🚀RETROZINE🪐
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Two Fannish Elders, One More Time. Recreating the halcyon days of SF and ST fanzines from the 1970s. See our website at retrozine.net! Retrozine is free to download, or read it online.
Retrozine 18 will be a bit late, I'm afraid. A horse fell on me, destroying a knee and smashing a vertebra in my back. This happened back in October. Only starting to get back to the computer now. Thanks for your patience.
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Retrozine 18 will be a bit late, I'm afraid. A horse fell on me, destroying a knee and smashing a vertebra in my back. This happened back in October. Only starting to get back to the computer now. Thanks for your patience.
Retrozine 17 is live!
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Retrozine 17 is live!
In other news, now that I'm finally able to get back to my Linux box, I see we have had over 5000 visitors to the Retrozine website so far this month. We've gotten visitors from all over the English speaking world, as well as France, Singapore, and Malaysia!
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In other news, now that I'm finally able to get back to my Linux box, I see we have had over 5000 visitors to the Retrozine website so far this month. We've gotten visitors from all over the English speaking world, as well as France, Singapore, and Malaysia!
Hi everybody, how's things? We were really hoping to get our Halloween issue out by Halloween, but this year.... well last week particularly... decided to throw yours truly a gigantic curveball. I ended up in the hospital for over a week getting an emergency knee replacement... so....
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hi everybody, how's things? We were really hoping to get our Halloween issue out by Halloween, but this year.... well last week particularly... decided to throw yours truly a gigantic curveball. I ended up in the hospital for over a week getting an emergency knee replacement... so....
Aurora as far south as Colorado possible tonight! Get ready!
September 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Aurora as far south as Colorado possible tonight! Get ready!
If anyone filled out the Retrozine survey prior to today, June 28th, please try to fill it out again. I (Fa) screwed up the permissions in one of the files. Mea culpa, mea culpa, Mea maxima culpa.
June 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If anyone filled out the Retrozine survey prior to today, June 28th, please try to fill it out again. I (Fa) screwed up the permissions in one of the files. Mea culpa, mea culpa, Mea maxima culpa.
Today's the deadline for Retrozine 16! Want to be included? Send submissions to [email protected]!
June 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today's the deadline for Retrozine 16! Want to be included? Send submissions to [email protected]!
Upcoming deadline for Retrozine 16 is 21 June. If you'd like to submit a submission, please send it to [email protected]
June 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Upcoming deadline for Retrozine 16 is 21 June. If you'd like to submit a submission, please send it to [email protected]
Retrozine has just passed 5,000 total downloads!
June 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Retrozine has just passed 5,000 total downloads!
I (Fa) just read about a baby with a potentially terminal disease that is being successfully treated with CRISPR gene therapy. So does this mean he can never join Starfleet?
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I (Fa) just read about a baby with a potentially terminal disease that is being successfully treated with CRISPR gene therapy. So does this mean he can never join Starfleet?
Retrozine's new and improved USS Trouble Wiki is live! Check it out! We're always looking for new crewmembers. Https://retrozine.net
May 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Retrozine's new and improved USS Trouble Wiki is live! Check it out! We're always looking for new crewmembers. Https://retrozine.net
Retrozine 15 is out! Https://retrozine.net
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Retrozine 15 is out! Https://retrozine.net
Don't forget to take a minute to fill out the Retrozine reader survey at Retrozine.net!
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't forget to take a minute to fill out the Retrozine reader survey at Retrozine.net!
Retrozine 14 is out! We have the usual silliness, plus a novella by T.E. Hodden! You can download it at
retrozine.net
And while you're at it, don't forget to take our survey!
retrozine.net
And while you're at it, don't forget to take our survey!
April 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Retrozine 14 is out! We have the usual silliness, plus a novella by T.E. Hodden! You can download it at
retrozine.net
And while you're at it, don't forget to take our survey!
retrozine.net
And while you're at it, don't forget to take our survey!
RETROZINE 13 is LIVE! Full of the Usual Suspects, large amounts of outer-space silliness, and the adventures of the classy, but doomed, SS. Elegy as it heads into unknown territories of void, darkness and perfectly mixed coctails. Download it at retrozine.net/BackIssues/R...
