Expressions 97
July 2008
A Newsletter for Creative People Worldwide
A Product of Sam’s Dot Publishing
Editor - Cathy Buburuz
Table of Contents
How to Participate in Expressions
News Flashes
The Midnight Library
Sam’s Dot Publishing Update by Tyree Campbell
Power Tools - Flash Fiction by Kevin M. White
Paper or Plastic - Flash Fiction by Lee Gimenez
Paying Markets
How to Participate in Expressions
Expressions is published monthly and open to submissions all year round. I welcome your participation. Editors are invited to send their guidelines, readers are invited to share their news and views, writers and artists are invited to share their work, and their news about successes. If you’d like your book or magazine featured in The Midnight Library section of Expressions, please get in touch.
I welcome poems (under 20 lines preferred), flash fiction (under 500 words preferred), articles (less than 1,000 words preferred), interviews (less than 1,000 words preferred), book or magazine reviews (under 700 words preferred), and art (jpg under 30k).
Include a fascinating bio of three or four sentences (written in the third person) at the end of your submission. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, crime, and seasonal type work are most appreciated, but I will consider all genres.
Send each submission in the body of the email - no attachments please - with "Expressions" in the subject line. Send only one submission per email.
Submit to editor Cathy Buburuz at cathyartist@hotmail.com
The payment offered for contributions to Expressions is sincere gratitude and free ad space for whatever it is you’re selling, especially if you’re selling your own work or want to promote your own website.
In most cases, your submissions will be responded to within 48 hours or less, longer if I’m extremely busy. The deadline for each issue is the 15th of the month. Everything received after the 15th will be included in Expressions the following month.
News Flashes
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine in Australia will remain open to submissions until November 30, 2008
Apex Digest opened to submissions on July 1st, 2008
Black Gate is now closed to submissions until further notice. Check the website for updates.
Blood Rose is closed to submissions until further notice.
Cat Tales pays 3 cents per word. To read the guidelines and the new email addresses for submissions, visit: http://www.ralan.com/sfpro/listings/cattales.htm
Champagne Shivers is now closed to submissions but artists will be contacted regarding assignments.
Cosmic Science Fiction is now closed to submissions until further notice.
Dark Wisdom is temporarily closed to submissions.
David Riley has a new story titled The Hanging Judge on the free website http://www.spacewesterns.com
Fantasy Magazine no longer takes simultaneous submissions.
From The Asylum
is on a break from May
through July.
External demands have slowed things down and the editors are now working the
latest FTA Anthology Year 4, and Things Aren't What they Seem, for August.
Modern Fiction Magazine has officially closed its doors.
Nature Magazine pays pro rates. Click on this to visit the
online submission form: http://mts-nature.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex
Potter’s Field remains open to submissions, but please note that the editor will be on holidays from July 1 to July 8, 2008.
The Summer 2008 issue of The Pedestal Magazine can be read here:
http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com
The Three-Lobed Burning Eye, a magazine of horror and speculative fiction, can be read online here: http://www.owlsoup.com/3LBE
Ygdrasil, A
Journal of the Poetic Arts (the
June 2008 issue) is now
available at http://www.synapse.net/kgerken
The Midnight Library
Gaslight Grimoire
Edited by Jeff Campbell & Charles Prepolec
Published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Justyn here with a
very quick and brief EDGE update.
One of our Fall 2008 books, Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock
Holmes, is still going strong on amazon.com!
Gaslight Grimoire is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories written by some of
the best Sherlockians in the world.
The fabled tin dispatch box of Dr. John H. Watson opens to reveal eleven all
new tales of mystery and dark fantasy. Sherlock Holmes, master of deductive
reasoning, confronts the irrational, the unexpected and the fantastic in the
weird worlds of the Gaslight Grimoire.
"A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of
Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety,
genuine
chills: it's all here."
- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of HOMINIDS
"This book contains eleven of the most ingenious, imaginative and inspired
exploits yet committed to paper. Wonderful stuff!"
- Roger Johnson, BSI, Editor, The Sherlock Holmes Journal
Contributors:
Barbara Hambly
Christopher Sequeira
Barbara Roden
M. J. Elliott
Martin Powell
Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett
Or, if you prefer not to pre-order your copy, send the link around to all your
friends and help spread the word!
Sincerely,
Justyn Perry
Marketing Manager
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
www.edgewebsite.com
Available October 1, 2008 from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1894063171/edgescienceficti
He Is Legend:
An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson
Published by Gauntlet Press
Just say the name and the memories come flooding back — Somewhere in Time, Duel, The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and countless more. He's one of the greatest storytellers of our time — or any time.
Now Gauntlet Press has assembled a spectacular anthology of original, never-before published stories by today's best writers collectioned in this incredible unsigned Limited Edition hardcover — stories set in Richard Matheson's own fictional universes, and published with Mr. Matheson's complete cooperation!
And, among the many contributions to the book, is the first collaboration ever between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, the novella "Throttle" — their take on Matheson's classic "Duel." This is, obviously, a once-in-a-lifetime publishing event, as it's father and son's first collaboration.
Other contributors to this anthology, edited by Christopher Conlon, include F. Paul Wilson, Joe Lansdale, Whitley Strieber, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan, Gary Braunbeck, Thomas Monteleone, John Shirley, Mick Garris, Nancy A. Collins, and many others, plus an introduction by Ramsey Campbell.
And, as an added bonus, He Is Legend features the original full-length screenplay "Conjure Wife" — over 20,000 never-before published words by Richard Matheson himself, in collaboration with the late Charles Beaumont that was filmed as "Burn, Witch Burn."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Note
Introduction: Matheson the Master by Ramsey Campbell
A Tale Inspired by "Duel": Throttle by Joe Hill and Stephen King
A Sequel to "The Distributor": Recalled by F. Paul Wilson
A Prequel to I Am Legend: I Am Legend, Too by Mick Garris
A Sequel to Somewhere in Time: Two Shots from Fly's Photo Gallery by John
Shirley
A Variation on The Shrinking Man: The Diary of Louise Carey by Thomas F.
Monteleone
A Sequel to "Born of Man and Woman": She Screech Like Me by Michael
A. Arnzen
A Sequel to "Button, Button": Everything of Beauty Taken from You in
This Life Remains Forever by Gary A. Braunbeck
A Sequel to Someone is Bleeding: The Case of Peggy Ann Lister by John Maclay
A Sequel to "The Children of Noah": Zachry Revisited by William F.
