CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 9, No. 1 9 October 2001 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE News Publication Notes Deadlines Anthology Low Port (gls) Contest Writers of the Future Contest (gls) Market Guidelines Black Gate (gls) Chiaroscuro (gls) Dragons, Knights, and Angels Magazine (gls) Ideomancer (gls) Twilight Showcase (gls) Vestal Review (gls) Market Information Aboriginal Science Fiction (dead) Amelia (dead) Analog Black Gate Darkling Plain (hiatus) Dark Matter Chronicles (dead) Dark Regions Dragon Magazine Hadrosaur Tales Indigenous Fiction (hiatus) Jackhammer E-zine (dead) Talebones Weird Tales The Plot Thickens ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS PUBLICATION NOTES =Dragons, Knights, and Angels= webzine (www.dkamagazine.net) currently has a story by Derryl Murphy, "The New Song," in their October 2001 issue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINES Check out the CALLIHOO website, listed above, for more information on these contests, magazine issues, and anthologies. (Where it says "GLs in Vol. X No. Y," these are volume and issue of the CALLIHOO newsletter.) Writers of the Future, 1st quarter 2002 Deadline 31 December 2001 [$1000 first, $750 2nd, $500 3rd place. No entry fee. L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, P.O. Box 1630-JBW, Los Angeles, CA 90078. (GLs in Vol.9, No. 1)] Low Port Deadline July 2002 [Open antho, SF/F 3,000 to 10,000 wds, pays 5-8 cents/wd. on accept, reading between Sept 2001 and July 2002. No electronic subm., Low Port, Lee and Miller, P.O. Box 179, Unity, Maine 04988-0179. (GLs in Vol 9, No. 1)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHOLOGY LOW PORT [Open antho, SF/F 3,000 to 10,000 wds, pays 5-8 cents/wd. on accept, reading between Sept 2001 and July 2002. No electronic subm.] Low Port Lee and Miller P.O. Box 179 Unity, Maine 04988-0179 Concept: Throughout history- real and imagined -there have always been those who, through choice or necessity, have lived, worked, loved, and sometimes died, in the low port of their era. There always will be a low port, of course, and our intent is to collect original science fiction and science fantasy stories exploring the lives and adventures of the scrapin'-by folk not the star captains in their glittery tradeships, or the merchants in their silks, but the people who work on the docks, or who steal, or whore, or minister, or who dream of getting out. This is *NOT* a shared Liaden Universe anthology. Details: Open Anthology Soliciting: Science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, genre benders (sf/f and mystery; sf/f and romance, the ever-popular etcetera). No horror (as in graphic blood 'n guts; we'd love to see a good ghost story) Accepting stories: from 3,000 to 10,000 words Reading: between September 2001 and July 2002. No electronic submissions, please. We will ask for .rtf file of accepted stories. Payment: $.05-$.08 per word, on acceptance Royalties: Distributed prorata based on the number of stories in the book, rather than word count. Projected publication date: September 2003, premiering at TorCon 3, the 61st World Science Fiction Convention Submit to: Low Port, Lee and Miller, P.O. Box 179, Unity, Maine 04988-0179 Questions: Sharon Lee rolanni@korval.com or Steve Miller srm@korval.com CONTEST L. Ron Hubbard's WRITERS OF THE FUTURE Contest [Quarterly contest, SF/F/H to 17,000 wds, open only to new/amateur writers, no entry fee, mss. in contest format, 1st prize $1,000, 2nd prize $750, 3rd prize $500, no electronic subm.] * An international search for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelets of science fiction or fantasy * No entry fee is required * Entrants retain all publication rights All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. Prizes every three months: $1000, $750, $500. Annual grand prize: $4000 additional! Don't Delay! Send Your Entry To: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of The Future Contest P.O. Box 1630-JBW Los Angeles, CA 90078 Contest Rules 1. No entry fee is required, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author. All types of science fiction, fantasy and horror with fantastic elements are welcome; every entry is judged on its own merits only. 2. All entries must be original works in English. Plagiarism, which includes poetry, song lyrics, characters or another person's world will result in disqualification. Submitted works may not have been previously published in professional media. 