Three-lobed Burning eye (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Three-lobed Burning Eye is an online magazine
of speculative fiction
edited by Andrew S. Fuller. First published in 1999, it features stories from the genres of horror, dark fantasy
, and science fiction
, as well as magical realism or slipstream. All issues are collected in an annual print anthology
. It is sometimes referred to as 3LBE magazine, with the subhead, "Stories that monsters like to read."
, D. F. Lewis
, Laird Barron
, Tim Waggoner
, and Kealan Patrick Burke
. More recent issues have included fiction by Adam Browne
, Lida Broadhurst, Nadia Bulkin, Cody Goodfellow, J M McDermott, Darren Speegle, Edward Morris, and Shweta Narayan.
, David Ho
, and Alessandro Bavari. Cover artist Rew X is Fuller's visual artist pseudonym.
magazine founded by Fuller and his friend Matthew Duncan while attending Bowling Green State University as Creative Writing students. Its original run lasted four printed issues from 1991-1993.
In 1998, Fuller revived the magazine in name, with a direction more appropriate to the title, publishing decidedly more speculative fiction. Poetry, reviews, interviews, and even the editorial letter were considered distractions from a simple set of stories. At the time, the online format and an email submission system were not widely accepted practices for magazines.
Publishing frequency has changed over the last decade, from the original quarterly schedule, to triannual, to "2-3 times per year," with a few unintentional hiatuses, which have made the print anthologies less than annual. In 2010, the magazine released two issues in May and October. All issues remain archived online. Though the website design has changed using CSS
development, the magazine retains its original intention of one story per page, without advertising. Print annual anthologies I-IV included four issues each of the online magazine, while volume V included five. These were available in limited black-and-white or color editions, available only during one pre-order period.
While the magazine's name is a vague reference to H. P. Lovecraft
's story "The Haunter of the Dark
," the magazine has largely avoided publishing Cthulhu Mythos
stories.
.
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...
of 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...
edited by Andrew S. Fuller. First published in 1999, it features stories from the genres of horror, dark fantasy
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...
, and 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...
, as well as magical realism or slipstream. All issues are collected in an annual print 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...
. It is sometimes referred to as 3LBE magazine, with the subhead, "Stories that monsters like to read."
Authors
Early issues featured stories by Gemma FilesGemma Files
Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television series The Hunger.- Biography :Gemma Files was born in...
, D. F. Lewis
D. F. Lewis
D. F. Lewis is an English author who has had approximately 1,500 short fictions published in print from 1986 to 2000, some in hard-to-find outlets, others in literary journals such as Stand, Iron, Orbis, Panurge and London Magazine. Others have appeared in anthologies...
, Laird Barron
Laird Barron
Laird Samuel Barron is an award winning author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the Managing Editor of the online literary magazine Melic Review. He lives in Olympia, Washington.-Biography:Mr...
, Tim Waggoner
Tim Waggoner
Tim Waggoner is the author of numerous novels, two short story collections, and over one hundred published stories in the Fantasy, Horror, and Thriller genres. He graduated from Wright State University in 1989 with a Master of Arts in English with a Creative Writing Concentration...
, and Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
. More recent issues have included fiction by Adam Browne
Adam Browne
Adam Browne is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.-Publications:*"Orlando’s Third Trance" -HQ Magazine , 1999*"Account Dracula" -Orb Magazine , 1999...
, Lida Broadhurst, Nadia Bulkin, Cody Goodfellow, J M McDermott, Darren Speegle, Edward Morris, and Shweta Narayan.
Artists
The first fifteen issues and four annuals included an art gallery, and featured award-winning artists like Joachim LuetkeJoachim Luetke
Joachim Luetke is a renowned cross-media artist. He is mostly known for his artworks for bands such as Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, Kreator, Marilyn Manson, and Meshuggah. His 'dark' art has also been published in book form and compared to that of H. R...
, David Ho
David Ho (artist)
David G. Ho is a Chinese-American artist.Ho was born in New Jersey. He moved to Taiwan with his family when he was a child, and moved back to California as a teenager...
, and Alessandro Bavari. Cover artist Rew X is Fuller's visual artist pseudonym.
History
Years before the online incarnation, Three-lobed Burning Eye was an independent literary magazineLiterary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
magazine founded by Fuller and his friend Matthew Duncan while attending Bowling Green State University as Creative Writing students. Its original run lasted four printed issues from 1991-1993.
In 1998, Fuller revived the magazine in name, with a direction more appropriate to the title, publishing decidedly more speculative fiction. Poetry, reviews, interviews, and even the editorial letter were considered distractions from a simple set of stories. At the time, the online format and an email submission system were not widely accepted practices for magazines.
Publishing frequency has changed over the last decade, from the original quarterly schedule, to triannual, to "2-3 times per year," with a few unintentional hiatuses, which have made the print anthologies less than annual. In 2010, the magazine released two issues in May and October. All issues remain archived online. Though the website design has changed using CSS
CSS
-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...
development, the magazine retains its original intention of one story per page, without advertising. Print annual anthologies I-IV included four issues each of the online magazine, while volume V included five. These were available in limited black-and-white or color editions, available only during one pre-order period.
While the magazine's name is a vague reference to H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
's story "The Haunter of the Dark
The Haunter of the Dark
"The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror story in the Cthulhu Mythos genre. It was written by H. P. Lovecraft in November 1935, and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales...
," the magazine has largely avoided publishing Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...
stories.
Awards & Recognition
In 2011, "A Feather's Weight" by Jessica Reisman (issue 19) and "The Edge of the World" by DeAnna Knippling (issue 20) were included on the honorable mentions list in Best Horror of the Year Volume 3 by Ellen DatlowEllen Datlow
Ellen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
.
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...