Planet Scumm Science Fiction Magazine

ISSUE #5 | Full Story, "The Importance of Good Breeding"

Read an excerpt from the story The Importance of Good Breeding by Richard Wren, featured in Issue #5 of Planet Scumm.

ISSUE #5 | Full Story, "Ain't We Got Fun"

Read the full story, “Ain’t We Got Fun?” by Paul C.K. Spears, featured in Issue #5 of Planet Scumm.

EDITORIAL | Planet Scumm Halloween Election Special! Of Terror!

Guest writer Tyler Wolanen writes on October’s two different spirits. One is the primeval, pagan spirit of Halloween. The other is the quintessentially American spirit of election season.

EditorialPlanet ScummOctober 28, 2018guest writer, Tyler Wolanin, politics

EDITORIAL | Uncle Wayne’s Bookstore

Wayne was an avid reader, and he left behind massive piles of pulp science fiction, hard-boiled crime, and fantasy. It’s a remarkable catalogue of under-the-radar imagination, and Wayne actually catalogued it.

EditorialTyler Berd | Managing EditorJune 26, 2018Uncle Wayne, RAICES, Tyler Berd

ISSUE #4 | Transmission Scumm

“Johnson, Johnson–is it light? Feels like I haven’t seen daylight in forever.”

“Yes, sir. Morning is coming. It’s over.”

ISSUE #3 | Full Story, "Lucky That Way" by Jonathan Coumes

Read the full story, Lucky This Way by Jonathan Coumes, featured in Issue #3 of Planet Scumm.

EDITORIAL | The Story We Didn’t Accept

You may have heard rumors that Joss Whedon has submitted to Planet Scumm continuously since Scummy first opened the data-banks for contributions from earthlings.

EditorialSean Clancy | Editor-in-ChiefNovember 4, 2017fiction

REVIEW | A Critical Reappraisal of — Oh, Hell, It’s “Leprechaun 4: In Space” Isn’t It?

A comprehensive review by Sean Clancy, Planet Scumm’s Irish-American editor

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT | Interview with Smita Bhattacharya

Author Smita Bhattacharya was kind enough to take set aside some time to answer satisfy Scummy’s curiosity about her work, process and life.