Nolan
A Tale Inspired by "The Finishing Touches": Comeback by Ed Gorman
A Variation on "Disappearing Act": An Island Unto Himself by Barry
Hoffman
A Tale Inspired by "Legion of Plotters": Venturi by Richard Christian
Matheson
A Sequel to "Prey": Quarry by Joe R. Lansdale
A Prequel to Hell House: Return to Hell House by Nancy A. Collins
A Tale Inspired by Collected Stories: Cloud Rider by Whitley Strieber
…And an Original Screenplay: Conjure Wife by Richard Matheson and Charles
Beaumont
Place your order here:
http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/o_conlon01
Hidden Secrets of Many, But One
by Donald Ryles
Published by LuLu Press
Hidden Secrets of Many, But One, an unusual book purported to contain encodings of 9-11 four years before the events, chronicling the paranormal life of author Donald Ryles PhD, and culminating in what Dr. Ryles calls “A spiritually sent book meant to help us all ” is quickly gaining in popularity.
Amazon.com, the Worlds largest online bookseller and indicator of a books appeal, recently gave the book a 102,256 and a 143,422 sales rank within one week. A ranking at that level is very respectable for many works that have major backing, major promotion, and a top publisher behind it. Hidden Secrets of Many, But One is a self-published, self-promoted work with a near zero promotion budget. It is mostly being heard about through word of mouth. “ I am very happy with the books success so far…VERY happy…and my sincerest of thanks goes to all who have bought it or helped spread the word,” Ryles said.
Hidden Secrets of Many, But One is available wherever books are sold. The first chapter can be read at the author’s website http://www.drryles.com
ISBN: 978-1-4357-0261-5 or 1435702611
Published by: LuLu Press 216 page, 6X9 Paperback
Website: http://www.drryles.com
Email: contact@drryles.com
Address: Donald Ryles P.O. Box 5076 Fort Smith, AR 72913
Phone: Please e-mail first
AuthorsDen Page at: http://www.authorsden.com/drryles
Paranormal Blog Page at: http://parabook.wordpress.com
Truly Shocking Photo
by Donald Ryles PhD, CH
I have recently been working toward my certification as a Paranormal Investigator and have been studying how to analyze suspected paranormal photographs. The study got me to remembering and thinking about probably the most incredible paranormal photo I have ever seen.
When I was around the age of 12-13…some 30 odd years ago…my interest in the paranormal was just beginning in earnest. Anything that was unusual began to interest and even fascinate me. The Bermuda Triangle, UFO’s, hauntings, anything along that line. My father had told me many “Ghost Stories” that had been passed down in his family and held as absolute fact, but he himself was somewhat of a skeptic of such things. Since I had developed such as strong interest in the subjects he tried to help me in my pursuit though.
A photo from a friend of his that he saw one day was to challenge his skepticism and leave an impression in my mind that would last to this day.
I remember my father coming home from work that day and telling me that he had something for me to see. He seemed very excited and perplexed at the same time. One of his longtime friends had taken a photo a few days prior and trusted in my father to look at it and tell him what he thought. As I remember my fathers friend was somewhat of a skeptic himself, but was very perplexed, to say the least, by the photo he had taken. My father asked his friend if he could bring the photo home to show it to me since I had a great interest in things like that. My father’s friend didn’t want to but reluctantly agreed. You must remember that this was 30 odd years ago and many of that time felt that to believe in the paranormal meant you were “crazy”. Even though the friend had taken the picture and seen it with his own eyes he didn’t want to be labelled “crazy” I imagine.
My father handed me the photo without telling me anything about it and asked me to tell him what I saw. My mother also looked at the photo with me. I remember we got a slightly uneasy feeling about the photo from the first we saw it for some reason. As I looked at the photo I could very clearly see four ghostly forms beside a fence. Gaseous in some places and almost solid in others. One was a very tall and large standing form that judging by the fence post behind appeared to be seven foot tall or taller, with a look, posture and hand position of an authority figure of some type. The three others were much smaller and were sitting on the ground in front of this figure. I remember that one of the smaller ones was sitting with outstretched legs crossed at the ankles. The faces of two of the sitting figures could not be seen as they were turned toward the standing figure, but the standing figures face and one of the sitting ones face( which appeared to be looking at the camera) could be made out fairly well. We all agreed that what it looked like to us was a scene of a teacher, preacher, or storyteller of some type talking to a group of three ‘children’. Past the point of the basic photo, a chilling detail came to light. It seemed to my mother and I that the tall figure had horns of some type on its head and as I looked closer I noticed that one of the smaller forms did as well. When we told my father this he said that he and his friend had came to the same conclusion, but that he didn’t want to tell us and wanted to see if we came to the same conclusion. We had.
My father then truly shocked us both when he told us that the photo had been a photo of his friend’s new boat that he had recently bought. His friend had aimed the camera at his boat (which was sitting on a trailer next to the fence) and taken two self-developing photos. One of the photos showed the boat and the other had shown what we were looking at. The boat had disappeared completely to be replaced by the four figures.
The photo was taken back to the friend the next day and I haven’t seen it since. I have often wished that I would have gotten a copy of the photo, but since computers and scanners were most definitely not household items 30 years ago, I unfortunately didn’t get a copy. The friend wanted to forget that anything had taken place so my father did not ask him for a copy or press the matter any further.
I have seen 100’s or maybe even 1000’s of photos suspected of being paranormal in the time since that day, but of the ones I feel are real and not faked I have not seen any to top this one as to its graphicness and unusual content.
When you add the facts together that my father had known this man for many years as honest and not someone who would try a hoax. The fact that self developing photos are hard…if not impossible…to alter. The fact that he didn’t even want people to know about the photo. And that he didn’t have access to computer photo altering programs like we have today. I feel it was completely real and chillingly genuine. What was depicted in the photo is completely up to theory but it is definitely one of if not the best examples of paranormal photography I will ever see.
To read more about Dr. Ryles and his life, and to read about Hidden Secrets of Many, But One, a very true and most unusual book of spirits, ghosts, haunting, and 9-11 being encoded four years before it happened, go visit: http://www.drryles.com
Tales of A Texas Boy
by Marva Dasef
How do you handle a crazy jackass? Eddie knows. If you ask Eddie, he'll tell
you pigs can fly and show you where to find real mammoth bones. Take his word
for it when he tells you always to bet on the bear. These are things he learned
while dreaming of becoming a cowboy in West Texas during the Depression. Through Eddie, the hero of "Tales of a
Texas Boy," we find that growing up is less about maturity and more about
roping your dreams. Hold on tight. It's a bumpy ride. A wonderful read for
anyone who enjoys books like "Little House on the Prairie" or
"Tom Sawyer." A great bit of nostalgia for seniors, too.
Tales of a Texas Boy - $8.95 Trade Paperback, 6x9, 12pt type.
Available from:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615148964/ref=cm_plog_item_link
Tales of a Texas Boy - $9.95 Large Print Edition, 9.7x7.4, 18pt type.
Available from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1438235453
Tales of a Texas Boy - $12.56, 8x10 paperback, 18pt type.