3. Eligible entries must be works of prose, either short stories or novelets under 17,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry or works intended for children. Excessive violence or sex will result in disqualification. 4. The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits. 5. Entries must be typewritten and double spaced with numbered pages (computer-printer output O.K.) Each entry must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author's name, address and telephone number, and an approximate word-count. The manuscript itself should be titled and numbered on every page, but the AUTHOR'S NAME MUST BE DELETED to facilitate fair judging. 6. Manuscripts will be returned after judging. Entries MUST include a self-addressed return envelope. U.S. return envelopes MUST be stamped; others may enclose international postal reply coupons. 7. There shall be three cash prizes in each quarter: 1st Prize of $1000, 2nd Prize of $750, and 3rd Prize of $500, in U.S. dollars or the recipient's locally equivalent amount. In addition, there shall be a further cash prize of $4000 to the Grand Prize winner, who will be selected from among the 1st Prize winners for the period of October 1 through September 30. All winners will also receive trophies or certificates. 8. The Contest will continue yearly with the following quarterly periods: October 1 - December 31 January 1 - March 31 April 1 - June 30 July 1 - September 30 The year will end on September 30. To be eligible for judging in its quarter, an entry must be postmarked no later than midnight on the last day of the quarter. 9. Each entrant may submit only one manuscript per quarter. Winners in a quarterly judging are ineligible to make further entries in the Contest. 10. All entries for each quarter are final. No revisions are accepted. 11. Entries will be judged by professional authors. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own, and are final. 12. Winners in each Quarter will be individually notified of the results by mail. 13. This contest is void where prohibited by law. http://www.writersofthefuture.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET GUIDELINES BLACK GATE, ADVENTURES IN FANTASY LITERATURE [Quarterly printzine, F to 25,000 wds, pays 3-6 cents/wd. on accept. Electronic subm okay.] New Epoch Press Attn: Submissions Dept 815 Oak Street St. Charles, IL 60174 submissions@blackgate.com http://www.blackgate.com/index.htm What We're Looking For =Black Gate= publishes epic fantasy fiction at all lengths (including novel excerpts), articles, interviews, news and reviews. We are looking for adventure-oriented fantasy fiction suitable for all ages--including urban fantasy, sword & sorcery, dark fantasy/horror, "magic realism" and romantic fantasy--as long as it is well written and original. We buy first North American serial and electronic publication rights. We pay 6 cents/word for fiction up to 7,000 words, $420 from 7,000 to 14,000 words, and 3 cents/word at all greater lengths, on acceptance. We pay 3 cents/word for all non-fiction. =Black Gate= is also looking for artists--for line art, comics, and cartoons. If you have an online portfolio full of dynamic, fun b&w art, don't hesitate to contact us. Editorial Process All fiction submissions to =Black Gate= are first reviewed by our fiction readers. Approximately 20-30 manuscripts per month are passed along to =Black Gate='s editor, John O'Neill. As we are a quarterly publication, we currently have space to purchase a maximum of one or two per month. If your story is not accepted for publication, don't be discouraged. =Black Gate= is a market with very specific needs. We try to offer feedback on virtually every story we receive, and always enjoy working with new authors. Response Time Our current response time for first reading is two months. For those considered for publication, it is an additional 2-3 months. Submissions =Black Gate= accepts both electronic and physical submissions. Submission address is: New Epoch Press, Attn: Submissions Dept, 815 Oak Street, St. Charles, IL 60174 submissions@blackgate.com Physical submissions must contain a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) or an e-mail address. Please only send us disposable manuscripts. If you would like your manuscript returned, please so indicate (clearly) on your cover letter, and make sure you have sufficient postage on your return envelope. Electronic submissions must be sent as plain text pasted into the body of an e-mail message, not as an attachment or separate file (which are more prone to carrying