Issues

Shousetsu Bang*Bang publishes its regular issues every two months throughout the year. These contain explicit m/m content. All issues have a theme and contain stories between 1500 and 23,000 words; the exception is December issues, which are theme-free and have no upper limit on story length.

These issues are 'regular' issues because they are the kind Shousetsu Bang*Bang was founded to include, and therefore make up the majority of published issues. However, there are also Special Issues, Artist Special Issues, and Yes, And Issues.

Starting in 2019 the regular issues are open to any queer content and the other types of issue are discontinued.

Back and Upcoming Issues

2005

• Issue 1: La Rencontre
• Issue 2: Tales of Magic and Mystery
• Issue 3: Friend or Foe

2006

• Issue 4: Sweet Valentine
• Issue 5: Second Chances & New Beginnings
• Issue 6: Animal Kingdom
• Issue 7: Position of Power
• Issue 8: An Officer and a Gentleman

2007

• Issue 9: Asiaphilia
• Issue 10: May & December
• Issue 11: Dress Me Up; Dress Me Down
• Issue 12: 1001 Tales of Horror
• Issue 13: Theme Free

2008

• Issue 14: Short & Sweet
• Issue 15: Pop! Goes My Heart
• Issue 16: Faster Higher Stronger
• Issue 17: Theme Free

2009

• Issue 18: A Web of Intrigue
• Issue 19: He Blinded Me With Science
• Issue 20: Picture Perfect
• Issue 21: Pirates vs. Ninjas
• Issue 22: Theme Free

2010

• Issue 23: The Food of Love
• Issue 24: Historical Romance
• Issue 25: 25 Rooms
• Issue 26: Schoolboys
• Issue 27: Fairytales
• Issue 28: Theme Free

2011

• Issue 29: Steampunk
• Issue 30: To Infinity and Beyond
• Issue 31: Wild Wild West
• Issue 32: Hot for Teacher
• Issue 33: Myths and Monsters
• Issue 34: Theme Free

2012

• Issue 35: Hooray for Hollywood
• Issue 36: Crime and Punishment
• Issue 37: Weasels Ripped My Flesh
• Issue 38: After-School Special
• Issue 39: Sword and Sorcery
• Issue 40: Theme Free

2013

• Issue 41: Hookers & Blackjack
• Issue 42: Playing Doctor
• Issue 43: Heroes and Villains
• Issue 44: On Writing
• Issue 45: Masquerade
• Issue 46: Theme Free

2014

• Issue 47: On the Air
• Issue 48: A.I.
• Issue 49: Fathers' Day
• Issue 50: The Soldiering Life
• Issue 51: Under the Sea
• Issue 52: Theme Free

2015

• Issue 53: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Issue 54: ¿Cómo se dice...?
• Issue 55: Guys and Balls
• Issue 56: Out of this World
• Issue 57: Things That Go Bump in the Night
• Issue 58: Theme Free

2016

• Issue 59: Some Assembly Required
• Issue 60: Anyway, Here's Wonderwall
• Issue 61: Something Old, Something New
• Issue 62: Hail to the Chief
• Issue 63: Into the Woods
• Issue 64: Theme Free

2017

• Issue 65: Long Live the King
• Issue 66: Second Chances
• Issue 67: The First Taste
• Issue 68: Total Eclipse
• Issue 69: Bad Moon Rising
• Issue 70: Theme Free

2018

• Issue 71: Like and Subscribe
• Issue 72: Sadie Hawkins
• Issue 73: Perchance to Dream
• Issue 74: Paint By Numbers
• Issue 75: The Butler Did It
• Issue 76: Theme Free

2019

• Issue 77: Ordinary Magic
• Issue 78: A Black Tie Affair
• Issue 79: When On High
• Issue 80: Nerds vs. Jocks, Goths vs. Preps
• Issue 81: The Monster at the End of This Book
• Issue 82: Theme Free

2020

• Issue 83: Holy Rollers
• Issue 84: Short Shorts
• Issue 85: Once Upon a Time
• Issue 86: Concrete Jungle
• Issue 87: What Music They Make
• Issue 88: Theme Free

2021

• Issue 89: Sealed With A Kiss
• Issue 90: Science Fiction Double Feature
• Issue 91: Be Gay Do Crimes
• Issue 92: Like Cats and Dogs
• Issue 93: Strange Aeons
• Issue 94: Theme Free

2022

• Issue 95: Celebrity Skin
• Issue 96: Coming Around Again
• Issue 97: Fit to be Tied
• Issue 98: The Way We (Never) Were
• Issue 99: ‘Til Death Do Us Part
• Issue 100: Theme Free

2023

• Issue 101: Back to Basics
• Issue 102: The Monster in My Closet
• Issue 103: Off the Beaten Path
• Issue 104: Barely Legal
• Issue 105: Skin Deep
• Issue 106: Theme Free

2024

• Issue 107: Yes, Chef
• Issue 108: Another Round
• Issue 109: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
• Issue 110: Neon Lights
• Issue 111: Hauntology
• Issue 112: Theme Free

2025

• Issue 113: Nine to Five
• Issue 114: Quantum Entaglement
• Issue 115: Bedside Manner
• Issue 116: Binary
• Issue 117: The Old Ways
• Issue 118: Theme Free

2026

• Issue 119: Balls to the Wall
• Issue 120: [REDACTED]
• Issue 121: The Great Outdoors
• Issue 122: Rawhide
• Issue 123: Man Door Hand Hook Car Door
• Issue 124: Theme Free