Heat (magazine)
Author | Various, Alopex (ed.), Jeff Eddy (ed.) |
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Cover Artist | Various |
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Language | English |
Genre(s) | Anthology |
Publisher | Sofawolf Press |
Release Date | 2004-2019 (Ended, Annual) |
Media Type | Print (Softcover) |
Pages | ~100 |
Heat was a furry fiction magazine published annually by Sofawolf Press. An all-orientations erotic anthology, Heat features “a mix of short fiction, comics, poetry, and assorted graphic arts pieces intended to evoke a sense of passion and romance.”[1] While the vast majority of submissions published in Heat include explicit sexual themes, the series aspires to present developed stories driven by characters and their relationships, “in which sexuality is an important part of the way the plot plays out, but sex is not the only reason for the story.”[2]
The first issue of Heat, edited by Jeff Eddy, was published in 2004, and subsequent issues edited by Alopex have been published each year thereafter (excepting the second issue, also published in 2004, and a hiatus in 2006). Heat has maintained a high standard of quality throughout the years of its history, earning recognition as Best Anthropomorphic Magazine in the 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Ursa Major Awards. It also contained 2007's short fiction winner, Don't Blink by Kyell Gold.
On Dec 1, 2019 it was announced that Heat #16 would be the final issue of Heat, and would be released at Midwest FurFest 2019 (that MFF took place a few days after the announcement).[3][4]
Heat was published as a perfect-bound volume with color covers on gloss-coated cardstock and grayscale interiors on matte paper. The first issue was printed at letter size, while all subsequent volumes have been 8 in × 10.5 in. The content of a typical issue of Heat has increased over time, with issues since #6 reaching a plateau in the area of 90-100 pages imposed primarily by cost restraints of printing and shipping. Although there is usually some thematic overlap between the submissions published in a given volume, issues of Heat do not conform to a tight topical theme, aiming instead for diversity in style, sexual orientation, and erotic intensity. [5]
Contents
Issues[edit]
Issue #1[edit]
- Release date: January 2004
- Pages: 38
- Cover art: Derrick Dasenbrock (front) & Taurin Fox (back)
- Contents:[6]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Pearl | Lars Hellberg | Ayame Emaya | Story | 2 |
Might I Suggest | Malin | Malin | Comic | 11 |
Government Issue | Renee Carter Hall | Aura Moser | Story | 12 |
The Quandary | Marrok Alexander Wolf | Cara Mitten | Poetry | 20 |
ClosetCoon | Leaf Dubois (credited as Jeff Kun) | Leaf Dubois (credited as Jeff Kun) | Comic | 22 |
The Prisoner's Release, Part One | Kyell Gold | Taurin Fox | Story | 23 |
Issue #2[edit]
- Release date: June 2004
- Pages: 60
- Cover art: Allison Reed (wraparound)
- Contents:[7]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Once I Start Upon Rolling Hills | Dekker Graden | Cara Mitten | Story | 2 |
Flirt! | Leo Magna | Leo Magna | Comic | 12 |
Moonstruck | Sheela Ardrian | Allison Reed | Poetry | 26 |
The Fairy Ring | Kim Liu | Megan Giles | Story | 28 |
Stolen Moment | Black Teagan | Black Teagan | Comic | 36 |
The Prisoner's Release, Part Two | Kyell Gold | Taurin Fox | Story | 42 |
Issue #3[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Our Family of Farm Products | Kyell Gold | Jonas | Story | 2 |
Shark | Leo Magna | Leo Magna | Comic | 12 |
Spiced Foxes | Sheela Ardrian | Lurid | Poetry | 18 |
Danang Heat | Patrick "Bahumat" Rochefort | AlumaSquirrel | Story | 20 |
Sonnet XVIII | William Shakespeare | Leo Magna | Poetry | 33 |
Lapping the Competition | Adam Wan | Adam Wan | Comic | 34 |
Missing | Scout McIntyger | Eric "Bayson" Hunter | Story | 44 |
Issue #4[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Loudly, the Maid | Alex Vance | Sara Miles (credited as "Sara Palmer") | Story | 2 |
Chance: Happenstanced | Blotch | Blotch | Comic | 12 |
