Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
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Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine is an Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy print magazine with a light-hearted, humorous slant. Published every two months, ASIM accepts story submissions only by email.
The Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM) concept began in 2001, when a group of like-minded individuals joined together by chance on the internet to form the Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-operative Ltd. The Co-op had as part of its charter the ideal of producing a bi-monthly fiction magazine to provide a market for fiction, artwork, poetry and non-fiction, specifically for Australian contributors, but open to contributions from all over the world. Since 2002, it has succeeded in this mission, with 25 issues printed as at August 2006. The Co-operative is staffed voluntarily by members from all over Australia (with honorary members overseas), who undertake all the duties of producing a magazine, including editing, layout, advertising, promotion, sales, and the innumerable other details that go into producing a quality magazine on a regular basis.
ASIM has been nominated for an received numerous awards, and stories printed in its pages have also been shortlisted and printed in various Year's Best anthologies. Recently (April 2006) the magazine launched an electronic version, available for limited release immediate download from the website for a small fee - each e-issue is only available for the period from release of the print version, to the release of the next issue.
The first of its kind in Australia, possibly the world, in small press publishing, the ASIM Co-operative have proved that not only is it possible to produce quality print fiction by a group, with a rotating editorial roster, but that no longer is it necessary to meet face-to-face to create a successful product.
[edit] Publication History
ISSUE #1 Editor: Ben Payne (Co-pilot) [1]
Fiction...
Boarding Pass . . Chuck McKenzie
Trade Barrier . . Dave Luckett
Heavens Above . . Lyn McConchie
Fifi Rebels . . Stanislaw Wiatrowski
The Catling God . . Trent Jamieson
Fairy Godmother Express . . Tansy Rayner Roberts (podcast)
The Last Of Mr Benjimen . . Rick Kennett
The Ghoul Goes West . . Stephen Dedman
Reigning Cats and Dogs . . Cat Sparks
Pits of Doom(TM) . . Michael Davidson
Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution . . Ian Nichols
Poetry...
Love Holo . . Bruce Boston
Regular Features...
Science Column . . Faster than light - Jeff Harris
Reviews . . AustrAlien Absurdities, Agog, Circle of Nine
Interview . . Josephine Pennicott
ISSUE #2 - This issue edited by... Robbie Matthews (Captain) [2]
Fiction
Mug . . . Edwina Harvey
The Inscrutable Dragon . . . Richard Womack
Joltin' Joe Jung . . . Ken Honeywell
Father Harry . . . Kevin Maclean
Depart Singer . . . Robert Hoge
Dungslinger . . . Douglas W. Clark
Building Character . . . Carl Frederick
Abort . . . Seana O'Brien
The Battle for Cassville . . . K. D. Wentworth
The Brass Man . . . John Borneman
Suffer the Little Children . . . Cory Daniells
Play it Forever Sam . . . John B. Rosenman
Poetry
Portal . . . Christina Sng
New Genes for Old Purposes . . . Stephen D. Rogers
Regular Features
Review - Emergence; The Amazing Maurice; Nemonymous . . . Ian Nichols
Interview - Dave Luckett . . . Tehani Croft
Science Column: Are We There Yet? . . . Andrew Finch
Review - Declare . . . Ian Nichols
Con Report - Convergence 2002 . . . Tansy Roberts & Andrew Finch
Review - Fireheart . . . Robbie Matthews
Classifieds
Letters
Food & Wine Guide . . . Simon Haynes
ISSUE #3 - This issue edited by... Ian Nichols (In-flight Entertainment) [3]
Fiction
Letter From the President (Earth Edition) . . Stuart Barrow
Cable and the Possible God . . Mikal Trimm
SVYAGATOR . . Sean McMullen
Stormy Weather . . Peter Friend
Evensong . . T. Rex
Team Teaching . . Jim C. Hines
Loss Leader . . Simon Haynes
The Jerk Who Fell to Earth . . Tom Holt
Poetry
For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets . . Bruce Boston
An Afterlife . . Jeff VanderMeer
A Matter of Perspective/Recapture . . Stephen D Rogers
Regular Features
Recollections & Reflections . . Hon. Dr. Race Matthews
Interview - Tansy Rayner Roberts . . Tehani Croft
Review - The Last Hero; Talon of the Silver Hawk . . Ian Nichols
Review - Machinations An Anthology of Ingenious Designs . . Tehani Croft
Science Column: A Brief History of Time Travel . . Jeff Harris
Recipe - The Pasta Hunters of Joshua 3 . . Ian Nichols
