From the Editor

Every year, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses invites its members to New York for a Literary Magazine Marathon Weekend. The festivities culminate in the Literary Magazine Fair, where editors from more than a hundred publications come to chew the fat with their colleagues, and peddle their literary wares to a packed house of eager readers.

When failbetter.com first began attending the Fair several years back, ours was one of a very few Web-based journals present. But of late, the online contingent has grown by leaps and bounds—at the most recent Fair, which took place last month, more than a dozen tables featured laptops displaying webzines, rather than the traditional pile of print journals. And, we are pleased to report, our table was fairly mobbed by readers and fellow editors alike, many of whom introduced themselves by asking, "How did you get that wonderful story by…?" or "Holy crap! How did you land that great interview with…?"

Who will our Fair friends be asking about next year? More than likely, these names will be tripping off tongues left, right, and center: Doctorow, Ames, Daitch, Shepard, Sherwood, Becker, Gottlieb, Cunningham, Nicosia, Valladares, Balco, Stansbury. Check out our new issue and you'll see why.

TD