CALLIHOO Newsletter Market News for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Julia West, Editor Vol. 9, No. 19 12 March 2002 Website: http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/CALLIHOO/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE Deadlines Anthology Ideomancer Unbound (gls) Market Guidelines Bloodlust-UK (gls) The Rough Draft (gls) Spectrum SF (gls) This Way Up (gls) Market Information Alexandria Digital Literature Chiaroscuro (ChiZine) Darkling Plain Fables, Foxfire, and Silver Lake Publishing Flesh and Blood Goblin Muse (dead) HMS Beagle (dead) Ideomancer Unbound Paradise 12 (dead) Rain Crow The Third Alternative Vampire Dan's Story Emporium (dead) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) WHO KILLED THE EASTER BUNNY? ANTHOLOGY Deadline 16 March 2002 [Web antho, H, etc. to 5,000 wds, nothing said about pay. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 12)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 30 March 2002 [Contest, Novel/novella any style, theme, or genre. $30 entry fee. 1st $2,000, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $100 each + pub in antho. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] PAX FANTASTICA CHALLENGE Deadline 31 March 2002 [Competition, writers under 21, speculative fiction to 6,000 wds. E-mail and mult subs okay. Prizes gift certs to Amazon.com: 1st-3rd $40, $30, $20. No entry fee. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, 2ND QUARTER 2002 Deadline 31 March 2002 [$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)] BYLINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Deadline 5 April 2002 [Flash fiction under 1000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $60, $30, $20. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 5)] MATTER OF TIME CONTEST Deadline 19 April 2002 [Contest, time-themed story to 5,000 wds, undergrad students only. No E-mail subs, prize $2,500 and pub in literary journal =Limestone=. 2 HMs published. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 14)] LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION Deadline 1 May 2002 [Annual competition, fiction all genres, new writers. To 3000 wds. No reprints or E-mail subs. Contest format. Entry fee $10 before 1 May, $15 1-15 May. Prizes: 1st $1000, 2nd and 3rd $500 ea. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] SONGS FROM DEAD SINGERS Deadline 1 May 2002 [Print anthology, H to 6,000 wds (2500-4000 ideal). Pays $10US per story on pub. No reprints, sim, or mult subs. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] BYLINE NEW-TALENT SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline 4 May 2002 [Open to any writer who never has won a cash prize in any ByLine fiction category. Maximum 5,000 words. Entry fee $5. Prizes: $50, $35, $25, $15. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 5)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 31 May 2002 [Contest, poem any style, theme, or genre. $3 entry fee. Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $250, 3rd $100, 4th-10th $25 each + pub in antho. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] VIRTUAL IRELAND SHORT STORY COMPETITION Deadline 31 May 2002 [Contest, short fiction, any genre, in English or Irish, to 1950 wds. Mult and online subs okay. Entry fee of $12US per entry. 1st place $4,000US, 2nd place $400 book package, 3rd place $200 book package. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] DEATHLINGS.COM "THE 70S WERE HELL AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT" CONTEST Deadline 15 Jun 2002 [Use contests to submit to magazines. H/DF to 4,000 wds. Pays 3 cents/wd. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 6)] IMAGININGS Deadline 15 June 2002 [Print anthology, SF/F 8,000-15,000 wds, pays $950 per story + 10% royalties. No reprints or E-mail subm. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 4 and No. 14).] DOWNSTATE STORY MAGAZINE Yearly Deadline 30 June 2002 [Annual literary printzine, genre fiction to 2,000 wds. Pays $50/story on accept. No reprints or E-mail subs. Buys 10 stories/year. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 6)] IDEOMANCER UNBOUND Deadline 30 June 2002 [Ebook antho, SF/F/H 1,000-5,000 wds, pays $20 on accept +royalties. No sim or mult subs or reprints. E-mail subs only. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 19)] 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)] NEW CENTURY WRITER AWARDS Deadline 31 July 2002 [Contest, screenplay or stage play any style, theme, or genre. $30 entry fee. Screenplay 1st $3000, 2nd $1500, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Stage play 1st $2000, 2nd $1000, 3rd $500, 4th-10th $200 each. Mult. subs. okay. No e-mail subs. (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 16)] MOTA: AN ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY OF FINE FICTION Deadline 1 November 2002 [Annual antho, fiction to 10,000 wds (to 8,000 wds preferred). Pays $100 on pub. Mult subs and reprints okay. (GLs in Vol. 9, No. 9)] THE MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIA FICTION WRITING CONTEST: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HORROR Deadline 15 December 2002 [Annual competition for new writers, SF/F/H to 10,000 wds. No reprints. Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $100, 3rd $50. Entry fee $7.50 per story ($2.50 2nd and thereafter to 3 entries). (GLs in Vol. 9 No. 17)] ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHOLOGY IDEOMANCER UNBOUND [Ebook antho, SF/F/H 1,000-5,000 wds, pays $20 on accept +royalties. No sim or mult subs or reprints. E-mail subs only. Open 1 Mar to 30 Jun 2002.] Submissions: unbound@ideomancer.com http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm We are pleased to announce that the =Ideomancer Unbound= anthology is open to submissions. This ebook is to be published by Fictionwise late in 2002 and will consist of 24 speculative short stories. =Ideomancer Unbound= is looking for stories in all the genres that =Ideomancer Speculative Fiction= publishes. That is to say, science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, and any of the subgenres that can be brought under the umbrella of speculative fiction. Science Fiction: Science fiction utilizes real-life scientific principles in order to create a world with futuristic technology. The technology plays a significant role in the story and is not merely a backdrop. Fantasy: Fantasy stories have magical or supernatural elements. As with the science in science fiction, the fantastical element plays a significant role in the story. Horror: The horror stories that we want are creepy and frightening stories with a supernatural element. Please do not send murder-mysteries or stories about murderers. Slipstream: This genre is difficult to define, so it's safe to say that if you don't know what it is, but know it's speculative fiction, it's slipstream. Stories that cross genres, sociological science fiction, alternative history, and magical realism all fit within the slipstream genre. We want your very best--we are expecting a high standard of submissions. You may be sharing the table of contents with both established and up and coming writers such as Adam Browne, Mike Resnick, Robert Hood, Jeff VanderMeer, Tobias Buckell, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Allison, all of whom are committed to submit to the anthology. Cover art will be by award-winning Australian artist Cat Sparks. Initial rejections will be of the form variety. Submissions that make it through the first pass will be placed on a shortlist from which the final selection will be made. We hope to announce a table of contents before ConJose in August. Submissions open on the 1st of March, 2002, and close on the 30th of June, 2002. Please . . . please . . . read the following guidelines carefully. Queries can be directed to the managing editors Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm. Compensation =Ideomancer Unbound= pays each contributor US$20 per story on acceptance, 4% of profits on sales over 600 copies, and 1 contributor's copy. Profits on the first 600 sales of =Ideomancer Unbound= will be used fund =Ideomancer Speculative Fiction= through 2003. Do * Send submissions to unbound@ideomancer.com. * Attach submissions to the email as Rich Text Format (.rtf). If this is not possible, please contact us. Submissions in the body of an email will be deleted unread. * Type Unbound Submission: followed by the title in the subject line. * Send submissions in standard manuscript format. Any other format will not be accepted. * Include the following in your manuscript: 1) Author's name. 2) Title. 3) Genre. 4) Word count. 5) Snailmail address. 6) Email address: This is very important as your original email will be deleted. Don't * No stories longer than 5000 words. * No stories shorter than a 1000 words. * No stories previously submitted to =Ideomancer Speculative Fiction= will be considered. * No reprints unless they are specifically requested. * No simultaneous submissions. * No multiple submissions. * No copyrighted characters. * No long cover letters. Rights We buy First Worldwide Electronic Rights. [http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET GUIDELINES BLOODLUST-UK [Vampire webzine, vampire fic to 2000 wds. Pays 1 UK penny/wd. on pub. E-mail subs only. Reprints okay?] Helen C. Murphy Resident Author & Sub Editor BloodLust-UK.com Robert-James Barker Resident Author & Sub Editor BloodLust-UK.com Submissions: fiction@bloodlust-uk.com http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/ Vampire Fiction: What we are Paying ** From January 1st 2002 I will be paying for submissions in this area for a limited period (til I go bankrupt I expect!). ** I am paying œ0.01p (GBP) per word, which will be paid upon publication of your work. 2000 word maximum. I will consider larger pieces, but you won't get paid any more than that. Vampire Fiction: What we Want (And Don't Want) Ok, let's get one thing straight. There is an awful lot of vampire fiction out there and an awful lot of it is rubbish. We don't pull our punches. We want your best. Stories as follows will get you nothing but a terse rejection letter. 