Clarkesworld

clarkesworldmagazine.com

15 October 2026 12:12

Our subscription drive is closing in on its goal. So far, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we've managed to give everyone but our authors a raise. We're only 20 subscriptions away upping author pay from 14 to 15 cents/word. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Daniel José Older

djolder.bsky.social

11 October 2026 12:57

GenAI is plunder, pass it on (a comic)

Vajra Chandrasekera

vajra.me

10 October 2026 13:54

They're exposing their actual business model here. Magazines don't make money and don't really have a platform in terms of access to a large audience—negligible eyeballs compared to yr average social media influencer—so why buy them? Because the asset isn't the readers, it's the writers.

Vajra Chandrasekera

vajra.me

10 October 2026 13:54

This is pure bad faith from MRM—they are not new to this business and are perfectly aware this is all bullshit. These magazines essentially no longer exist: they were bought simply to use their reputations as a trap to suck IP out of writers and artists who don't know any better.

Pauline Barmby

pbarmby.bsky.social

03 October 2026 17:20

Damn cute baby hat if I do say so myself.