Fray subscribers know we like to send special thank-you presents to our awesome subscribers with each issue. So here's a glimpse at the gift going out with next issue: a limited-edition, custom printed, vinyl pocket protector. Geek pride, baby! It's emblazoned with the amazing illustration by Clark Wimberly that also graces the cover of our second issue, Geek: True stories of people taking things too seriously.
The only way to get it is to become a subscriber. Join us!
The winning illustration will be featured on the cover of Fray issue 3, and is for sale now on t-shirts in Threadless. (Note: Friends of Fray will be getting one in the mail soon as a thank-you gift.) Thanks to everyone for your submissions and votes!
Special offer: Subscribe to Fray and get a free copy of Wild Life, our special 20-page issue of true pet stories, with your first issue. For a limited time only!
Here at Fray, we loves us some Threadless, so it's a thrill to collaborate with them on a new contest. Along with our buddies at Blurb and Stephen Tobolowsky, we're sponsoring a design competition: Threadless Loves True Stories. In addition to some great prizes and a pile of cash, the winning design will appear on a Threadless shirt and on the cover of Fray Issue 3.
For our third book, we're doing a special double issue tackling two of the biggest themes in life: Sex and Death. We're looking for illustrations that take on one or both of these themes in a breathtaking design. Submission tips: The best designs don't literally illustrate the theme, they play with it. The cover of the "Busted" book, about getting caught, featured a red hand. (Get it?) You can include words (sex, death, Fray), but it's not necessary. The design can include both themes or just one. If you need inspiration, just think about a time in your life when you lost someone, or got some, and go from there. And most of all, have fun!
We know, we're behind schedule with issue 2. We're working on it, we swear.
In the meantime, here's a little snack to tide you over. Fray's Wild Life is a special mini-issue about the pets we love with stories by Heather Armstrong, Lance Arthur, Ben Brown, Heather Champ, Jessica Donohoe, Susan McNeece, Derek Powazek, and Magdalen Powers, and illustrations by Goopymart. The stories are also online here
We'll be sending a free copy to all our subscribers to thank you for your patience waiting for issue 2. Everyone else can buy one here.
Here's the thing: small magazines like ours depend on our subscribers in order to publish. And we don't have enough subscribers to publish the next issue yet. And that makes us sad.
So we're having a subscription drive. If you've ever thought about subscribing, now's the time! And to sweeten the pot, we've reduced prices by up to $15. The more subscribers we get, the sooner we can publish issue 2. To sign up, step right this way.
We're also seeking sponsors for the issue. If you or your company would be interested in supporting Fray, please drop us a line.
We're having fun playing with Flickr's new video feature, and have embraced their 90-second limit to create a new group: 90-Second Stories. Here's the video I posted to kick things off.
We're having a super-secret friends-only sale! Subscribe to Fray now and get five bucks off a Toe-Dipper or ten bucks of a Subscription. For a limited time, only! And thanks.
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