| Editor-in-chief | Dru Pagliassotti |
|---|---|
| Categories | Fantasy and Horror |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Dru Pagliassotti |
| Founded | 1998 |
| First issue | January 1998 |
| Final issue | 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://theharrow.com |
| ISSN | 1528-4271 |
The Harrow was an online magazine for fantasy and horror fiction, poetry, and reviews, launched in January 1998 by founder and editor-in-chief Dru Pagliassotti. [1] [2] The magazine has an all-volunteer editorial staff and reviewer pool and uses a double blind review system that provides authors with individualized feedback on their submissions. [3]
In 2008, The Harrow was published on the first of each month using Open Journal Systems software. From 2009, The Harrow staff are taking a break and the journal is not in production at the moment.
The Harrow has placed within the top 10 in the Preditors and Editors Best Fiction Magazines/E-Zines poll every year since 2003. [4]
Pieces first published in the magazine have received recognition in several other venues. First-place Harrow contest winner "Harming Obsession" by Bev Vincent received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (16th Ed.); "The Pickup", a short story by Jim Schutte was a 2005 nominee for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award. [5] M. Frost's poem, "Removing the Bloodstain", from the November 2006 issue was reprinted in the March 2007 newsletter from the Horror Writers Association. [6]
Well-known authors published in The Harrow include Gemma Files, Peter Crowther and Marlys Pearson. Editor Pagliassotti's fantasy novel, Clockwork Heart, was published by Juno Books in March 2008. [7] [8] Other authors published in The Harrow who also have novels or collections out include Brian Ames and Chris Howard.
In 2006, The Harrow produced Fear of the Unknown, [9] published by Echelon Press, with an introduction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and including stories by Poppy Z Brite, Owl Goingback and Jack Ketchum. In 2007, it followed up with Midnight Lullabies, published by The Harrow Press, with an introduction by Tim Wynne-Jones. [8] [10]