Available from :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615152406/ref=cm_plog_item_link
Visit author Marva Dasef at
The Dead Parade
by James Roy Daley
Published by Permuted Press
On the morning his life goes to hell, James McGee is comfortable and clear minded, leaving for what he expects will be an uneventful workday. Within the hour James will witness the suicide of his closest friend, be responsible for countless murders, and become a fugitive from the police.
In the shadow of James' mind, a demon lurks. Bloodlust is a virus--it's infecting his logic. James has become a pawn in a game he does not understand, and only one thing is clear:
Survival is not an option.
Pre-order now at The Horror Mall, Dark Oddities Emporium and get this book for just $14.95, and get free shipping:
http://www.horror-mall.com/THE-DEAD-PARADE-by-James-Roy-Daley-p-18001.html
"James Roy Daley's literary style is achingly accessible and a grand
pleasure to read."
~Weston Oche, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Scarecrow Gods
Sam’s Dot Publishing Update
by Tyree Campbell
It's a quiet month this July, as we recover from the flood in Cedar Rapids. It has been necessary to postpone a couple of publications for about two weeks, more about which in Sam's Dot Current Events, http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/currentevents.htm . The two biggies this month are [drum roll, please]:
Beyond Centauri, the July 2008 [6th Anniversary] Issue:
Yes, that's right, our print magazine for younger readers has been around for half a dozen years now. In celebration, this issue contains more stories than usual. For example, there's a story about parents raising an alien boy who gets abducted by the government; a story about a garden gnome who gets dissed [helpful hint #262: never, ever, diss the garden gnome]; a tale about a mathematical entity who tries to discover where he belongs in the Universe; a yarn about a young space passenger who makes a bad impression on first contact with a being on another world; a story about living art; and many more. Don't miss this issue. You'll find it in The Genre Mall at http://www.genremall.com/zines.htm , where you should scroll to the cover.
The Handless Maiden and other Tales Twice Told, by JoSelle Vanderhooft.
Superlatives fail me. No description would be adequate to describe the poems in this collection. The closest I can get is something they said about Enya's Shepherd Moons, when the CD first came out, and I'll paraphrase: "No one ever composed poetry like this. No one else composes it now." That's JoSelle Vanderhooft's The Handless Maiden. It's illustrated by Marge B. Simon. You can find it in The Genre Mall at http://www.genremall.com/poetry.htm . Just scroll to the cover.
The 12th Drabble Contest is still going on. Go check out the guidelines on our main page. Hey, even I sent one in this time. If I can do it, you can do it. Right?
Our three anthologies are still open to submissions: The Book of Tentacles; Infradead: Tales of Human Extinction; and Potter's Field 3. You'll find guidelines in the Guidelines option at the bottom of our main page.
Meanwhile . . . take some time to smell the flowers. And read a book. Preferably one of ours.
See you next month.
Tyree Campbell
Managing Editor
Sam's Dot Publishing
Power Tools
by Kevin M. White
Sherry slipped the safety goggles on and depressed the power switch on the handle of the circular saw. It whirred to life with 2.3 horsepower of stainless steel cutting power. She looked down making sure she had a firm grip on the sections to be cut and that her fingers were well out off the way.
"Be careful with power tools," the Do-It-Yourself network always said. "They'll cut flesh and bone as easily as wood.”
The blade glided effortlessly and before she knew it, Sherry had a neatly stacked pile ready to be double bagged and set out for curb side pick up. If she had known how easy it was, she would never have ridden Harold for all those years. Hell, she could likely have built the flower boxes and backyard fence as well as he did.
With a final look at her handy work, Sherry smiled and sat the saw down, leaving to get the trash bags. The hardest part would be cleaning up those shower tiles. That and explaining Harold's long vacation.
Kevin M. White lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three German Shepherds. His work has appeared at MicroHorror.com and Tales from the Zombie Wars.
Paper or Plastic
by Lee Gimenez
“Liver is on sale today, hon,” my wife says.
I look at the price and nod. “Looks good; let’s pick one up for Tommy.”
We finish at the meat counter and go over to the cereal aisle. I pick out my favourite, Wheaties. Joan gets her Cheerios, and we head to the frozen foods.
I have a coupon on the frozen pizza, so I get two large pepperonis.
Joan spots the large sign right away: Frozen Lazak Hearts. Two for One Sale.
“Wow – look at this! You can’t beat this price,” she says.
I smile. “Hearts were on sale at Big Mart yesterday, but this is even better. Let’s get them. We can keep them in the freezer until we need them.”
“We’re so lucky to be able to get all our spare body parts at the supermarket now,” she says.
“I know,” I reply. “In the old days, it was such a hassle; now, with cloning, everything is so much simpler.”
Finished with our shopping, we head for the checkout.
“Paper or Plastic?” the young clerk asks.
“You can bag them in plastic,” I respond. “By the way, aren’t you Mike, our son’s friend?”
“I’m Mike’s clone; Mike died yesterday.”
“Oh, my God. What happened?”
“It was an accident,” he says. “Mike fell down the stairs and broke his neck.”
“His parents must be so distraught…”
“Not really,” he smirks. “They have me.”
Lee Gimenez’s science fiction stories have been published or will be published in the following magazines: Cosmos (2008); Escape Velocity (2008); Afterburn SF (2008); Bewildering Stories (2008); AlienSkin (2008); Aphelion (2008); The Cynic (2008); Antipodean SF (2008); Concept Sci-Fi (2008); Skive Quarterly (2007); Skiveflash (2007); Green Wave (2007). For additional information about Lee, please visit the website at www.leegeimenez.com
Paying Markets
Doorways Magazine
Pays Five Cents a Word & One Contributor’s Copy for Fiction
Pays 50 Cents Per Line for Poetry
Doorways Magazine is pleased
to announce its new guidelines for fiction, including payment per word count.
Every three months Doorways will feature up to 7 fiction pieces, of which 1 or
2 will be from guest or ‘spotlight’ writers. In the past these spotlight
writers have included Gary Braunbeck, Graham Masterton, Angeline Hawkes, and
Jack Ketchum. The October 2007 issue included Joe R. Lansdale, P.D. Cacek, and Mort Castle.
Fiction Guidelines:
Guidelines: Fiction that runs 500—3,500 words.
Paranormal, supernatural, contemporary fantasy, new fabulist, magic realism,
shock suspense, sci-horror, character oriented: We like Colin and F. Paul
Wilson, J.N. and Jack Williamson, Stephen King and Joe Hill, and of course,
Charles Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, and Richard Matheson, who taught so much to so
many of us. If your subjects and verbs are not only not in agreement but cannot
tolerate each other, if your spelling is remarkably creative, and you have a
decorative approach to comma and apostrophe usage, we’re not the right market
for you’re kreashuns’. (Get it? Sic! Huh?) We’ve recently accepted stories by
Stephen Graham Jones, John Everson, Wayne Allen Sallee, Stephen Mark Rainey,
Richard Payne, Bruce Holland Rogers, and Joel Arnold, all of whom write good
stories. If you do, too, then let DOORWAYS have a look.
