Sorcery and the Far Frontier will be a magazine of speculative fiction published 3 times per year. I plan to publish the first issue in April 2012, and I am inviting submissions of fantasy and science fiction stories from now until February 29, 2012. The magazine will have a print format and an online format (probably PDF and an ebook format like EPUB, and perhaps a Kindle edition - I am not sure yet). I am primarily looking for stories of around 5,000 up to 15,000 words or so in length. I will however consider shorter works, and I might consider serializing longer works. Payment will be $.01 USD per word up to some length. I hope to be able to offer more than that after a few issues.

I will only consider original stories not published elsewhere previously. I am looking for many varieties of science fiction, fantasy, and some horror (not slasher or violent horror). Stories with a pulpy old-timey vibe are fine as long as they are interesting, and I want up-to-date modern fiction as well. Plots, characters and stories should be interesting and engaging, and there should be some exploration of humanity or society. I am not interested in technology, or aliens, or gods or what have you for their own sake, but for what they tell us about ourselves. No gratuitous violence or explicit sexual depictions will be accepted.

In addition to fiction, I want to publish one or two pieces of non-fiction or criticism per issue. Biographies of authors, reviews of fields or genres, articles on recent scientific developments and articles of that nature will also be onsidered.

I am looking for black and white art. The first issue will be black and white. Eventually I will want color artwork, but for now please restrict artwork submission to black and white or gray pieces. The format will be digest sized so be sure the artwork will look good at this small print size.

If you are interested in submitting writing or art for Sorcery and the Far Frontier, please send your story in the body of the email or as .txt file attachments only - no word documents or other formats please - to submissions@sorceryandthefarfrontier.com. The subject MUST contain the exact string [SFF-SUB] or it will be deleted unread.

I have the sorceryandthefarfrontier.com domain but have not yet set up a website. Once I do, I will have more details on submissions, payments and so on at the website. Until then, I will use this blog to communicate updates regarding the magazine. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to reading your submissions and putting together issue 1 of Sorcery and the Far Frontier.