When we put a few pieces of fiction in Asgard magazine, way back when, practically no one commented, either positive or negative. I think people mostly just didn't care about fiction in a magazine. Dragon only gets away with it because they have big name authors; you rarely see newbie authors anymore in their pages.
I don't know if Kevin "Piratecat" Kulp counts as a big name, but since there has been some interest mentioned here, I'll talk to him and see if maybe he has any suggestions. I personally am not very eager to put in fiction, especially since our first effort (the comic in issue 4) has only received two comments, both negative, but we might come up with an interesting idea.