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And we bid you goodnight…

We’ve published Sensitive Skin on and off since 1991. But after long consideration, we’ve realized it’s time to close up shop. Many thanks to all who’ve contributed over the years, both their writing, art, music, essays and reviews; and their time and effort. It’s been a good run, and we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished — what you’ve accomplished. It’s time to let someone else take over. The site will remain up and functional, for years, that’s the plan. And maybe we’ll even post something new from time to time, but we’ve turned off Submittable applications and are in general not accepting new work.

Good luck, and thanks for all the fish!

And we bid you goodnight

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  1. Aaww! Sorry to read this! You have been a longtime vector of invaluable insight into the ‘culture’ and I thank you for the encouragement your enthusiasm has given me over the years! Such hard work! Xo Stephen

  2. It’s truly sad to hear this news, but what an incredible run it’s been since 1991! “Sensitive Skin” has clearly left a lasting impact, and it’s wonderful that the site will remain up as an archive of all that amazing work. Thank you and all the contributors for sharing such diverse and inspiring content over the years. It will definitely be missed, but the legacy lives on. I’ve often turned to sites like this for inspiration, much like I might consult a reliable Gold Calculator for precise information.

  3. A good run. Thanks for the inspiration to keep plugging- and thanks for publishing me!

  4. This was an interesting look at how digital tools are changing creative work. The most useful tools are usually the ones that reduce friction without replacing the person’s ideas. That is also why creative video workflow is becoming more relevant for small teams and creators.

  5. What an incredible run — 35 years of publishing is a monumental achievement. Sensitive Skin has been a vital space for avant-garde writing and art, and its influence on the indie lit scene is immeasurable. Thank you to B. Kold and everyone who made it happen. For anyone looking to preserve and showcase creative work in the digital space, I also found https://aiphoto-editor.com really helpful.

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  11. Thank you for decades of wonderful literary and arts curation. I’ve been following SSM for years and the archive is a treasure. I also use this 3DTRELLIS app for organizing my own creative projects — a nice complement to the inspiration I always find here. Wishing everyone well in the next chapter.

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  13. It’s always sad to see a long-running publication like Sensitive Skin close, but what an incredible legacy they’ve built since 1991. The emphasis on how digital tools can streamline creative workflows without replacing human input resonates strongly, much like how a tool such as image to stl can simplify the process of turning ideas into tangible 3D models. It’s inspiring to see how creative platforms evolve and the lasting impact they can have.

  14. It’s a shame to see “Sensitive Skin” closing after such a long and impactful run, but the decision to keep the archive accessible is a great one. The idea of creative tools that reduce friction without replacing the artist’s vision is particularly relevant today, and it makes me think about how AI can aid in concept visualization, similar to how photo to anime can transform images.

  15. The decision to keep “Sensitive Skin” accessible as an archive after closing submissions is a thoughtful one, preserving a significant cultural record since 1991. It highlights how important it is to maintain access to creative work, much like how I’ve found tools like png to stl useful for making digital art tangible. The longevity of the publication speaks volumes to its impact.

  16. B. Kold’s farewell piece really captures that bittersweet feeling of closing a chapter. The imagery of bidding goodnight resonates on so many levels — it’s rare to read something this honest about endings. For anyone exploring similar creative territory, aibestfinder.com has some great resources on writing and publishing.

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  18. B. Kold’s piece captures the bittersweet feeling of closing a long-running publication — thanks for curating interesting voices all these years. For visual artists exploring new ways to generate concepts, https://dreamina-ai.pro offers some AI-assisted options worth trying.

  19. B. Kold’s farewell piece has this lingering, elegiac quality that stays with you. I’ve been experimenting with visual interpretations of mood-driven poetry lately, and I found Seedance 2 really intuitive for translating that kind of atmosphere into images.

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  24. Closing a publication with roots reaching back to 1991 also raises the question of how its cultural record will remain accessible. The writing, art, music, essays, and reviews mentioned here represent decades of work by many contributors, so a durable archive could preserve more than individual pieces: it could retain the relationships among issues, creators, and artistic periods. Clear information about future access, contributor rights, and the status of existing material would help readers understand what closure means in practice. Ending publication is one event; safeguarding the accumulated body of work is a separate and lasting responsibility.

