Aurealis #46
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With stories by:

  • Greg Mellor
  • Andrew J McKiernan
Plus an interview with Felicity Pulman and book reviews.

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 Aurealis open for submissions

Aurealis is back open for submissions.  Crisetta MacLeod has been appointed our new Submissions Manager and she has assembled a large team of Readers who are aiming to ensure fast turnaround times for story submissions.  With the change in format and schedule, Aurealis will be requiring twice as many high quality stories than we have in the past.  Note that submissions to Aurealis are read blind, so all stories are read on merit, not on the author's reputation.  This makes us a market open to new and inexperienced authors, as well as to established authors.  Please, however, read through our guidelines very carefully before you submit.  Stories that don't follow them will be rejected unread.
Posted: January 24th, 2012

 Aurealis #46 now available for FREE (for a limited time only)

Aurealis #46 is now available for FREE, but hurry because it won't remain free indefinitely.  Downloads are available in all e-reading formats: iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones, Kindles, Kobo readers, pdfs for PCs etc from Smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/100597

It is currently also available in various ebookstores such as the Amazon, the Apple iBookstore, and Barnes and Noble.

This second electronic edition includes an absolute ripper of a hard science fiction story by Greg Mellor and a zombie tale with a difference by Andrew J McKiernan, as well as an interview with Felicity Pulman, news, reviews and more.

The next issue, Aurealis #47, will be available in February 2012.  There will be 10 monthly issues in 2012 (every month except January and December).  Aurealis subscribers will receive email information in February on how to continue to receive issues of Aurealis for free.

Posted: December 6th, 2011

 Launch of the new monthly Aurealis

Chimaera Publications has decided that a publication devoted to fantasy and science fiction should be at the forefront of change and that digital publication is the future.  We believe that Aurealis will gain a much wider readership and will ultimately be able to pay contributors more with the launch of the new Aurealis.  So, from October 2011 we will exploring some new worlds:

1. Aurealis will become a monthly epublication with downloads available in all e-reading formats: iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones, Kindles, Kobo readers, pdfs for PCs etc.  It will appear every month except December and January, which means 10 issues a year.

2. This Aurealis epublication will effectively be a merger between Aurealis print magazine and AurealisXpress.  Each monthly issue will consist of 2 stories, (+ possibly 1 article), plus reviews and news as per AurealisXpress.  In the short term AurealisXpress will continue to run in parallel with Aurealis epublication.

3. In addition to this we will also publish a series of Aurealis print anthologies which will feature the best of the Aurealis epublication stories.

4. Current Aurealis subscribers will receive at least the number of stories owed to them, and long term subscribers will also receive copies of the anthologies.

5. Our aim is for Aurealis to gain professional status with the SFWA within two years (which means payment rates of at least 5 cents a word).

Download Aurealis #45 for free from from http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91794 (or go to www.smashwords.com and search for "Aurealis").  Aurealis will also be available from other online retailers such the iBooks store shortly. Aurealis #46 will be available in November 2011.  Aurealis #47 in February 2012 and Aurealis #48 in March 2012.

Posted: October 9th, 2011

 Aurealis #45 - now available as FREE e-publication

Aurealis has been publishing continuously since 1990, but this issue is its first e-publication. Now, and into the future, Aurealis will become a monthly epublication with downloads available in all e-reading formats: iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones, Kindles, Kobo readers, pdfs for PCs etc.

Aurealis #45 features the return of the legendary bunyipslayer in a brilliant story by Lachlan Huddy, a harrowing fairy tale from Aimee Smith, and an interview with Glenda Larke, as well as reviews, news and more.

You can download the issue FREE from Smashwords in a variety of formats:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91794

Posted: October 7th, 2011
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