1) Stories where a vampire feeding is the whole plot. This is kind of the raison d'etre of the Vampire, it's akin to me writing a horror story about the lovely steak I had last night. The same goes for a vampire biting someone and making them into a vamp, sorry, unless you're really special you're wasting valuable electricity. 2) Lovingly written, well polished, barely concealed re-writings of Anne Rice's work. It's been done to death, vampires pouring over their poor little damned souls is really quite dull. Take it to a fanfic page. We also don't want to see Immortals who are "the most powerful of their kind" unless you can back it up with some serious reasons why, same goes for the statement "the most evil vampire who had ever lived" if you have to tell us that then you haven't described your character well enough. 3) Stories that have people called Armand (or any previously used character, there is a thing called copyright, also a thing called originality) in them. You will be rejected before we finish the sentence. Please make up your own names. We're not big fans of vampires with one word names either. Personally I'd love to see a vampire called Clive Jones rather than Rakaneel or whatever fierce-sounding thing you've come up with. 4) Novel prologues masquerading as short stories. A short story is self-contained. It doesn't introduce us to new characters and leave us wondering what will happen next. That's part of a bigger work. You're [sic] story should have a beginning, a middle and an end which ties up all the loose ends. Stories about characters who may re-appear in other stories are fine but don't leave threads hanging. If your story ends with, "But Bloodysuck the vampire was now the most powerful of his kind and his adventure was only just beginning. . . ." then please finish your novel. What we do want. 1) Stories we've published recently include; monologues, parodies on the Dracula myth, a story told completely in dialogue and a couple of romantic type vampy stories (very well written ones). 2) Give us something new! Why do vampires always have to suck blood?, can machines be vampiric? Be historic, give us brilliantly realised visions of the past (think Chelsea Quinn Yarbro), give us violent and biting vampire noire (think Laurel K Hamilton and Nancy A Collins). Make me want to vomit with the extremity of your vampire's needs. Explore S & M, dammit we're not here to give you ideas, give us something we really aren't expecting. 3) And remember, if it's a really startling idea you can include all the things we don't want and you still might make it in. Vampire Fiction: How to Submit * Write your piece and save it as a .txt or .rtf file with your name, address, email, title, wordcount and date at the top and copyright information included at the bottom. * Check and triple check your spelling! * No fancy graphics. If your piece is illustrated say so, and send the graphics in a separate email and I'll consider whether I can put them in. * Prepare an email. Mark your submission "SUBMISSION: FICTION", * Include the information required in my terms and conditions * ATTACH your txt file (DO NOT paste it into the body of your email!) * Send to fiction@bloodlust-uk.com * Please let me know whether your piece appears on any other site, and whether it is likely to [[gls on website end here-- vampire got the editor?]] [http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/submissionguidelines.htm] THE ROUGH DRAFT [Three times/yr. literacy mag, fiction etc. 1,000-5,000 wds., pays $20-$75. No e-mail subs. Prefers Utah/intermountain west writers.] The Rough Draft c/o Weber County Library 2464 Jefferson Avenue Ogden, Utah 84401 http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/news.htm =The Rough Draft= is published 3 times per year by the Friends of the Weber County Library to promote literacy. 5,000 copies of each issue are printed and distributed for FREE at library branches, bookstores, art galleries, community centers, supporting merchants, and other cool places across northern Utah. Writers' Guidelines 1. Sit down in a quiet place. It's okay to take your shoes off. 2. Write what's really on your mind. Express it as best you can. We are looking for short pieces of 1,000-2,500 words, and longer prose of 2,500-5,000 words. 