viruses). To safeguard our computer systems, submissions sent as attachments will be deleted unread. Novels and Serials We are interested in publishing longer works of heroic and epic fantasy, including novels, novel excerpts, and serials. Please query first for any work exceeding 25,000 words. [http://www.blackgate.com/bg/guide.htm CHIAROSCURO, TREATMENTS OF LIGHT AND SHADE IN WORDS [Quarterly webzine, H to 5,000 wds, pays 3 cents/wd. Sim subs okay; no mult subm. Electronic subm only.] FICTION SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Fiction submissions will be closed from September 1st - November 30th 2001 * Dark. * Well-written. * 5,000 words or less. * Rich Text Format or body of an email (with italics somehow denoted). * No reprints. * Simultaneous submissions okay, as long as you tell us it's simultaneous. * No multiple submissions. We want only your best. Payment: 3 cents per word. Go to it. fiction@chizine.com (Submissions sent to any other address will be deleted unread.) Response time: 1 hour to 3 months POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Poetry submissions are currently closed until January 1st 2002 (1) Must be good poetry, first of all. There is a lot of bad poetry out there, and the Internet seems to have given all the would-be poets of the world free license to print whatever drivel they please on everybody-and-his-brother's website. =ChiZine= is not the venue for that. Don't send me any old crap. I will print only the best. If I don't get enough good poetry one month, the poetry section will go on hiatus until the next month. (2) Must be of a "dark" nature. Remember, too, that =The Chiaroscuro='s theme is "Treatment of Light and Shade in Words." But there's always leeway. (3) Reprints are okay but NOT if the poem has appeared elsewhere on the Internet. (4) All kinds of verse accepted: formal, informal, free verse, haiku, prose poems, etc. I might even consider a limerick if it met the guidelines. I'm not a big fan of "found poetry," mostly because I think it's cheating, but you can always try me. (Note: if you're writing formal verse, bear in mind that people like Shakespeare and Donne and Keats already did it better than most of us will ever be able to manage in our entire lifetimes. If you're going to risk formal verse, make really sure you know what you're doing.) (5) No length restrictions. It can be 3 lines. It can be 200 lines. But be reasonable. Extremely long poems will in all likelihood be read with a more jaundiced eye than their shorter confrŠres. If it's 200 lines, you better wow me. (6) No clich‚s. Or I'll slap you. I mean it. (7) No J.R.R. Tolkien riffs. You know what? Tolkien already wrote his own poetry for the Middle Earth books and he did it better than you. If I see something called "Ode to Aragorn and Arwen Evenstar On Their Handfasting," I will delete it immediately and spam you for life. (8) Do not bore me. I want to be moved or disturbed or made to think. I want imaginative, clever, thoughtful, thought-provoking, witty, sly, cunning, elegant, intelligent, lyrical poetry. Or any combination thereof. I want you to make me go, "Oooooh." (9) No elves under any circumstances whatsoever. (10) No simultaneous submissions. (11) Payment is $5 per poem. (Rates may increase as time goes on.) We will purchase 6 poems per issue, and will have them up on the site for the three months the issue is up. After the issue is "over", the poems are then archived for one year. Once the poem is in the archives, you may sell it again elsewhere. If =ChiZine= is the first place your poem was ever published, please give us copyright credit when it is reprinted. Remember, it's the polite thing to do, and it is actually the law. (12) The author retains the copyright. However, =ChiZine= retains an option to publish the poem(s) as part of a "best of" anthology to be determined at a later date. (13) Don't send query letters. Just send the damn poetry already. (14) Absolutely no rhyming poetry whatsoever! (15) Submissions should be sent via e-mail to poetry@chizine.com (Submissions sent to any other address will be deleted unread.) Response time: 1 hour to 3 months Submissions should ONLY be sent in the body of the e-mail. I've changed my mind about this. No attachments whatsoever from now on. Sandra Kasturi, Poetry Editor, ChiZine and Part-time Stormtrooper "Warning Haiku for Poetry Submissions" by Trish Macomber: Rhyming poetry Good verse gone terribly bad Bad poets! Bad! Bad! BOOK REVIEW GUIDELINES HAIKU (by David Niall Wilson): Books, like petals fall Words