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  29. After publishing Sensitive Skin on and off since 1991, closing the shop must be bittersweet. It’s reassuring that the site will remain up and functional, preserving the writing, art, music, essays, and reviews that made the project matter.

  30. After publishing Sensitive Skin on and off since 1991, you’ve built an impressive record of writing, art, music, essays, and reviews. It’s good to hear the site will remain up and functional, preserving that history for years to come.

  31. After publishing Sensitive Skin on and off since 1991, you’ve built an impressive record of independent writing, art, music, essays, and reviews. It’s reassuring that the site will remain up and functional, preserving that history even as the project enters its next chapter.

  32. After publishing Sensitive Skin on and off since 1991, closing the shop must be a bittersweet decision. It’s reassuring that the site will remain up and functional, preserving such a substantial record of writing, art, music, essays, and reviews.

  33. I appreciate the candid announcement that Sensitive Skin will close after a long run since 1991, and I’m glad the site will stay online for years. It’s encouraging to see the gratitude expressed toward writers, artists, and reviewers who helped shape the community, even as the platform stops accepting new submissions. This respectful farewell honors the site’s legacy while leaving room for future content.

  34. It’s bittersweet to see Sensitive Skin close after decades of community‑driven content, especially after the decision to shut down Submittable submissions. I appreciate the promise that the archive will stay online for years, preserving the collective voice that shaped the site. This transition marks the end of an era, but the legacy of contributors’ essays, art, and music will continue to inspire future readers.

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  35. Such a thoughtful, reflective piece — the kind of content that makes you pause and consider how you’re wrapping up your day. The connection between evening rituals and overall wellbeing is so often overlooked in our always-on culture. I’ve started incorporating audio journaling into my nighttime wind-down using Omni Voice, and listening back to those voice notes has become a surprisingly grounding practice.

  36. A reflective and honest farewell piece — the way you’ve written this closure makes the reader feel included in the journey rather than just informed of the ending. Personal essays like this that resist easy resolution are rare and worth reading. Used Speech Text to transcribe a recorded interview series for my own editorial project recently — the export formats made it easy to work with the text across different platforms.

  37. What a thoughtful send-off for a publication that held so much creative space — Sensitive Skin really shaped a particular kind of literary voice. I transcribed an archived reading from one of the early issues using Whisper Web; preserving that spoken work in text felt like a small act of archival care.

  38. There’s something quietly powerful about an ending that’s also an invitation. The tone of this piece sits with you. Sensitive skin content that takes care of the emotional dimension as much as the practical one is rare — glad this space existed. Archiving this for a reflective audio piece I’m building with GPT Realtime 2.

  39. There’s something quietly powerful about an ending that’s also an invitation. The tone of this piece sits with you. Sensitive skin content that takes care of the emotional dimension as much as the practical one is rare — glad this space existed. Archiving this for a reflective audio piece I’m building with GPT Realtime 2.

  40. The farewell note carries so much warmth — it’s clear the community built here was genuinely meaningful. Archiving the audio interviews from the last issue I transcribed with Speech Text turned out really clean, which made editing the final content much smoother.

  41. Thank you for 30+ years of Sensitive Skin — the dedication to literary fiction and poetry that defied mainstream publishing trends is something truly rare. The cultural artifacts you’ve helped preserve through your issues are invaluable. I hope the archive remains accessible for readers and researchers; projects like this deserve a digital afterlife, and tools like GetImgAI Online could help create beautiful visual tributes to the covers and artwork over the years.

  42. That “thanks for all the fish” sign-off is a fitting wink for a magazine that started in 1991. Turning off Submittable while leaving the whole site up for years feels like the right call — that’s how people keep stumbling onto things, whether it’s a back issue or Seedance 2.5.

  43. Thirty-five years of sporadic issues is a strange, stubborn thing to be proud of, and you should be. I’d rather see a magazine close on its own terms than fade out quietly. I keep tabs on tools like Seedance 2.5, but that handmade, uneven quality of a small print run is what I’ll miss most.

