Due to this wealth of goodness, we can only take stock of some standout items, with the assurance that the rest of the catalogue is of the same merit, based on a close and enjoyable reading of the entire table of contents. Quite a stellar lineup! The current mammoth volume collects forty-four items from the first twenty-two issues. The table of contents for that debut featured such names as Jay Lake, Ken Liu, Maria Dahvana Headley, Kat Howard, Christopher Barzak, Neil Gaiman, and Sonya Taaffe. Uncanny launched its first issue in 2014, and so celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, after racking up many awards. Clarkesworld does this, as does Lightspeed. But one other interesting business model for zines that are virtual during their daily existence is to have an occasional presence in hardcopy. In this challenging, ever-mutable internet era, when publishers are continually searching for ways to find an audience and stay alive, a magazine can take many forms.
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