ARCs for TWO different new books I’ve been working on!

Received ARCs in the mail on the same day for TWO different new books I’ve been working on!!!

Exploring DarkShort Fiction #4: A Primer to Jeffrey Ford. Created by Eric J. Guignard, with short fiction by Jeffrey Ford, Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD, and gorgeous illustrations by Michelle Prebich.

Available now from Dark Moon Books, here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0998938386

AND!

The Horror Writers Association Presents: Haunted Library of Horror Classics, VOLUME 1: The Phantom of the Opera. Curated by Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, a new release of the classic novel with ancillary material, including introduction by Nancy Holder!

Coming soon via Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks.

Release Day for: EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #4: A PRIMER TO JEFFREY FORD

Release day for the latest volume to this series!!

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #4: A PRIMER TO JEFFREY FORD

Available now, through Dark Moon Books, this is the fourth volume in a series of scholarly primers, introducing and exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction:

Immense thanks and gratitude to Michael Arnzen for his insightful commentary throughout the book, and Michelle Prebich for her gorgeous interior artwork, and especially to Jeffrey Ford for inspiring and consenting to this project!

Hardback version: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Jeffrey/dp/1949491110

Paperback version: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Jeffrey/dp/0998938386

Ebook version: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Jeffrey-ebook/dp/B07X5MW4PS

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Author of the fantastic and the bizarre, Jeffrey Ford’s work has won awards and acclaim across the globe for his stories of humor, horror, and unconventional beauty. “Powerful and disturbing in the best possible way” (Gawker) and “Intensely engaging” (Publishers Weekly), Ford crosses speculative genres with literary ideals, which has earned him the World Fantasy Award (seven times), the Shirley Jackson Award (four times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and France’s vaunted Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire.

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to his work, the fourth in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover—or learn more of—the extraordinary voice of Jeffrey Ford, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.

Included within these pages are:

•        Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book
•        Author interview
•        Complete bibliography
•        Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University)
•        … and more!

Enter this doorway to the vast and fantastic: Get to know Jeffrey Ford.

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And more here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Primer_4.html

September, 2019 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

September, 2019: HWA L.A.

New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Deep Magic
http://deepmagic.co/submissions/#
Payment: 6 cents/ word for the first 9,999 words, with payment capped at $599 for stories longer than 10,000 words (Reprints taken at 2 cents/ word)
Story Length: up to 40,000 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: Yes (pay at 2 cents/ word)
Response: 12 weeks
Description: Clean fantasy and sci-fi stories; a gripping story that doesn’t rely on sex, swearing, and graphic violence.


Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem (anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson)
https://wordfirepress.com/anthology-guidelines
Payment: 6 cents/ word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: October 31, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Tales involving monsters and the chaos they create in the movie world. Movies can be interpreted as a story set within a fully conscious cinematic world, or involving the act of watching a film, or having a character who thoroughly enjoys movies. And mayhem should speak for itself.


Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
Payment: 6 cents/ word original; 2 cents/ word reprint
Story Length: 1,000–40,000 words (focus on shorter form)
Deadline: Open 1 week only: September 21 to September 28, 2019
Reprints?: Yes
Response: abt. 2 months
Description: Well written original stories in science fiction, fantasy, myth, fairy tales, and eldritch; in written, podcast, video, and/or graphic story form, and from around the world. We care about character, plot, ideas, and storytelling ability. We accept both serious and humorous work (no horror).


Reckoning Journal
https://reckoning.press/submit
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 45,000 words
Deadline: September 23, 2019
Reprints?: Query first
Response: 1 to 3 months
Description: Creative writing about environmental justice. Diverse fiction stories (and poetry) including a speculative element: Searingly personal, visceral, idiosyncratic understanding of the world and the people in it as it has been, as it is, as it will be, as it could be, as a consequence of humanity’s relationship with the earth.


Arsenika E-Journal (Quarterly)
http://arsenika.ink/submissions
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: Flash Fiction and Poetry to 1,000 words
Deadline: Open 1 month only: October 1 to October 31, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: 14 days
Description: Gorgeous, emotional writing: poetry that shimmers with multiple layers of meaning, prose that explores and interrogates. From hard science fiction to the lightest of magical realism: All speculative genres OK.


Factor Four Magazine (Online Mag)
http://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/
Payment: 10 cents/ word
Story Length: up to 1,5000 words
Deadline: Continually open
Reprints?: No
Response: 4 months or less
Description: Short fiction in the genres of speculative fiction, specifically science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination of these. We are looking for stories that are engaging to our readers in such a short word count.


Unreal Magazine (Online Mag)
http://unrealmag.com/submit
Payment: 12 cents/ word
Story Length: 500–5,000 words
Deadline: Continually open
Reprints?: Yes (paid at 1 cent/ word)
Response: 30 days: NOTE: This market ONLY responds to accept. No response within 30 days means rejection.
Description: Well written, intelligent, and enjoyable to read. Stories with metaphors and emotional ambience and imaginative descriptive writing. Stories that define the rules of magic at this indefinite point in time.

***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of the Month”

Three-Lobed Burning Eye
https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Payment: $100 flat
Story Length: 1,000–7,000 words
Deadline: Continually open
Reprints?: No
Response: within 3 months
Description: Non-themed, original speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction.


