“The death of Twitter would decimate the science fiction and fantasy short story ecosystem,” said Uncanny Magazine co-publisher Michael Damian Thomas.
But for some, simply migrating to a new platform isn’t just a minor annoyance. Online publications that depend on the social media site for their community’s longevity worry that a potential Twitter shutdown could be a fatal turn. “We could lose like a third of our readers right there,”co-publisher and co-editor in chief Michael Damian Thomas told Jezebel.
from earlier this week, arguing that “the death of Twitter would decimate the science fiction and fantasy short story ecosystem.”that features poetry, fiction, and non fiction by writers from around the world, which Thomas runs with their partner, Lynne Thomas. Since its start in 2014, the publication has won a number of awards, including the esteemed Hugo Award, which they won six different times.
These potential financial troubles have much larger implications for online publications, especially those that focus on science fiction and fantasy. One of, is the model for the genre’s ability to challenge the monotonous, often white, cis-hetero narratives that saturate works promoted by publishing giants, offering fresh, subversive, and often feminist perspectives in their writing.
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