Top 10 Posts for November 2019

After one writer spoke out about the steps he’d taken to get paid by ChiZine Publications, the Canadian horror publisher run by Sandra Kasturi and Brett Savory, a pent-up wave of complaints came out about the small press’s slow payment and nonpayment, as well as accusations of bullying and blackballing, and that sexist and racist remarks were made by some individuals associated with CZP. File 770 did several roundups of tweets and posts from authors who spoke out, one of them even linked by Publishers Weekly.

On the pleasant side, Bence Pintér, assisted by writers and fans from all over Europe, created a massive recommendations list of the best science fiction, fantasy and horror books published this decade in their national languages, and it was linked internationally.

Here are the ten most-read posts from the past month according to Google Analytics.

  1. Authors Break Silence with Complaints About ChiZine Publications
  2. Writers and Staffers Share More Bad Experiences with ChiZine Publications
  3. Discover The Old Continent: Ninety Remarkable European Speculative Books From The Last Decade
  4. Pixel Scroll 11/6/19 The Bulleted, Bolded People
  5. Pixel Scroll 11/15/19 Looks Like The Time Machine’s Getting Stuck Between Floors. There’s Just A Blank Where The Chronograph Should Be
  6. Spinrad Learns Fate of Asimov’s Column and Responds
  7. As Authors Share More ChiZine Experiences, Others Part Ways with CZP
  8. Pixel Scroll 11/4/19 Sandworms On A Plane!
  9. Pixel Scroll 11/18/19 Timeo Filers Et Dona Pixeles
  10. Asimov’s Reposts Spinrad Column with Statement

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  1. Authors Break Silence with Complaints About ChiZine Publications
  2. Writers and Staffers Share More Bad Experiences with ChiZine Publications
  3. Discover The Old Continent: Ninety Remarkable European Speculative Books From The Last Decade
  4. Spinrad Learns Fate of Asimov’s Column and Responds
  5. As Authors Share More ChiZine Experiences, Others Part Ways with CZP
  6. Asimov’s Reposts Spinrad Column with Statement
  7. Dublin 2019 Answers Engholm’s CoC Complaint About Ng’s Campbell Acceptance Speech
  8. Spinrad Deplatformed
  9. SCA Ousts King After Arrest as Murder Suspect
  10. Rondon Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case