  44. Sad to see Sensitive Skin close, but thirty-plus years of independent publishing is a real achievement — especially in a landscape that keeps squeezing small magazines. The way you thank contributors here says a lot about how the publication was run. I archived a few favorite essays as audio with Qwen3 TTS so they’re easier to revisit.

  45. Sad to read that Sensitive Skin is closing after publishing on and off since 1991. The thanks to contributors across writing, art and music is a fitting note to end on. I used Omni Video to put together a short tribute reel for a small independent publication.

  46. Closing a magazine that ran on and off since 1991 deserves more than a farewell post, and this one is honest about how much work it took. The archive of essays and reviews is the part worth preserving — much of that writing is not available anywhere else now. Thank you for putting it out for so long. I ran a few test renders through Image2Image while putting this together and the style transfer held up well.

  47. A dignified way to close a long run — the note that the archive stays up matters more than most people realise, because small magazines disappear entirely once the domain lapses. Thirty-odd years of publishing on and off is a real achievement. I prepare the archive-page layouts and the back-issue covers for a small literary journal in Nano Banana Pro, and keeping a consistent cover system is what makes a long archive feel worth browsing.

  48. Closing a magazine after more than thirty years of on-and-off publishing is a real loss, and the note that the archive will stay up is the right decision for readers. The list of contributors across writing, art and music says a lot about the range. I made a short tribute clip from one cover image with Kling 3.5, and one still was enough to carry the sentiment.

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  52. Sad to see Sensitive Skin close after all these years, but what a run since 1991. The farewell note is gracious, and the archive is a real contribution to independent publishing. I’ve been using Fish Voice to record readings of essays I love, and this magazine gave plenty of material worth revisiting.

  53. Keeping the archive accessible is an important part of this decision: the contributors, dates, and original context remain available even as regular publishing ends. I work on kling 4.0, an AI visual and video creation website, and this is a useful reminder that new creative tools do not replace the work of preserving artists’ voices and giving them proper credit.

  54. Closing a publication you’ve kept alive on and off since 1991 takes real courage, and leaving the archive up for readers is a classy way to bow out. The range of writing, art and music you’ve collected over the years is a genuinely unusual record of independent culture. I hope the site stays online for a long while — and that whatever comes next, you enjoy making it. I’ve been turning a few of my own sketches into finished pieces with Tattoo Design lately, and it reminded me how much care goes into independent creative work like yours.

  55. Sad to read that Sensitive Skin is closing after all these years — 1991 is a genuinely long run for an independent magazine. The note about everyone who contributed writing, art and music says a lot about what this publication meant to people. Happy Video was what I reached for when I was archiving a few old clips for a zine project.

  56. What a graceful way to close a chapter — publishing on and off since 1991 is a genuinely remarkable run, and the list of writers, artists, and musicians you’ve carried over the years speaks for itself. Endings like this are always bittersweet for readers who found work here they’d never have seen otherwise. Wishing everyone involved the best; I’ll be revisiting some old issues, and I’ll keep an eye on what contributors do next — I occasionally mocked up cover concepts for small zines with Muse AI and the print-style renders held up nicely.

  57. Sad to see a magazine that ran since 1991 close, but thirty years is a serious run. The archives are a genuine time capsule of independent arts writing and I hope the back issues stay accessible. I’ve been archiving old press scans lately and rebuilt a couple of covers with IMG AI just to get clean digital versions; tools like that make preserving print a lot easier. Thanks for all the years of publishing.

  58. Sad to see it wind down, but what a run since 1991 – keeping a literary magazine alive that long is its own kind of achievement. The farewell note is gracious, and leaving the archive up is a real gift to readers. I’ve been turning a few old magazine scans into short motion pieces with Z Video for my own archive, and the work you published deserves that kind of second life. Wishing everyone involved well.

  59. Closing a publication after more than three decades is bittersweet — Sensitive Skin gave a lot of writers, artists and musicians a real home. The range of work you published over the years is genuinely impressive. I archived a few back-issue highlights into short clips with HappyHorse AI, and it was a nice way to keep the visual archive alive.

  60. A gracious farewell after publishing Sensitive Skin since 1991 — closing on your own terms after three decades is rare and worth celebrating, and the archive is a real contribution to independent arts writing. We’ve been digitizing and upscaling back-issue covers with Nano Banana.

