How To Start a Magazine for Fun and Absolutely No Profit

August 11, 20221h 14m

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Writer, podcaster, editor, and mall explorer Kurt Schiller joins us to discuss how he started his magazine, Blood Knife. Since its inception a few short years ago, Blood Knife has become a notable voice in cultural criticism, and has been cited by NPR, the BBC, and the New York Times. In this episode, Kurt shares what it takes to launch a magazine, attract subscribers, and give writers a space to create thought-provoking work.

Links:

How to Summon the Devil and What to Do When He Shows Up
Gnostic Horror and the Fall into History
An article that came out a few months after the article above
Another Tor piece that definitely isn’t imitating another viral essay that came out a few months prior
VERY ONLINE, a zine partly inspired by June Martin’s story
The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans
L*vecraft Country
I Gave You My Soul (and I Am Dead): Gender and Faustian Fiction
Kurt’s secret project

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