Announcing my second fiction collection—A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

 I’ve been telling people individually, but I haven’t revealed publicly, so here goes:

I’m absolutely euphoric to announce that my second fiction collection will be published next November (2024) by Cemetery Dance!

Cemetery Dance published my first collection, and I’m so happy to repeat the process with them. Those who know me, know that I LOVE horror & dark fantasy short fiction. I read it, speak about it, edit it, mentor it, publish it, and foremost write it.

This will be a reprint collection with 19 stories I’ve published prior in such venues as Blumhouse (Random House), Cemetery Dance, Cemetery Gates, etc.

To be marketed as “themes of death and oblivion, with fantasy overtones: ghosts and quiet hauntings and things in the shadows, mixed with monsters, myth, and anthropomorphism.”

Coming from Cemetery Dance in Nov. 2024: A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

Thank you and shout-out to acquiring editor Kevin Lucia!

(and to get in the holiday spirit, my 1st collection (THAT WHICH GROWS WILD) is still selling well at CD. I have extra print copies. For $10, I'll mail them signed to anyone in the continental USA—just message me!)

(And thanks also to Norman Prentiss who got me started here!)

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New release today by Dark Moon Books: FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE!!!

New release today by Dark Moon Books!!

FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE: A COMBINED EDITION OF FANTASMAGORIANA AND TALES OF THE DEAD

Edited by Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger

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First published in 1812, Fantasmagoriana has become one of the most seminal ghost-story anthologies of all time.

Originally collected as a French translation of eight German-language tales, Fantasmagoriana famously led to the creation of such works as the horror-classic novel Frankenstein, the short story “The Vampyre” (a progenitor to the fantasy vampire genre), the novella “Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus,” the poem “Manfred,” and more.

In 1813, the anthology was partially translated into English as Tales of the Dead, excluding three of the original stories while adding in one new, and inspiring an even wider audience to delight in stories of the ghostly and macabre.

Now, for the first time, both Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead have been combined into one English-language volume, in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books! 

Also included within are:

• Original English translations by Anna Ziegelhof
• Introduction by award-winning author Lisa Morton
• Annotations by noted literary editor Leslie S. Klinger
• Illustrations, biographies, reading list, and more!

Open yourself to Fantasmagoriana Deluxe, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

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LINKS!

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/fantasmagoriana_deluxe.html

Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Fantasmagoriana-Deluxe-Combined-Tales-Dead/dp/1949491536/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195877613-fantasmagoriana-deluxe

 

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Call for Book Reviewers — FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE

Call for Book Reviewers!

Next month myself and Leslie S. Klinger will be releasing a very special and historically important book: FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE !

Fantasmagoriana Deluxe brings together for the first time all the work—AND translated into English—of the 1800s anthologies Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead. Fantasmagoriana, notably, led to the creation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (among other works).

With introduction by Lisa Morton and original English translations by Anna Ziegelhof.

I am looking for anyone who would like a complimentary advance copy in exchange for an honest review (to be published at Amazon, Goodreads, and/or a highly-visible blog).

If interested, I can provide an ebook in either .pdf or .mobi or .epub format, or a physical paperback (paperback if located in the continental USA).

Title: Fantasmagoriana Deluxe: A Combined Edition of Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead

Editors: Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger

Price: $37.95 for hardback with dust jacket; $18.95 for trade paperback; $7.99 for ebook

Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)

Publisher Web: www.darkmoonbooks.com

Number of pages: 242 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (78,500 words)

13-digit ISBN (hardback): 978-1-949491-55-5

13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-949491-53-1

13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-949491-54-8

Date of publication: November 28, 2023

More here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/fantasmagoriana_deluxe.html

#bookreview #reviewersrock #bookreviewer

Press Release available here: Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Press Release

State of Horror Literature at the local Barnes & Noble (Chino Hills, CA)!

I stopped in at the local Barnes & Noble (Chino Hills, California location) over the weekend (10/14/2023) and was pleased to see a strong showing of horror books!

There were three packed bookcases (although one was mislabeled as science fiction), each with six shelves. The amount of horror offerings seems greater than normal, presumably as a Halloween-season-push (i.e. over the Summer, it was just two cases with a bit of overflow). Additionally, there were at least two other stand-alone displays of horror books throughout the store.

I saw lots of friends’ names and exciting titles that are trending in the horror community, and took some pics for posterity and to showcase my community!

