I’ve come to the incomprehensible (startling! shocking, even!) conclusion that I age… I’ve been using the same author photo since 2011, when I started pursuing writing, and for 11 years since have looked upon it as if I were Dorian Gray. The great and obvious truth is that I don’t look anything like I did back then. So here with the holidays, I’m trying out a new author photo that matches the reflection in the mirror. Voila and behold: Eric J. Guignard!
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Dark Moon Books will be opening soon for anthology H/DF short story submissions for +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8!
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Non-themed, imaginative, dark tales
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2 cents/word
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No reprints
• Approximate 1,500–5,000 word count
• Open Jan. 16–Jan. 30 only
• 30-day response
• Read previous volumes to determine what the
editor likes
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Details here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Submissions.html
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Quick, nice interview of me by Steve Stred
as part of his 3Q's series!
https://stevestredauthor.wordpress.com/2022/12/23/3qs-eric-j-guignard-is-a-potential-time-traveler/
Just informed I’ve been nominated for "This Is HorrorAwards 2021”!
What a thrill, especially as it’s my second time nominated.
Thanks as always to the tireless promo and support of indie horror by This Is Horror.
My nomination is for the anthology: PROFESSOR CHARLATAN
BARDOT’S TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY TO THE MOST (FICTIONAL) HAUNTED BUILDINGS IN THE
WEIRD, WILD WORLD.
Voting is open to the public herein:
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/this-is-horror-awards-2021-vote-now/
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Great time attending and participating in LOSCON 48 (Los Angeles) over
the weekend! Thanks so much to the volunteers who put it on. The Con was VERY
well organized with an army of support staff to assist. There was a huge track
of programming revolving around science fiction and fantasy, as well as pop
culture, writing, technology, song, dance, costuming, gaming, and more. This
was my first time going, and I was very impressed with the experience.
I sat in on a ton of panels, but only took pics of a few. Besides selling and signing books in the dealer's room, my own speaking schedule was expansive.
I was...
* Moderator and fill-in panelist for: “Capturing Fear: How To Write Great
Horror” with Deborah Daughetee and Brian Fitzpatrick.
* Panelist for: “The Dark Side of Fantasy” with Brandie June and Erin Rado,
moderated by L. K. (Leanne Kathleen) Ingino.
* Moderator for “The Twilight Zone: A Wondrous Land of Imagination” with
panelists Steven Barnes, Lynn Barker, and Denise Dumars
* Panelist for “How to Find and Keep Track of the Publishing Markets” along with
James C. Glass, moderated by Kristen Renee Gorlitz.
* Moderator for “How to succeed at NaNoWriMo,” which evolved into more of an
interview of NaNoWriMo professional Rebecca Inch-Partridge, who also
implemented in-class learning for attendees.
Thanks so much to Nick Smith, Michelle Pincus, Kristen Renee Gorlitz, and all the other committee members and convention volunteers of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS) who made this con a success!
HWA L.A.: For December, 2022
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Paramnesia (anthology,
edited by Grendel Press)
https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 3,000–7,000 words
Deadline: January 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: January 31, 2023
Description: Short stories related
to “Paramnesia,” a condition or phenomenon involving distorted memory or
confusions of fact and fantasy, such as confabulation or déjà vu. NOTE: See website for other upcoming
anthology calls, of Dark Fantasy, Horror, and Romance.
https://submission.amazingstoriesmag.com/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,500
Deadline: January 2, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Flash fiction stories
set in the future and revolving around Sol, including planets, moons,
asteroids, Oort and Kuiper).
Literally Dead: Tales of Holiday
Hauntings anthology, edited by Gaby Triana)
https://www.alienhead-entertainment.com/submissions
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–4,000 words
Deadline: January 20, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Short stories of
classic paranormal, poltergeists, ghosts, spirits, haunted places and objects,
and the eerily unexplained that take place on or around the winter holidays.
Real Stories of the US Space Force
(Baen Books)
https://cstuarthardwick.com/ussf-call-for-submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 10,000 words
Deadline: January 22, 2023 (or until
full)
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Science fiction short
stories and fact articles illustrating current and future near-Earth
space-related threats and dispelling misconceptions about America’s newest
service branch… Scientifically plausible drama about people facing interesting
challenges related to the US Space Force or more generally, the policing and
defense of near-Earth space and related issues, now or in the foreseeable
future (the next century or so).
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.
https://uncharted.submittable.com/submit
Payment: $200 flat
Story Length: 1,000–5,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: Yes (but no pay)
Response: Three months
Description: Any type of genre
story: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, etc. (see submission
page for additional themed 1-time calls).
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick of
the Month”
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.
https://dmrbooks.com/submissions
Payment: 1 cent a word
Story Length: 4,000–8,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2022
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed, original
sword-and-sorcery short stories (i.e. generally combining swashbuckling
adventure with supernatural elements).
