Comments on: All Possible Worlds: Inaugural Edition – Review

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:48:53 +0000

Last I heard they were announcing they’re second issue. I thought that was a good sign, now they’re no more? That is sad. I thought it was going to be a good venue. I liked their choices.

By: David Seigler

David Seigler — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:22:05 +0000

Another one bites the dust…
Undoubtedly you’ve heard, but All Possible Worlds has left the building.

Talk about lovely timing. I got my contributor copy of the 2nd issue the day I heard they were to be no more. While it’s nice the issue with my story made it out, Their immediate defunctness certainly hurts the chances of anyone seeing it.

Despite the trouble they had obviously been having, the announcement seems somewhat abrupt. The second issue had just been released a couple of days ago and they were still updating reports of all the submissions they were steadily slogging through.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:56:44 +0000

Yes! Congratulations on the wedding and best wishes going forward!

By: David Seigler

David Seigler — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:23:55 +0000

Yes, it was scheduled for the 2nd issues – unless there’s been some changes.
According to Ralen’s Webstravaganza, they had a marriage, a career change and a serious fire. I’d guess that would be enough to delay a magazine.
Here’s wishing them a little better luck for the future.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:13:03 +0000

Me, too. I’m glad to hear they’re still around though. I enjoyed that one issue. I know BlackGate had to take a bit of a hiatus. I’m glad that we’ll be able to see your story. It’s coming out in this next issue, isn’t it?

By: David Seigler

David Seigler — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:28:27 +0000

The following was posted on All Possible World’s website:

8-27-07: Various life issues have gotten us quite a bit behind on submission reviews. We’re working to get caught up and the next issue should be out soon. We plan to post more frequent updates HERE. Please be patient.

They’re still terribly late – which is really not a good thing to happen on only their second issue, but at least it is something. I had pretty much given up hope for them.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:58:10 +0000

Thank you for checking in! Yes, I too hope that all is well and they’re just busy or behind or something. I know Blackgate had to go on sabbatical for a bit before it came back so I hope that’s all it is. It was a nice looking zine and I did enjoy the stories and I’ve since handed that one on to friends so I hope I see another one in the future.

By: David Seigler

David Seigler — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:21:10 +0000

A short while back a customer of mine was telling me of a business venture he was trying to get involved with. A friend of his was starting a publishing company for pulp fiction magazines and possibly books.

Ever the wet blanket, I warned “Be carefull. The market for publishing is really, really sparse right now.”

He waved me away, “Oh, there’s a HUGE untapped market. He’s going to make a fortune.”

The point being – I think few normal people (that would be anyone smart enough to avoid the ego gauntlet of writing) realize just how treacherous it is for fiction magazines these days. From what I’ve seen, the numbers for even those “successful” magazines are painfully low.

I really hope that hasn’t happened to All Possible Worlds. It was a nice looking magazine and it actually had entertaining stories (which is becoming something of a rarity. And even more importantly (to me) was that I had a story scheduled for the second issue. But, like you, I’ve heard nothing from them for several months now. I’m hoping it is simply because they are hard at work on the next issue.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:24:33 +0000

Well, it’s been four months since this review. It’s been three months since I have heard anything from this zine at all, though it looks like the business it’s based out of had activity in June. I hope it hasn’t gone the way of a lot of zines in the first year. I’d like to think it’s still up and running and that I’ll be receiving another issue soon, even if there have been no answers to my queries about stories submitted to them. If anyone else out there has heard anything, please let me know.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:30:57 +0000

Well said! I think there’s lots to studied and that the world of academia would find it interesting if they were to try to parse out gender, socio-economic class, race, ethnicity, religion and see how they may or may not influence readers and writers and publishers of speculative fiction. I know I keep trying to figure it out myself, because I want to stretch my own bounds and become better. Not that I necessarily want to write to a specific audience, though that needs to be learned as well – especially if I want anyone to pay me, but if I could find what the truest vein is in my own writing, tap that and see what it appeals to, if I were absolutely true to it – I think that would be good as well.

Anyway, I do enjoy All Possible Worlds and decided to turn my sample copy into a full subscription because I think it will turn into a very strong little zine indeed.

Thanks for commenting!