Rue Morgue (magazine)

Rue Morgue

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Categories	Horror
Frequency	Monthly (exception of February)
Publisher	Rodrigo Gudiño
First issue	October 1997
Company	Marrs Media Inc.
Country	Canada
Website	Official Site
ISSN	1481-1103

Rue Morgue is a Canadian magazine dedicated to covering "horror in culture and entertainment," taking its name from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

The magazine is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Editor-In-Chief Rodrigo Gudiño in 1997. The magazine's current Editor-In-Chief, as of the December 2009 issue, is Dave Alexander. The well known Rue Morgue logo was created by the magazine's Art Director, Gary Pullin, and was first published on the cover of its seventh issue.

Rue Morgue was published every other month for a number of years, until January 2005 when the schedule changed to 11 issues per year, with the exception of February. It secured national distribution in Canada with its fourth issue, published in July 1998. It achieved distribution in the United States in January 1999. By 2006 it closed a direct distribution deal for Europe. Rue Morgue is also available in Australia, New Zealand and Asia by import. Though it also finds its way to Mexico and Brazil (and other parts of South America as well). As of 2017, it has returned to its' every-other-month format.

Rue Morgue covers horror in all media: films, books, websites, comic books, music, etc. Each issue includes feature stories, opinion columns, and numerous reviews. Its online presence includes an award-winning weekly broadcast called Rue Morgue Radio. Rue Morgue has grown into a very active community among horror fans and celebrities, with their annual Rue Morgue Festival of Fear in Toronto, Canada, as well as their online forum, the Rue Mortuary. As of 2017, the magazine employs two of the most prolific horror journalists in the industry, Michael Gingold and Preston Fassel.