March 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
RETROZINE 13 is LIVE! Full of the Usual Suspects, large amounts of outer-space silliness, and the adventures of the classy, but doomed, SS. Elegy as it heads into unknown territories of void, darkness and perfectly mixed coctails. Download it at retrozine.net/BackIssues/R...
We're working on Issue 12... or is it 13? Trouble is, Adulting is taking up our time in way more nefarious ways than it did back in the 70s...
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're working on Issue 12... or is it 13? Trouble is, Adulting is taking up our time in way more nefarious ways than it did back in the 70s...
Here's the cover of Retrozine 6! We're currently working on Issue 13, although adulting keeps getting in the way. You can download this issue, or read it online, at retrozine.net
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Here's the cover of Retrozine 6! We're currently working on Issue 13, although adulting keeps getting in the way. You can download this issue, or read it online, at retrozine.net
Reminder! Deadline for the next issue is 21 January. We may extend it a bit because both of us have Adulting to do. But we're always looking for input, articles, stories, art, or just plain old encouragement.
January 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Reminder! Deadline for the next issue is 21 January. We may extend it a bit because both of us have Adulting to do. But we're always looking for input, articles, stories, art, or just plain old encouragement.
Need someone to read you a nice bedtime story? Well, here's the story of how the Lunar city of Wargentinopolis ("A Good Time Is Had By All") acquired its first Resident Alien, read by the author. The "Klysadel" universe had a loyal following back in the day. Enjoy!
retrozine.net/Fiction/Land...
retrozine.net/Fiction/Land...
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Need someone to read you a nice bedtime story? Well, here's the story of how the Lunar city of Wargentinopolis ("A Good Time Is Had By All") acquired its first Resident Alien, read by the author. The "Klysadel" universe had a loyal following back in the day. Enjoy!
retrozine.net/Fiction/Land...
retrozine.net/Fiction/Land...
Here are some illustrations from the story of Jorry Donatello, the Accidental Lunatic, who got stuck on the moon by dint of breaking a leg whilst showing off. She had the option of staying on the moon and never being able to go back to Earth, or going back to Earth and missing Freshman year.
January 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here are some illustrations from the story of Jorry Donatello, the Accidental Lunatic, who got stuck on the moon by dint of breaking a leg whilst showing off. She had the option of staying on the moon and never being able to go back to Earth, or going back to Earth and missing Freshman year.
Most of the character "photos" in Retrozine are made by creating the characters and their ... stuff ... in Blender, arranging for proper lighting, etc etc etc... and you know what really drives me nuts? Hair. I'm using Blender's particle system. Particle hair is masochism.
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Most of the character "photos" in Retrozine are made by creating the characters and their ... stuff ... in Blender, arranging for proper lighting, etc etc etc... and you know what really drives me nuts? Hair. I'm using Blender's particle system. Particle hair is masochism.
By the way, in case anyone's interested, the Trouble runs on Linux!
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
By the way, in case anyone's interested, the Trouble runs on Linux!
Cover of Retrozine 10. Face it, even warping from point A to point B takes time. So what's a bridge crew to do? Well, the Trouble's bridge crew spends it, in part, playing D&D. Notice the baby in the middle? That was once a Level 74 Mage, who got hit with a Second Childhood curse.
January 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Cover of Retrozine 10. Face it, even warping from point A to point B takes time. So what's a bridge crew to do? Well, the Trouble's bridge crew spends it, in part, playing D&D. Notice the baby in the middle? That was once a Level 74 Mage, who got hit with a Second Childhood curse.
The USS Trouble is always looking for crew-members. Want to join the fun? The Trouble is a science ship meant to accommodate any species we encounter. There are three Watches, and all three have many open seats.
January 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The USS Trouble is always looking for crew-members. Want to join the fun? The Trouble is a science ship meant to accommodate any species we encounter. There are three Watches, and all three have many open seats.
Here's the cover of Issue 11. Issue 11 contains a new Whovian story by T.E. Hodden along with the usual shenanigans of the USS Trouble! Also some blathering by the Editor and the Geek Girl!
January 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here's the cover of Issue 11. Issue 11 contains a new Whovian story by T.E. Hodden along with the usual shenanigans of the USS Trouble! Also some blathering by the Editor and the Geek Girl!