Lewis Shiner has decided that the growth of the internet means something bad for fiction magazines. He’s not exactly sure what, but he is certain that the internet is the place to be, so he has launched the Fiction Liberation Front, where he’ll be publishing his short fiction.
Shiner’s manifesto announcing the project says, in part, “I’ve decided to open myself to this uncertain future. Starting now, I plan to make all my short fiction and articles available on the web, both in HTML for easy browsing and in typeset PDFs for those who might want to print them. The process of conversion will take a while, but I hope to get to everything eventually, including a number of previously unpublished pieces.
“I’ll also be adding new short fiction, music reviews, and articles from time to time, though I won’t guarantee that I won’t also publish short pieces elsewhere. I’m launching the site with three previously unpublished stories (“Straws,” “Fear Itself,” and “Golfing Vietnam”) plus a major story from 2004 (“Perfidia”) that’s had only limited circulation, and as a special bonus, my previously unpublished “vampire lawyer” screenplay, The Next.”
At press time, in addition to the five pieces mentioned in the manifesto, he has also made available the stories “You Never Know,” “Lizard Men of Los Angeles,” “Steam Engine Time,” “Sticks,” “Mark the Bunny,” “Love In Vain,” “Match,” “Castles Made of Sand,” and “Flagstaff” and the article “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”