There was tons of Stephen King, of course, filling 4-1/2 shelves of one case, but besides him, no single author had more than one shelf. Darcy Coates had one shelf (with 17 different titles!), and Joe Hill about 1/2 a shelf (with 4 different titles), and Paul Tremblay about 1/2 a shelf (with 6 different titles), and Simone St. James about 1/2 a shelf (with 7 different titles).

There were also some of the standards such as Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, V.C. Andrews; Peter Straub; and Anne Rice (plus classics DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, CARMILLA, PSYCHO, etc…. even THE MONK!). But everything else was a very wide assortment of different contemporary (many indie) authors, and really a huge variety of offerings. I tip my hat to the taste and careful selection by the store’s buyer.

Among some of the other titles I recognized and wanted to give a shout-out to are:

Cynthia Pelayo (LOTERIA);
Zoje Stage (BABY TEETH, WONDERLAND);
Victor Lavalle (THE CHANGELING);
Jonathan Maberry (PATIENT ZERO; ZOMBIE CSU; INK);
Stephen Graham Jones (THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS; DON’T FEAR THE REAPER; MONGRELS);
Alma Katsu (THE DEEP; RED WIDOW; THE FERVOR);
Philip Fracassi (BOYS IN THE VALLEY)
Elizabeth Hand (A HAUNTING ON THE HILL);
Adam Nevill (THE RITUAL; LAST DAYS; NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE);
Chuck Tingle (CAMP DAMASCUS);
John Joseph Adams (WASTELANDS);
Bentley Little (THE DISAPPEARANCE;
Eric LaRocca (THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE LAST WE SPOKE);
Chuck Wendig (THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS; BLACK RIVER ORCHARD);
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (MEXICAN GOTHIC; CERTAIN DARK THINGS);
Catriona Ward (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET; SUNDIAL; LITTLE EVE);
Josh Malerman (GOBLIN; BIRD BOX; SPIN A BLACK YARN);
Ronald Malfi (COME WITH ME; GHOST WRITTEN; BLACK MOUTH; THEY LURK);
Ellen Datlow (WHEN THINGS GET DARK; SCREAMS FROM THE DARK);
Lisa Morton and Ellen Datlow (HAUNTED NIGHTS); (including a short story from Eric J. Guignard!)
Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (GHOST STORIES);
Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, ed. (THE KING IN YELLOW);
Craig DiLouie (CHILDREN OF RED PEAK; EPISODE THIRTEEN);
Richard Chizmar (GWENDY’S MAGIC FEATHER; CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN);
Delilah S. Dawson (BLOOM);
Christopher Golden (ARARAT; THE PANDORA ROOM; ALL HALLOWS);
Grady Hendrix (HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE; HORRORSTÖR; FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP; THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES; MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM);
Lucy A. Snyder (SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER);
Sadie Hartmann (101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU'RE MURDERED);
V. Castro (THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA);

and many, many others!!

Great work, B&N!

October, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For October, 2023

New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes

At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

The Map of Lost Places (Apex Book Co.)
https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/anthology-submissions-call-the-map-of-lost-places
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between December 1 and December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Stories about places where weird things happen. Places that have strange histories, their own traditions and customs, their own dangers. These can be based off real folk tales or old wives tales.


Planet Scumm
https://www.planetscumm.space/submit
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: November 5, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Previously unpublished short fiction that doesn’t lean heavily on genre tropes. Hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain. Speculative fiction, weird fiction, slipstream, glitterlit, analogpunk.


Assemble Artifacts Magazine (Assemble Media)
https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts
Payment: 8–10 cents a word
Story Length: “at least” 5,000 words (soft range)
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: Responses only for acceptance. Assume rejection if no response after 90 days.
Description: Stories of wonder and suspense that also reflect contemporary issues and incite meaningful conversation. (*NOTE: Submitters, double-check the rights that are being sold with work).


The Deadlands
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word (1 cent for reprints)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words (preferably 3,000–4,000 words)
Deadline: November 30, 2023
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Two weeks
Description: Speculative fiction stories about death, or what death may involve. EX: A ghost in a shadowed wood. An afterlife discovered through a rusted door. An abandoned house in the middle of a haunted field. A skeletal figure moving with intent toward something unseen. Death personified; stories from a worldwide perspective, different cultures, different approaches to death.


Apparition Lit (upcoming)—Theme of BLIGHT
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–5,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 15–November 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: by the 15th day of the following month after submissions close
Description: Quarterly Theme = “Blight”. Any speculative fiction story related to this concept/ theme.


Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents/ word original; 2 cents/ word reprint (range for non-fiction)
Story Length: 1,000–40,000 words (focus on shorter form)
Deadline: Opens the 1^st and 2^nd day only of each month.
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). Also interested in non-fiction.



***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: 1,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response Time: within 3 months
Description: Non-themed, original speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction.


Die by the Sword! (DMR Books)
https://dmrbooks.com/submissions
Payment: 1 cent a word
Story Length: 4,000–8,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 1–November 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed, original sword-and-sorcery short stories (i.e. generally combining swashbuckling adventure with supernatural elements).

Part of BUZZ BOOK EXPO next Sunday, Sept. 10

Dark Moon Books (and myself) are thrilled to be part of Buzz Book Expo this year! We’ll speak briefly about the press and chat with a few authors who are part of it. We'll be online there on Sunday, September 10 at 9:30 a.m. PST.

Thanks to  Somer Canon,  Mary SanGiovanni, and  Matt Wildasin for having us!

https://www.buzzbookexpo.com/

#buzzbooksexpo #ericjguignard #ericguignard #darkmoonbooks #bookstagram #horror #darkfiction #Booksofericjguignard

 

September, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For September, 2023

New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes

At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Nightmare Diaries
https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 500–10,000 words
Deadline: December 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed Dark Fiction short stories.


Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/6
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 1 and October 15, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: By December 31, 2023
Description: Magical animal familiars and their humans: Original feline and or familiar stories and poetry in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, humor, and romance, appropriate for up to a “PG-13” audience. Felines and or familiars (of other types) must be central to the story.


Little Bastards: Too-Short Horror Stories Nobody Wants
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-little-bastards
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 15 and September 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed horror stories (including all sub-genres, as well as fantasy and dark literary).


The Midnight Labyrinth (Grendel Press)
https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–7,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: A tale delivered from a character who stepped through a door and found themselves someplace unexpected. On their journey, they will notice a book called Midnight Labyrinth. No requirement to read or interact with it; it just needs to appear. Genre-bending is welcome! Sci-fi, steampunk, horror, fantasy, etc.


Here There Be Dragons
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/here-there-be-dragons
Payment: 8 cents a word for the 1^st 3,00 words and 3 cents a word thereafter
Story Length: 3,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between October 1 and January 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Two months
Description: Renderings of dragons in writing and art that capture the essence of these fascinating creatures.



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

Bourbon Penn (magazine)
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Intermittent. Reopens September 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 3 months
Description: Highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.


Weird Horror (Undertow Publications)
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 1.5 cents a word
Story Length: 500–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 2 and September 16, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed) horror and weird fiction short stories.


Underdog Press anthologies (3 separate markets, Similar guidelines)
https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines

All 3 anthologies:
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500–12,000 words
Reprints?: No
Response: Within 3 months

1. The Underdogs Rise Vol. 2
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Description: Science fiction or fantasy stories about underdogs that take fantastical worlds or places but want characters to be the focus.

2. The Way of Worlds
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Description: Stories about outer space exploration and colonization.

3. Nightmares Before Bed
Deadline: January 31, 2023
Description: Unthemed horror stories

I'm now on Bluesky!

Just set up my account on Bluesky (which is unfortunately still invite-only). But if you're there, let's connect! I'm: @ericjguignard

https://bsky.app/profile/ericjguignard.bsky.social

Official Book Release Day Today for HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8!

New release today by Dark Moon Books!!

Presenting the NEW horror anthology:  +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8

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The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.

Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.

Read Volume 8 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the other volumes.

Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORROR LIBRARY!

Volume 8 contains 31 all-original stories, including:

•   In Saving the World," a family feeds their captive devil the sorrows of neighbors.

•   In “We Can't Let Go," a welfare check by a child services worker proves that not all in life is as expected.

•   In “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream," a man meets his nightmares while caving through narrow underground passages.

•   In “Broodmare," a teen girl yearns to be as free as her beloved horse while waiting to give birth to the savior-figure of her tribe.

•   . . . and more!

** Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Jana Heidersdorf Jana Heidersdorf Illustration!

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Title: +Horror Library+ Volume 8 (or, Horror Library, Volume 8)
Editor: Eric J. Guignard
Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)
Format: Available in TRADE PAPERBACK and EBOOK
Number of pages: 338 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (109,000 words)
Date of publication: July 25, 2023

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Praise for the +Horror Library+:

“Excellent stories of the highest caliber.” —Dread Central

“Uniformly well-crafted and original.” —Rue Morgue Magazine

“Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fiction out the window.” —Fearnet (Chiller TV)

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Full Table of Contents includes:

Introduction to +Horror Library+ Volume 8 by Eric J. Guignard
“Rides” by Eric Del Carlo
“Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” by R.A. Busby
“Poor Mad Isaac” by Don Raymond
“Mr. Hunicutt” by Bentley Little
“Lise Meitner Speaks to the Living” by Octavia Cade
“Lines” by Lauren O’Donoghue
“Blockchain” by Dexter McLeod
“On the Corduroy Road” by Bryson Richard
“Under the Pale Mother Moon” by Garick Cooke
“Solace” by Anna Ziegelhof
“Saving the World” by Eric Nash
“The Old Tip Road” by C.M. Saunders
“Lullaby” by Lorne Dixon
“Story of Her Life” by Tom Johnstone
“H Is for the Hunt” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“Mazu—Goddess of the Sea” by Ai Jiang
“Hymns in the Dark” by Gordon Grice
“Holler Bridge” by J.L. Hoy
“The Rest Cure” by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
“Zipper Back” by Thersa Matsuura
“Fishers of ___” by Frances Ogamba
“The Blind” by James Owens
“Unwind” by Christopher O’Halloran
“Girlskin” by Clara Madrigano
“A Dormant Concern” by Charles Wilkinson
“Clay” by Colin Leonard
“Broodmare” by Jo Kaplan
“In Fear as Dark as Coal” by Ron Perovich
“The Yearning Pool” by Thomas P. Balazs
“We Can’t Let Go” by Sheldon Higdon
“Fell Mill” by Charlie Hughes
+Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Jana Heidersdorf
And with cover art by Magdalena Kaczan!

#HorrorLibrary
#ericjguignard #ericguignard #Booksofericjguignard #darkmoonbooks #horror #darkfantasy #darkfiction #anthology #horrorstories #horrorshortstories #shortstories #series #thehorrorlibrary

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LINKS!

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_8.html

Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-8-Eric-Guignard/dp/194949151X/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135967283-horror-library-volume-8

Also available on all other online distribution sites, including B&N, IndieBound (and bookshop.org), Kobo, etc.

First look at an extraordinary new project coming soon from Dark Moon Books!

First look at an extraordinary new project coming soon from Dark Moon Books!

ComicCon 2023 Panel!

I love being part of Writers’ panels. I’ve spoken on them (40 or 50 by now?) over the past 8 or 9 years at events all over the country. Yesterday was the first time I’d ever spoken at ComicCon, and it was totally one of the most memorable. Normally I’m on the panel with other writers who are generally similar to me, in terms of their career and/or goals. Yesterday I was on a panel for Ghostwriting, and it was a wild mix of stars from all across the cosmos of creative endeavors.

• Hunter Jackson, one of the founding members of madhouse metal band GWAR as Techno Destructo (my brother would have been so envious!)

• Nicholas Cvjetkovich, WWE wrestling superstar and promotor under the name Sinn Bodhi (Bowdee)

• Horror film actor Pat Jankiewicz

• Hypnotherapist Grant Offenberger

• Renowned sci-fi author and mega-icon of self-publishing Hugh Howey (“THE” Hugh Howey, with WOOL coming to AMC and SILO to Apple TV)

• And moderated by filmmaker and comedian Tim Chizmar

It was hilarious, insightful, and a great time, and thanks to Tim for bringing us all together!

 

Me at ComicCon 2023!

(Top row, L:R): Sinn Bodhi, Grant Offenberger, Hunter Jackson (Techno Destructo), Hugh Howey, Tim Chizmar (Bottom Row, L:R): Pat Jankiewicz, Eric J. Guignard

And thanks to me ol' friend and roommate Erik Jansen for coming out

And same for old high school friend Jaime Kauffman-Palumbo

I’ll be speaking at the Altadena Library on Monday, July 24!

Anyone in the greater-Pasadena/ Southern California area—I’ll be at the Altadena Library this coming Monday afternoon! I’ll be speaking, reading, selling books, as part of INDIE AUTHOR NIGHT with three other authors. Come down and say hi!

Monday, July 24, from 5-7 p.m. in the Altadena Main Library Community Room. Meet local authors:

• Carolina Rivera Escamilla
• Eric J. Guignard
• Willa C. Richards
• Cody Sisco

600 E. Mariposa St.
Altadena, CA 91001

Hear readings of our best and newest works; book sales will take place on-site! 📚

#book #books #author #authortalks #authors #indieauthors #altadenalibraries
#ericjguignard #ericguignard #shortstories #booklover #bookstagram #fantasy #darkfantasy #darkfiction #anthology #horrorstories #horrorshortstories #bookworm #horrorlife #horrorcommunity #horrorfanatics #horrorlovers #horrorgeeks #promotebooks #horrorfans #readmorebooks #amreading #amreadinghorror

Interviewed on podcast Visited by Voices!

