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Originally Posted by Fbone
Maybe that the problem. There are too many sci-fi and fantasy magazines diluting the audience.
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I think it's more the fact that readers can now very easily buy the short-stories/novellas of their favorite authors
à la carte. Magazines and anthologies used to be the only way genre short-story aficionados could get their fix. There's a lot more options now-a-days. Just like I no longer have to buy a newspaper just to read the couple of articles I'd be interested in. Hell ... lots of genre authors release short-stories for free between their novels to keep interest high.
Any magazine that's primarily focused on curating stories that have already seen "print" (with a never-before-released story or two thrown in for good measure) will probably be the first to go. Genre magazines running submission-based, first-print short stuff will probably last a while longer, but eventually ... retail
à la carte and direct-releases from authors will likely get them all. The stories will all still be available, though. The genre short-story market (especially SFF) is surging. Isn't that the important thing?