First Taste | Rechan | Fel | Story | 18 |
Nothing Else | AlumaSquirrel | AlumaSquirrel | Poetry | 26 |
The Last Coyote Story | Jonas | Jonas | Story | 28 |
Motion of the Ocean | Fluke | Fluke | Comic | 32 |
Don't Blink | Kyell Gold | Cooner (credited as "John Nunnemacher") | Story | 52 |
Issue #5[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Two Rivers | Renee Carter Hall | Heather Bruton | Story | 2 |
Wet Dog | Sheela Ardrian | TaniDaReal | Poetry | 20 |
Love's Dance | Moonstalker | Moonstalker | Comic | 22 |
Just Another Saturday | Rechan | Autumn Sunrise | Story | 28 |
salon de citron | N/A | Adam Wan | Illustration | 35 |
First Time for Everything | Blotch | Blotch | Comic | 36 |
Beastiality | Sheela Ardrian | SOLIDASP | Poetry | 50 |
Third Date | Kyell Gold | Richard Foley | Story | 52 |
Bad Puppy Boxers | N/A | Blotch | Illustration | 67 |
Property | Arthur Husky | Arthur Husky | Comic | 68 |
Candy and Music | K.M. Hirosaki | Black Teagan | Story | 72 |
Issue #6[edit]
- Release date: July 2009
- Pages: 93
- Cover art: Heather Bruton (front) & Kamui (back)
- Contents:[11]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Prehistoric | Tym | Foxfeather R. Zenkova | Story | 2 |
Sated | Frost wolf | Blotch | Poetry | 12 |
At a Glance | Rechan | Heather Bruton | Story | 14 |
Panty-Grams | N/A | Tracy Reynolds | Illustration | 21 |
Double Reward | TaniDaReal | TaniDaReal | Comic | 22 |
Talk With Your Mouth Full | Kyell Gold | Chibi-Marrow | Story | 28 |
X-Y | N/A | Keto | Illustration | 33 |
Sugar Sweet | Yuki | Yuki | Comic | 34 |
Song of the Spouse | Fluke | Fluke | Poetry | 48 |
Learning to Live | Khaz | Corgi | Story | 50 |
Kisses | Angie Kae | Angie Kae | Comic | 64 |
Dick & Jane | foozzzball | Autumn Sunrise | Story | 76 |
Vigil | Ekulf | Kamui | Poetry | 96 (back cover) |
Issue #7[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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By a Nose | Tony Greyfox | Yuki | Story | 2 |
A Werewolf's Last Warning | Wu Wei | SOLIDASP | Poetry | 16 |
The Day I Met You | Corgi | Corgi | Comic | 18 |
One Night | Faora Meridian | Dark Natasha | Story | 32 |
Cowboy Briefs | N/A | Greenmonkey | Illustration | 50 |
The One That Got Away | Adam Wan | Adam Wan | Comic | 51 |
A Taste of the Wild | Kandrel | Negger | Story | 60 |
Odd Coupling | Rukis | Rukis | Comic | 74 |
Dickinsonian | Whyte Yoté | Dragondrawer | Poetry | 85 |
Code Drop | Tempe O'Kun | Jailbird | Story | 86 |
Zero G Vixens | N/A | Foxer | Illustration | 107 |
Issue #8[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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A Hard Semester | Miqmah | Rarakie | Story | 2 |
Heat Condom | N/A | Bimbinbop | Illustration | 16 |
Short Film | Tempe O'Kun | Keovi | Comic | 17 |
Bus Stop | Opaline S. Fox | ShinigamiGirl | Story | 22 |
A Storm to Remember | Cody Denton | Leucrotta | Poetry | 34 |
Jill's 49th | foozzzball | Tsaiwolf | Story | 36 |
At Spearpoint | Black Teagan | Black Teagan | Comic | 50 |
Mew-Thai Massage | N/A | TaniDaReal | Illustration | 63 |
Stagnated | K.M. Hirosaki | Arthur Husky | Story | 64 |
One Is Silver | Kashra | Keto | Comic | 77 |
The Wallet Story | Kyell Gold | AmonOmega | Story | 94 |
Mutts: A Warning | Spretz | Fluke | Poetry | 104 |
Issue #9[edit]
- Release date: June 2012
- Pages: 90
- Cover art: Racoonwolf (front) & Scappo (back)
- Contents:[14]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Better | Kandrel | Scappo | Story | 2 |
Love Learn | Camron Cuccu | Vantid | Poetry | 14 |
Two Minutes | Whyte Yoté | Alastair Wildfire | Story | 16 |
A Weapon | Kobal | Negger | Comic | 30 |
The Crimson Divine | N/A | Rukis | Illustration | 39 |
Bad Timing | Huskyteer | Cara Mitten | Story | 40 |
Rewind | Kyell Gold | Nimrais | Story | 50 |
Top-Speed Dating | N/A | Foxfeather R. Zenkova | Illustration | 60 |
Stupid | RayFkm | RayFkm | Comic | 61 |
The Prisoner | Tempe O'Kun (credited as Tempo) | Blotch | Story | 67 |
True Color | Khaz | Tush | Story | 76 |
Issue #10[edit]
- Release date: June 2013
- Pages: 112
