Feel like this needs to be said this morning.
Short fiction is not dead.
We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple
12 cents/word is a damn good rate in my opinion. More than I would expect to get paid. Though I imagine you guys have pretty high standards. But I could put together and edit a 3,000 word story in a few days of hard work and that would be like $360 if accepted.
Thankful for the algorithm that I found this. Subscribed this morning! I love short stories, reading & writing. Looking forward to getting my issue next month