Afterburn SF Shut Down

This is a post I had hoped never to write.  Sadly, I can no longer put it off.  It has become clearer and clearer over that last few months that it is time for me to let go of Afterburn SF as owner and publisher.

Over the last couple of years it has been my pleasure to publish great speculative fiction.  However, I have been unable to grow the site in terms of readership and patrons in the manner I had hoped.  Afterburn will continue to publish through August 2010.  After that I will keep the site online for another month and then I will be shutting it down.

I am actively seeking anyone who might be interested in taking ownership of the site.  I am hopeful that it will continue to live on and to publish speculative fiction.  Anyone interested in the opportunity can email me at Publisher [at] afterburnsf.com.

We are trying to contact each author that has submitted work to the site to let them know that their submissions are released.  I apologize if we miss anyone.

I want to thank Karen Newman, editor extraordinaire, for all of her diligent hard work.  Without her effort Afterburn would never have gotten off the ground.

Thank you to all of our loyal readers.  Without you there was no Afterburn.

– Nat Thompson
Publisher, Afterburn SF