Ideomancer
Encyclopedia
Ideomancer is a Canadian online
speculative fiction
magazine whose contents include science fiction
, fantasy
, slipstream, horror
, flash fiction
and speculative poetry
, along with reviews and interviews. The first issue debuted in 1999, and in 2002 the magazine was "rebooted" with new numbering under new editorship. Volume 1 of the current Ideomancer was established in 2002.
Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm, who were on the original Ideomancer editorial team, edited an ebook anthology
called Ideomancer Unbound published by Fictionwise in 2002. It includes stories by Charles Coleman Finlay
, Jack Dann
, Jeff VanderMeer
, Tobias S. Buckell
, Deborah Biancotti, Mike Resnick
, and Claire McKenna, among others. Cover art
is by Cat Sparks.
, Christopher Barzak
, and Sarah Monette
.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2003
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
speculative fiction
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
magazine whose contents include science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, slipstream, horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
, flash fiction
Flash fiction
Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category...
and speculative poetry
Speculative poetry
Also variously called science fiction poetry or SF poetry or fantastic poetry, speculative poetry is to poetry roughly what speculative fiction is to fiction. Speculative poetry is often published by the same markets that publish science fiction, fantasy and horror.Speculative poetry is not...
, along with reviews and interviews. The first issue debuted in 1999, and in 2002 the magazine was "rebooted" with new numbering under new editorship. Volume 1 of the current Ideomancer was established in 2002.
Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm, who were on the original Ideomancer editorial team, edited an ebook anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
called Ideomancer Unbound published by Fictionwise in 2002. It includes stories by Charles Coleman Finlay
Charles Coleman Finlay
Charles Coleman Finlay is an American science fiction and fantasy author.He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. He also attended the University of Oxford. His first story, Footnotes, was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have...
, Jack Dann
Jack Dann
Jack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher.He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen.-Biography:...
, Tobias S. Buckell
Tobias S. Buckell
Tobias S. Buckell is a Grenadian science fiction writer. His 2008 novel, Halo: The Cole Protocol, made the The New York Times Best Seller list. He currently lives in Bluffton, Ohio.-Biography:...
, Deborah Biancotti, Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...
, and Claire McKenna, among others. Cover art
Cover art
Cover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e...
is by Cat Sparks.
Contributing writers
In addition to those featured in Ideomancer Unbound, notable authors published by Ideomancer have included Nicole Kornher-Stace, Ted Kosmatka, Ruth NestvoldRuth Nestvold
Ruth Nestvold is an American Science fiction and Fantasy writer. Born in Washington and raised in Oregon, she now lives in Stuttgart, Germany, where she works in technical translation and localization....
, Christopher Barzak
Christopher Barzak
Christopher Barzak is an American author. He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet in 1999. In 2007 he published his debut novel, One for Sorrow, which has won the 2008 Crawford Award, and was a nominee for the 2008 Great Lakes Book...
, and Sarah Monette
Sarah Monette
Sarah Monette is an American novelist and short story author writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. She was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and she began writing at the age of 12. In 2004 she earned a PhD in English literature, specializing in Renaissance Drama and writing her...
.
Current staff
Publisher
Designer & Publisher Emeritus
Poetry Editor
Reviews Editor
Production Editor, Designer
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Elizabeth Bear Elizabeth Bear Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author. Writing under the name Elizabeth Bear, she works primarily in the genre of speculative fiction, and was a winner of the 2005 John W... |
Awards and recognition
Works published in Ideomancer have received the following awards:2009
- "Sea Change", by Erica L. Satifka, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008. It is the 26th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
2008
- "Deadnauts", by Ted Kosmatka, long list, British Science Fiction Award; honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008...
- "Screamers", by Yoon Ha Lee, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008...
- "Far Side of the Moon", by Ruth NestvoldRuth NestvoldRuth Nestvold is an American Science fiction and Fantasy writer. Born in Washington and raised in Oregon, she now lives in Stuttgart, Germany, where she works in technical translation and localization....
, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008... - "Things With Sharp Teeth", by Astrid Atkinson, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
- "Winner", by Kyri Freeman, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
2007
- "Triple Helix", by Ruth NestvoldRuth NestvoldRuth Nestvold is an American Science fiction and Fantasy writer. Born in Washington and raised in Oregon, she now lives in Stuttgart, Germany, where she works in technical translation and localization....
, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007... - "Nine Lives", by Becca de la Rosa, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
2006
- "The Sun's Kiss", by Yoon Ha Lee, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
- "Whale Falls", by Steve Mohan, Jr, honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
2003
- "Mr Neblin's Boy", by Nancy Proctor, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
- "Horsethieves and Preachermen", by Christopher Rowe, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
See also
- Science fiction magazineScience fiction magazineA science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard copy periodical format or on the Internet....
- Fantasy fiction magazine
- Horror fiction magazineHorror fiction magazineA horror fiction magazine is a magazine that publishes primarily horror fiction with the main purpose of scaring or frightening the reader. Horror magazines can be in print, on the internet, or both.-Defunct magazines:*The Arkham Collector...