Great Magazine

This is an excellent magazine with an stories an eclectic mix of savory illustrations and stories. Aside from the excellent romps through fantasydom each issue has a column on folk lore, fantasy books, fantasy video games, and fantasy art. I am so very glad to have a subscription to this magazine and expect to continue it indefinitely. (And as to the reviewer comparing it to Entertainment Weekly...ya see...ET is crap, and it isn't all that hard to fill a magazine with crap. One need only look at most of the periodicals on the newsstand for more examples.)

Despite the cover art

I'm sometimes grateful for the plain wrapper this magazine arrives in, because the cover art can be lurid. But inside, the articles are thoughtful, and the stories are often quite good. My particular favorite is "Folkroots," written by a revolving group of authors. I have enjoyed their meditations on the history of folklore, and can sometimes lure my non-fantasy-reading friends into sharing them with me! Realms of Fantasy benefits from good editors, and while I sometimes don't enjoy all of the stories in an issue, there is always something that makes me happy to have the subscription.

Merry Christmas to me

I purchased a subscription to Realms of Fantasy as a Christmas gift to myself. I will have to write myself a thank you note. I received my first issue yesterday and was impressed.

The magazine features not only several well-written short stories, but several interesting articles such as the folklore behind fairies stealing human babies.

My one complaint is for the price, I expected it to be larger. This magazine is even thinner than the Entertainment Weekly I also subscribe to.