Alison McBain
Birth place: Canada
80 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | 10 | Short Fiction | Grandmother Winter | On the Premises, March 2014 |
| July 2014 | Poem | Undone | Abyss & Apex, 3rd Quarter 2014 | |
| August 2014 | |1 | Short Fiction | On the Fly | Flash Fiction Online, August 2014 |
| December 2014 | |15 | Poem | After the Apocalypse | Devilfish Review, December 2014 |
| April 2015 | 7 | Poem | Advice | Star*Line, Spring 2015 |
| April 2015 | 9 | Short Fiction | The Other Woman | Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2015 |
| June 2015 | |7 | Poem | Eater of Dreams | Mirror Dance, Summer 2015 |
| July 2015 | |4.5 | Short Fiction | The Next Day | The Lorelei Signal, July-September 2015 |
| February 2016 | |10 | Poem | From Stars Born on Earth | Bewildering Stories, 15 February 2016 |
| March 2016 | |11 | Review | A Heroine of the World | Bewildering Stories, 7 March 2016 |
| March 2016 | |9 | Essay | Review of "Resonance" by Gary Beck | Bewildering Stories, 28 March 2016 |
| April 2016 | |13 | Essay | Review of "Becoming a Tree: Poems 2007-2015" by James Graham | Bewildering Stories, 4 April 2016 |
| May 2016 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Nigeria Revisited: My Life and Loves Abroad" by Catherine Onyemelukwe | Bewildering Stories, 30 May 2016 |
| May 2016 | |6 | Short Fiction | Supply and Demand | Bewildering Stories, 2 May 2016 |
| July 2016 | |11 | Interview | Bewildering Stories Interviews Alison McBain | Bewildering Stories, 11 July 2016 |
| August 2016 | |13 | Essay | Review of "Piece of Mind" by Michelle Adelman | Bewildering Stories, 29 August 2016 |
| August 2016 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Too Many Cooks" by Dana Bate | Bewildering Stories, 8 August 2016 |
| September 2016 | |12 | Review | Hyperpowers | Bewildering Stories, 5 September 2016 |
| September 2016 | |12 | Essay | Review of "Perceptions" by Gary Beck | Bewildering Stories, 12 September 2016 |
| October 2016 | |12 | Review | Capricious Visions | Bewildering Stories, 17 October 2016 |
| November 2016 | Short Fiction | A Helping Hand | Bloodbond, November 2016 | |
| November 2016 | |10 | Review | Lethal Kisses | Bewildering Stories, 14 November 2016 |
| January 2017 | |8 | Short Fiction | Lucky Thirteen | Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Issue 27 |
| January 2017 | |12 | Essay | Review of "Big Hero of a Small Country" by Marina J. Neary | Bewildering Stories, 30 January 2017 |
| January 2017 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Silencing the Blues Man" by Sherman Smith | Bewildering Stories, 23 January 2017 |
| January 2017 | |8 | Review | Writer's Retweet | Bewildering Stories, 9 January 2017 |
| February 2017 | |12 | Essay | Review of "Call Me Cupid" by Sydney Somers | Bewildering Stories, 13 February 2017 |
| February 2017 | |10 | Essay | Review of "Fault Lines" by Gary Beck | Bewildering Stories, 20 February 2017 |
| February 2017 | |10 | Review | The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror | Bewildering Stories, 6 Februrary 2017 |
| March 2017 | |12 | Review | Oblivion's Forge | Bewildering Stories, 6 March 2017 |
| March 2017 | |12 | Review | The Wolf of Allendale | Bewildering Stories, 13 March 2017 |
| April 2017 | |13 | Essay | Review of "The Wanted Lawman" by A. C. Smith | Bewildering Stories, 3 April 2017 |
| April 2017 | |11 | Essay | Review of "When the Tree Is Dry" by Alice S. Hill | Bewildering Stories, 17 April 2017 |
| April 2017 | 12 | Short Fiction | The Race | Fantasia Divinity Magazine, Issue 9, April 2017 |
| May 2017 | |10 | Essay | Review of "Tricky Twenty-Two" by Janet Evanovich | Bewildering Stories, 1 May 2017 |
| May 2017 | |12 | Review | The Black Tide: Remnants | Bewildering Stories, 8 May 2017 |
| July 2017 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Dark Cloud on Naked Creek" by Cindy O'Quinn | Bewildering Stories, 3 July 2017 |
| July 2017 | |10 | Essay | Review of "Skin" by K. A. Krake | Bewildering Stories, 31 July 2017 |
| July 2017 | |12 | Review | Tremors | Bewildering Stories, 10 July 2017 |
| August 2017 | |12 | Essay | Review of "In Your Dreams" by Kristan Higgins | Bewildering Stories, 14 August 2017 |
| August 2017 | |13 | Essay | Review of "The Model Man" by Genie Davis | Bewildering Stories, 7 August 2017 |
| October 2017 | |12 | Essay | Review of "broken bottle of time" by John Reinhart | Bewildering Stories, 9 October 2017 |