3. We are interested in previously unpublished creative writing in any of the following forms: short story, non-fiction article, essay, vignette, feuilleton, poetry, book review, excerpt from your book, or some thing completely off the wall. 4. Please type and double-space. Neatness counts. If you want your manuscript returned you must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 5. Mail your manuscript to the Rough Draft, c/o Weber County Library, 2464 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden, Utah 84401. 6. Preference given to writers from Utah and the intermountain west. Preference also for subject matter relating to our region, to literacy, and to the art of writing. Preference for anything non-commercial. Payment Policy The =Standard Examiner= has generously donated $1,000 this year for cash payments to writers. Book Reviews: $20 Poetry: $20 Short Prose: $20-$50 Long Prose: $50-$75 Filler: Payment is in copies. [http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/news.htm, http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/writers.htm] SPECTRUM SF [Quarterly British print mag, SF, Pays 30 pounds (Sterling) per 1,000 words (abt 4.8 cents/wd) to 17,000 words (max 500 pounds); 500 pounds for 17,000 to 20,000 wd range and 25 pounds per 1,000 words (abt 4 cents/wd) above 20,000 words, serials 10 pounds/1,000 wds (around 1.6 cents/wd) or by negot. No mult or sim subs, reprints, or E-mail subs.] Spectrum Publishing 53 Waverely Park Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, G66 2BL United Kingdom http://www.spectrumsf.co.uk/ Spectrum Publishing publishes a quarterly science fiction magazine called =Spectrum SF= which is edited by the publisher, Paul Fraser. Market Status =Spectrum SF= is currently open. This is unlikely to be an open market all the time so check back here before sending anything. Content I publish short and serial length works of Science Fiction. If you want a better idea of what I like, look at the Inventory web page or pick up a copy of the magazine. I don't publish non-SF, poetry, Star Trek or media related fiction. I do not use any artwork, interviews or reviews at the present time. Manuscripts Submissions must be your own work and should be sent, one at a time, to Spectrum Publishing, 53 Waverely Park, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, G66 2BL United Kingdom. All material must be previously unpublished in any form, including electronic means. No simultaneous submissions. I'm fairly easy going about ms format. For instance, if you are submitting from abroad then line and a half spacing is OK, maybe double sided if the paper is opaque enough. The bottom line is: it must be easily readable. The less readable it becomes, the less chance there is that it gets read. Disposable ms are preferred but enclose a SASE (stamped self-addressed envelope) if the manuscript is to be returned. Enclose a SASE for my reply in any event. No postcards, no email addresses. International Reply Coupon (2 for an airmail reply) and SAE if you are submitting from abroad. (US writers can enclose a $1 bill in lieu of an IRC if cheaper/more convenient.) No SASE (or SAE and IRC), no reply. No exceptions. This includes agents (yes, I know this is not the usual practice), but I will probably accept email submissions from the latter group instead. Please query me. Please do not submit by email unless asked. I check the server before downloading e-mail and will delete any mail that looks like an unrequested submission. We will normally require any work that is accepted for publication to be made available to us in an electronic form. Payment Payment is 30 pounds (Sterling) per 1,000 words (around 4.8 cents per word) up to 17,000 words (maximum 500 pounds); 500 pounds for work in the 17,000 to 20,000 word range and 25 pounds per 1,000 words (around 4 cents per word) for lengths above 20,000 words. The payment for serials is 10 pounds per 1,000 words (around 1.6 cents per word) or by negotiation. We buy first English language serial rights and include an option for non-exclusive anthology rights. Payment is one month before publication. Please note that serials will paid for in instalments. Contracts A contract will be sent to you for signing before our pre-publication process begins. Copyright remains with the contributor and we will print a copyright notice. Our contract is loosely based on the example given at the SFWA web site. We hope it is fairly writer friendly and, if it isn't, we are open to suggestions. A copy can be found at http://www.spectrumsf.co.uk/contract.htm [http://www.spectrumsf.co.uk/writers.htm] THIS WAY UP [Webzine, SF/F/H 1,000 to 6,000 wds. Pays œ3 per 1000 words (min œ3) on pub. No reprints, sim or mult subs. E-mail subs okay.] This Way Up Willowsoft Communications PO Box 243 