Fiction on the Web
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| Available in | English |
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| Owner | Charlie Fish |
| URL | www |
| Launched | July 1996 |
| Current status | Online |
Fiction on the Web is an online multi-genre literary magazine based in the United Kingdom that was established in July 1996. Its editor-in-chief since inception has been Charlie Fish.[1] It claims to be "the longest-running short stories website on the Internet".
History
[edit]The online magazine was launched in 1996, and was published quarterly until Autumn 2009, at which point it went into a three-year hiatus. It was relaunched in May 2012 in its current form, publishing two to three short stories per week. Prior to 2015, the magazine was entirely self-funded, but since June 2015 it has been supported by donations from Patreon members.[2] In February 2018, a charity anthology of stories from the magazine's first 21 years was published, The Best of Fiction on the Web.[3]
In December 2023, Fiction on the Web was named as one of the 25 Best Lit Mags of 2023 by Chill Subs.[4] In January 2024, the magazine started publishing audiobooks, and hired a staff including Associate Editor Rick Taliaferro.
Content
[edit]Fiction on the Web publishes short stories and audiobooks in six genres: real life (literary), funny, futuristic, fantastic, creepy, and criminal. Notable authors whose first published work of fiction was in Fiction on the Web include Rotimi Babatunde (winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing[5]), Rob Boffard, Judy Dushku, Hanja Kochansky, Fred Skolnik, and Sigfredo R. Iñigo (winner of the 2009 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature).
The magazine is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A conversation with Charlie Fish about his short story collection, "The Man Who Married Himself." Part I". Pressenza International Press Agency. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Crowdfunding Fiction: Talking With Charlie Fish, Founder Of Fiction On The Web, About Patreon". Electric Literature. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "The Best of Fiction on the Web: 1996-2017". ISBN Search. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "25 Best Lit Mags of 2023". Chill Subs. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Alison Flood (3 July 2012). "Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine prize for African writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Fiction on the Web". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. Retrieved 13 December 2024.