surround us, time does not Some will be reviewed chi@thechiaroscuro.com (Requests sent to any other address will be deleted unread.) [http://www.gothic.net/chiaroscuro/chizine/submissions.htm DRAGONS, KNIGHTS, AND ANGELS MAGAZINE [Quarterly webzine, Christian-themed SF/F to 4,000 wds, pays 1- 1/2 cents/wd. to $30 on accept. E-mail subm preferred.] =DKA Magazine= has updated guidelines and new reading periods. DKA Magazine 5461 W. 4605 S. West Valley City, UT 84120 dkamagazine@quixnet.net www.dkamagazine.com Editor's Note (Sept 6, 2001): To consolidate resources we will be discontinuing our print edition of =DKA Magazine=. The online version will continue, but there will be a shift in our publishing schedule. =DKA Magazine= will still be quarterly, but will come out in December, March, June, and September. This will allow us to do a Christmas themed issue, which will be nice since this is a Christian publication. All of the slots for our October issue are now filled. We will read for our December issue during October. Please note this change in our guidelines: =DKA Magazine= will now only accept submissions during our reading periods, October, January, April, and July. Rebecca Shelley Editor, DKA Magazine =DKA Magazine= is founded on the idea that the power of God is the greatest magic of all. While the stories we publish do not need to have an obvious moral, the protagonists must be motivated by moral values, or learn some moral value by the end of the story. This is a family magazine, so keep that in mind regarding language and content of the stories you submit. Please no Profanity. We're getting too many mushy "Not-Plots." Remember, a short story needs a beginning, middle and end, and must have conflict. The battle between good and evil is an integral part of fantasy. Don't be afraid to use it. We are also getting too many stories and poems that are either Christian themed, but not Science Fiction and Fantasy, or that are SF & F, but have no Christian elements in them. We are looking for a mix of the two. The majority of the pieces we reject are for this reason. E-mail submissions to dkamagazine@quixnet.net or mail submissions to: DKA Magazine, 5461 W. 4605 S., West Valley City, UT 84120. We prefer e-mail submissions. E-mail submission guidelines: Please send your stories as attachments in WordPerfect(wpd), Word(doc), or RTF format. We will not open attachments in other formats (this is for virus control). If you can't do one of those formats, then send your story in the body of the e-mail. We do however, prefer the story as an attachment because it saves hours of work formatting should your story be accepted. =DKA Magazine= will accept submissions only during our reading periods October, January, April, and July. The December issue of =DKA Magazine= will have a Christmas theme. Please send Christmas SF&F stories during the October reading period. We pay: 1 1/2 cent per word for short stories up to 2000 words. $30 flat rate for stories over 2000 words (not to exceed 4000 words) $10 per poem. $15 for art work (e-mail submissions only attached as TIFF or JPG) We pay on acceptance of works. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 7 Sep 2001] IDEOMANCER [Webzine, F/SF/H to 5,000 wds, pays to $20 per story on accept. Electronic subm only.] submissions@ideomancer.com http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm Annotated Guidelines and Sage Advice =Ideomancer= publishes fiction, or interesting lies. But the stories we publish will also be honest. Which means plausible and affecting. It's only words...unless it's true. But if you wish to reach the highest truths, please begin with the alphabet. And if it takes more than 5000 words to say what you want to say, give it more thought. More specifically, =Ideomancer= publishes speculative fiction of the following kinds: Science Fiction Submit: submissions@ideomancer.com Subject: Submission: Science Fiction - {Your story title here} "The universe is not only queerer than we imagine, it's queerer than we CAN imagine." Haldane Fantasy Submit: submissions@ideomancer.com Subject: Submission: Fantasy - {Your story title here} "Such stuff as dreams are made on." Shakespeare Horror Submit: submissions@ideomancer.com Subject: Submission: Horror - {Your story title here} "I wants to make your flesh creep." Dickens Slipstream Submit: submissions@ideomancer.com Subject: Submission: Slipstream - {Your story title here} "It takes great cleverness to conceal one's cleverness." Rochefoucauld Flash Submit: submissions@ideomancer.com Subject: Submission: Slipstream - {Your story title here} "I strive to be brief, and I become obscure." Horace If you are unfamiliar with any of the above terms (or accompanying quotations), you are hopelessly out of touch--and we are especially interested in seeing your work.