[SolaceQuantum]

Compelling Science Fiction is a modern take on "hard scifi" as a magazine, that also avoids grimdark. I also highly recommend The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It's been a long-time staple of speculative fiction.

[DickieStarshine]

> that also avoids grimdark

Not as interesting as it could be then.

[SolaceQuantum]

Some people genuinely are exposed to enough darkness irl that they don’t find enjoyment anymore in stories featuring nuances of misery, gore, and trauma. That’s totally fine.

[DickieStarshine]

So it's the magazines task to 'protect' people? What the hell kind of argument is this.

[SolaceQuantum]

Nope, it's just explaining there's a demand for non-grimdark work that Compelling Science Fiction's audience can compose of. There's no protection involved. Magazines select works to sell altogether as a product. If CSF's brand is non-grimdark, hard scifi, and they are successful at selling the product that is non-grimdark, hard scifi, then there's an audience interested in buying their work.

I'm not really sure where you get the protecting clause from, or intent. It's just market forces.