Payment: Payment is a free copy of magazine and five
cents per word; payable upon publication.
Send to: doorways@yahoo.com
Notes: We will stay open for submission until we
become overwhelmed. No reprints.
Novella Guidelines:
Guidelines: We’re looking for 15 to 20K of superbly
crafted otherness fiction. The work might be labelled horror, fantasy,
modern or post-modern, slipstream or experimental—we leave categorizing to
others but it must be successful storytelling. We don’t want to see experiments
that shouldn’t have left the lab, insulin-required fantasy with elves, orcs, or
ickies, or horror-fantasy about “they hunt the night” or scatological succubi.
We love Thomas Ligotti but have no desire to see Ligotti imitations. We admire
Joe Lansdale, Master of Western Weird, James Ellroy’s and his Heart of Noir,
Peter Straub, Horror’s own William Styron, and so many more, but if you’re
doing copycat appropriations of their style and themes, no thanks. We want
memorable fiction. Think the old masters: Sturgeon, Beaumont, Matheson, and
current writers, Gary Braunbeck, Norman Partridge, Stephen King, Sara Langan.
Give us 250-300 words—your pitch. (Yeah, we know it’s difficult, but we can
boil down the NEW TESTAMENT to Jesus Saves.) If you’ve got meaningful credits,
tell us about them. We’ll proceed from there.
Payment: $200.00 and 5 free copies
Send to: doorwaysnovellas@yahoo.com
Notes: We will publish 2 to 3 a year, the first
batch starting in 2009. These will be published as limited editions: 100 copies
printed. All novellas will have some art done for the interior. If you’ve seen
the art in Doorways magazine, that’s the quality of work you can expect to see.
Editors: Mort Castle and Brian Yount.
Non-Fiction Guidelines:
Guidelines: Articles must be no more than 1,500 words
and must be based on the paranormal or have supernatural elements, which could
include myths and/or legends. Put the title of your piece and non-fiction in
the subject line. Format Requirements: Double-spaced, 12 point font, Courier or
Times New Roman, etc.
Payment: Payment is five cents per word;
payable upon publication.
Send to: doorways@yahoo.com
Notes: Reading period is now. Response time is
one month.
Poetry Guidelines:
Guidelines: Starting in Feb. 2008 I will be reading
for issues 9-12 of Doorways Magazine—issues 4-8 are already full except for the
quarterly contest (see contest guidelines below). Doorways is a “Journal of
Horror and The Paranormal” so please keep that in mind when submitting poetry.
Horror poetry should lean more toward the supernatural. Possible subjects:
death, ghosts, UFOs, séance, tarot, psi, numerology, EVPs, distant viewing,
secret societies, cryptozoology, fairies, angels—basically anything that fits
under the broad “paranormal” heading. When using tropes, please be original.
Science fiction and surrealism are acceptable as long as the poem is horrific
or paranormal in nature. Doorways is open to any length poem, but would prefer
under 30 lines. Please paste poem in the body of the email and also include as
a .doc or .rtf attachment. Send as many submissions as you like but please send
each one as a separate email. I will respond within a week to let you know that
your submission has arrived. I will strive to let everyone know if their poem
is accepted or not and which issue it will be appearing in if accepted by May 1st 2008.
Payment: Payment is $0.50 a line and 1
contributor’s copy.
Send to: DoorwaysPoetry@yahoo.com
Subject line should read: “DW
SUB: Poem Title/Last Name”
Notes: Submission period will be Feb. 1st -
March 15th. Please do not send submissions outside of these dates.We will
only be accepting 2 or 3 poems per issue and this is a quarterly, so send only
your best work.
Quarterly Poetry Contest:
Guidelines: Follow poetry guidelines above. Submission
period for the contest will be April 1st – May 15th.
Payment/Prize: Contest winner will be published in the
October 2008 issue (issue #8), will receive $0.50 a line, 1
contributor’s copy, and prizes yet to be determined.
Send to: DoorwaysPoetry@yahoo.com
Subject line for contest
should read: “DW CONTEST 2008: Poem Title”
Send queries to: DoorwaysPoetry@yahoo.com
With “DW: Query” in the
subject line. Address to Stephen M. Wilson.
Dreams and Nightmares
Pays $5/Illustration &
$10 and Two Contributor’s Copies for Poems and Short Fiction
Dreams and Nightmares prints primarily poetry, but also publish a small amount of short short fiction. The genres of fantasy and SF are preferred. I am interested in experimental formats and content, and prefer fantastic horror a la Lovecraft or Blackwood to the blood and gore type. Any SF or fantasy is appropriate if it isn't sappy or trite. If your poem rhymes, be sure that the rhymes are not forced, and that the meter is consistent.
The magazine
consists of 20 digest-sized pages with card-stock cover. Publication is thrice
yearly, issues are numbered sequentially. Issue #1 was published in January of
1986. Print run 200. Most-recent issue is #76. DN is distributed free to
interested libraries.
Poetry & Fiction
Maximum length for poetry or
fiction is 2 single-spaced typed pages, but I prefer less than one page. I
prefer e-submissions in the body of the message. Send up to five manuscripts
with SASE from the US. From other countries use an IRC or US
stamps. Submissions lacking sufficient return postage or equivalent will be
discarded. Cover letter not required. PLEASE put your name and address on each
poem you submit!
Prints 15-20 poems per issue.
Buys First North American Serial Rights serial rights unless state otherwise.
Payment is $10 on acceptance + 2 contributor's copies. (You can request 3 extra
copies instead of cash.) DN is a tough market because of the high volume of
poetry submissions I receive. Fewer than 5% of submissions are accepted.
Response time is commonly 4-8 weeks. Sample copy for $4. Subscriptions are $15
for 6 issues inside North
America and $18 U.S. outside North America.
Lifetime subscription for $90. Checks should be payable to me.
Artwork
Artwork should be line
drawings; no half-tones. Good photocopies OK, but I prefer to receive JPEG's as
e-mail attachments. Art should be no larger than 4 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, but I
can reduce it. Payment $5 on acceptance plus 2 copies. I always need covers,
and small filler illustrations. Filler illos that are the right size and shape
to fill up the bottom of a page are particularly useful. Payment for covers
includes an extra copy of the issue. Send submissions to: dckmdnmag@gmail.com If you must send
snail-mail submissions:
Dreams & Nightmares, 1300 Kicker Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
Please address all other
correspondence to the e-mail address given above. I will respond promptly to
e-mail messages.
