DEEP MAGIC: June 2006 Issue (ready for download)

Welcome to the June 2006 issue of DEEP MAGIC: The E-zine of High Fantasy Science Fiction.

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The Editors
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Editor's Note June 2006

Dear Readers,

When we set off to create Deep Magic over four years ago, we had no idea the adventure we were getting ourselves into. We have accomplished a great deal in the last 48 issues. We've interviewed some of the best writers in the genre. We've chatted with screenwriters, editors, and artists. We've received praise and sometimes criticism (mostly praise, though) from our readers and the public in general. We are proud of what we've accomplished.

When we've struggled fin ancially in the past, you came through and made it possible to keep going. When we decided to start paying our writers and artists, you supported us. But we have noticed some signals that maybe everything isn't as rosy as we thought. Our e-mail subscriber base stopped growing a while ago. The participation in the message board has dwindled, also. More importantly, our fund drive last month was, well, rather lackluster.

Which leaves us at the brink at an uncomfortable crossroads. We've had to discuss whether to keep on publishing Deep Magic or to shut it down.

This is not an easy decision to make, nor do we consider it lightly. Over the last month, we received $103 from our readers to support us for the next year (out of the $3000 we asked for). We've given it our best for many years now to bring you a quality product and hoped that you would value it and vote with your wallets to support our vision for Deep Magic could be. .....