A few years ago the great short fiction review site Tangent Online ran into some trouble, and had to close. I doubt many of us that read it at the time really expected it to come back after so long, but Dave Trusedale, the organizing force behind Tangent, never gave up. One look at the new site is proof that his persistence was worth it and that this zine — which has been on the web covering the short fiction scene since 1997 — is back and better than ever.
Tangent is still focused reviewing genre magazine and anthology short fiction, but it’s got a new look, new contributors, and a whole new crop of reviews to kick things off. A site like this is a great way to keep tabs on what’s going on in the world of short fiction, and a good way, too, to maybe discover new authors or magazines that might prove to be the sort of thing you’d want to subscribe to.
Two of my own reviews, of issues nine and ten of Black Static magazine, are part of the new line up fresh material over at the site, but there are also reviews of all the biggest magazines published this year. But the site isn’t just about reviews — articles, interviews, and editorials round out its coverage of the short fiction scene. Well worth checking out.
