Les Xénobiophiles

Recently Paul Di Filippo and I wrote a story called “Elves of the Subdimensions.” I wanted to put it in my soon-forthcoming SF story collection, Mad Professor, which meant there wasn’t time to place our story in a printed magazine. So Paul and I tried a couple of SF webzines, and horrors, the fuddy-duds turned us down! Our tale was maybe too…astonishing.

And then I had a revelation that, if all I want is a Web publication of a piece, there’s no reason to go through the same painful “submission” (how apt a word) process that is standard for ink on paper zines. Thing is, if I want to see something on the Web, then why not do it myself?

So I decided to start Flurb and present the kinds of stories I like to read. Hip, witty, deep, unafraid. […]