PORTSMOUTH PO6 1EB United Kingdom Submissions: editor@wayup.co.uk http://www.wayup.co.uk/ =This Way Up= is an online magazine of speculative fiction. By speculative fiction we mean science fiction, fantasy and horror, but to begin with we'll be giving preference to science fiction. This Way Up will be published approximately every four months. Each issue will contain about six short stories and one or two non-fiction articles, with perhaps a review, readers' letters (when we get any!) and an editorial. What we want--fiction: We're looking for strong stories (maximum 6,000 words) of engaging characters in unusual situations. The genre has often been described as escapist, and that's what we're after--new worlds, new things, new people. We want our readers to be enthralled by the possibilities that our stories offer. We'd like our readers to be puzzled, surprised, uplifted. But we don't want them to be confused to the extent that at the end of the story they say, "So what?" or worse, "Huh?" You may be saying to yourself, "That's not much help." So be it. TWU is a new magazine and will evolve as it grows. These guidelines will change as well (check the website for the latest guidelines, at http://www.wayup.co.uk). Send your best stories, and we'll see if they fit. What we want--non-fiction: We'd like to receive ideas for non-fiction articles-- anything concerning the field of written speculative fiction--up to 2000 words. Please send a query giving details of your proposal, together with clips (or URLs) and a short (four line) bio. What we don't want: No poetry. No reprints (your submission to us should not have been previously published, either in print or online--that includes your own web page). No simultaneous submissions (your submission to us should not be under consideration by another publication, either print or online). No multiple submissions (send us only one story at a time, and wait for our response before sending another). No artwork at this time, but this may change. Any updates to these non-requirements will appear on the TWU web site (http://www.wayup.co.uk). Something else we don't want is adult content. As a general principle we're against censorship where adults are concerned, but =This Way Up= will be accessible on the net from anywhere, by anyone, and that includes children. So, no explicit sex or gratuitous violence in submissions, and no foul language (that includes the f-word). Payment: =This Way Up= will purchase First World-Wide English Language Electronic Rights, for a period of eight months (four months in the current issue, followed by four months in the TWU archive), after which the submission will be taken off-line, and rights will revert to the author. Payment will be œ3.00 per 1000 words (minimum payment œ3.00) for both fiction and non-fiction. Payment will be by sterling cheque, payable on publication. By arrangement with authors outside the UK, payment may be in the form of British postage stamps. Response time: We try to comment on all submissions within 20 days of receipt, although postal responses can take longer. If we're overwhelmed with submissions, we may have to resort to a tick-the-box form-letter, and response times may increase. We use an online Submission Log for fiction submissions, so that potential contributors can check the status of their manuscripts without e- mailing a specific enquiry. Summary: Fiction 1000 to 6000 words. Non-fiction to 2000 words; query first. No reprints, no multiple submissions and no simultaneous submissions. No adult content. Paper submissions should be in standard manuscript format (typed, one side of the paper, double line spacing, generous margins, name and address and word-count on first page, subsequent pages numbered and with name and title header on each page). All submissions must be accompanied by means-of-contact (self-addressed stamped envelope for manuscript or for reply only, or an email address). Overseas submissions should be marked as disposable and come with a self- addressed envelope and two international reply coupons, or US$2.00 cash, or an email address. Any manuscripts without means-of-contact will be disposed of unread. Send fiction submissions, and non-fiction queries, by post to: This Way Up, Willowsoft Communications, PO Box 243, PORTSMOUTH PO6 1EB United Kingdom We accept e-mail submissions and queries. Email submissions should preferably be in plain text or ASCII format, pasted into the body of an email message, with italics indicated using underscores (like _this_), and a blank line between paragraphs. Word-processor files, in a format readable by Microsoft Word 7, can be sent as attachments. We'd prefer attachments to be in Rich Text Format, as this can be read by most word-processors. Receipt of email submissions will be acknowledged by email, but if the return email