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SF MAGAZINES: REALMS OF FANTASY Found Riddled With Unicorn Stab-Holes In Magical Glade
Warren Ellis — More properly, SF/F Magazines, but I want to preserve the search string. SF Scope has the confirmation: Realms of Fantasy is closing down following publication of its April 2009 issue. Managing Editor Laura Cleveland told SFScope the news came very suddenly, indeed, even Editor Shawna McCarthy (currently on vacation in Italy) hadn’t been informed yet. The only reason we got the story is that rumors broke through the blogosphere today. RoF was often cited to me as, if you like, "the fourth ...

Good Bye Realms of Fantasy
tor.com / frontpage — ... , until I found the rumor confirmed at SF Scope. As reported at SF Scope, managing editor Laura Cleveland states that the current economic situation combined with declining newsstand sales are the cause of the magazine ceasing publication. ...

ComicMix QuickPicks - January 27, 2009
ComicMix — ... offering early retirment packages to employees over age 55 and with at least five years experience. The offers went out this morning and the company would like to here back by February 3 from those who are interested in the buyout. Spokesperson Erin Crumb wouldn't disclose how many positions HC is looking to cut, but a large number of packages are reported to have been prepared. * And the shoes keep dropping: Realms of Fantasy magazine is shutting down. Thanks to SF Scope for the tip. * And for that matter: Village Voice Media is suspending all of its ...

Is short fiction dead yet?
Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie — Realms of Fantasy, one of my favorite magazines and one to which I'd eternally hoped to one day sell my work, is shutting down. There are fewer and fewer markets out there for short fiction. I'm frankly starting to think, the hell with it, and just put all of my own stuff up right here and let whoever finds it, find it.