Paradox (magazine)

, and interviews with notable historical novelists.

"Paradox" was initially published quarterly, from April 2003 through January 2004. It was then switched to a semiannual release schedule and has maintained this schedule to the present. From 2004 through 2006, issues were released every June and December. Beginning with the eleventh issue (Autumn 2007), issues are scheduled to be released every April and October. Although "Paradox" is a print magazine, the editor experimented with publishing a bonus online issue in January 2004.

One distinctive aesthetic feature of the magazine is its use of historical artwork. In addition to using newly commissioned art for a story's accompanying illustration, stories are frequently illustrated by being matched with appropriate paintings or photographs by artists past. Vintage photographic portraits and U.S. Civil War and World War I photographs have been so employed in "Paradox" as have paintings by such artists as Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, George Bellows, William Bouguereau, Gustave Doré, Rudolf Ernst, M. C. Escher, Jean-Léon Gérôme, John William Godward, Francisco Goya, David Roberts, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, J. M. W. Turner, and Wu Guxiang, among many others.

Two stories published in 2006 in "Paradox" were among the seven short-form finalists for the 2006 Sidewise Award for Alternate History—"O, Pioneer" by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and "The Meteor of the War" by Andrew Tisbert. [ [http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/ Sidewise Awards For Alternate History] . Retrieved on October 23, 2007.]

"The Wizard of Macatawa" by Tom Doyle, published in "Paradox" issue 11 (Autumn 2007), is among the six finalists for the 2008 WSFA Small Press Award. [ [http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=859 Science Fiction Awards Watch] . Retrieved on August 3, 2008.] The winner of this award will be announced in October 2008 at Capclave, the annual convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association.

Editor

Christopher M. Cevasco, editor/publisher, 2003 to present

Published Authors

"Paradox" publishes fiction and poetry by both new authors and established professionals. Noted contributors have included:
* Cherith Baldry
* Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
* Brenda Clough
* Jeff Crook
* Paul Finch
* Charles Coleman Finlay
* Eugie Foster
* Sarah Hoyt
* Sarah Monette
* Richard Mueller
* Darrell Schweitzer
* Brian Stableford
* Adam Stemple
* Sonya Taaffe
* James Van Pelt
* Carrie Vaughn
* Jack Whyte
* Jane Yolen

Authors Interviewed

Interviews with historical novelists and writers, conducted by the editor of "Paradox", are regularly featured in the magazine. Noted authors interviewed have included:
* Piers Anthony
* Kevin Baker
* Bernard Cornwell
* Karen Essex
* Lois Tilton
* Connie Willis

ISSN

Registered as ISSN 1548-0593 with the United States Library of Congress.

References

External links

* [http://www.paradoxmag.com Paradox Magazine website]