Karen A. Romanko, Editor and Publisher of Raven Electrick Ink, writes that she’s shutting down Raven Electrick, the speculative e-zine she’s published since 2000, but that Raven Electrick Ink, the print publisher, will continue to issue anthologies.
“I plan to continue publishing speculative print anthologies under the Raven Electrick Ink imprint, a tradition that began with Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic and will continue with Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy. Cinema Spec, a planned trade paperback anthology of speculative fiction and poetry about moving pictures in all their forms, is slated to appear in the third quarter of 2009. I hope other themed anthologies will follow.
“I’ve decided that Raven Electrick, in its e-zine form, will cease publication in May 2009. The stories and poems already accepted for the e-zine will appear as scheduled.
“The web site ravenelectrick.com will be revamped later in the year as the homepage for print publisher Raven Electrick Ink. I’ll add some specialty bookstores and, to keep a hand in electronic publishing, will run the occasional online fiction or poetry contest. The archives for the e-zine will be maintained on the site in the same form in which they appeared from 2000 to 2009.
“I’m not looking at this as a sad occasion, but merely as an evolution from one type of publishing to another.”
Recent stories at Raven Electrick include “A Fable of Heraclitus” by Louise Norlie and “O’Lantern” by Mark Rich.