Andromeda Spaceways Magazine
https://andromedaspaceways.com/submissions-manager/
Payment: 1 cent a word AUD (Australian)
Story Length: up to 10,000 (less is better)
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 1–3 months
Description: Any science fiction, fantasy and supernatural horror works, including all associated sub-genres. Poetry, artwork, and non-fiction also welcome (though low pay, this is a highly-read, well esteemed indie market)

I'll be signing books on Sept. 8 in Burbank!!

ANNOUNCING: September 8, 2019, I’ll be signing books!!

Are you in the greater Los Angeles area? Come visit, say ‘whatup’, buy books, take photos (not of me, but of all the other cool authors who will be there)!

RIGHT HERE: DARK DELICACIES BOOKSTORE (new Hollywood Way location) in Burbank.

I’ll be signing at 4:00 p.m., along with these magnificent talents:

Gene O’Neil
Lisa Morton
John Palisano
Kate Jonez
Rena Mason

I’m primarily promoting my new novel DOORWAYSTO THE DEADEYE, as author. (http://ericjguignard.com/doorways_to_the_deadeye.html)

Oddly, I’ll also be promoting work as editor, for this little series that’s just been released, STRANGE TALES OF THE MACABRE (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1949491153/)

AND, I’ll ALSO be promoting work as publisher of Dark Moon Books, for Gene O'Neill’s latest novel, DEATHFLASH (http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/deathflash.html)

ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING 9/8/2019 at DARK DELICACIES!
https://www.darkdel.com/store/c2/SIGNINGS_.html

OMG, it’ll be so incredible—I can’t wait for this!

August, 2019 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

August, 2019: HWA L.A.

New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

SubTerrain Magazine (print) (Issue: 1984 Revisited)
http://subterrain.ca/about/35/sub-terrain-writer-s-guidelines
Payment: 10 cents a word (Canadian, translates to about 7.5 cents/ word U.S.)
Story Length: up to 3,000 words
Deadline: September 6, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Themed by issue; literary/ genre fiction: 1984 Revisited (#84) issue paying homage to the dystopian world that was depicted in George Orwell’s novel 1984, involving complementary dystopian works (…due to the seeming resonance with readers at a moment of heightened anxiety about the state of American democracy).


The Arcanist
https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4
Payment: $50 flat payment (thus, 5 cents a word or more)
Story Length: flash fiction up to 1,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: Yes
Response: unknown. “As soon as they can”
Description: Engaging science fiction and fantasy stories (and associated sub-genres, including horror) that are flash fiction. Focus on originality and strong/ interesting characters.


The DARK (monthly online e-magazine)
http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Currently open, but intermittent
Reprints?: Yes
Response: between 1 day to 1 week
Description: Unique Horror and Dark Fantasy (No graphic/ violent content); fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories (Tons of great authors publish here).


Burly Tales (ed. Steve Berman; Lethe Press)
https://www.lethepressbooks.com/call-for-submissions.html#/
Payment: ? cents a word
Story Length: 5,000–15,000 words
Deadline: (unlisted—subs began Aug. 1; open until filled)
Reprints?: Possibly. Query first.
Response: unknown
Description: “Fairy Tales for the hirsute and hefty gay man”: Short stories and novellettes that adapt classic fairy tales, filled with “Bears” (not the animal, but in gay culture, being a larger, hairier man who projects an image of rugged masculinity). All the stories should have a measure of whimsy and/or wonder.


Uncanny Magazine
http://uncannymagazine.com/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 750–6,000 words
Deadline: current issue call ends August 29, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Passionate, diverse SF/F fiction and poetry... intricate, experimental stories and poems with gorgeous prose, verve, and imagination that elicit strong emotions and challenge beliefs.


Reckoning Journal
http://reckoning.press/submit
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 1 to 45,000 words
Deadline: September 22, 2019
Reprints?: Query first
Response: 1 to 3 months
Description: Creative writing about environmental justice. Diverse fiction stories (and poetry) including a speculative element: Searingly personal, visceral, idiosyncratic understanding of the world and the people in it as it has been, as it is, as it will be, as it could be, as a consequence of humanity’s relationship with the earth.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of the Month”

Signal Horizon
https://www.signalhorizon.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 3,000 words
Deadline: August 21, 2019
Reprints?: No
Response: 60 days
Description: Non-themed horror or science fiction with a dark or weird edge.


The Macabre Museum (*New Publisher)
https://macabre-museum.com/submissions
Payment: TOKEN $25/flat for fiction ($5 for reprints); $5/flat for poetry
Story Length: 3,000 to 6,000 words for fiction; up to 3 poems
Deadline: August 31, 2019
Reprints?: Yes
Response: 45 days
Description: Unthemed literary horror fiction and poetry; all sub-genres of general dark/ weird fiction are welcome.

Massive overhaul for the DARK MOON BOOKS website

Massive overhaul for the website of the lil’ indie publishing house I run, DARK MOON BOOKS! 

Check it out! Tell me what you love, what you hate, what you wish I’d set on fire. All books and projects updated. And I added unique Horror quotes at the bottom of EVERY ONE OF ITS 27 PAGES. Collect (er, read) ’em all! ;)

http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/