2012 was a great year for BCS! Some of what we did in 2012:

• published 55 stories (more original short stories than any other pro-rate e-zine)
• averaged a readership of 25,500 unique visitors/mo (third-highest among all e-zines reporting figures to Locus)
• placed six stories on the Locus Recommended Reading List (second-highest among all e-zines)
• had two stories selected for Year’s Best SF&F
• had one story selected for Year’s Best Dark F & H
• published our 100th issue
• published our 200th story
• had our podcast named a Finalist for the Parsec Award for Best Magazine Podcast

In addition, several reviewers and editors had great praise for the magazine:

“a strong source of short fantasy... 2012 was its best year yet”

–Rich Horton, Locus reviewer and editor of Year’s Best SF&F

“a premier venue for fantastic fiction, not just online but for all media”

–Lois Tilton, Locus online

“BCS is rapidly becoming my favorite short fiction magazine of all time.”

–Lou Anders, Hugo Award-winning editor of Pyr Books

Thank you very much to all! Especially to our tireless Assistant Editor Kate Marshall. And to our writers, our donors, and above all our readers, for making it all possible.

Onward to 2013!