Plans for the launch are coming together nicely. We’ve accepted several amazing stories to date and have almost filled the first two issues. We’ve still got a place or two for exceptional stories in these early issues, so if you’re thinking of submitting a story, get in quick! We’re especially on the lookout for stories that can make us laugh.
We’re also ecstatic to be working with a a very talented artist who will be illustrating the stories for the first issue. More details on that soon.
Plus, the design for the new site is coming together. We’re going for distinctive but reader-friendly. It will also pay a subtle homage to our Australian roots.
Can’t wait until January? Why not check out the work of these authors who have original fiction slated to appear in some of Scape‘s first issues:
Patty Jansen
Patty calls Australia home and is a slush reader for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. She writes Beyond Infinity, a great blog featuring hints and tips on SF writing, as well as general information and opinion on the industry. Patty is also a Writers of the Future finalist in 2010, so you know she’s destined for great things. You can find a list of Patty’s published stories here.
Stephen Gaskell
Stephen is based in the UK and is a graduate of Oxford University and the Clarion East speculative fiction workshop. He’s also another Writers of the Future finalist and has been published in Nature, Interzone and other places. Check out a full list here.
Crystal Hilbert
Crystal hails from the United States. This year she’s had fiction appear in Niteblade, Menda City Review, Outer Reaches and her story ‘Hourglass’ placed second in the first quarter of the Tales of the Zombie War competition. You can follow her on Twitter here.
