss

Hell Itself [October 2025] ed. Arthur Robert Tracy, IV (Lightning Cellar Publications, 34pp, ebook) [] (PDF)

2 · What We Do Here · The Editors · ed

4 · On the Rainy Side of the Mountain They Grow Columbine, Nightshade, and Stinging Nettle · K. T. Wagner · ss

8 · Munitions Release · Laurence Raphael Brothers · vi

11 · Matt’s Baby · Toshiya Kamei · ss

18 · On the Ropes · Nicholas De Marino · ss

23 · The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu · Deborah L. Davitt · ss

Hell Itself [November 2025] ed. Arthur Robert Tracy, IV (Lightning Cellar Publications, 45pp, ebook) [] (PDF)

2 · What We Do Here · The Editors · ed

4 · Playing Vegas Odds with Doc, Sammy, and Bob · Gregory Nicoll · ss

14 · Milk Run · Robert Dawson · ss

26 · One and a Half Socks · Lindsay Comer · ss

31 · In All Its Infinite Variety · Brian Hugenbruch · ss

Hell Itself [December 2025] ed. Arthur Robert Tracy, IV (Lightning Cellar Publications, 32pp, ebook) [] (PDF)

2 · What We Do Here · The Editors · ed

4 · Rejected (Again) · Galen T. Pickett · ss

8 · The Unbearable Sweetness · Ted Morrissey · ss

25 · The Eleusinian What Now? · Gerri Leen · vi

28 · Pala · Reggie Kwok · ss

Help Yourself! Annual (about)

Help Yourself! Annual [1931] ed. Hugh S. Quekett (The Stock Exchange Dramatic & Operatic Society, 2/6d, 120pp, quarto, cover by E. P. Kinsella) []
Details supplied by Andrew Hall.

Plate I · Cubiculum · F. Matania · il

Plate II · A Naval Engagement, 1626 · S. Drigin · il

Plate III · His Fairy Stories · J. H. Valda · il

17 · Pip—and the Tiger · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss; illustrated by Laurence East

24 · The Seventh Wish · Anthony Armstrong · ss; illustrated by Tom Cottrell

30 · The Luck of the “DIP” · Charles Robinson · cs

32 · The Death Post [Foreign Legion: Krassilov] · P. C. Wren · ss; illustrated by F. Matania

41 · Missis Skip · Douglas Newton · ss; illustrated by Bert Thomas

Plate V · Behind the Scenes at a Circus · H. Whydale · il

Plate VI · Marooned · Gambler · il

49 · Behind the Screens at Hollywood · Cecil Beaton · ia

59 · How to Dance the Tango · Santos Casani · ar

61 · The Squirrel Man · Sax Rohmer · nv Collier’s August 15 1931; illustrated by S. van Abbé

70 · The Diary · Claude Houghton · ss; illustrated by T. H. Robinson

74 · Sandy the Sheepdog · [uncredited] · pm; illustrated by G. E. Shepheard

76 · The Robin · Beryl Wooldridge · ss; illustrated by Doris Pailthorpe

77 · The Key of the Rain Cupboard · Lucy M. Gonin · ss; illustrated by Marie Little

80 · The Doctor’s Shop · Jeanne Querinci · pm; illustrated by Doris Pailthorpe

81 · Evidence for the— · Harold Simpson · pl

Plate VII · Turkish Delight · Vernon L. Soper · il

115 · How to Make the “Help Yourself” Band-Pass Superheterogram · Alec S. Clunes · ar; radio wiring instructions.

Help Yourself! Annual [1933] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Ho! The Merry Masons · John Buchan · ss

Help! (about)

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 1, August 1960] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
For the first few issues, the title on the cover and/or Table of Contents read Help! for Tired Minds or Help! but the title was consistently Help! in the indicia and internal comments. Note that several of the items labelled “cs” are illustrated with photos rather than drawings.
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Editorial Assistant · Gloria Steinem · el

5 · This Is Help! · Harvey Kurtzman · ed

11 · Hunting Problem! · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955

25 · Far Eastern Imports Imperil U.S. Products · Everett Alert · cs

35 · The Fever · Rod Serling · sa Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling, Bantam, April 1960
adapted from Serling’s teleplay, broadcast on January 29, 1960.

39 · Do People Go to the Movies to See Dirty Water?! · Rip van Crinkle · cs

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 2, September 1960] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Editorial Assistant · Gloria Steinem · el

7 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

19 · Tally-Ho the Hun! · Bernard Shir-Cliff · ss; given as by Bernard Shircliff.

