''Postscripts'' was a quarterly British
magazine
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of
science fiction
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,
fantasy
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,
horror, and
crime fiction
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, first published in June 2004.
[PS Publishing - PostScripts Magazine]
, page retrieved 19 November 2006. It was published by
PS Publishing
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Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.[editor-in-chief
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was
Peter Crowther
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.
Each issue was published in two editions: a regular newsstand-type edition and a signed, numbered, 200-copy (150 copies until issue 14) hardcover edition.
[
From issue 18, the magazine was transformed briefly to a quarterly ]anthology
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, before becoming biannual, producing two double-sized issues a year starting with issue 20/21. The final issue was ''The Dragons of the Night'' #36/37, published in May 2016.
Awards
''Postscripts'' has won the 2006 and 2008 International Horror Guild awards for best periodical and the 2009 British Fantasy Award
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for Best Magazine.
Notable award-winning stories include Joe Hill's ''Best New Horror'', which won the British Fantasy Award
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for Best Short Fiction in 2006. ''In the Porches of My Ears'' by Norman Prentiss won the 2009 Bram Stoker Award
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History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1 ...
for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.
References
External links
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Issue 1 review
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