About Us Three-Lobed Burning Eye (3LBE) is a digital magazine of speculative fiction—horror, fantasy, science fiction, plus all the blurs between and cocktails thereof—which has published original stories since 1999 as one of the first online magazines. The magazine is currently released thrice per year in online and ebook editions, with some audio readings. A printed anthology collecting four issues with new artwork is released every other year. We are thrilled to have published groundbreaking stories by Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Kelly Barnhill, Mari Ness, Nadia Bulkin, Kristi DeMeester, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cody Goodfellow, and many more. Stories have been reprinted in best-of anthologies, and received many accolades. Why support us? Over the years we have featured horror yarns, then magical realism, and now all kinds of stories. We are committed to sharing new voices in storytelling, and believe in diverse characters and points of view; we encourage authors of every race, creed, gender, orientation, and ability. We are committed to writers who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and from around the world. We believe good stories are essential components of every culture. 3LBE has been a labor of love for more than two decades, and we need your support to reach our primary goal of paying our authors and artists at pro rates. We also aim to release more issues per year, add more stories and artwork, and to increase our staff. We currently operate with one editor reading all submissions (5–10/day, 3500/year). Other costs include illustration, recording audio, book design, ebook formatting, web hosting, domain registration, and website development and maintenance. To date, we provide these stories in an advertisement-free reading experience. All revenue and donations go directly to paying our authors and artists first. Why Patreon? While many readers enjoy 3LBE online for free, and some readers purchase ebooks or print anthologies, a regular monthly revenue is essential for the magazine to function and evolve. Even a dollar or two each month would be helpful. Please review our goals below and see how you can help us continue to bring imaginative fiction to life.