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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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 . . .

Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

Oh fiddlesticks. My mistake.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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:

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

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

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 30

Always.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Jul 29

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 [email protected]. TIA!

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Dec 3

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!

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Nov 9

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

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Nov 9

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Nov 9

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Nov 9

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Nov 9

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.

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Oct 2

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/

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Oct 2

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Oct 2

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Oct 2

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Oct 2

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 . . .

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Sean Wallace @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social · Aug 31

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...

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