* Simply pick a genre at random and submit. If your submission excites us, we'll know how to properly label it, since we're much wiser than you. If it doesn't excite us--for one ridiculous reason or another-- we'll at least send along a discerning rejection letter to you as proof that we actually read your story. Do - Attach submissions to an email in .RTF or .DOC in standard manuscript format. No submissions in the body of the email. Otherwise, we'll call you imaginative names. - Type "Submission" in the subject line. If you can't manage that, use the link, we've done it for you. Otherwise, same as above. Only less imaginative. - Include the following in your cover letters: 1) Author's name. 2) Title. 3) Genre. 4) Word count. 5) Snailmail address. 6) Short bio and links. 7) Your email address. * For those still curious about what excites =Ideomancer='s editors, consider reading their bios. But consider carefully. Don't - No flash stories longer than 500 words. - No reprints unless we invited you. - No simultaneous submissions. - No copyrighted characters. - No boring characters. Unless they're sexy. - No long cover letters. Unless they're sexy. - No Pretentious quotations, unless they're ours. Compensation For fiction between 500 and 5000 words =Ideomancer= pays US$20 per story. For Flash fiction we pay professional rates between US3 cents and US10 cents per word - Stories up to 100 words (excluding the title)--US10 cents a word. - Stories between 101 and 200 words--US5 cents a word. - Stories between 201 and 500 words--US3 cents a word. Payment on acceptance. Rights Much as we'd love to own your soul, we buy First Worldwide Electronic Rights, including no posting of the accepted story anywhere, on the Web or in print, for 3 months after its exclusive appearance in =Ideomancer=. After this period, all rights revert back to the author, but please acknowledge =Ideomancer= in any subsequent publishing of the story. We ask for the right to archive the story until requested to do otherwise by the author. [http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm] TWILIGHT SHOWCASE [Quarterly webzine, H 1000-3500 wds, pays 3 cents/wd on pub. No reprints, sim or mult subm. Reading periods 1-30 Nov, 1-28 Feb, 1-31 May, 1-31 Aug. Electronic subm. only.] submissions@twilightshowcase.com http://www.twilightshowcase.com/ Submission Guidelines =Twilight Showcase= has four reading periods per year for fiction submissions. The reading periods are Nov. 1-30, Feb. 1-28, May 1-31 and August 1-31. Stories submitted outside these reading periods will not be considered. Submissions should fall somewhere within the realm of horror, be it traditional or non-traditional. We do not publish pornography; sex and erotica will be considered within the larger context of a horror story. We do not publish stories of child abuse or child endangerment, unless it is integral to the story. Please, no "it-was-just-a-dream" stories. We seldom publish vampire fiction. For the best idea of what we're seeking, read what we're publishing. *No reprints. No simultaneous submissions. No multiple submissions.* Submissions should be in the 1000-3500 word range; *query for longer*. Submissions should be carefully edited and emailed to submissions@twilightshowcase.com. The word "Submission" and your story title should appear as the subject line. Please paste the story into the body of your email and attach it as an MSWord document. This will help us expedite the handling of your manuscript. You can expect a reply in thirty to sixty days. We pay three cents per word on publication. We will claim First Serial Rights, exclusive to =Twilight Showcase= for ninety days. We do not pay kill fees. We archive only in special cases, and reach agreements with all involved authors prior to doing so. Finally, if you disregard anything in bold print, count on a rejection. Cover Art =Twilight Showcase= is always on the look-out for cover art, as we use one piece per month. If you have something you'd like to show us, please contact us at strangeconcepts@rica.net. We pay $15.00 U.S. for each piece of cover art we use. [http://www.twilightshowcase.com/email.htm#subs] VESTAL REVIEW [Quarterly webzine, short-short stories to 500 words, pays 10 cents/wd to 100 wds, 5 cents/wd 101-200 wds, 3 cents/wd 