Issue #2 - Critical!

We've got an exciting line-up, we've got great cover art, we've got the issue ready for print... The one thing we don't have is money. Our initial seed money was used up for Issue #1's author and artist payments, printing, and advertising, and the income on Issue #1 hasn't been quite enough yet.

While we still have trickling sales on the first issue, we haven't sold enough to generate the needed funds for printing a second. This is not for want of trying however.

It's interesting to note that, if only half the people who submitted to Necrography had also bought a copy, we'd have just enough money to handle printing the next issue. With the exception of a rare few authors, hardly any submitters actually pick up a copy prior to submitting their work. This fact makes it hard for any community driven industry to survive (much less thrive). Unfortunately for authors, they often submit work that is in appropriate for the magazine. Unfortunately for us, we miss a much needed sale.

Because of this, we're implementing a new submission policy. It's very simple. If you buy a copy of Necrography, then submit your work, we guarantee it will be read and reviewed with the utmost attention and you'll get a quick and personal response in a very timely manner. If, however, you submit to Necrography without buying a copy, we can't guarantee we'll respond to your submission or even read it in the first place. This submission policy will be in place when (and if) we re-open submissions again.

In the meantime, we'll try to beg, borrow, steal, or sell corpses to get enough cash to print Issue #2. Money, as they say, doesn't grow on trees and unfortunately, printing is quite costly.

We hope we can get this issue out. At the $6.66 cover price, it's a pittance for a heap of dead bodies.