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  62. Your decision to keep the archive online ‘for years’ is a real service to readers and contributors. Many literary sites simply vanish, taking decades of work with them. But longevity depends on more than intent: will there be a sustainability plan for domain renewal and server costs? I’d be curious whether you’ve considered migrating to a low-maintenance static archive or partnering with a library to ensure long-term preservation.

  63. The commitment to keeping the site live as an archive is meaningful. Many literary magazines disappear entirely, erasing contributors’ work. Will there be any effort to ensure long-term digital preservation, perhaps through a library or archive partnership? It would be a shame for such a rich, decades-spanning collection to eventually vanish.

  64. Sad to read this, but what a run. Publishing a literary magazine on and off since 1991 is an achievement few independent journals come close to, and leaving the archive up for readers is a generous decision. The tone here is gracious rather than bitter, which says a lot about how the magazine was run. For anyone archiving back issues and covers, Nano Pro can help restore and upscale old scans. Thank you for the years of writing, art and music.

  65. Thank you for such an incredible run over all these decades. Sensitive Skin has been such a wonderful home for unique voices and great art, and you will be sorely missed. Best of luck with whatever comes next!

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  68. End of an era! Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful, unique platform for artists and writers over all these years. Glad to hear the archive will stay up, and wishing everyone the best in whatever comes next.

  69. A thoughtful closing piece, and the way it lingers on the quiet details makes it memorable. The pacing suits the subject. I record reflective narrations for my own writing and used Voice Art to keep the delivery steady across takes. Lovely read.

  70. Sad to see Sensitive Skin closing up shop after all these years, publishing independently since 1991 is a real accomplishment. The archive staying online matters for anyone who followed the magazine. I have been converting my own long-form notes into audio with Seed Audio to keep up with reading, and this is exactly the kind of archive worth listening back through. Thank you for the run.

  71. Thank you for an incredible run and for championing so many great voices over the decades. So glad to hear the archives will stay online—wishing you all the best in your next chapter!

  72. Thank you so much for everything you’ve shared with the world since 1991. It has been an incredible run, and I’m really glad the archives will remain online for readers to revisit. Wishing you all the very best on whatever comes next!

  73. It’s understandable that the decision to close “Sensitive Skin” after such a long run is difficult, but the commitment to keeping the archives accessible is a great gesture. While the digital landscape has certainly changed, the value of curated creative spaces remains high, and many find tools like png to 3d useful for transforming their digital creations.

  74. Evocative and beautifully written piece! I enjoyed the atmosphere and voice throughout – the kind of literary writing that lingers after reading. Thanks for publishing thoughtful work like this in the magazine!

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  76. It’s truly sad to see Sensitive Skin closing after such a long and impactful run since 1991; maintaining a platform for diverse creative work for so long is a remarkable achievement. The decision to keep the site functional as an archive ensures that the contributions of writers, artists, and musicians will continue to be accessible. This kind of dedication to preserving creative legacies is invaluable, and it reminds me of how useful tools like lyrics to song can be for creators.

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  78. I appreciate the candid note that the magazine’s Submittable submission channel has been closed—this signals a clear end to new contributions while still keeping the website alive. It’s encouraging to see the team acknowledge the collective effort of writers, artists, and musicians, and to express pride in the journey, even as they hand the torch to others.

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  81. Thank you for such an incredible run since 1991. Sensitive Skin has been an amazing home for great writing and art over the decades, and I’m really glad to hear the archives will stay online. Wishing you all the best in whatever comes next!

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  83. Closing Sensitive Skin after decades of off-and-on publishing is a hard, clear decision, and thanking contributors is the right last note. Independent magazines rarely get a clean ending. I kept a quiet end-card in Seedance 2.0 while reading B. Kold’s goodbye.

  84. It’s bittersweet to see Sensitive Skin close after more than three decades of community‑driven content. I appreciate the heartfelt thanks to writers, artists, and reviewers who kept the site vibrant, and the promise that the archive will stay online for years. The decision to shut down Submittable applications signals a clear end, but the legacy of shared knowledge will linger in the pages that remain.

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