201-500 wds, $25 flat fee for stories of merit. No reprints, no hard SF. Sim & mult subm okay. Electronic subm only. Does not read in Mar, Jun, Sept and Dec.] editor@stny.rr.com http://www.vestalreview.net/selection.html =Vestal Review= is a magazine for flash (short shorts) fiction. We are accepting up to eight flash fiction stories per issue. We realize that there are different definitions of what a flash story is and all of them have merit. In our definition, a flash story is no longer than 500 words and it has a plot. If it's longer than 500 words and/or has no plot, we are not interested. We are also not interested in porn, racial slurs, excessive gore, or obscenity. On the other end of the spectrum, no children's or preachy stories either, please. Our target audience is people over 18, so R-rated content is OK, but not X-rated. Most genres, other than children's, syrupy romance or hard science fiction, are accepted--and we love humor. Here is what we consider the ideal flash (78 words), by Martin Niemoller. This is far from humor, but... "First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist-- so I said nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats, but I was not a Social Democrat--so I did nothing. Then came the trade unionists, but I was not a trade unionist. And then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew--so I did little. Then when they came for me, there was no one left who could stand up for me." Don't forget that the title is an important part of the story. Make it pertinent but don't tell too much either. We generally don't favor one-word titles. We are paying professional rates now. The payment rates are as follows: Stories up to 100 words (excluding the title)--10 cents a word. Stories between 101 and 200 words--5 cents a word. Stories between 201 and 500 words--3 cents a word. Stories of great merit receive up to $25 flat fee; 3 cents a word is a minimum pay in any case. Foreign writers will be paid in Amazon gift certificates unless other arrangement is made. In exchange for these fees, we are asking for First Electronic Rights, including no posting of the accepted story anywhere, on the Web or in print, for 120 days after its exclusive appearance on the =Vestal Review= Web site (don't forget, we are a quarterly magazine). After this period, all rights revert back to the writer but we ask that you acknowledge =Vestal Review= in any subsequent printing of the material published here, be that on the Web or in hard copy. We are also asking for one year archiving rights and anthology rights. Anthology rights are secondary, meaning that the author may sell his or her story to any other anthology market providing that 120 days passed after the =Vestal Review= publication. The author is expected to sign the contract found at http://www.vestalreview.net/samplecontract.html Being writers, we understand the frustration of waiting for months and months for an editor's reply. Our target is to reply within two weeks, and we do allow simultaneous submissions. Please inform us immediately if your story is accepted elsewhere. If your story is accepted for =Vestal Review=, please withdraw it from other markets immediately. Multiple submissions are OK but please limit them to three per reading period (the time between two consecutive issues). Each multiple has to be submitted in a separate e-mail. All submissions should be sent electronically to this address: editor@stny.rr.com. They should be pasted in the body of your e-mail. No attachments of any kind, please. This means no HTML either. Please indicate italics with asterisks (*). Don't indent paragraphs and do insert a blank line between paragraphs. Put the word Submission in the subject, followed by a colon and the title of your story. Alternative address for submissions (in emergency only) is this address: vreditor@hotmail.com. Issue 8, due on January 1, 2002 will not have a theme. Effective March 1, 2001, we are introducing reading periods. We will not read in March, June, September and December. All stories submitted during these four months will be returned unread. =Vestal Review= is a quarterly publication and accepts only original material. No reprints, please. Even if it has been displayed on your own Web page, we consider it published. Yet if John Updike sends his previously published story, who are we to say no? If the story has been posted and reviewed at a password-protected e-workshop with a controlled list of participants, we consider this a plus. These guidelines are created to make the