~ Early Web Links ~

Via Galactica is Croatia's first science fiction, fantasy, and horror e-fanzine, online since 1997 and still publishing despite hosting troubles. The site features issue archives, SF news, convention coverage, links to Croatian SF writers, and commentary on genre topics like Lord of the Rings.

Antiquated Future is an online shop and catalog specializing in zines, books, music, and paper goods from hundreds of independent creators and small publishers. With over 343 zine titles from artists like Aaron Cometbus, John Porcellino, and Alex Wrekk, it serves as a remarkable resource for the DIY publishing and zine community.

Lone Star Stories was a bimonthly speculative fiction and poetry webzine published by Eric Marin from 2003 to 2007, featuring work from notable authors like Jo Walton, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Sonya Taaffe. The site archives all past issues and offers a free PDF anthology collecting selected fiction from the first 25 issues.

Chaos Theory: Tales Askew is an online zine or literary publication that appears to have been running since at least 2011, reaching its 14th issue at the time of this snapshot. The splash page hints at a creative writing or speculative fiction publication associated with the Genspace community, with a farewell message suggesting the final issue.

The New York Moon is an experimental internet publication that follows the actual lunar cycle, releasing new editions with each phase of the moon. Mixing radio art, audio performance, guerrilla recordings, and written projects from contributors like Diego Stocco and Peter Kowalchuk, it occupies a strange and compelling niche between literary magazine, sound art gallery, and radio broadcast.

The alt.zines DMZ serves as the unofficial web companion to the Usenet newsgroup alt.zines, collecting archives of on-topic discussions, a regularly updated FAQ, and practical advice for aspiring zine publishers. Visitors can explore a publishers index, a curated list of review zines, and tips from experienced zinesters, making it a genuine hub for the indie zine community.

Blue Backspace is a small independent publication run by Jillian Caulfield and Quint Iverson, covering games, music, books, film, and television through personal essays and criticism. Hand-coded in HTML as an undergraduate thesis project, the site has a charming update log format and a growing archive of thoughtful long-form pieces.

The Sockdolager is an online speculative fiction zine publishing quarterly issues of short stories spanning science fiction, fantasy, and other genre modes. Each issue is curated around loose themes and features original tales of space empires, mythological encounters, zombie cover bands, and other imaginative fare.

A library research guide from Salem State University created by zine librarian Dawn Stahura, covering everything a beginner needs to start making zines, from choosing a topic to selecting formats, templates, and printing methods. The guide includes mini-zine tutorials in English and Spanish, Canva and Google Slides templates, a student zine collection, and resources for teaching with zines in an academic setting.

Plokta is a twice Hugo-winning science fiction fanzine edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott, with over 41 paper issues and 25 converted to HTML for the web. The online archive includes bonus features like color photos, jokes, and hyperlinks to referenced sites, making it a rich piece of SF fan publishing history.