David C. Kopaska-Merkel,
Editor
Drollerie Press
Drollerie Press is currently accepting for all lines:
· Short stories from 5,000 to 15,000 words
· Novelettes between 15,001 to 35,000 words
· Novellas between 35,001 to about 50,000 words
· and Novels, between about 50,001 to 85,000 or more words
·
Little Red Riding Hood
The final decisions have been made for the Little Red Riding Hood Anthology. If you have not received notification regarding your submission, please inquire to deena@drolleriepress.com .
Maiden Mother Crone
Our first erotic fiction anthology is now open for submissions. Please read the submissions guidelines linked through the Maiden Mother Crone Anthology menu item to the right.
Our Imprints
We have been honored to have added some truly dedicated and talented editors to our pool. We are currently accepting for our imprints based on genre. While your story must always contain some mythic fictional elements, please choose the most appropriate imprint editor to receive your submission. Please do not submit to more than one imprint editor. If an editor feels that your work is better suited to a different imprint, he or she will forward it to the appropriate editor. For additional submissions guidance by genre, please review the appropriate page linked in the navigation menu to the right.
Drollerie Press publishes our stories through a number of “lines” or “imprints” to help our readers better find the books they want to read.
Chrysography: If you consider your work literary, speculative, or poetic in nature, please submit it to darin @ drolleriepress.com.
Quadrivium: If your work fits within the genre of science fiction, please submit it to lisa @ drolleriepress.com.
Gauffer Press: If your work is a mystery, or seems most appropriately named a thriller or espionage story, please submit it to ginger @ drolleriepress.com.
Kettlestitch: If your work is intended for audiences between the ages of 14 and adult with sophisticated conflict and intelligent, engaging characters between the ages of 16 and 19, please submit it to ginger @ drolleriepress.com.
Pen Flourish: for erotica, that is works including explicit sexual content where the story is powered or driven by the sexual activity–a happy ending or happy ever after is not required–please submit to amy @ drolleriepress.com.
Illuminated Press: for romance, that is works that may or may not include sexual content from erotic to fade-to-black, but where the focus of the story is on the development of one or more loving and romantic relationships and includes a happily-ever-after or happy-for-now ending, please submit your story to submissions @ drolleriepress.com. Please add the word ROMANCE in all caps to the subject line of your email.
Grotesqueries: for mythic works of a horrific bent, please submit to submissions @ drolleriepress.com. Please add the word HORROR in all caps to the subject line of your email.
Drollerie Press: For fantasy works, including myths, legends, and fairy tales, please submit to deena @ drolleriepress.com.
The inspirational fiction, GLBT, and multicultural fiction lines are not yet established. We do want to publish works in those areas. If you have a story that fits within those genres, or something that does not fall within the guidelines of the imprints above, please continue to submit to submissions @ drolleriepress.com. In the subject line, please include the genre within which you believe your story best falls.
Please review the submissions guidelines carefully. We are still receiving works that are formatted with unusual fonts and spacing, without page numbers, author name, and title on every page, and that do not fall within our guidelines. Please note: We no longer read submissions that do not demonstrate that a reasonable attempt has been made to follow our guidelines.
Email the appropriate editor if you have questions.
Flash Fiction Online
Pays $50/Story
We publish stories from 500 to 1,000 words in length. We look for previously unpublished material, with the exception of our Classic Flash selections. (Classic Flash stories are old: the copyright must have expired on them. If you would like to recommend one, please contract the editor:
Jake Freivald
Editor(at)flashfictiononline.com
10 Ridgeview Ave
West Orange, NJ 07052
Rich Ware, Art Director
They’re very short, but they are still stories. That means the best ones have strong, interesting characters, plots, and (to some extent, at least) settings. You can read more about this aspect of what we’re interested in by visiting the website.
We’re not that concerned about genre. Many of us, including the editor, have a fondness for science fiction and fantasy, but great flash stories aren’t always easily classified. If you wrote it, and you love it, then submit it.
We want our publication to be accessible to a variety of ages—my teenaged son reads it, for example—so please, no erotica, porn, or graphic sex or violence. Think Law and Order: Special Victims Unit or Criminal Minds on TV: they handle horrific situations, but always obliquely enough to be shown on TV—and for the most part, you never notice that the graphic elements aren’t shown. But sex is also a part of life: if your story addresses sexual issues or contains non-graphic sexual content for a purpose, nobody on the editorial staff will be offended if you send it in. The worst we can do is say “no”, right?
In the same way, we won’t publish profanity. However, you don’t need to remove profanity to submit to us; just be prepared to modify it if we accept the story.
What To Send
We only publish stories consisting of 500-1,000 words. We know that writing flash is hard; authors can submit stories of up to 1,100 words. If we like the story, we’ll work with the author to cut the extra words. (If you submit a story of over 1,000 words, you’re giving Jake permission to cut it on his cutting blog, as a good exercise in writing concise prose, if it’s selected for publication.) If we can’t cut it to 1,000 words, we won’t publish the story.
Submissions with fewer than 500 or more than 1,100 words will be deleted unread and without acknowledgment.
At the moment, we only accept submissions by email. We accept Microsoft Word, rich text, and plain text attachments, as well as plain text in the body of an email.
Fonts, margins, and other formatting don’t matter and won’t be noticed, for better or for worse; your submission will be automatically reformatted upon opening. Only boldface, italics, and underlining will remain.
Please include contact information, either in your attached story or in your email. At a bare minimum we need your name and a phone number — sometimes email addresses change or our email may get caught in a spam filter.
We read every email we get, regardless of whether it’s exactly what we ask for or not; however, if you want to be nice to us, please do the following:
·
Subject line:
Include the title and your last name. I’m not picky, but if your name were “Freivald” and
your story’s title were “Artichokes and Cavalcades”, then something like
Freivald Submission: Artichokes and Cavalcades
would be fine. I (Jake) often have to search through my email folders to find a
particular submission, and having these in the subject line makes that easier.
(No, I’ve never written a story with that title. Ten unredeemable points to the
person who submits the first story based on that title.)
· Email body: Include the genre of your work. This will change which readers get a first look at your story. You don’t want someone who dislikes Westerns to read your Western flash. It won’t get a fair shake. If you aren’t sure about your submission, please visit genre classification page. Email body: Include significant qualifications if you like. They won’t necessarily make a difference, but I have to admit that as a reader I notice when someone says they’ve been published in Asimov’s, Glimmer Train, Woman’s Day, or another reputable publication, and as an editor of a fairly young Web zine I have my eye out for professional authors. New authors don’t suffer, though; before stories go to our staff readers, all identifying attributes are removed. Stories from new authors often get higher votes than stories from professionals. Read more about our reading process on our website.
