Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy and Gaming have evolved into an industry that represents more than a billion dollars a year. From the days of the origins of First Fandom, where wary young men took comic books or pulp magazines home in brown paper bags, to a time where Astronauts credit men like Asimov, Clarke and Roddenberry for their inspiration – Speculative Fiction has arrived. No longer do the Dungeons and Dragons players have to seek out a safe house. Now our children go to Toys R Us to play Yu-Gi-Oh on Saturdays. Gone are the Networks that won’t feature SF and Horror in their programming. A recent article in USA Today hearolded the mainstreaming of Science Fiction on Television. Warner Brothers and UPN use these shows to anchor their schedules. And even with the weak showing of "Enterprise," it is not likely Paramount will shut down “the franchise.”

Speculative Fiction Quarterly is a publication that will highlight the best that these genres have to offer from film to the literary form and everything in between. The magazine will boast an editor and a celebrity columnist from each genre. With the inaugural issue schedule to be released at Halloween in 2007, this promises to be a launch the industry has never witnessed before.