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Leading speculative fiction magazine is changing from a bi-monthly magazine to a bi-annualThere will be two more regular issues before the title is relaunched at the end of the year. Editor Lezli Robyn announced, ‘…this new format will make it easier to get into brick-and-mortar bookstores through a full-service distributor. It will also allow us to raise the rates we pay our authors as well as give us greater flexibility to buy more novelettes and novellas, which has been restricted by the current format.’ A new submissions system will be announced later this year. Whether the change has anything to do with Amazon ending digital magazine subscriptions is unclear. Read Robyn’s full statement at

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