Magazine: Leading Edge
Editors (alphabetically listed): Russell W. Asplund | Karl F. Batdorff | Chris Baxter | Hayley Brooks | Brooke Burdge |
David B. Burnett | Diane Cardon | Michael W. Carr | Vanessa K. Christenson | Dave Doering | Eric J. Ehlers |
Matt Gibbons | Alex Grover | Chris Halladay | Celadon James | Megan Kauffman | Christopher Kugler |
Kristina Kugler | Jonathan D. Langford | Loralee Leavitt | Edward Liebing | Tony Markham | Adam McLain |
Abigail Miner | Jillena O'Brien | Benjamin R. Olsen | Marny Parkin | Scott R. Parkin | Camilla Parshall |
Michael W. Reed | Rayda Reed | Brandon Sanderson | Lee Ann Setzer | Steve Setzer | Nyssa Silvester |
Robert A. Steimle | Douglas Alan Summers Stay | Jason Wallace | Leah Welker | Heather White
Language: English
ISSN: 1049-5983
Active: 1981 – present
Issues: ongoing
Websites: Leading Edge | Galactic Central | ISFDB | SFE4 | Wikipedia
Bibliographic comments: US semi-pro magazine, started by students at Brigham Young University, Utah. Editorship is on an
issue-by-issue basis. Since 2016 it has appeared in book format with individual ISBNs.
• Only issues with contents of interest to this library are listed here, highlighted in white.
Leading Edge, #44
Eric J. Ehlers, ed.
December 2002
Brigham Young University
Octavo, 136 pages
$4.95
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry and essays are listed.
Fiction: Steven Mohan, Jr., Cain's Legacy // Eugie Foster, Second Daughter // Bruce Golden, Not So Final Resting
Place Blues // Christopher M. Cevasco, Decrescendo // James Facos, Jezzy
Poetry: Darla Cady, Princess Disenchanted // Christopher Kugler, Asleep
Essays: Eric J. Ehlers, Sorcery, Starships, and Setting // Kristina Kugler, In Loving Memory of Marion K. "Doc"
Smith // Eric J. Ehlers, Faust a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Darth Vader as Faust // Megan
Schoonover, Everyone's a Critic: The Art of Telling People Their Writing Sucks
Leading Edge, #48
Megan Kauffman, ed.
October 2004
Brigham Young University
Octavo, 180 pages
$4.95
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry and essays are listed.
Fiction: Leigh Anna Harken, Summer of the Brides // Nick Pincumbe, Grey Sheep // Steven Carlton, Shadow of
the Wolf // Christopher Kugler, Gatecrasher // Eugie Foster, Of Two Minds in Lanais // Paul Woodlin, The
Reluctant God
Poetry: Susan M. Sailors, Dreams of Tomorrow // Lora Reynolds, Lupine Lullaby // James Grossmann, Suspicion
Mutual // Abram Jacobs, The Sentinel
Essays: Megan Kauffman, The Creative Inner Child // C. Lee Player, Interview with Two Writers of the Future
Contest Winners // Christopher Kugler, Editorial: Adventures in Editing // Jason Wallace, Editorial: The Only
Constant // Anastasius Vedder-Newt, Do Insomniacs Dream of Eclectic Sheep? // Daniel Clausen, Ubiquitious
Borders
Leading Edge, #54
Matt Gibbons, ed.
November 2007
Brigham Young University
Octavo, 130 pages
$5.95
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry and essays are listed.
Fiction: Laura Ware, Last Heir // Richard Windle, To Fly // Karen L. Kobylarz, The Book of Thuti // Kenneth
Broadway, Fortune's Fool // Mason T. Matchak, The Crystal Girl // Aliette de Bodard, At the Gates of White Marble
Poetry: Josh Leavitt, Trial by Jury // Elizabeth Barrette, Her Mother's Mirror // Joy Harold Helsing, Disclaimer
Essays: Matt Gibbons, Writer Development: Great Characters Don't Use Mirrors // Celadon James, Writer
Development: Concerning Unending Hunger and Cardboard // Josh Leavitt, Writer Development: A Place to Shine
Leading Edge, #72
Heather White, ed.
April 2018
Brigham Young University
ISBN 978-1-71714-552-9
Trade paperback, 130 pages
$6.99
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry essays and the interview are listed.
Fiction: Eric San Juan, The Cameras of Cedar Lane // Brandon McFall, The Wishing Tree // Patrick Genellie, Will
of Man and Whim of God // Mark Silcox, Zombies in Eden // Rachel Frogget, Potions Speak Louder Than Words
// James Boden, Final Moments // Dan Metro, The Queen's Madness // Ashlin Awerkamp, Super Sense of Duper
Dumb // Zachary Scharman, Feasting on Words // Becca Lee Gardner, Magu Shan // Chris Althoff, Dear Diary
// Tina Hawley, Passed Over
Poetry: Greg Schwartz, Reflection // Roger Brezina, Regarding the Whereabouts of Misplaced "Treasures" //
Casey Bruce, Falling Apart // David Mark Jenkins, Second Chance
Essays: Heather White, Letter from the Editor // Matt Wagstaff, The Fabulous Four of Epic Fantasy // Jared Quan,
Star Trek vs. The Orville
Interview: Kristen Evans, Madeline Jones, Interview: Caitlin Sangster
Leading Edge, #73
Abigail Miner, ed.
December 2018
Brigham Young University
ISBN 978-1-79195-360-7
Trade paperback, 140 pages
$6.99
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry essays and the interview are listed.
Fiction: Richard Wren, Masterpiece // Melinda Brasher, Salvage Operations // Kathleen Palm, Voices // Cynthia
Zhang, Heart to Heart // Sarah Riley, Shared Language // Kate Eliason, The Tree // Matt Wagstaff, When the
Bloodcatchers Fill // Eric Dayton Emmons, Paid to Pick Flowers // Jakob Chapman, Ectropy // Will Anderson,
There Are Monsters in the Forest // Chloe Richardson, Dead Battery
Poetry: Juleigh Howard-Hobson, Imperception // Adele Gardner, A Stitch in Time // Ken Poyner, Our Treaty with
the Zephon
Essays: Abigail Miner, Letter from the Editor // Alex Francom, Grace // Sarai Mannolini-Winwood, Tensions
Between Past and Present // Margaret Pearce, Parallel Worlds
Interview: Madeline Jones, Britanny Passmore, Interview: Don Stallman
Leading Edge, #65
Diane Cardon, ed.
February 2014
Brigham Young University
Octavo, 122 pages
$5.99
Notes:
• Only fiction, poetry and essays are listed.
Fiction: John Sibley Williams, Blue Glow // Matt Moore, Of the Endangered // Rachel Kolar, The Touch // Amelia
Hollingsworth, Soulless // Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan, Jane D.O.E. // Edwin Eschler, Relative Crime // Curtis C.
Chen, Somebody's Daughter // Megan Hutchins, Wishing Hard Enough
Poetry: Anna Sykora, Cold Stars // Ann Keith, With Rite and Rune
Essays: Diane Cardon, Letter from the Editor // Neal Silvester, Story vs. Plot, Archetypes vs. Stereotypes