25 · Decadence Degenerated · Harvey Kurtzman · cs

32 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 3, October 1960] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

7 · On the Coney: A Daring Screenplay by Ed Fisher. Directed by Alfred Hitchhike. · Ed Fisher · cs

13 · Hands Off · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954

37 · Srendi Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910

44 · Miles Standish · Donald Ogden Stewart · fa from A Parody Outline of History, Doran, 1921

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 5, December 1960] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

7 · Office Party · Bernard Shir-Cliff · cs; illustrated by Ron Harris

12 · Joke-of-the-Month: Ever Wonder What’s Beyond Outer Space…? · [uncredited] · hu

13 · Squirrels Have Bright Eyes · John Collier · ss The Bystander February 21 1940

21 · Down Pens · Saki · ss The Morning Post January 6 1914, as by H. H. Munro

25 · Night of Terror · Mark Twain · ss 1900

35 · Little Nemo in Slumberland · Winsor McCay · cs 1907

40 · The Next Tenants [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur Clarke · ss Satellite Science Fiction February 1957; given as by Arthur Clark.

56 · untitled (“Ernie was one of those actors who only find fame at Christmas”) · [uncredited] · vi A Christmas Companion ed. John Hadfield, E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1939

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 6, January 1961] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

11 · The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse · Ray Bradbury · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction March 1954

17 · Beatsville USA · Gloria Steinem · cs; illustrated by Ron Harris

29 · Rodders…Meet Pots Geffulio! · “Red” Shir-Cliff · ss

37 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

40 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958

57 · Joke-of-the-Month: The Saddest Story Ever Told · [uncredited] · hu

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 8, March 1961] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

· Contributing Editor · George Kirgo · el

8 · The Shock of Recognition · George Kirgo · ar

13 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897

23 · Indecent Exposure: How to Write a Best-Selling Autobiography · George Kirgo · ss

27 · Dopgatch Revisited · Ed Fisher & Will Elder · cs

35 · Berlin · Arnold Roth · il

41 · An Egyptian Hornet · Algernon Blackwood · ss Reedy’s Mirror March 19 1915

45 · Orson Bean Comedian Actor and Noted Non-Suburbanite Stars as Gerald in Gerald & Darling What’s Her Name at the Shopping Center · Algis Budrys · cs

52 · The Centaur · Shel Silverstein · cs from Now Here’s My Plan, Simon & Schuster, 1960

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 11, June 1961] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Chuck Alverson · el

· Contributing Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

· Contributing Editor · George Kirgo · el

6 · Krazy Kat · George Harriman · cs

9 · A Star Is Born · David Shaber · cs

17 · What? Another Ultimate Weapon? · Max Williams · ss

29 · Hark the Extra Marital Lark · Ronny Graham & Peter De Vries · cs

40 · The Rise and the Fall and the Rise · George Kirgo · cs

Help! [Vol. 1 No. 12, September 1961] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Chuck Alverson · el

· Contributing Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

· Contributing Editor · George Kirgo · el

11 · The Oldest Story · Ed Fisher · cs

22 · My Own Catalogue of New Labor Saving Devices · Pierre Berton · ss

23 · The Adventures of Goodman Beaver. Chapter II. Goodman Meets T*rz*n · Harvey Kurtzman · cs; illustrated by Will Elder

29 · Decadent Capitalist Cartoonist, Arnold Roth in Moscow · Arnold Roth · il

38 · The New Forum · George Kirgo · ar

Help! [Vol. 2 No. 1, February 1962] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Assistant Editor · Chuck Alverson · el

· Contributing Editor · Gloria Steinem · el

11 · The Mariners · Algis Budrys · cs; illustrated by Ron Rojas

22 · The Adventures of Goodman Beaver. Chapter III. Goodman Goes Playboy · Harvey Kurtzman · cs; illustrated by Will Elder

30 · Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America · Stan Freberg · pl

32 · The Second and Final Installment of “Sand Saref” · Will Eisner · cs

Help! [Vol. 2 No. 4, November 1962] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

11 · The Company Plane · Bernard Shir-Cliff · cs

20 · Have Gun Will Run · Arnold Hayne · ss

25 · The Adventures of Goodman Beaver. Chapter IV. Goodman Gets a Gun · Harvey Kurtzman · cs; illustrated by Will Elder

32 · Wonder Wart Hog Meets Super-Fool · Gilbert Shelton · cs

37 · Inside Requiem for a Heavyweight · [uncredited] · cs

Help! [Vol. 2 No. 6, May 1963] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

9 · Eugene Talmadge and Sears Roebuck Co. · William Price Fox · ss

13 · Wonder Wart-Hog Meets the Mob! · Gilbert Shelton · cs

19 · The Ski Weekend · Willard Manus · cs

39 · The Last Days of Burlesque · Arnold Roth · cs

Help! [Vol. 2 No. 7, October 1963] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

