Rue Morgue Magazine
Children's television character The Count on the cover of Rue Morgue issue 62
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| Executive editor | Andrea Subissati |
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| Contributing editor | Monica S. Kuebler |
| Online editor | Michael Gingold |
| Music editor | Aaron von Lupton |
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| Categories | Horror fiction |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Publisher | Rodrigo Gudiño |
| Founder | Rodrigo Gudiño |
| Year founded | 1997 |
| First issue | October 1997 |
| Company | Marrs Press |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Toronto |
| Language | English |
| Website | rue-morgue |
| ISSN | 1481-1103 |
| OCLC number | 43828659 |
Rue Morgue is a multinational magazine devoted to coverage of horror fiction. Its content comprises news, reviews, commentary, interviews, and event coverage. Its journalistic span encompasses films, books, comic books, video games, and other media in the horror genre.Rue Morgue was founded in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudiño, and is headquartered in Toronto, with regional offices in various countries throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The magazine has expanded over time to encompass a radio station, book publishing company, and horror convention. The magazine's namesake is Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841).
Rue Morgue won the Rondo Award in the "Best Magazine" category every year from 2010 to 2016.
Founder and former editor-in-chief Rodrigo Gudiño serves as the company president. As of March 2017, the executive editor is Andrea Subissati; contributing editor Monica S. Kuebler oversees book features and reviews; online editor Michael Gingold handles news and reviews on Rue-Morgue.com; and music editor Aaron von Lupton oversees music features and reviews. The art director is Andrew Wright.
Some of the magazine's reviewers and feature writers are John W. Bowen, Paul Corupe, Preston Fassel, Sean Plummer, and "The Gore-met".
Rue Morgue International publishes and maintains offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Mexico. Gudiño was the magazine's first editor-in-chief; the chief editor as of the December 2009 issue was Dave Alexander. The Rue Morgue logo was created by former art director Gary Pullin, and first appeared on the cover of the seventh issue.
Rue Morgue was published every other month for a number of years, until January 2005 when the publication frequency changed to 11 issues per year (no issue was published in February). It secured national distribution in Canada by its fourth issue, published in July 1998. It began distribution in the United States in January 1999. By 2006 it closed a direct distribution deal for Europe. As of 2017, it has returned to bimonthly publication.
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