Sean Wallace

3) Or just fill in the blank with a suggestion of your own? I am open to all ideas, within reason. Right now the magazine is in a break-even stage, even after the loss of the Amazon subscriptions, but clearly we need to move forward . . .

2) a $250 target to bring the podcast adaptations back, once a month, as I think the magazine should provide stories in more than one format, in order to be fully-rounded, and this is something covered in our current contract

1) a $250 target to hire a co-editor. To be honest I do my best with someone else, as I cherish my previous relationships, with Jack Fisher, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Clara Madrigano. I’m well aware of my inadequacies, so . . .

Oh fiddlesticks. My mistake.

3) Or just fill in the blank with a suggestion of your own? I am open to all ideas, within reason. Right now the magazine is in a break-even stage, even after the loss of the Amazon subscriptions, but clearly we need to move forward . . .

2) a $250 target to bring the podcast adaptations back, once a month, as I think the magazine should provide stories in more than one format, in order to be fully-rounded, and this is something covered in our current contract

1) a $250 target to hire a co-editor. To be honest I do my best with someone else, as I cherish my previous relationships, with Jack Fisher, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Clara Madrigano. I’m well aware of my inadequacies, so . . .

A question: I may wait until the school year begins with this, but I was thinking a subscription campaign for The Dark, but for what exactly? Here are the options:

Or, at a glance, it just doesn’t fit what I need for the magazine, for whatever reason. It’s better to dust yourself off and take that story and resubmit to another market as soon as possible, to maximize your time and energy. Please do not respond to rejections, at all.

As a reminder: rejections can come as fast as a few seconds after a submission’s receipt. Sometimes this is because the inbox is empty, and I just happened to get to it when the notification pops up. Or it’s an instant rejection because, well, it violated a guideline, somehow.

A good question: no, it won't be an issue.

Always.

I have need for two reprints, preferably published within the last two years, only in print (not online), either in a magazine or an anthology or a ss coll, under 6,000 words, sent to submissions@thedarkmagazine.com. TIA!

The Dark inbox is once again empty: your best bet, at the moment, would be something on the smaller size, 2k to 4k, rather than something longer. As always, quick responses are the usual norm at this magazine, so you really can’t go wrong in trying us out!

I will ask and get back to you as soon as possible. It's not a bad idea, at all!

4) (Our direct subscribe page is here: thedarkmagazine.com/subscribe/) And, again, thank you for whatever you have done or what you can do, going forward. You are appreciated.

3) Whether that’s between patreon or weightless, it doesn’t really matter. but that is where we currently are. So, if you haven't supported your favorite magazine yet, whether it’s us or someone else, please consider doing so.

2) It is almost for certain that we’ll have to make further changes just to survive, perhaps even a lower pay rate, as a temporary solution. Now, if I want to keep the five cents a word now in place, I would just need about eighty new subscribers.

1) As initially feared, some straight talk when it comes to The Dark Magazine basically boils down to this: the early reports from Amazon for the KU subscription model are not looking good at all. I can’t go into details, not yet, but this is pretty cataclysmic.

5) . . . after all, we’ve been around for one hundred issues, so let’s make sure we make it another hundred. Thanks! www.thedarkmagazine.com/subscribe/

4) So, if you want to support one of the few semi-pro dark fantasy/ horror markets that is open year round to authors, and provides, every month, great fiction to its readers, consider subscribing or tossing us a few dollars every month . . .

3) . . . numbers that haven’t reflected in the increases seen at patreon/weightless. Mind you, even if a fraction of that moved over, right now, it would be life-saving, but here we are . . . and if nothing changes, then I can see making more changes, but the magazine is pretty lean as it is . . .

2) . . . to really make much of a difference. In fact, I imagine with every succeeding year the payments will increasingly crater, which amounts to a slow death by a thousand cuts. (Or sudden, who knows?) And I know for a fact that there was about six hundred subscribers left, near the end . . .

1) I’m going to make this public: for The Dark the loss of Amazon Newsstand effectively resulted in ten thousand dollars of revenue going poof, for the entire year. (Yes, that much!) I’ve made some cost-saving changes, but I don’t hold much hope for the monies from Kindle Unlimited . . .

A sneak peek for the 100th issue of The Dark, with stories by TJ Cimfel, Adam Callaway, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, and Osahon Ize-Iyamu, with cover art by Mx. Morgan G Robles. And if you aren’t subscribed already, please visit www.thedarkmagazine.com/amazon-subsc...

8) In the meantime, let’s all celebrate together our special anniversary a decade in the making, with many sincere hopes that with every month to come, another issue of _The Dark_ will soon find its way to you, with stories both unsettling _and_ unique . . .

7) After all, we really can’t pull this off without you, and it has always been with your support that we have done so much, and I’d love to see that continue.

6) So, in that light, I encourage everyone to find a way to subscribe to the magazine, whether it’s through our Patreon page or through Weightless Books. (www.thedarkmagazine.com/amazon-subsc...)

5) It will take time and energy, either way, and I definitely want _The Dark_ to be still here, with another one hundred issues, over another ten more years.

4) As you may have heard, especially if you are an Amazon subscriber, the Kindle Newsstand is now effectively gone, which is a massive blow to our business model and not easily replaced, at least not quickly or even easily.