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7 Mar 2015

The publisher of Science Fiction Trails and Steampunk Trails magazines has combined the two to create a new magazine called Story Emporium, which will contain stories of science fiction, steampunk, and influences of the weird western ...
Payment: $20/story

Fiction Submissions
http://steampunktrails.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html[/size]

7 Mar 2015

The Writer's Chronicle, a pro-level magazine on the business and craft of writing, has re-opened for submissions. The editors are currently accepting the following from freelance writers: Interviews with prominent and emerging authors who are newsworthy in their genres ...
Payment: up to $850/article

Submission Guidelines
https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_submission_guidelines[/size]

7 Mar 2015

Speculative fiction publisher Broken Eye Books will be opening a special reading period to curate alternate history steampunk ghost stories for a forthcoming anthology titled, Ghost in the Cogs ...
Payment: 6 cents/word

Announcing Two New Anthologies
http://brokeneyebooks.com/2015/01/announcing-two-new-anthologies[/size]

7 Mar 2015

Writers are invited to submit works of fiction and nonfiction to Midnight Breakfast, a relatively new literary journal that debuted Issue 0 last year. Led by Editor-in-Chief Rebecca Rubenstein, the editorial team is reading for Issue 8 and beyond ...
Payment: $50

Submissions
http://midnightbreakfast.com/submissions/[/size]

7 Mar 2015

Flash Fiction Online (est. 2007) is currently accepting original short fiction stories, 500 to 1K words, in any genre, whether speculative, experimental, or modern. This includes dark sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, crime, horror, and even literary ...
Payment: $60/story

Submission Guidelines
http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

IMAGINATE magazine has issued a call for submissions to review prose and poetry for the premiere issue debuting June 1, 2015. The editors invite writers to submit short stories, flash fiction, and poetry ...
Payment: 5 cents/word

Call For Submissions
http://imaginatezone.com/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

Quote by rolandlytle

Thank you Alan. I think I may have a piece that is already more than half done that may be just right for this.

I say "Go for it"...and wishing you the best of luck there Sir...

6 Mar 2015

Crossed Genres (est. 2008), the magazine of speculative fiction stories, will be opening a new reading period (starting MARCH 1st) to curate stories for the July 2015 issue. Instead of a theme upon which to base a story, the editors are experimenting with story length ...
Payment: 6 cents/word

Submissions
http://crossedgenres.com/submissions/magazine/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

Nightmare magazine Open to Horror Stories
Nightmare magazine, an online horror zine published monthly, is currently open to general submissions. Led by Editor-in-chief John Joseph Adams, the staff is accepting fiction stories of horror and dark fantasy (i.e. zombies, haunted houses, psychological thrillers, etc.) ...
Payment: 6 cents/word

Writers’ Guidelines
http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/about/guidelines/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

'New Legends: Fantasy Anthology' Needs Fantasy Tales
Indie publisher Visual Adjectives is producing a phantasmagorical fantasy anthology called New Legends: Fantasy Anthology, which will include characters and plots that fit into the fantasy genre ...
Payment: $25/story

New Legends: Fantasy
http://www.visualadjectives.com/main/new-legends-fantasy/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

Hidden Clearing Books, LLC (est. 2013) is currently accepting submissions of short fiction or long verse works for its Shorties line of booklets. These are short-run (about 20 copies), in-house printed booklets ...
Payment: $15

Submissions
https://hiddenclearingbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/[/size]

6 Mar 2015

'The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales' Needs Crime/Mystery Stories
Experienced editor and anthologist Maxim Jakubowski is soliciting crime and mystery stories for The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Tales, a forthcoming anthology of riveting tales that rely on the crimes and identities of Jack the Ripper ...
Payment: $215/story

Calls for Submission - Maxim Jakubowski
http://maximjakubowski.co.uk/calls-for-submissions/[/size]

2 Mar 2015

Quote by paulus

That is how I approached it once when posting limericks, but the truth is, that you don't have to join to be able to read the forum entries.

True that, so consider that when posting in the forum that everything you say is basically public...so while we don't have an actual rating system for forum posts, consider that anyone...your mother, your boss, your co-workers, your wife, your sister...anyone...can come along and read whatever you post here...

That fact tends to keep most people in line, and prevents most people from spewing off rants and insults or whatever at others, because most people realize stuff like that only makes them look like immature idiots...and for the most part, that works to the extent that the forum is somewhat self-policing...

Occasionally we get people who act a bit immature, and that's where the mods may have to step in...but really, for the most part people realize that everything here is public and can be viewed by anyone with an internet connection and behave accordingly...

28 Feb 2015

Quote by authorised1960

This should answer your query:

http://www.storiesspace.com/forum/yaf_postst2826_Image-Upload-Problems.aspx[/quote]

There's a few problems we're having with the site at the moment, and I'm told it has something to do with a recent upgrade...not only are images not visible, but none of the audio stories are visible at the moment, for instance...and I have a feeling there are other less obvious issues we don't even know about...

Anyway...we have our top computer techs working on the issues...so please stand by...we appreciate your patience...

And the call center is on duty as well...

26 Feb 2015

Writing for comics can be fun, but usually for profit shares rather than work for hire, unless you can wangle a job with one of the big boys in the trade...check it out my comic friends... happy8

happy8

The Definitive List of Comic Publisher Submission Guidelines
http://jasonthibault.com/definitive-list-comic-publisher-submission-guidelines/[/size]

24 Feb 2015

Quote by nekala20
I would have preferred if she had told what she thought so that I could make the changes in case it was something important that was needed for the plot.

