Intergalactic Medicine Show
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Intergalactic Medicine Show is an American webzine devoted to science fiction and fantasy short fiction. It was founded by multiple award-winning author Orson Scott Card.
The original publishing schedule, as reported in the Sci Fi Wire on September 29, 2005, was to be quarterly, with columns updated monthly. Issues cost USD$2.50 each, payable through PayPal. The first issue was released October 15, 2005, the second released March 1, 2006, and the third released October 2, 2006.
The first issue offered seven stories, including the cover story "Respite", "Mazer In Prison", a story by Card from his Enderverse, and Hot Sleep, a serialized novel by Card. The second issue offered eight stories, "In the Eyes of the Empress's Cat" being the cover story, with "Pretty Boy" from the Enderverse, a story by Card about Bonzo Madrid. The third issue, the first edited by Edmund R. Schubert, offered seven stories, with Tim Pratt's "Dream Engine" as the cover story, and with Card's short story "Cheater" about Han Tsu from the Enderverse. In addition, the third issue included two young adult stories by David Lubar, "Hats Off" being released with the issue and "Running Out of Air" to be released on November 15th.
[edit] Staff
- Orson Scott Card, Publisher and Executive Editor
- Edmund R. Schubert, Editor
- Kathleen A. Bellamy, Managing Editor
- Scott J. Allen, Web Designer
- Sara Ellis, Assistant Editor
- Justin Lopez, Assistant Editor
