Hello everyone.

Things seem to be working out well. I've got a few new people helping me out (who will be listed below), and I will be able to accept submissions starting on the first of June. We'll be switching to LuLu for our printing needs, though some tweaking needs to be done for the subscription part of things. We'll get it figured out, though. Download purchases (the .pdf) will still be available on the website with a bit more ease. It's being worked on now.

Here is some other news.

With a colleague of mine, I'll be launching a second online magazine (viewed online only - no downloads). It will be called "Loki's Journal". Stories in this will be those of the dark fantastic, New Weird, adult myths, and insolative fiction. Be assured there will be a link here to the new website soon. Stories on this project will be paid with a token payment of $5 each. Maximum length is 4000 words. Please query me (for now) about submissions. Or visit the Sheer Speculation site, which has all the information.

Secondly, I've been approached about doing an anthology with the press. It's being considered, and you should keep your eyes out for information on that.

On to other things. The new staff members:

Don Hunt - Administrative
Craig Watson - Editor, Loki's Journal
Abi Zimmer - slush reader, editor
Jordan Artenson - web design (Staffs & Starships website)

That's that. I'm glad to be back up and running. I truly appreciate everyone's support. I'm also looking forward to new submissions. Also, if you submitted something before, and it was turned away for the hiatus, please feel free to resubmit it. Thanks everyone.

James Boone Dryden