You're right...it should always be the author who makes the changes, not anyone else...I've worked with professional editors, and the correct way to do it is for them to highlight what they have issues with, and then leave notes in the comment section on the side...you can do this in either MS Word, or Google Docs, or whatever...this is a couple of pages of my story "Sexual Healing" after I got it back from editor Rosemary J. Kind as an example...

But yeah...you should end up with a bunch of pages that look like this...or red underlines in MS Word...I'm just posting two pages to give you an idea...

24 Feb 2015

Quote by Circle_Something

Do you draft your stories?

Haven't done any of that crap yet, with the exception of my story "Sexual Healing" everything on this site is a first draft. That was revised with the help of editor Rosemary Kind for publication on her Alfie Dog site, and later in my own book...as some here may be aware, the original was sort of "semi-erotic"...but other than that, everything else here is a "first draft"...I mean, there are a few misplaced words that people have pointed out that have been corrected, that sort of thing, but other than that one story, nothing here remotely resembles a second draft...

Generally, when I type the last words of a story, and the date I finished it, I will publish it here or wherever...and sometimes I don't even read it until days later...seems to work for me...

Btw...I couldn't even imagine doing a second draft without the help of an editor...wouldn't even know where to start...

22 Feb 2015

Quote by JustMolly
I miss all those shops that used to sell scoops of icecream in a cone.

They still have those around here, just not as many as there used to be...the Colonia Dairy Maid, for instance, which is in walking distance from my mom's house where I grew up, is still in business since the 50's...there used to be a Carvel right down the street, not sure if that's still there though...

Quote by HK4167
$1.99/gallon gas

It's back...for a bit anyway...don't have a car at the moment, so can't really appreciate it...I would prefer going back a bit further myself, and yeah, I do recall prices like this...

Quote by the_enchantress
Traveling the good old US of A and NOT having to worry about bed bugs.

This is why I don't like travel much now. Fear of getting bed bugs!!

Interesting...hadn't thought about the travel aspect, since I don't travel much, but I did live in a place that had them in 2010...and yeah, they're rather annoying...you wake up itching every morning, though you don't normally ever see them...I didn't anyway...which is just as well btw...

A lot of these things mentioned here are still around, you just don't see them much...one thing I miss around here is pay phones...I know most people have cell phones these days, but sometimes the battery runs out, or you can't get a signal, or something happens...and it's nice to be able to pull over and use a phone...

22 Feb 2015

Not in the mood to write a limerick,
Just the thought of it is making me sick,
So I'll just type some random crap,
Then go back to taking a nap,
And just get this thing over real quick.

22 Feb 2015

Damn snow is falling,
Inside I will be staying.
Weather's appalling.

21 Feb 2015

Quote by authorised1960

I have always liked the idea of calling my book Look Through Any Window because the stuff I write mainly involves people and things that go on behind closed doors.

Not a bad title...just reminds me of a Hollies song...and btw, if you do plan any sort of writing career in earnest, you might want to think of more than one title...just sayin'

21 Feb 2015

If you want to read a limerick that's really bad,
So poorly written that it's really sad,
The fact that you're reading this,
Surely means something's amiss,
And it's so bad and sad, it'll make you mad.

21 Feb 2015

Quote by Rebellious_Soul
Error 404
Haiku cannot be found
Try again later

Control Alt Delete
New Haiku loading real soon
Just a bit more time.

19 Feb 2015

I wish I had the luxury of a fireplace,
But looking around that's hardly the case,
It's just my little rented room,
About the size of a tomb,
And not much in the way of space.

19 Feb 2015

It is incredibly cold outside,
With ice that'll make you slip and slide,
But let that wind blow,
'Cause I have nowhere to go,
So I'll just stay in and hide.

19 Feb 2015

Quote by magnificent1rascal
Hmm...I'm not really sure I'd want the 'Lazy Fascist Review' on my list of published works, lol.

I can understand your point, though if I excluded every journal I didn't like the name of...well, let's just say my list of published works would be a bit smaller...

I was trying to see if they have any respectability out there in the literary world...found brief mention here of the publisher...

Tideland Books & Bottle Shop
http://electricliterature.com/tideland-books-bottle-shop/

Over 1100 likes on their FB page...then again, I have over 1100 likes on my FB page as well...

Lazy Fascist Press - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/lazyfascist

Interesting, not a whole lot about Lazy Fascist Review or Press, they might be too new...but I see that Lazy Fascist Press is an imprint of Eraserhead Press...and they seem to have a lot going on, basically centered around this cult genre...

Bizarro fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_fiction

I didn't read the whole Wiki article, but it seems sort of interesting...in case you want to get your foot in the door of the Bizarro Fiction world...

Bizarro Central
http://bizarrocentral.com/category/eraserhead-press/

Not sure if any of that helps btw... dontknow

dontknow

19 Feb 2015

Lazy Fascist Review, a journal of experimental fiction stories published biannually by Eraserhead Press, is planning a special "Lovecraftiana"-themed issue, pairing the Bizarro genre with the themes commonly used in Mythos fiction ...
Payment: $75/story

lazy fascist review
http://mollytanzer.com/category/writing/lazy-fascist-review/[/size]

18 Feb 2015

Quote by authorised1960

the same people who
told us the world is not flat
Spoilsports all of them!

The world is not flat
Well, is that really a fact?
Don't trust all you hear.

17 Feb 2015

Quote by Dreamcatcher
lol.. an old joke.. "Maybe we could go out sometime when you have no class"...

A Rodney Dangerfield movie, no? "Back To School" or something...saw it in the movies some years back...

16 Feb 2015

Why is it Haiku?
Is there a low coo out there?
Who decides this crap?