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Planet Magazine, Volume 2, Number 1; March 1995 (Issue Number 5)

 

Editor & Publisher
Andrew G. McCann
(Editor@PlanetMag.com)

Assistant Editor
Doug Houston
(DCHouston@aol.com)

Cover Illustration "Sprr'Ing is Here!"
by Romeo Esparrago
(public@romedome.com)
(Drawn on a Performa 578, using Painter and an ArtZ ADB tablet. This work was chosen to be featured in Mario Henri Chakkour's book "Painting With Computers", 1996, Rockport Publishers, ISBN 1-56496-212-1. You can find it in the Showcase section, page 59, titled "PM5 Cover".)

 

WHAT IS PLANET MAGAZINE?

Planet Magazine is a free quarterly of science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, and humor written by beginning or little-known writers, whom we hope to encourage in their pursuit of the perfect story. There could be other reasons we're doing this, of course, motivations that are obscure and uncomfortable; instincts linked perhaps to primal, nonreasoning urges regarding power and procreation -- the very same forces, no doubt, that brought down the Atlanteans and their alabaster-towered oceanic empire. And the Dark Gods laffed.

Anyway, Planet is nationally distributed in electronic form (text and full-color versions) via American Online, CompuServe, eWorld, New York Mac Users Group (NYMUG) BBS, and Cthulhu knows where else; there are a couple dozen printouts of each issue floating around, as well. We guess that total circulation is something like 400 per issue. Feel free to pass this magazine along electronically or as a single printout, as long as you don't charge for it or alter it in any way. We welcome submissions (details below). Planet does not carry any advertising or offer a subscription service (but it can always be found every third month in certain locations; see below). Letters to the editor are welcome and are likely to be printed. Send questions or comments to Editor@PlanetMag.com.

 

SUBMISSIONS POLICY

Planet Magazine accepts original short stories, poems, one- act plays, and odds-and-ends (use the lengths in this issue as guidelines), as well as original accompanying illustrations. We prefer unpublished SF, fantasy, horror, poetry, humor, etc., by beginning or little-known writers (we tend to eschew stories published in other e-zines, as well as porno, gore, and autobiographies by celebrity look- alikes). Because this e-mag is free and operates on a budget of $0.39 per annum, we can't afford to pay anything except the currency of free publicity and life-enhancing good vibes (of course, that and $14 will get your nose pierced at a street fair, but it's still a snort of self- esteem powder to see your name in print).

Story submissions: Send stories, poems, etc., as StuffIt or ZipIt-compressed ASCII text files to Editor@PlanetMag.com. Two submissions max at a time, please.

Illustration submissions: Send only one or two per story as separate, compressed, 16-color or 16-gray pict files to Editor@PlanetMag.com. We're also open to cover ideas (holiday, seasonal, or topical themes are best), but query first.

 

DISTRIBUTION SITES

Planet is distributed primarily in two electronic versions (text-only and fancy) and can be downloaded from the following sources, among others:

• Worldwide Web: http://www.planetmag.com.
  
  
• The America Online Writers Club Forum (keyword: WRITERS; the route is The Writer's Club: Writer's Club Libraries: Writers Club E-Zines). There you'll find a stuffed (.sit) text file (readable by Mac or IBM, using some version of StuffIt and a word-processing program), as well as a stuffed DOCMaker version (a stand-alone, read-only file with color, pictures, and a suitable layout; for Mac only). Both versions are also available in AOL's Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum (keyword: SCIENCE FICTION; the path is Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Science Fiction Libraries: Member Fiction & Scripts Library).
  
  
• The CompuServe Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum (go: SFLIT; look in the Science Fiction literature library). This library carries only the text version, compressed with ZipIt (.zip), which can be read by PC or Mac using some form of ZipIt (UnZip, PKzip) and a word-processing program.
  
  
• The NYMUG BBS (New York Mac Users Group) carries the text version in its Electronic Pubs folder.
  
  
• The e*World Community Center's Trading Posts (shortcut is command-g: TP) carries the DOCmaker version in .sit format; the path is Community Center: eWorld Live: Trading Posts: Newsletters Folder. This version can also be found in the SF, Fantasy & Horror Forum (command-g: SF). The path is Arts & Leisure: Forums: SF Fantasy & Horror: Alexandria Restored files folder. Finally, Planet can be found in Ziffnet's Software Center (command-k: ZIFF); look in Software Central files: Member Exchange uploads: The Bookshelf.

  At 2400 baud, the text file takes a few minutes to download, while the DOCmaker file takes about 15 minutes (set your modem to "stun"). At 9600, though, the DOCmaker version takes only about 5 minutes to download. At 14,400 bps, download 'em all. The DOCmaker version is the coolest (starting with Planet 1.3, you can click on the illustrations and get a special surprise).

  COPYRIGHTS, DISCLAIMERS

  Planet Magazine as a whole, including all text, design, and illustrations, is copyright © 1995-1998 by Andrew G. McCann. However, all individual stories and poems in this magazine are copyright © 1995-1998 by their respective authors or artists, who have granted Planet Magazine the right to use these works for this issue in both electronic and printed forms. All people and events portrayed in this magazine are entirely fictitious and bear no resemblance to actual people or events. This publication has been registered with the Copyright Office of the U.S. Library of Congress. You may freely distribute this magazine electronically on a noncommercial, nonprofit basis to anyone and print one copy for your personal use, but you may not alter or excerpt Planet in any way without direct permission from the publisher (Editor@PlanetMag.com). Planet Magazine is published by Cranberry Street Press, Brooklyn, N.Y., Andrew G. McCann, publisher.

   

  COLOPHON

  Composed on an Apple Quadra 605 using DOCmaker 4.1 and MacWrite Pro 1.5v3. Text is 10 point Geneva and 12 point Helvetica; the logotypes are Times. Illustrations done in Color It! 2.3, Painter, and ClarisWorks. Every issue guaranteed Texturized with Smartol. *

   

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