· Attachment: Only put your name on the first page. This means no headers or footers, and no “running header” with your name on every page. Yes, this is a deviation from standar short story manuscript formatting, and I apologize for any extra effort you put in; but since we read everything anonymously, and since my scripts don’t handle headers or footers well, it’s easiest for me if you only have your name on the first page. Standard headings on the first page is fine, and under the title on the first page is fine, too.
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If you do all this, it’s really just gravy for me (Jake), the editor. That means that if these guidelines confuse you, or if you don’t have time, or if you don’t care, it’s nothing to get worried about. When in doubt, send it out. I’ll cope with what I get, and it really won’t affect the reading process at all.
We accept multiple submissions (more than one story from you to us). We do not want simultaneous submissions (a story sent to us and other publications at the same time). We do not accept previously published works, unless the copyright has expired (for our “Classic Flash” series).
Still reading? Send your stories to submissions@flashfiction.com You will receive an autoresponse that will assure you that we’ve received it. If you do not receive the autoresponse within a few minutes, please send your submission to Jake’s alter ego’s email, oliverhouse@gmail.com
Our response times currently range from 3–8 weeks.
Payment and Rights
A sample contract is available for viewing on the website (PDF format).
We pay fifty dollars ($50) per story. This payment provides us with first electronic rights, including HTML, PDF, plain text, and MP3 (audio) formats. Distribution will be through this Web site and a variety of other electronic means — as of this writing, we expect podcast, email, and RSS. This only means that we can publish in those formats; once we publish in one format, the author can do what she wants. For example, if we publish in HTML only, and later the author wants to publish a PDF, she maintains that right. We still have the right to create a PDF ourselves, but we have no right to stop the author from republishing.
This payment also provides us with a non-exclusive one-time right to publish the stories in a hard copy anthology. No timelines have been identified for this project.
All other rights for the work remain with the author.
Ghost Town
Pays $10/Story & One Contributor’s Copy
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Ghost Town is a one time anthology from the folks who publish Science Fiction
Trails Magazine.
We are looking for ghost stories, so you must have at least one ghost in the
story. Also, we like our stories to have a certain sense of adventure. The
Adventures of Briscoe County Jr. and The Wild, Wild West, are examples of
things we like. They were fun to watch with interesting stories. We very much
appreciate historical accuracy. All stories must, at least in part, take place
.in a ghost town, mining camp, or similar venue. The time period is somewhat
flexible. This could take place in the modern era or back in the actual western
days. Stories need to be set in the western United States, western Canada or northern Mexico.
While a lot of the Scooby Doo cartoons would fit these parameters, we are not
fans of the series and consider them rather simplistic and predictable. This is
not what we're looking for. Along that line, if the ghost turns out to be some
disgruntled innkeeper, woodsman, etc, pretending to be a ghost, that's not for
us.
Please do not submit stories about copyrighted characters you did not create.
We liked Jim West and Artamus Gordon, but they are someone else's creation and
we won't use them.
Submit stories as an attached file. We prefer WordPerfect or .RTF files. Send
in Word if you must, but be warned we have problems reading some versions of
Word. Please include a word count. Email to weird westerns@gmail.com All terms
by written contract. Payment for accepted stories is $10 and a copy of the
issue the story appears in. We will consider reprints, but the preference is
for original stories. This is a small press venture and is not expected to sell
in large numbers. For the latest information, visit our web site http://www.sciencefictiontrails.com
Before you submit, look over your submission. Have you included full contact
info on the first page of the manuscript? That means name, address, email &
phone #. Does your manuscript have a word count? If using an attached file, is
the file name similar to the story name? At the end of your story, did you
include the words "The End" or something similar so the editor is
certain he has the entire story?
Stories should be from 1K-7K words in length. Snail mail to: David B. Riley, PO
Box 8191, Avon CO 81620. Query if you need to, but the editor will not provide
story ideas. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2008.
MagusZine
Pays 3 to 5 Cents Per Word
Submissions should be between 1,000 and 4,000 words. Query if longer.
Payment is 3-5 cents per word upon acceptance of the final manuscript.
No Multiple Submissions
No Reprints
Let us know if this is a simultaneous submission and let us know if you receive an acceptance while we are still considering the story.
If you receive a rejection, please wait at least one month before submitting another story.
E-mail your
submission to:
davidus_montoyacus@yahoo.com
Attach the stories
as either .doc or .rtf files. Include the story as an attachment and not in the
body of the e-mail. Use the body of the e-mail for your cover letter.
Make sure your subject line reads:
SUBMISSION: “[Title of your Story]” by [Your Name].
Response Time: 3 Months. Query if longer.
Submission Format:
Submit stories in 12 point Times New Roman or Courier New. Stories should be double spaced.
Anthologies:
We currently have no anthologies that are open to submissions.
Art Submissions:
Send samples of
your artwork to davidus_montoyacus@yahoo.com
Use the subject line: ART QUERY.
The best advice I can give for querying about non-fiction is to be very specific. Essays are always welcome. You can query and see if I’m interested in a particular subject. I like history. I like folklore. Obviously, though, not all history and folklore interests me.
1,000-5,000 words. I like strange subject matter.
Necrology
Buys Art, Photos, Fiction, Poetry Non-Fiction, Cartoons
• Necrology Magazine is
looking for horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories that have a dark,
deathly ring. We want to see work built upon the masters, such as H.P.
Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Stephen King. Don’t repeat their work, expand
upon it. We prefer character-oriented stories. We publish fiction up to 15,000
words in length.
• We buy first North American and foreign serial rights and an option on
anthology rights. All other rights are retained by the author.
• Poetry should follow the same guidelines as fiction. Poetry can be in any form and up to 100 lines in length. Up to five poems may be submitted at one time.
• Do not query for fiction; send the entire manuscript.
• We prefer not to see more than one submission from a writer at a time.
• Payment for fiction $10.00 - 25.00 plus one contributor copy
• Payment for poetry: $1.00 – 20.00 plus one contributor copy
Non-Fiction Guidelines
• Necrology Magazine has a need for nonfiction articles. We publish nonfiction
up to 10,000 words in length.
• We buy first North American and foreign serial rights and an option on
anthology rights. All other rights are retained by the author.
• Needs: book or movie reviews, interviews, reviews of haunted building, houses, etc., informative articles about the genres we publish
• Do not query for nonfiction; send the entire article
• We prefer not to see more than one submission from a writer at a time.
• Payment for nonfiction $10.00 - 25.00 plus one contributor copy
Cartoon Guidelines
•We buy up to 20 cartoons per year. Payment for cartoons is $5.00 - $15.00.
•Cartoons should have a humorous outlook but still maintain relation to the
magazine content.
•Format can be one or multiple windows.
•Submit cartoons as jpg, gif, or Photoshop format.
•Credit line given.
•We only purchase color submissions for cover. All other work should be in
B&W.