What did I get up to last night? Oh not too much, just got to be interviewed on a cool lil' podcast called Visited by Voices. Thanks so much to Lorne Dixon and Sam Carlson for the great conversation on HORROR LIBRARY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jbD6Px6KI

 

New Author Photo!

 New author photo! I was told my last one looked too grim, so trying again.

July, 2023

Speaking at ComicCon Next Week!

Everybody, everybody! I'll be a Panelist for the first time next week at ComicCon!

"Ghostwriters: The Spirits of Vengeance in Literature"

Fri., July 21, 8:00 p.m.

with Hugh Howey, Tim Chizmar, Pat Jankiewicz, Amber Hassler, and Grant Offenberger

https://comiccon2023.sched.com/event/1OXFn

#ComicCon

Wonder and glory! I got HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8 books over the weekend!! Prepping to send out for Contributors, Reviewers, and Direct Preorders!

Thanks to Dark Moon Books!

https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-8-Eric-Guignard/dp/194949151X/

July, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For July, 2023
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Monstrous Magazine (ed. James Aquilone)
https://monstrousbooks.com/submissions
Payment: 6 cents a word ($125 flat per comic)
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: July 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Comics, prose fiction, and articles; we do like monsters, pulp, and classic horror films. Focus should be on fast-paced entertaining stories.


Diabolical Plots ezine (ed. David Steffen)
https://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500 or less
Deadline: Open between July 17– July 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response Time: One month after end of submission window
Description: Speculative fiction–science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Everything should have a speculative element–that includes horror. Feel free to mix in other genres at will–a fantasy mystery or a science fiction romance.


FANTASY Flash-Fiction for LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE (ed. by John Joseph Adams)
https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,500 words
Deadline: July 1–July 7, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally two weeks or less.
Description: All types of fantasy are welcome—high fantasy, contemporary urban tales, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, folktales and anything and everything in between. Fantasy is entertainment for the intelligent genre reader — send us stories of the fantastic that make us think, and tell us what it is to be human while amazing us with your mastery of language and story elements. No subject should be considered off-limits, and we encourage writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.


Solarpunk Magazine
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 500–7,500 words
Deadline: Open between January 1–January 14, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Stories that strive for a utopian ideal, that are set in futures where communities are optimistically struggling to solve or adapt to climate change, to create or maintain a world in which humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather than in conflict, etc. Also open to poetry and non-fiction.


Mysterion (ezine)
http://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
Payment: 8 cents a word (4 cents for reprints)
Story Length: up to 9,000 words
Deadline: Open between July 1–July 31, 2023
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Four months
Description: Christian-themed speculative stories and artwork—science fiction, fantasy, horror—with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology; science fiction and fantasy, good ghost stories, etc.; there's great fiction material hidden in the mysteries of Christian theology—cherubim, leviathan, nephilim, visions, prophecy, and more.


Apparition Lit—Flash Fiction
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,000 words
Deadline: July 1–July 14, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: by the 15th day of the following month after submissions close
Description: Month of July Theme = REALITY SHOW MADNESS. We’re looking for flash with a heavy addition of the speculative. Stories should be inspired by the genre/show type, but not fan fiction: Speculative stories in the vein of Eurovision/Singing and Talent Competitions.


Asimov’s Science Fiction (magazine)
http://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–20,000 words (generally less than 7,500 words)
Deadline: Intermittently open
Reprints?: No
Response: Five weeks
Description: Character-oriented Science Fiction stories that is serious, thoughtful, yet accessible (occasional humor), including borderline fantasy, slipstream, and surreal fiction (and some poetry).


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

Interzone Magazine (TTA Press)
https://interzone.press/submissions/
Payment: 1.5 euros a word
Story Length: 2,000–17,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: usually within 5 weeks
Description: Fantastika fiction: non-themed, general audience, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.


Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet (Small Beers Press)
https://smallbeerpress.com/about/submission-guidelines/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: ongoing/ intermittent
Reprints?: No
Response: within 6 months
Description: NOTE: PAPER SUBMISSIONS ONLY (no email): Non-themed literary speculative fiction (no gore, sword and sorcery, or erotica), as well as non-fiction, poetry, and black and white art.