Note
from the Co-Publisher
March 3,
2007
Almost exactly
one year ago today, I had the idea for a contest-based web
fiction magazine. I had several potential titles in mind,
but all the relevant domain names were taken. Then I
thought of On The
Premises and never
looked back.
A year later, we publish our first issue.
Our first contest gave us 68 submissions to read. The
submissions were just what we had hoped for: they were all
over the map with regard to genre and style. We said we are
not limiting our published fiction to any one kind of
genre, and we stand by that. But we’ve learned a few things
about our tastes that we didn’t know before, and have
updated our writer’s guidelines accordingly.
Also, our original idea to have our judges act as guest
writers does not seem to be catching on. Personally, I want
to sell my fiction, not self-publish, so my work will
probably not appear here any time soon. Other judges have
their own reasons. So, we are rethinking the guest writer
concept. Stay tuned.
Another change: the Ideas@OnThePremises.com
mailbox has
been changed to Feedback@OnThePremises.com.
You can still submit ideas about the website, but you can
also send feedback about the stories, the cartoons, or
anything else about our magazine.
Okay, enough blather. On with the stories! And be sure to
check out the cartoons our illustrator, Francis Heaney,
provided. We intend to feature his work in every issue. We
hope you like it as much as we do.
Keep writing and keep reading!
Tarl Roger Kudrick,
co-publisher of On The
Premises magazine