•We purchase one time rights, plus the use of cartoon on our website.
• Payment for cartoons: $5.00 – 15.00 plus one contributor copy.
Artwork Guidelines
•We buy up to 20 pieces of artwork per year. Payment for artwork is $5.00 -
$20.00.
•Artwork should have a dark, sci-fi, or fantasy style and theme.
•Submit artwork as jpg, gif, or Photoshop format.
•Credit line given.
•We only purchase color submissions for cover. All other work should be in
B&W.
•We purchase one time rights, plus the use of artwork on our website.
Payment for artwork is: $5.00 – 20.00 plus one contributor copy.
Photo Guidelines
• Photo subject and theme is important. People's graves of notoriety in
history, crypts, unusual scenes, scary places, haunted buildings, and subjects
related are what we find interesting. We reject crime scene photos, accidents,
gore, and photos which fall into these areas.
• Credit line given.
• We buy up to 8 photos per year.
• Photos should be in B&W.
• We buy one time rights, plus the use of photo on our website.
• Payment for photos is $5.00 – 20.00.
Necrology Shorts Guidelines
• Necrology Shorts submissions MUST be under 3000 words in length. Shorts will
appear on the website with the option of placement in magazine. No guarantee is
given accepted story will appear in the magazine. Necrology Shorts submission
should follow the general fiction guideline set forth for fiction submissions.
• We buy first North American Rights and an option on anthology rights. All
other rights are retained by the author.
• Do not query send the entire manuscript.
• We prefer not to see more than one submission from a writer at a time.
• Payment for Necrology Shorts $1.00 - $5.00
How to submit your work
• Allow 8 weeks for a response for all submissions.
• Submissions can be made by US Mail or Email.
• Email submission should be made as attached files in the appropriate file
format for the media you are submitting.
• Email submissions send to: editor@necrologymag.com
• US Mail submissions should be on CD-ROM. SASE must be included with your
submission if you want it returned. Those submissions without SASE will NOT be
returned and response will not be sent to those not selected.
US Mail submission send to:
Attn: Submissions
Necrology Magazine
PO Box 510232
Saint Louis, MO 63151
USA
New Ceres
Token Payment to Semi-Pro
We are looking for fiction of any length, and short “non-fiction” articles that explain an aspect of the society, history or world of New Ceres. We anticipate that the contents of the first several issues will be a combination of solicited and unsolicited works.
Submissions will be open to
writers in any genre. The only proviso here is that your work must exist within
the context and reality of the world. We are equally happy to see swords at
sunset, romance, space opera, humour, social comedy, horror …there are as many
variants as there are writers.
You can pick up characters
already within or create new ones. You can have entire storylines within a
corner of this world that is your own. You can write in any genre (almost - we
do not pay for anything that cannot be viewed by a general audience) and use
any word length to a maximum payment of Aus$300.
Anything. Well, almost
anything. No erotica or excessive violence. You can use themes that have
already partly been explored, just as long as your story is well told and does
not copy what is already there. Just make your story your own - we do not want
stories that simply copy the life histories of characters already in our world.
Given the recent history of New Ceres, there is a high likelihood that lots of
people from Earth would end up there, out of necessity. And not only from
Earth. New Ceres has *so* many possibilities. Explore them.
If you are submitting an
unsolicited work, please take the time to read Issue 1 of New Ceres
in great detail. Also explore the world-building details available from the New
Ceres website. Substantial aspects of New Ceres will be left unfixed to
allow our writers to add their own original touches, but it’s important that
your story not contradict anything that has already been set in stone.
On the other hand, if your
story is brilliant enough, our editors will happily work with you to ensure
that the details correspond with the other works of New Ceres canon.
New Ceres pays 5¢ (AUS) a word for fiction up to a
maximum of Aus$300 per story. We pay between Aus$10 and Aus$20 per piece for
non fiction articles.
How can I submit?
Unsolicited stories should be formatted to standard manuscript guidelines and sent as an .rtf to ceressubs@gmail.com between 10 May 2007 and 1 November 2007 ONLY. All unsolicited stories received outside these dates will be deleted unread. There will be a further reading period in 2008.
New Ceres Universe Conditions of Use
1. The shared
world of New Ceres (and surrounding system) [hereafter referred to as SWNC] is
copyrighted under Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5, some
rights reserved.
2. SWNC includes all “canon”
information about the world, characters and history of New Ceres (and
surrounding system) contained within the New Ceres webzine and New
Ceres wikipedia (designated areas of website, specifically excluding
discussion forum)
3. The writers and artists who
contribute their works to New Ceres retain the copyrights to their
individual works of art or writing, and must be approached individually for
permission to reprint or otherwise use these works.
4. The standard contract for
the New Ceres webzine requires all writers to release the original
characters, world-building details and history contained within their individual
works into the SWNC, for common use.
5. If writers choose not to
release their original characters into the SWNC, these shall be deemed “closed
characters.” The New Ceres webzine will pay substantially less for
stories containing “closed characters.”
6. If a writer wishes to write
more than one story with the same character/s in a serial manner, they may
choose to designate certain original characters “reserved” which means that
other writers can use those characters but may not make irrevocable changes to
them or reveal new information about them except with permission of the
originating author. Characters may only be deemed “reserved” for limited
periods of time, which can be reassessed by the originating author in
consultation with the New Ceres Executive Board.
7. Anyone may set their own
artistic creations in SWNC (including but not exclusive to writing, visual
artwork, games, merchandise, webpages, films) and distribute these in any way
they wish, provided that they are not distributed for profit.
8. Anyone who wishes to set
their own artistic creations in SWNC (including but not exclusive to writing,
visual artwork, games, merchandise, web pages, films) that will be distributed
for commercial purposes, must first gain permission from the New Ceres
Executive Board (query email address provided). Depending on the nature of the
proposed project and the intent behind its intended distribution, the New
Ceres Executive Board may require a licensing fee, royalty agreement or
other condition before providing their permission.
Postcards from Hell
Pays Pro Rates
We have four basic
rules with which you must abide.
Rule Number One - Space Matters. Hell is full and there's precious
little money (because you can't take it with you), so there's not much room
around here to tell your story. We like stories that run about 500 words. More
is ok, but the closer you get to 1,000, the hotter the flames that spark from
our fingertips. If we like your story, we'll do our dead level best to make it
fit into a corset of demon bones and flayed human skin.
Rule Number Two - Content Matters. Postcards from Hell are horror
stories. Postcards from Uranus are science fiction stories. Postcards from The
Woody End are fantasy stories. If accepted for publication, your story will be
assigned one of these three categories. Beyond that, we are open to any
territorial crossings you care to explore, not limited to the three above-mentioned
genres, plus: future urban fantasy, steampunk science fiction, historic erotic
horror, western mystery monster, science fantasy thriller, or whatever strikes
your fancy. We're easy that way.
