As posted by others (and not by anyone who's in the issue that I can see...), the current (February 2006) issue of the much-overlooked Realms of Fantasy is now online for free. This is similar to something I did with issue #9 (am I perhaps influencing the powerful? hard to say).
As I started this entry, Realms of Fantasy and Shawna's editorialship is not talked about much by the field. I think this is a horrible oversight. I suspect at least partially Shawna is trying to give people a chance to try the magazine without committing money to it. Without being able to get inside Shawna McCarthy's exquisitely brilliant mind, I can only speak to why I did it and wonder if there were any similar reasons for Shawna. For me, a big reason was that I sold all the copies I had. I'm sure this is not the case for Shawna. However, it was also a way to give more people a chance to experience the zine. It got me mentioned on BoingBoing, which is way cool, and I think it brought more people to my fold.
Of course, it goes without saying that I need to follow up the success of issue #9 with a bang and not a whimper. I'll be getting reprints of #9 in a few weeks, then helping my wife through childbirth, and then #10 will appear in the world. Issue #10 will contain work by Jeffrey Ford, Rick Bowes & Mark Rich, Robert Freeman Wexler, and a host of others. There will also be a limited edition. Something hand-made and cool. Watch for the announcement for the limited.
In the meantime, go check out Realms of Fantasy for free. And then, since I know you'll love it, subscribe and never miss an issue. It has great consistent fiction from the likes of Liz Williams, Christopher Barzak, Patrick Samphire, and William Shunn. It's great stuff.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Realms of Fantasy online
Posted by John Klima at 1/25/2006 02:20:00 PM
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I think RoF has only posted excerpts from stories. I looked at two, and neither was complete. So you beat them there -- I was thrilled that you put the whole of issue 9 online.
I do like RoF, though. I wish they'd put the full text of at least a few stories up; I'd write about them and link to them if they did, and encourage people to subscribe. As it is now, their site is just a tease.
The strange thing is that each entry has "Read the rest of the story..." at the bottom of the page. So does that mean the stories and columns up at the RoF site are just excerpts? They're fairly long, so I wonder if the entire stories are posted.
If they are just excerpts, it's a good idea on RoF's part to get people interested in the content, but it doesn't mean that the issue is online for free. They're giving a taste, and not the entire meal, as you did for EV#9.
Again, it's unclear. The entire stories could be posted, but the webmaster just forgot to take off the "Read the rest of the story..." at the bottom of the page.
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