address is invalid the submission will remain unread. If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your email submission within two weeks, please email a brief reminder, giving the title of your manuscript, and a valid "Reply-To:" email address. Send email submissions and queries to: editor@wayup.co.uk [http://www.wayup.co.uk/] ----------------------------------------------------------------- MARKET INFORMATION ALEXANDRIA DIGITAL LITERATURE A writer on the =Speculations= Rumor Mill says, "This came this evening from AlexLit, quoting in part: "I apologize for the frustration you must be feeling at the lack of communications from AlexLit in the last six months to one year. I have only just come on as AlexLit's production manager in the last month, as the entire company underwent renewal starting last summer, culminating in a halt in production and all editorial work--by October of last year all employees except the president of the company were let go. I am on board in a consulting basis right now, trying to get things in order to hopefully get the company rolling again on a smooth track before we open our doors again to new author submissions. Which brings me to one point you raised: it has been brought to my attention today that apparently the authors were never informed of AlexLit's hiatus from taking author submissions and buying new works. I apologize for this in absence of the people who failed to inform the authors--I can only hope you understand my situation coming into this fresh and finding all holes left by previous employees. It's a daily discovery for me. For now, AlexLit will not be soliciting submissions by authors, but hopes that you will submit to us when we open submissions back up again in the second quarter of 2002. As far as sales figures at the AlexLit site go, the president informs me that the current distributors' sales (non-AlexLit sales) are not showing up on the AlexLit site--only AlexLit sales themselves are. We have only recently been given sales figures for some of our distributors, such as FictionWise, and because of database incompatibilities must input all these figures by hand until a new automated porting capability is written sometime in the future. We hope to be able to hand-import these figures soon, but other situations, such as author relations and communications, are taking precedence for now. Sales figures at any of our distribution points can be had directly from the distributors themselves--if you need any assistance in this, I'd be happy to ask for figures from any of our distributors of your works; just let me know." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic79.htm, 26 Feb 2002] CHIAROSCURO (CHIZINE) A new mail filter installed on the server =Chiaroscuro= gets their E-mail from resulted in E-mail to any of =Chizine='s e-mail addresses bouncing. Editor Steve Eller says, "We're actually on GOTHIC.NET's server, and something got mixed up with the redirection of mail to us. "Trish is going to post an alternate address until we get the problem fixed." Anyone wanting to submit there should check the site for a temporary address update (or to see if the problem has been solved). [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic204.htm, 6 Mar 2002] DARKLING PLAIN A writer on the Rumor Mill said, "Heard from David M. Cox, editor of =Darkling Plain=. The copies of issue 2 are, in fact, printed, and sitting in boxes in his living room. But he's so busy with law school, he says, that he hasn't had time to mail them out yet. But he hoped that this would happen soon." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 5 Mar 2002] FABLES, FOXFIRE, and SILVER LAKE PUBLISHING Several writers on the Rumor Mill say they have not received pay and/or contributors copies for their work that appeared in =Foxfire= and other Silver Lake publications. This might be a market to avoid. [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 3-5 Mar 2002] FLESH AND BLOOD Jack Fisher, editor of Flesh & Blood Press, says, "=Flesh & Blood= has raised its pay scale from 1/2-2 cents/word to a solid 2-3 cents/word for fiction up to 4,000 words. Be sure to study the magazine's submission guidelines at http://zombie.horrorseek.com/horror/fleshnblood/ prior to submitting." [dm.writers.admin.announce, 25 Feb 2002] GOBLIN MUSE A writer on the Rumor Mill says, "I spoke to Carole Nomerhas of =Goblin Muse= a while back and was told she was going on hiatus to deal with some personal issues. I sent her a story of mine around this time last year, and she sent me an email saying she would reply in a few months. That never happened, and I sent another email withdrawing my submission. To the best of my knowledge the zine is dead." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic84.htm, 10 Mar 2002] HMS BEAGLE A writer on the Rumor Mill says, "The publishers of =HMS Beagle= are replacing that webzine with a new publication which will *not* be publishing fiction or poetry. The change begins on March 1, so I think the market can be considered officially dead. "They sent out notices to subscribers today, which is how I found out." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic221.htm, 6 Feb 2002] IDEOMANCER UNBOUND Mikal Trimm, one of the managing editors of =Ideomancer=, says, "The =Ideomancer Unbound= anthology was hit by a virus. I had a few downloaded-but-not-entered-yet stories on my hard drive, and these stories were (sadly) lost into the aether. Luckily, we have a great team here, and backups aplenty, so I would estimate we lost 3 submissions overall (one of which has already been re-submitted.) "I would like to take this time to reassure possible submitters that we're not down, not out, and have recovered from the glitch. We still welcome submissions from anyone, regardless of previous sales, as long as you pay attention to the guidelines and give us quality work." [[See guidelines above under Anthologies]] [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 11 Mar 2002] PARADISE 12 A note on the =Paradise 12= website says, "Due to events beyond our control paradox12 has been discontinued. We thank all our guest who visited the site." [http://www.paradox12.com/] RAIN CROW A writer on the Rumor Mill says, "Finally got a response from =Rain Crow= to a query on a piece I submitted 7/26/01. I'm posting their reply here for your enlightenment: "My apologies for the lateness of this response. "Due to an overwhelming number of submissions to =Rain Crow= this year (1600 at last count) as well as a backlog of stories recovered from a crashed hard drive, we are way behind in our responses to manuscripts. As production on =Rain Crow= #03 is beginning, we are ramping up the reading of submissions and attempting to catch up at least to the point of responding within 4 to 6 months. "As stated in our guidelines, we accept simultaneous submissions, so we hope that you've been able to submit your manuscripts to other venues while it is in the queue here at RCP. "Your manuscript will receive a response as soon as it is read. "Sorry for the inconvenience." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 9 Mar 2002] THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE Andy Cox, editor of British magazine =The Third Alternative=, says, "We get at least 70 MSS to the UK address a week, but . . . I'd like to receive a lot more. I just want to make sure you know that our pay rate is about 4.5 cents a word, a lot more than it says on the market list [in =Speculations=], and that you can also submit stories to our US address. Full details can be found on our website at http://www.ttapress.com." The guidelines for =The Third Alternative= are at http://www.ttapress.com/publTTAguides.html Andy Cox also says, "No need for IRCs to accompany submissions here any more. It's OK just to send the MS and I'll reply by email. (If the email address given works--occasionally it doesn't!) Of course, if somebody doesn't have email access then they should still send a disposable MS accompanied by two IRCs (I know this is a lot, but one IRC doesn't cover the return postage, unless you write your rejection/acceptance contract on a fag paper). "If they prefer, writers in the US may send stories to TTA's US editor Wayne Edwards, at PO Box 219, Olyphant, PA 18447. These submissions should follow the standard inland protocol and be accompanied by an SASE. "One thing I don't like is email submissions though, I've tried, but I just end up losing them or forgetting them." [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic291.htm, 7 March 2002] VAMPIRE DAN'S STORY EMPORIUM A writer on the Rumor Mill got a response from =Vampire Dan's Story Emporium= which, sadly, announces the publication's pending demise. "He says that everyone who had an acceptance who has not been published will be paid regardless. 'It's only fair.'" [http://www.speculations.com/rumormill/topic201.htm, 7 Mar 2002] ***************************************************************** * "It is the deepest desire of every writer, the one we never * * admit or even dare to speak of; to write a book we can leave * * as a legacy. And although it is sometimes easy to forget, * * wanting to be a writer is not about reviews or advances or * * how many copies are printed or sold. It is much simpler than * * that, and much more passionate. If you do it right, and if * * they publish it, you may actually leave something behind that * * can last forever." * * --Alice Hoffman, "The Book That Wouldn't Die," in =New * * York Times Book Review=, July 22, 1990 * ***************************************************************** ==End of the CALLIHOO Newsletter for 12 March 2002==