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jessdone's review
4.0
It's hard to review a collection of short stories and interviews. Overall my interactions with this installment was positive. I enjoyed the exposure to new authors as well as reading some of my personal favorites. Deep Magic is a publication dedicated to fantasy without the gore and sex sometimes found in the genre. I'm personally committed to the transformative and alternative properties fantasy can explore. Always love when a writer chooses to explore a logic puzzle rather than another thousand person battle.
I love dark work too, but it's refreshing to see fantasy written for adults that has wonder and just plain breathe taking magic, environments, and characters.
I love dark work too, but it's refreshing to see fantasy written for adults that has wonder and just plain breathe taking magic, environments, and characters.
lostinagoodbook's review
5.0
Disclaimer: I won this magazine in a contest held by the publisher. There was no expectation of a review.
I first heard about this e-Zine from the twitter feed of a favorite author who is one of the collaborators.
By “clean” they mean no cussing, excessive violence or sex. I have to say that is refreshing. I love books like Game of Thrones but it can also be a little exhausting at times. This is a nice respite from that and I like their approach to fiction. I’m not much of a fan of short stories or anthologies so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. There were a couple of stories that stood out as favorites. They had particularly strong sci-fi story opening the magazine and even though I don’t like that genre near as much as fantasy, it drew me in right away. After the short stories they also included an extended preview of an upcoming novel, which will be going on my TBR. I also enjoyed some short essays some authors wrote about their writing process.
I hope that reading this magazine will help me to find new writers to enjoy, as well as providing some light entertainment. Hard to beat it at a $2.99 sticker price per issue (free – if you’re on Kindle Unlimited)! I really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to getting the next issue. I hope you’ll all look into it, it’s a good buy for fantasy/sci-fi fans.
I first heard about this e-Zine from the twitter feed of a favorite author who is one of the collaborators.
By “clean” they mean no cussing, excessive violence or sex. I have to say that is refreshing. I love books like Game of Thrones but it can also be a little exhausting at times. This is a nice respite from that and I like their approach to fiction. I’m not much of a fan of short stories or anthologies so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. There were a couple of stories that stood out as favorites. They had particularly strong sci-fi story opening the magazine and even though I don’t like that genre near as much as fantasy, it drew me in right away. After the short stories they also included an extended preview of an upcoming novel, which will be going on my TBR. I also enjoyed some short essays some authors wrote about their writing process.
I hope that reading this magazine will help me to find new writers to enjoy, as well as providing some light entertainment. Hard to beat it at a $2.99 sticker price per issue (free – if you’re on Kindle Unlimited)! I really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to getting the next issue. I hope you’ll all look into it, it’s a good buy for fantasy/sci-fi fans.
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