tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post4488715564157138800..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: current crime fiction magazines in English, dead tree division, updated:Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-25569904862530338052013-03-31T10:34:20.556-04:002013-03-31T10:34:20.556-04:00Thanks! Though the dynamic for little magazines ha...Thanks! Though the dynamic for little magazines has always been at least as precarious as anything mass-market magazines face now...about the only fiction magazine that can remotely be called mass-market these days is PENTHOUSE LETTERS, and even that one is probably circulating at levels that EQMM would've laughed at in 1980, much less 1960. Without someone willing to lose money on them or break even, usually, little magazines have never been likely to flourish...happily, there are usually at least a few obsessives, indulgent sorts and/or institutions which/who see the value in the effort...and sometimes even the result...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-67219525621267823362013-03-31T10:17:03.527-04:002013-03-31T10:17:03.527-04:00I think you just about have it. I would add to the...I think you just about have it. I would add to the hybrid zines Bete Noire, Shock Totem, Shroud and Pear Noir!, although the latter just announced they are ceasing publication of the magazine. The encroaching death of print zines is sad, but not surprising, considering the state of mainstream magazines (Newsweek, et al.) and newspapers.BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com