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About Our Mag

Space Squid is an award-winning hybrid publication of hand-scrubbed scifi, fantasy, and humor. Surely you’ve seen the ‘zine at your local zine superstore? Of course you were amazed at our snarky, outrageous stories, comix, and art. We’ve published work from Bruce Sterling (father of cyberpunk), Chris Roberson (Clockwork Storybook), Jay Lake (John W. Campbell Award winner), Jennifer Pelland (Nebula nominee), and a lot of other cool people. Bruce evenĀ blogged aboutĀ Space Squid. Thanks, Bruce!

Space Squid appears in primarily printed form. The printed zine costs nothing, and when in stock can be shipped within the US for a pittance. It is printed on a semi-sesquiquartely basis. Yes, that’s a real word, not a squid pun.

We also publish samples and original content on this site for free, updated on a piecemeal basis. We’re always putting up new stuff, including ongoing podcast material. Space Squid is closely related to the well-known sci-fi website RevolutionSF. In fact some rumors say that there’s incestuous editor-swapping going on. Scandalous!

We accept and publish any media within our technical abilities, including but not limited to fiction, art, comics, music, spoken word, features, humor, lists, DVD commentaries, and xeroxable found objects.

Of course, we’ve posted our contributor’s guidelines. Accepted material will appear in either or both the print and web versions. Authors and artists retain all rights to their material. We are hoping to avoid bankruptcy by selling ads to sci-fi fans and people who want to reach them… so consider buying one of our incredibly cheap ads.

To contact us, see the Contact Us page.