The Courier

This project is believed to be defunct. (August 2009)

About

The Courier is a Mundane Sci-Fi ezine published quarterly. We enjoy realistic characters with realistic flaws in realistic world settings. We want writing of literary quality - a great concept that is thrown together haphazardly is of no interest to us. Our favorite Sci-Fi writers are Anthony Burgess, Philip K. Dick, and Arthur C. Clarke - and our favorite Literary writers are Vladimir Nabokov, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Updike, and John Steinbeck. If you can envision the concepts of the first three mixed with the styles of the last four, then you know what our ideal story would be like.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 4 x per year

Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Science Fiction

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 5,000 words.

Styles:

Unknown

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) Token payment (under 1 US cent per word).
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Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026