Rule Number Three - Contract Matters. If we accept your story for
publication in Postcards from..., you will be paid 5-cents per word.
Your story will be published at this website. We ask for both print and
electronic publication rights for one year from date of publication. The main
thing is, if we agree to publish your story, it's because we think it deserves
to be read and applauded and maybe optioned for a movie. So it will be
published, one way or another. In any case, you will be paid a professional
rate for it, and after a year, all rights return to you, but the story will be
archived here forever or until the end of the world.
Rule Number Four - Format Matters. For your story to be considered for
publication in Postcards from... it must first get by Lucky, our
three-headed Golden Retriever and Unholy Guardian of our Electronic Domain.
Lucky only accepts electronic submissions, so you must send your story to
editor[dot]fromhell[at]gmail[dot]com (if this makes no sense to you, ask
someone with sense to explain it).
· You must format your email subject thusly: "Submission - story title".
· You must include your name, address, email address and word count.
· You must place your story within the body of the email. If you send it as an attachment, your entire email will be consigned to the Lake of Fire unshriven and unread (unless you're really famous - we just love celebrities in hell). We are not interested in reading your biography, no matter how cleverly worded. Just send your story in the body of the email. We like bodies. We like to see what's inside them. We aren't so much interested in what's attached to them.
Axioms to Live By
Due to the volume of submissions, you are not likely to receive a detailed
response unless we have suggestions for a rewrite. However, you should hear
something from us fairly quickly. If we decide not to use your story, you will
probably receive an email that says, "Your story has been consigned to the
Lake of Fire. Have a nice day." Don't take it
personally. We're not nice people or we wouldn't be here. Most of the stories
we receive will be rejected. Just think of it as like going back to junior high
school and trying to find a date.
Profanity is ok, but any profanity in your story will be Beetle Bailey'd or
asterisked. And for God's sake, no pornography (heh, we love that joke).
Do not argue with the editor. He's from hell. He may look like a chihuahua, but
he'll eat you for lunch and spit out your bones. If your story is rejected,
don't embarrass yourself.
Reprints are bad, m'ok? (unless you're really famous, see note above)
Multiple submissions are bad, m'ok? Wait until you hear from us before
sending another story.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, as long as you confess beforehand, and let
us know if it's accepted for publication before we respond.
I am Minion. I have spoken. Now start writing, maggots.
Rage of the Behemoth
Pays 1¢ per word; $10 upon acceptance, with the
remainder paid after publication. Payment includes with one contributor's copy
The RotB Heroic Adventure Anthology will contain 21 stories about the biggest, baddest, boldest behemoths ever to roar across the pages of heroic adventure! 100,000+ words of monstrous mayhem record the ferocious battles that rage between gargantuan creatures of myth and legend and the warriors and wizards who wage war against, beside, and astride them. Behemoths and battles will be presented in four-story sections of five different habitats introduced by the stunning pen of Johnney Perkins: Frozen Wastes, Scalding Sands, Depthless Seas, Mysterious Jungles, and Ageless Mountains.
~ Cover art by John Whitman ~ The cover will appear as divided into the five terrains with a behemoth from one of the four stories in each. From left (back cover) to right: Frozen Wastes, Scalding Sands, Depthless Seas, Mysterious Jungles, Ageless Mountains.
Guidelines:
Behemoth and terrain must be featured in the story. The behemoth must play an
integral role in the story – all else regarding the creatures is free reign.
They can be good, bad, indifferent, the protagonist, the antagonist, sidekick,
human, animal, golem – whatever falls within the FSP genres.
Word Count: 3,000 – 7,000
Payment: 1¢ per word; paid $10 upon acceptance, remainder after publication
with 1 contributor's copy
Submissions:
Please submit your story attached as an .RTF file via email to jasonmwaltz@gmail.com.
Please use the subject line to reflect the habitat and title of your story as in
the following: Submission: RotB – Desert – Swan in Heat (For snail mail
instructions, please read the FSP Submissions policies).
Opened to submissions 1 June 2008
Target Submissions close 1
January 2009*
Target Publication 1 June 2009*
*Be advised that every section will have a different creature in each story -
so no repeats of behemoths within each habitat. This means that submissions can
only close and publication work begin once there is a different behemoth in
every terrain and all terrains are filled. The anthology will remain open until
such time. Keep track of available story slots here on the FSP RotB site, where
a list of up-to-date story acceptances in each terrain will be maintained.
If you're a writer, limber up those fingers and send those earth-shattering,
jaw-dropping, neck-craning, fear-inducing critter-tales to FSP now! If you're a
reader, prepare to tremble in your easy chairs and thank your gods that the
raging wars between man and beast are but words soon-to-be-held between your
sweaty palms!
St. Anthony Messenger
Pays $2/Line for Poetry (and no less than $20)
Information for Poetry Writers:
St. Anthony Messenger is a general-interest, family-oriented Catholic magazine. It is written and edited largely for people living in family situations or the family-like situations of Church and community. We want to help our readers better understand the teachings of the gospel and Catholic Church, and how they apply to life and the full range of problems confronting us as members of families, the Church and society.
The poetry we publish attempts to reflect the philosophy stated above.
Poetry is subjective, for the most part, but we do require that the poems we publish have most or all of these characteristics:
originality,
creativity in word choice, images and overall thought/idea,
Each section of the poem fitting together well with other sections,
subject matter somewhat universal in nature, or
a religious (in a broad sense, not theological) or family dimension.
We also publish poems outside of specifically religious themes, such as “nature.”
Both rhyming and non-rhyming materials are considered. We do not consider previously published poetry, or poetry submitted at the same time to other publications.
Each poetry submission should be typed, double-spaced on a separate piece of paper. Your name, address and either e-mail or work phone number should be typed at the top. Address poetry to: Poetry Editor, St. Anthony Messenger (see address below).
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT POEMS LONGER THAN 20-25 LINES—the shorter, the better. Due to space limitations, the poetry section does not appear every month. When space is available for it, there is room for only one page of poetry (four to five poems at the most). Therefore, OUR POETRY NEEDS ARE VERY LIMITED.
Because we prefer to give as many people as possible the chance to be published poets, we do not buy “collections” of poems for publication (that is the role of poetry book publishers), nor do we usually buy more than a few works from each poet a year. And while we pay on acceptance, publication may not follow for a considerable length of time. When a poem is published, the poet receives two complimentary copies of the issue in which it appears.
WE PAY $2 (two dollars) PER LINE for each poem purchased—and no less than $20.00. We try to return poems not accepted within FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. Please do not write or phone to ask if your poem has been received until that amount of time has passed. Poetry WILL NOT BE RETURNED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. We assume no responsibility for material damaged or lost, and advise poets to keep a copy of