• Publication: Heliotrope, August 2006Publication Record # 286888 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: Jay Tomio
• Date: 2006-08-00
• Publisher: Boomtron
• Price:
  $0.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 68
• Format:
  ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Cover: Heliotrope, August 2006 by Liezl A. Buenaventura
• Notes: Volume 1, Issue 1. Subtitled "The Speculative Fiction Magazine" on the cover. Cover titled "The Balloon Factory". Data entered from the PDF version. There are 10 pieces of titled artwork by Liezl A. Buenaventura throughout the magazine but they do not appear to illustrate any of the stories. The Natsuo Kirino novel is a mystery novel with no s-f content.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Author Bios (Heliotrope, August 2006) • essay by uncredited
• 4 • Artist Bio: Liezl A. Buenaventura • essay by uncredited
• 6 • Honey Mouth • short story by Samantha Henderson
• 13 • On the Air • short story by Edward Morris
• 20 • American Gothic • short story by Michael R. Colangelo [as by Michael Colangelo]
• 26 • The Novella: A Personal and Professional Exploration • essay by Jeff VanderMeer
• 32 • The Skeptical Fantasist: In Defense of an Oxymoron • essay by R. Scott Bakker
• 39 • Where's the Sci-Fi: The Relationship Between Trends in Science Fiction and Modern History • essay by Heidi Wessman Kneale
• 46 • Pasiphae's Machine • poem by Catherynne M. Valente
• 48 •   Review: Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore • review by Robert Bee
• 51 •   Review: Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian • review by John Turing
• 54 •   Review: Blood Follows by Steven Erikson • review by Scott Andrews
• 57 • Words, Music, Vision: A Multi-Media Literary Adventure with Martin Springett • essay by Victoria Hoyle
• 62 •   Review: The Secrets of Jin-Shei by Alma Alexander • review by Victoria Hoyle
• 65 • Book Review: Out by Natsuo Kirino • essay by Kimberly Fujioka