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Calenorn · 03-27-2015, 08:20 AM

The pulps, and the newsstands which sold them, are only memories. Today like-minded authors meet their audience via online magazines, with nary a tree pulped!

Spelunking the Kobo store for DRM-free gems has led me to a true diamond this time! The folks at Beneath Ceaseless Skies are producing Literary Adventure Fantasy of the first rank.

Their publications are not free, but (to me) seem well worth the low price. Single issues (seem to be two stories) are $0.99; anthologies $2.99 or $3.99. They ARE, however, DRM-free EPUB2s in the Kobo store!

If you want to get the flavor of their work, check their website:

http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/

Many stories can be read there for free. Also, many of the stories are rendered in audio. Subscriptions are available for purchase there, as well. And the art work...!

But for individual issues they will refer you back to your favorite eRetailer. There are currently 19 offerings at Kobo: five yearly anthologies, one steampunk themed anthology, and 13 recent issues.

A pair of links for example:

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The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year One - Fourteen short stories of literary adventure fantasy from Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine. Features authors Marie Brennan, Richard Parks, and Campbell Award finalist Aliette de Bodard. Includes "Thieves of Silence" by Holly Phillips, named to Locus's 2009 Recommended Reading List, and "Father's Kill" by Christopher Green, winner of the 2009 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story. Edited by Scott H. Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine.

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...skies-year-one

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #131, Fifth Anniversary Double-Issue - Issue #131 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine--our Fifth Anniversary Double-Issue--featuring stories by Richard Parks, Adam Callaway, Alberto Yáñez, Rebecca Gomez Farrell, and Naim Kabir, and cover art by Rick Sardhina.

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...y-double-issue

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I am very excited to have found this group of authors and artists!

03-27-2015, 08:20 AM	#48
Calenorn Brash Fumbler Posts: 1,203 Karma: 9224939 Join Date: May 2013 Device: NST, Kobo Mini	Beneath Ceaseless Skies! The pulps, and the newsstands which sold them, are only memories. Today like-minded authors meet their audience via online magazines, with nary a tree pulped! Spelunking the Kobo store for DRM-free gems has led me to a true diamond this time! The folks at Beneath Ceaseless Skies are producing Literary Adventure Fantasy of the first rank. Their publications are not free, but (to me) seem well worth the low price. Single issues (seem to be two stories) are $0.99; anthologies $2.99 or $3.99. They ARE, however, DRM-free EPUB2s in the Kobo store! If you want to get the flavor of their work, check their website: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ Many stories can be read there for free. Also, many of the stories are rendered in audio. Subscriptions are available for purchase there, as well. And the art work...! But for individual issues they will refer you back to your favorite eRetailer. There are currently 19 offerings at Kobo: five yearly anthologies, one steampunk themed anthology, and 13 recent issues. A pair of links for example: + + + + + The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year One - Fourteen short stories of literary adventure fantasy from Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine. Features authors Marie Brennan, Richard Parks, and Campbell Award finalist Aliette de Bodard. Includes "Thieves of Silence" by Holly Phillips, named to Locus's 2009 Recommended Reading List, and "Father's Kill" by Christopher Green, winner of the 2009 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story. Edited by Scott H. Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine. https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...skies-year-one + + + + + Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #131, Fifth Anniversary Double-Issue - Issue #131 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine--our Fifth Anniversary Double-Issue--featuring stories by Richard Parks, Adam Callaway, Alberto Yáñez, Rebecca Gomez Farrell, and Naim Kabir, and cover art by Rick Sardhina. https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...y-double-issue + + + + + I am very excited to have found this group of authors and artists!