- Cover art: Serene Wyatt (front and back wrap-around cover)
- Contents:[15]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Flight Path | Huskyteer | Anyare[1] | Story? | 2 |
Isis | Keovi and Kyell Gold[2] | Keovi | Comic | 15 |
The Fangs of Love | Bears from Arcadia | Stigmata | Poetry | 24 |
Repaid In Silver | Kandrel | Toulouse | Story? | 26 |
I Miss You Too | 333456 | 333456 | Comic | 38 |
The Delicate Game | Dark End | Dark Natasha | Story? | 48 |
In Season | Tempe O'Kun | Katie Hofgard[3] | Poetry | 62 |
Best of the Best | Franklin Leo | ShinigamiGirl | Story? | 64 |
Rough Day | Donryu | Donryu | Comic | 74 |
Pushing | TrianglePascal | Kacey Miyagami | Story | 84 |
Mail Bonding | Blotch | Blotch | Comic | 100 |
Issue #11[edit]
- Release date: July 2014
- Pages: 126
- Cover art: Blotch (front and back wrap-around cover)
- Contents:[16]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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The Case Of The Gelatinous Gemstone | Tempe O'Kun | Keovi | Story | 2 |
Never Again | SophieCabra | SophieCabra | Comic | 18 |
Lines | Huskyteer | Pegibruno | Story | 26 |
On Duty | Blue Panther | Blue Panther | Comic | 38 |
Jewels Of Remorse | Slip-Wolf | Ludo | Story | 46 |
Sheep Trials | BlackTeagan | BlackTeagan | Comic | 60 |
Lip Service | Whyte Yoté | Mari | Story | 68 |
Heat | Camron Cuccu | Arphalia | Poetry | 82 |
Da Capo al Fine | Dark End | Katie Hofgard | Story | 84 |
Well Rounded | Etuix | Etuix | Comic | 100 |
Fundamental Natures | Kyell Gold | Darren 'Coyox' Waud | Story | 110 |
Issue #12[edit]
- Release date: July 2015
- Pages: 118
- Cover art: Black Teagan (front and back wrap-around cover)
- Contents:[17]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Bears, Repeating | Tony Greyfox | Donryu | Story | 2 |
Creation Myths | Kyell Gold | Kamui | Comic | 16 |
A Private Escape | Kandrel | Scappo | Story | 26 |
Meena Mae | Huskyteer | Jess Beckly | Poem | 40 |
The Games We Play | Dark End | Leucrotta | Story | 42 |
TLC | Rechan | CannedTalent | Story | 54 |
Pizza Repair | 333456 | 333456 | Comic | 64 |
Cosmoknots | Tempe O'Kun | Pegibruno | Poetry | 74 |
Glory Of The Gods | NightEyes DaySpring | Simul | Story | 76 |
Whiteout | Rukis | Rukis | Comic | 90 |
Unfading | Slip-Wolf | CadmiumTea | Story | 100 |
Issue #16[edit]
Title | Author | Illustrator | Format | Page |
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Mile High | NightEyes DaySpring | Koidel Coyote | (illustrated story?) | pages 2 (to 17?) |
title | author | illustrator | format | number |
References[edit]
- ↑ Heat #1 in Sofawolf Press online shop. Retrieved 2013 May 22.
- ↑ Calling for submissions to Sofawolf Press' magazine, "Heat" - Sofawolf Press, Flayrah (2005 March 19)
- ↑ What's new with Sofawolf 2019 Dec 1 blog post. Retrieved 2020 April 7.
- ↑ Tweet from Sofawolf Press dated 2019 Dec 2. Retrieved 2020 April 7.
- ↑ 'Heat 9' interview: Series editor Alopex - Isiah Jacobs, Flayrah (2012 Aug 16)
- ↑ Heat #1, ed. Jeff Eddy, (Sofawolf Press, 2004)
- ↑ Heat #2, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2004)
- ↑ Heat #3, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2005)
- ↑ Heat #4, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2007)
- ↑ Heat #5, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2008)
- ↑ Heat #6, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2009)
- ↑ Heat #7, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2010)
- ↑ Heat #8, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2011)
- ↑ Heat #9, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2012)
- ↑ Heat #10, ed. Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2013)
- ↑ Heat #11, produced by Black Teagan, Dark End & Alopex, (Sofawolf Press, 2014)
- ↑ Heat #12, produced by Black Teagan & Dark End, (Sofawolf Press, 2015)
- ↑ Heat #16, produced by Alopex & Dark End (Sofawolf Press, 2019)
- ↑ Table of contents page for Heat #16. Retrieved 2022 Dec 13.
External link[edit]
- Heat category (including Hot Dish) at Sofawolf Press
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