What spec. fiction periodicals do lit agents read?
Apart from the big names, what are some of the less obvious yet reputable magazines (print, online) that literary agents still might read?
Esp. for sci-fi &/or horror?
Ideally, I'm looking for pubs. that are routinely open to unsolicited subs., if not year-round.
Fyi, I'm asking this b/c I believe I've done some homework, but still at a loss. . . . Associations like the BSFA and SFWA as well as The Splintered Mind blog have shared some useful resources. (Of course the contributor notes listing other pubs. are helpful, too.) But even a lot of the award nominated short fiction pubs. look very under the radar. This versus more professional pubs. that are either completely closed gates to unsolicited fiction (Tor.com / Reactor) or w/ very narrow, sporadic subs. windows.
After Asimov's, Analog, and Clarkesworld, there just aren't (m)any notable, bigger market (esp. decent paying) pubs. consistently open to unsolicited subs. (AFAIK.)
P.S. Apologies if I'm describing the water here--if this is simply the way it is, what with an increasingly contracting literary "marketplace." I'm just more familiar w/ lit. journals than speculative fiction pubs.