editors' lives easier and our replies faster. If you won't follow them, we will have to return your submission unread! A cover letter is fine. We would like to know whom we are dealing with. Don't forget your legal name and the postal address so we can mail you the check. So, please send us your best and let's work together. We now meet all the criteria for professional publication as defined by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and therefore a publication in =VR= might count as a credit toward SFWA membership, depending on the payment (you do the math). [http://www.vestalreview.net/submissions.htm http://www.vestalreview.net/announceSF.html] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION ABORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION (Statement from Warren Lapine on sff.publishing.dnapublications news group.) The 2nd Renaissance Foundation Inc. and DNA have announced that =Aboriginal Science Fiction= will no longer be published. Stories and illustrations scheduled for the next several issues of =Aboriginal= will appear in DNA's publication =Absolute Magnitude=. =Aboriginal= subscribers will receive copies of =Absolute Magnitude= for the length of their =Aboriginal= subscription, except for lifetime subscribers, who will receive a two-year subscription. Founded in 1985, =Aboriginal='s first issue was released at the 1986 World Science Fiction convention in Atlanta. The magazine would have celebrated its 15th anniversary at this year's Worldcon. The magazine has been edited by Charles C. Ryan since its inception. Because of increased demands at his full-time job, Ryan no longer has the time necessary to properly edit =Aboriginal= and handle all of the office work involved in subscriptions, mailings, printing arrangements and distribution. "When I realized I no longer had the time to do the work, my primary concern was that subscribers receive the number of issues they have subscribed for and that authors and artists see their work in print," said Ryan. "This agreement with DNA will fulfill both of those criteria." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 4 Sep 2001] AMELIA According to Ralan.com, Frederick A. Raborg Jr., editor of =Amelia=, has died, thus Amelia is now a defunct magazine. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 13 Sep 2001] ANALOG A writer on the Speculations Rumor Mill says, "Stan Schmidt at =Analog=, in his last note to me, said he is 'heavily overstocked.'" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 3 Jul 2001] BLACK GATE John Neil at =Black Gate= said he is overstocked with everything but heroic fantasy (which he would like more of). [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 3 Jul 2001] DARKLING PLAIN A reader on the Rumor Mill queried =Darkling Plain= as to whether their reading period for issue 3 was on schedule. This is an excerpt from Dave Cox's reply: "DP #3 is on hiatus. I'm attending law school in the fall, and I have to get through the dreaded One-L year before moving forward with hobbies. There will definitely be an issue #3, though, and I hope you will keep me in mind. Next projected reading period is Summer 2002." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 7 Jun 2001] DARK MATTER CHRONICLES Dead. See note for Jackhammer E-zine. DARK REGIONS A writer on the Rumor Mill received a rejection from =Dark Regions=. According to the form letter they're bought up on H and SF through the end of the year, but are still open for fantasy. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 29 May 2001] DRAGON MAGAZINE Dave Gross, =Dragon Magazine='s Editor-in-Chief, is leaving, to be replaced by Jesse Decker. It hasn't been said if Mr. Decker will be assuming the role of fiction editor, or if someone else will be in charge of fiction. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 15 Jul 2001] HADROSAUR TALES A writer on the Rumor Mill says that you're very unlikely to sell anything to =Hadrosaur Tales= that's under 1,000 words. Also, they're full up at the moment and will be open again to submissions around November 1. