My acceptance into the anthology, "SLICES OF FLESH."

Great publishing news! Recently got my acceptance into the anthology, "SLICES OF FLESH." Amazing line up of authors in this book and I am humbled to be listed in the Table of Contents alongside such masters as:

Ramsey Campbell

Jack Ketchum

Rick Hautala

Graham Masterton

Nancy Kilpatrick

Nancy Holder

William F Nolan

Joe McKinney

David Tallerman

Del Howison

Tim Lebbon

James Dorr

Jason V. Brock

Fran Friel

Nate Kenyon

and many others!

Full list of authors at: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Slices_of_Flesh.htm

Cover Art by Mike Mignola

To be released SPRING, 2012

New Anthology Project has been approved with publisher!

New Anthology Project has been approved with publisher! Open call for Submissions to be announced May 1, 2012. Stay tuned for more details…

Acceptances Announced!

Congratulations to the following authors who were accepted into the anthology, "Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations"!

(Listed in alphabetical order)

A.J. French                        Rebirth in Dreams

Andrew S. Williams              The Talisman of Hatra

Bruce L. Priddy                   Gilgamesh and the Mountain

C. Deskin Rink                    Königreich der Sorge (Kingdom of Sorrow)

Caw Miller                         The Small, Black God

Chelsea Armstrong              The Nightmare Orchestra

Cherstin Holtzman               In Eden

Curtis James McConnell        Bare Bones

Cynthia D. Witherspoon       Angel of Destruction

David Tallerman                  The Door Beyond the Water

Fadzlishah Johanabas          Gestures of Faith

Folly Blaine                        British Guiana, 1853

Gitte Christensen                Whale of a Time

Jackson Kuhl                      Quivira

Jamie Lackey                     Quetzalcoatl's Conquistador

Jason Andrew                    Requiem

Jay R. Thurston                  The Funeral Procession

JC Hemphill                        The Island Trovar

Joe R. Lansdale                  The Tall Grass

Jonathan Vos Post              Sumeria to the Stars

Mark Lee Pearson               To Run a Stick Through a Fish

Matthew Borgard                We Are Not The Favored Children

Michael G. Cornelius            Directions

Rob Rosen                         Buried Treasure

Wendra Chambers               The Moral of the Story

In total, there were 204 submissions. There were so many brilliant and well-written ideas that it was agonizing to be only able to select a small handful. I wish I could have included many more authors, but space was limited. Final tally to print is 25 stories comprising about 106,000 words of all original fiction!

All final notices, either rejection or acceptance, have been sent via e-mail. If there are any questions or concerns, you may e-mail me directly at: eric.guignard@gmail.com.

This anthology will be published by Dark Moon Books:

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This anthology is still estimated to be released next spring for World Horror Convention, 2012 - http://www.whc2012.org/.

Thank you again to all who submitted stories - I truly enjoyed reading every one.

Keep writing!

Submissions are now CLOSED for "Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations"

Submissions are now CLOSED for "Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations"

Whew! I have just finished logging in all submissions and confirming receipt to authors.

It will take me a few weeks, but I will read everything and respond to submitters as I can. I will issue rejections right away and save stories with potential for my final "short list", from which to make acceptances before the end of November.

FINAL COUNT: I received 204 submissions, over 50 of which arrived within the last two weeks! A few stories come from the same author, meaning I rejected a story early on and they later resubmitted a new tale for consideration.

The average word count for all submissions is 4,469 with a range between 850 words up to 15,100.

Thus, I will have read well over 900,000 words by the time of final selection (or more than nine full-length novels).

I received submissions from 23 countries, including representation from each of the six "major" continents (i.e. all but Antarctica).

I am still estimating this project to be on schedule with a publication date of approximately the end of March, 2012.

Thank you to all submitters and I will be in contact with each of you!

Warm regards,

Eric

One week left to submit!

Only one week remaining to submit your fiction short story to the anthology, "DARK TALES OF LOST CIVILIZATIONS"!

Deadline is midnight, October 31.

Full submission guidelines at:

http://ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2011/06/now-accepting-submissions-new-anthology.html

Cheers,

ONE MONTH LEFT for submissions to anthology, "Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations"

As a reminder, there is only one month remaining to submit your story to the anthology, "Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations"! Be sure to get your Dark Tale in on time — this collection is going to be incredible!

Open call ends midnight, October 31, 2011.

Submission Statistics:

As of yesterday, September 29, I have responded to all inquiries and submissions.

I have so far received 121 submissions. Of those, I have accepted 6 stories immediately, added 55 to the short list, and declined 60. The average word count so far is 4,185.

Most stories will be short-listed first and final acceptances selected from the short list within thirty days after open call is ended. I have been generous in adding stories to the short list, because I have wanted to provide feedback to potential contributors as soon as possible (average review time has been four days). Each submission is graded on a rubric scale and so the ones which rank higher will ultimately displace the stories beneath them on the scale. Thus, as I receive more submissions, I will be reviewing stories from the short list and rejecting those which fall far enough below the others. It is a bit unconventional, but I find it to be a very fluid process and it keeps me involved as I continually go back to review stories received, in order to judge them against their peers.

I needed, please see my blog for the original guidelines and monthly updates.

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Best of regards,

Eric