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Paradox Magazine

About Me

Paradox Magazine is a literary magazine featuring original short historical fiction in all of its forms. This includes mainstream historical fiction as well as other genre fiction with historical themes. Works of alternate history, historical whodunnits, historical fantasy, period horror, time travel, Arthurian legend and retold myth regularly appear in its pages. The magazine also features original historical poetry, essays on history, reviews of historical novels and films, and interviews with bestselling historical novelists.

Check out excerpts of the stories and artwork from the latest issue.

Paradox also has a discussion forum . Drop by for a visit.

Paradox Magazine, P.O. Box 22897, Brooklyn, NY 11202-2897.

MySpace page maintained by Christopher M. Cevasco, Editor/Publisher.

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Readers: If you enjoy historical fiction, please consider trying an issue .

My Blog

Paradox Magazine Ceasing Publication

Yes, it's true: Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction ceases publication with the May 2009 release of issue #13 (now available). The final issue of the award-winning magazin...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Paradox 13 (Spring 2009) Now Available!

Paradox #13 is now available to order at the Paradox website, where you can also read excerpts from the stories appearing therein.Here's the complete table of contents for Issue Thirteen:FICTIONT...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 06:55:00 GMT

Alternate History: Guest Blog Post at Nebula Awards Website

I was recently asked to write a guest blog post on Alternate History for the Nebula Awards website. The resulting article ("For Want of a Genre") was posted on the site today and is available HERE.And...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:39:00 GMT

"The Wizard of Macatawa" wins 2008 WSFA Small Press Award!

Live from Capclave, I'm thrilled to announce that Tom Doyle's story, "The Wizard of Macatawa" (Paradox 11) just won the 2008 WSFA Small Press Award!   The finalists for the award were: " "Bufo R...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Nebula Buzz...

I've recently learned that one of the stories in the current (12th) issue of Paradox--David Erik Nelson's novelette, "Tucker Teaches the Clockies to Copulate"--has been recommended for a Nebula Award!...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Issue 12 - The Reviews Are In...

Yes, the reviews of Paradox 12 have been rolling in, and I'm happy to report the issue has been very favorably received across the board. You can read complete online reviews at each of the following ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:00 GMT

WSFA Small Press Award - Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2008 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction have been announced:" "Bufo Rex" by Erik Amundsen, published in issue 347 of Weird Tales" "Orm the Beautiful" by Elizabeth Bear, pub...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:12:00 GMT

LA Times Article

There's an article in today's LA Times about historical novelist Karen Essex--and it even includes a couple of quotes from yours truly... Here's a link to the article. Chris
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:59:00 GMT

2008 British Fantasy Society Awards

I was thrilled and honored to see that Tom Doyle's story, "The Wizard of Macatawa" (Paradox Magazine 11), is on the long-list of nominees for the 2008 British Fantasy Society Awards (Short Fictio...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:55:00 GMT

Paradox 12 Reviewed at THE FIX

REVIEW: A review of Paradox 12 was just posted at The Fix online. I'm happy to say that every story in the issue was, once again, very favorably received. Congratulations to all the authors!You ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 15:52:00 GMT