10 · Jack Davis Meets the Mets · Charles Alverson · ia

15 · Two Roads Forward and Back · Richard F. Gibbons · ss

19 · The Unmentionables · Charles Alverson · cs

Help! [Vol. 2 No. 8, February 1964] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

11 · The Great Washington March · Paul Coker & Charles Alverson · ar

17 · Surfside Story · Chuck Alverson · cs

29 · Wonder Wart-Hog Meets Super-Hypnotist! · Gilbert Shelton · cs

38 · The First Golden Book of God · Joel Siegel · ss; illustrated by Frank Lyndon

41 · The Mutt and Jeff Cartoons of Bud Fisher · Bud Fisher · cs

Help! [October 1964] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (75¢) []
Fifth Anniversary Issue: A Collection of the Best Help! Picture Stories, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 & 1964.

5 · Baby, It’s Occult Outside · Ed Fisher · cs

13 · The Mariners · Algis Budrys · cs Help! February 1962; illustrated by Ron Rojas

23 · The Karate Lesson · Bernard Shir-Cliff · cs

41 · The Ski Weekend · Willard Manus · cs Help! May 1963

55 · ’Muse Me · Ed Fisher · cs

63 · Orson Bean Comedian Actor and Noted Non-Suburbanite Stars as Gerald in Gerald & Darling What’s Her Name at the Shopping Center · Algis Budrys · cs Help! March 1961

71 · On the Coney: A Daring Screenplay by Ed Fisher. Directed by Alfred Hitchhike. · Ed Fisher · cs Help! October 1960

81 · Life in a Women’s Dormitory · Dave Shaber · cs

89 · A Star Is Born · David Shaber · cs Help! June 1961

Help! [No. 22, January 1965] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Myrna Dressler · el

· Contributing Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

17 · Station Break · Ed Fisher · cs

26 · Wonder Wart-Hog Meets the Merangsters! · Gilbert Shelton · cs

31 · Harlem · Robert Crumb · il

Help! [No. 23, March 1965] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

· Associate Editor · Myrna Dressler · el

9 · Wonder Wart-Hog · Gilbert Shelton · cs

14 · The Man from A.U.N.T.I.E. (Against-Undercover-Nefarious Terribly Ingenious Enterprise) · Algis Budrys · cs

32 · A Nostalgic Vignette · Woody Gelman · pm

38 · [Boohoosobweep] · Warren Sattler · cs

Help! [No. 24, May 1965] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

· Associate Editor · Myrna Dressler · el

8 · Men in Space · Ed Fisher · il

12 · A Nostalgic Vignette: T. S. Sullivant · Woody Gelman · il

15 · Christopher’s Punctured Romance · Dave Crossley · cs

29 · Wonder Wart-Hog Encounters Super Granny · Gilbert Shelton · cs

Help! [No. 25, July 1965] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

· Assistant Editor · Nicky Quest · el

3 · Bulgaria · Robert Crumb · il

9 · The Supper Club Caper with Inspector Fermez Labouche · [uncredited] · cs

12 · Art Afterpieces · Ward Kimball · il

16 · Poor Arnold’s Almanac · Arnold Roth · cs

19 · Sauna These Days · Dave Crossley · cs

27 · Wonder Wart-Hog Goes A-Freedom-Riding · Gilbert Shelton · cs

Help! [No. 26, September 1965] ed. Harvey Kurtzman (35¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

· Associate Editor · Terry Gilliam · el

· Assistant Editor · Nicky Quest · el

3 · Buster, Have You Ever Stomped a Nigra? · Dave Crossley & Terry Gilliam · ss

8 · The Sublime Adventures of Wonder Wart-Hog and the Return of the Masked Meanie! · Gilbert Shelton · cs

16 · The Beauty Contest · Arnold Roth · il

24 · Thigh of the Beholder · Dave Crossley · cs

35 · The Marionette Murder Case with Inspector Fermez Labouche · [uncredited] · cs

Hemispheres (about)
The United Airlines in-flight magazine. Only fiction and selected articles listed.

Hemispheres [July 1997] []

· A Schedule to Keep [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [November 1997] []

· The Return of Raspel [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [March 1998] []

· Photographs and Memories [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [June 1998] []

· The Bargain [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [September 1998] []

· Musical Chairs [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [December 1998] []

· Trust Me [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [April 1999] []

· Friscoville [Lucien Caye] · O’Neil De Noux · ss

Hemispheres [May 1999] []

· Brother and Sister [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [October 1999] []

· The Sketchbook [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [December 1999] []

· Last Flight from Moscow [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [March 2000] []

· Here Tomorrow [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Hemispheres [May 2000] []

· A Promise to Eddie Gray [Row 22, Seats A&B] · Frederick Waterman · ss

Next — Magazine Issue Index — Table-of-Contents