Hello friends and fiends,
It is with deep regret and sadness that we are gathered here in remembrance of Necrography magazine who has died this remorseful day. Necrography’s life was cut short and snuffed out of existence and ever shall we mourn the loss.
We’d always hoped to be a self-sufficient, advertising free, independent horror magazine, but that hope is lost in the reality of our market.
Our submissions have been 12 times the number of our purchases and the advertising and promotion we've done have only served to increase those submissions rather than our readership. As a small, unfunded operation, such a submission volume is impossible to keep up with. We’ve done a disservice to our readers since we haven’t have adequate time nor money to deal with design and creation of our issues. As well, we’ve done a disservice to our writers in that our response times are far too long and we cannot offer beneficial critiques in our replies.
The move we made nearly a month ago, in regards to our tiered submissions triage, served only to anger a few of our writers and friends. I assure you this wasn’t intended for any other means than to generate the necessary revenue for printing our next issue. We figured that, as a community of writers and readers, we’d be able to keep Necrography going through a joint effort of folks who’d like to be in print and folks who’d like to see that print. It’s obvious now that this was not a viable strategy.
As of today, all authors who’ve had publishing rights purchased on their work by Necrography retain those rights per paragraph six: “TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT” in the Author and Artist agreement. All authors who have submitted their works, should find another market to submit to.
Necrography Issue #1 will remain on sale for $6.66 USD through the necrography.com website and on Amazon.com until the run is exhausted. Submissions are closed now and will remain so indefinitely.
Thank you to all the writers and readers who helped birth the first and only Necrography issue. We certainly wish that all our writers find suitable (hopefully high paying) markets for their work and our readers find exactly the story the’ve been always wanting to read.
In both life and death...
Tuesday, September 8. 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, August 4. 2009
Issue #2 Cover Art
Our new issue is coming together nicely and we're on track for a late September/early October publishing date.
One of the treats we've got in store is some custom cover art painted by artist Lydia Burris. Lydia's art has that macarbe, phantasmical morbidty that Necrography's all about.
Her works can't be described by words mere mortal mouths can mumble. Instead, we must behold them to know them; and even then, we don't truly know them after all. Out of pure selfishness, I won't show off the cover quite yet, but rest in peace with my assurance it's as good as Lydia's other pieces. We're proud to have her grace our cover and can't wait to see it on top of our coffin... err... coffee table.
If you'd like a taste of Lydia's work, check out her website at lydiaburris.com Maybe you'll want to pick something up for yourself while you're there...
One of the treats we've got in store is some custom cover art painted by artist Lydia Burris. Lydia's art has that macarbe, phantasmical morbidty that Necrography's all about.
Her works can't be described by words mere mortal mouths can mumble. Instead, we must behold them to know them; and even then, we don't truly know them after all. Out of pure selfishness, I won't show off the cover quite yet, but rest in peace with my assurance it's as good as Lydia's other pieces. We're proud to have her grace our cover and can't wait to see it on top of our coffin... err... coffee table.
If you'd like a taste of Lydia's work, check out her website at lydiaburris.com Maybe you'll want to pick something up for yourself while you're there...
Wednesday, July 22. 2009
Necrography on Amazon.com
Our little magazine of morbidity is available on Amazon.com now. As of this writing there are no customer reviews yet so, if you liked the first issue of Necrography, write a review for us!
They've only got one copy left. Hurry up and you can get the last one (we'll restock them of course
). In reality, Amazon's shipping is a little more expensive than buying it from Necrography.com. Unless your getting it with an order of $25 or more (for free shipping) you might as well pick up your copies directly from the Necrography website.
They've only got one copy left. Hurry up and you can get the last one (we'll restock them of course
). In reality, Amazon's shipping is a little more expensive than buying it from Necrography.com. Unless your getting it with an order of $25 or more (for free shipping) you might as well pick up your copies directly from the Necrography website.Saturday, July 18. 2009
From Distraction to Action
I finally made it out of China - got back at the end of June. We were quarantined for one of the two weeks we were there. The hotel they had us in would have been an ideal setting for a haunting; it even had a faint odor of death... Earlier this month we had a death in my own family which took some time out of our busy schedule. When looking into the very face of death, you know unequivocally you're alive. Trailing behind that same thought however, is the realization that you too are destined for the same fate. It's a curious dichotomy.
We're still on schedule for a late September issue and the line-up is looking great! We've also got custom cover art for issue two that looks especially enticing. I'll reveal more about it in a future post. All of my being is focused on the next issue and it's the perfect task to throw myself into. Any revisions or corrections to the current line-up of work will be sent out to authors for approval in the next couple weeks.
We're still on schedule for a late September issue and the line-up is looking great! We've also got custom cover art for issue two that looks especially enticing. I'll reveal more about it in a future post. All of my being is focused on the next issue and it's the perfect task to throw myself into. Any revisions or corrections to the current line-up of work will be sent out to authors for approval in the next couple weeks.
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