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Ben Tempchin
Zahir is edited by Sheryl Tempchin
and is published by Zahir Publishing three times a year in February,
June, and October.
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The
Summer 2008 issue is now on sale.
Short fiction by Jane Lawless, Daniel Brugioni, Sarah
Odishoo, Jeff P. Jones, Matthew David Brozik, Peter Higgins, Rob
Pritchard, and Loreen Niewenhuis.
Zahir is a
tri-annual print journal dedicated to
publishing the best in
speculative fiction by both new and established writers. Each issue
features an eclectic mix of literary fantasy, science fiction, magical
realism, and stories that are not so easily classified.
We belong to the Council of Literary
Magazines and Presses. Every
year we nominate stories for the Pushcart Prize and other
literary
awards.
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Read sample
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NEWS
The
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 2007, edited by Ellen
Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant includes
honorable mentions for ten Zahir
stories from 2006. read more
Fantasy:
The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition, edited by Rich
Horton, has reprinted "The
Original Word for Rain" by Peter Higgins, which first appeared in Zahir #9.
Best
American Fantasy,
edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, includes
"Pieces of Scheherezade" by Nicole Kornher Stace, which first appeared
in Zahir #9.
REVIEWS
"Zahir
has carved a nice niche publishing highly literary and usually somewhat
lyrical stories at the fantastical end of the slipstream spectrum."
Rich Horton, Locus
"I've come to look forward to seeing
what this zine will bring in
next from the wild and ambiguous boundarylands between literary and
genre territory."
Lois Tilton, IROSF
"If you enjoy speculative
fiction, you won't regret a subscription to
Zahir. "
Jennifer Gomoll Popolis, NewPages
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