Great Short Fiction in SF

I recently ran across the SF magazine put out by Futurismic.  Since I’m a broke college student and they have free online material, I’ve been reading several of their stories.  Many of them are very good.  One I felt was great was a satire of highschool politics and social networking called “The Right People”.  It also deals with the sex taboo and societal judgement through testing, but those were not the parts that really clicked with me.  Here’s a link to the story:

The Right People

I hope you’ll check it out and also give the rest of  their material a look.

 

It’s Good To Know We’re Still Appreciated.

I don’t do these sorts of posts often, but I will now.  As an aspiring writer in the spec fic genre, I like to keep an eye out for oppurtunites, and the other one on our collective reputation.  So, to the point:

According to this little publisher, we’re worth about $.002 a word.  At a rate of 1000 words an hour, and not including revision and editing, our time appears to be worth $2.00 and hour.  It’s good to know that the fast food employees aren’t at the bottom of the totem pole.  I’m sure Mr. Scalzi has done a much better job of expressing the insult uttered so casually here.

Of course, maybe I shouldn’t talk.  I work as an editor for a non-paying e-zine market.  At least BMP is paying something, here.  But then, the e-zine I work for is a free one.  No cost to download and read and the staff puts up all necessary time and money ourselves.  BMP sells their mags for $9.95 on CreateSpace.  And their rejection rate is much higher as well.  Anyway, I’m sure you’re all capable of making your own decision.