| October 2017 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Sirens Over the Hudson" by M. J. Neary | Bewildering Stories, 16 October 2017 |
| October 2017 | |1 | Short Fiction | The Soldier's Choice | Swords and Sorcery Magazine, Issue 68, October 2017 |
| October 2017 | Poem | Thumbs | Abyss & Apex, 4th Quarter 2017 | |
| October 2017 | 47 | Short Fiction | Under the Surface | Alien Dimensions, #13 |
| October 2017 | |14 | Review | Virtual Living | Bewildering Stories, 23 October 2017 |
| November 2017 | |13 | Review | Free Ferry | Bewildering Stories, 13 November 2017 |
| November 2017 | |15 | Essay | Review of "True Love: How to Use Science to Understand Love" by Fred Nour, M.D. | Bewildering Stories, 6 November 2017 |
| January 2018 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Perturbations" by Gary Beck | Bewildering Stories, 22 January 2018 |
| January 2018 | |10 | Review | Sharp Edge | Bewildering Stories, 8 January 2018 |
| February 2018 | |13 | Review | Illusion | Bewildering Stories, 19 February 2018 |
| February 2018 | |9 | Essay | Review of "The Man Upon the Stair: A Mystery in Fin de Siècle Paris" by Gary Inbinder | Bewildering Stories, 5 February 2018 |
| February 2018 | |8 | Essay | Review of "The Trouble with Valentine's Day" by Rachel Gibson | Bewildering Stories, 12 Februrary 2018 |
| February 2018 | |11 | Review | Tigana | Bewildering Stories, 26 February 2018 |
| March 2018 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Kiss Kiss" by Paul Beckman | Bewildering Stories, 5 March 2018 |
| April 2018 | 3 | Short Fiction | After War | Broadswords and Blasters, #5, Spring 2018 |
| May 2018 | |12 | Essay | Review of "Now I Accuse" by Gary Beck | Bewildering Stories, 21 May 2018 |
| June 2018 | |11 | Essay | Review of "Peek" by Paul Beckman | Bewildering Stories, 4 June 2018 |
| June 2018 | |12 | Review | The Forgotten Ones | Bewildering Stories, 11 June 2018 |
| July 2018 | |8 | Short Fiction | The Rose Queen (excerpt) | Bewildering Stories, 23 July 2018 |
| August 2018 | |11 | Essay | Review of "New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction" ed. James Thomas and Robert Scotellaro | Bewildering Stories, 20 August 2018 |
| August 2018 | |11 | Essay | Review of "The Windfall App" by Teresa Richards | Bewildering Stories, 6 August 2018 |
| September 2018 | |12 | Essay | Review of "A Calf Named Brian Higgins: An Adventure in Rural Kenya" by Kristen Ball | Bewildering Stories, 3 September 2018 |
| October 2018 | |12 | Review | Firstborn | Bewildering Stories, 8 October 2018 |
| October 2018 | |11 | Review | The Progeny | Bewildering Stories, 8 October 2018 |
| November 2018 | |11 | Review | Dreamweaver | Bewildering Stories, 19 November 2018 |
| November 2018 | |6 | Short Fiction | Finale Fortissimo | Bewildering Stories, 5 November 2018 |
| December 2018 | |8 | Review | One of Us | Bewildering Stories, 3 December 2018 |
| March 2019 | 8 | Short Fiction | Afterlife | On Spec, #110 |
| May 2019 | |10 | Short Fiction | Enchantress of Books (excerpt) | Bewildering Stories, 6 May 2019 |
| January 2020 | 41 | Poem | Lost Under a Golden Song | Polar Borealis, January 2020 |
| January 2022 | 25 | Short Fiction | Asylum | Wyldblood, Winter 2022 |
| March 2022 | |3 | Short Fiction | Carried Too Far | Martian: The Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles, Spring 2022 |
| May 2023 | |5 | Short Fiction | Bad Weed | Electric Spec, May 31, 2023 |
| July 2024 | 9 | Poem | NFS | Star*Line, Summer 2024 |
| September 2024 | 18|18.1 | Poem | Cataclysm | Dreams & Nightmares, September 2024 |
| June 2025 | |8 | Review | To Be a Fae | Bewildering Stories, 9 June 2025 |
| July 2025 | |7 | Poem | Grumbles | Bewildering Stories,28 July 2025 |
| August 2025 | 9 | Essay | Review of the nongenre poetry collection "Routine Maintenance" by Marco Melfi | Bewildering Stories, 18 August 2025 |
2 English-language books
| Year | Type | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Novel | The Rose Queen | Alison McBain |
| 2019 | Collection | Enchantress of Books | Alison McBain |
A native of Canada, Alison McBain grew up in California and now lives in Fairfield, Connecticut. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Abyss & Apex, Gone Lawn, and Bards and Sages Quarterly, among others. She is the author of the YA fantasy novel The Rose Queen (2018).