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm 6 Jun 2001] INDIGENOUS FICTION Sherry Decker, Editor/Publisher of =Indigenous Fiction=, says, "We're so proud of =Indigenous Fiction=! There is no other magazine exactly like it . . . or even a little bit. We've found our niche and away we've all flown together, sharing a fiction magic carpet. You might have seen us streaking across the genre sky in a silvery blaze on occasion. Publishing is an amazing project. It's difficult and time consuming, but so rewarding too. Lately I.F. has received recognition in some impressive publications by some prestigious reviewers. "In the past year I.F. has grown into a wonderfully successful monster! The subscriptions have increased, along with queries, correspondence and submissions! However, not having had a vacation in 3-1/2 years, I've decided to temporarily close down =Indigenous Fiction=. Issue #8, due out this June, is the last for approximately one year. After that, if/when we return to publishing, I.F. will be different--no longer published tri- yearly. It may become an anthology--we're undecided. But it would remain a paying market. We need time to consider new goals and energy levels. "This has been a tough decision, but it just plain makes sense to give myself some time off. I'm frazzled. Hope you understand. "After decisions regarding what kind of publishing schedule sounds do-able, return announcements should appear in mid-to-late 2002. "The post office box, email and web site will remain open and operational. Check the website for updates." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, May 26, 2001] JACKHAMMER E-ZINE Raechel Henderson Moon, editor of =Jackhammer E-zine=, says, "Please accept my apologies, however, in the last 24 hours circumstances outside of my control have forced me to shut down =Jackhammer E-zine= and =Dark Matter Chronicles=. This is the absolute last thing I wanted to do and if there was any other way to avoid it I would do that. However, a decision had to be made: give up everything or just part of Eggplant Literary Productions, Inc." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 8 Jun 2001] TALEBONES A writer on the Rumor Mill got a notice from =Talebones=. Editor Patrick Swenson wrote, "We . . . regret to inform writers that we can no longer accept e-mail submissions. The backlog is getting too great because I'm the only one reading those, and Honna and I are sharing the reading of the paper submissions. With our increased workload on Fairwood Press book projects, it's just become too unmanageable. All submissions will have to be via snail mail from now on. E-mail submissions will be "returned" unread. For overseas submitters, we will still respond via email if they want to save money on postage or IRCs." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/archive/arc291.htm, 12 Sep 2001] WEIRD TALES Editor George Scithers of =Weird Tales= says, "Please be warned that people are writing good, publishable =Weird Tales= type stories faster than we can publish them. As a result, we're really overstocked and will be until the end of AD 2001 -- though we can still make room for something really, really irresistible." [rec.arts.sf.composition, 30 Apr 2001] ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE PLOT THICKENS Here are the first few plots ideas from the long list that was uploaded to the CALLIHOO archives recently. 1 surprised the circus sideshow is a letdown 2 cousin defers college for a traveling puppet show 3 babysitter allowed kids to watch spicy music videos 4 corporate credit card frozen - stranded! 5 passed by for job that was a done deal 6 accused of unfair business practices in town 7 decides to have an alias for some odd reasons 8 starts assuming the role of a dead sibling 9 housewife gets a book deal out of the blue 10 budget tax preparer makes a massive error 11 friend of a friend wants investment capital 12 trip to state capital - meets a famous senator 13 ancient oak on family homestead is dying 14 one of the farm kittens is half bobcat! 15 cousin is burned badly in amateur drag race 16 grandma's old Bible is ruined in flash flood 17 you don't buy $200 shoes when kids go without! 18 his old bachelor ways are really a bit charming 19 the bank calls - the big check has bounced 20 the business can't afford such a massive machine 21 cousin Betsy isn't taking care of loaned car 22 she says it was just ONE film - to pay tuition 23 country walk does good - idea for new book 24 determined to shut down rip-off roadside stand 25 the fumes from the new asphalt are too much 26 friend complains about son's black pals 27 she left her purse in the back of the pickup! 28 dad wired the house himself - with extension cord! 29 hotel receipts are found and prove difficult to explain 30 ice storm forces in-laws to share house for days 31 local war hero turns out to have faked history 32 kids do their own first-hand research for term paper ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 9 October 2001==