New Anthology Release!!! THE FIVE SENSES OF HORROR

THE FIVE SENSES OF HORROR

An anthology of horror and dark fantasy stories, along with psychological and literary commentary, that explores the relationship and inspiration between fiction and the five senses.

Edited by Eric J. Guignard, with Psychological Commentary

by Jessica Bayliss, PhD, and Illustrated by Nils Bross

Insanely exciting news for the week!! The latest anthology I’ve created is finally available! This one encountered some delays, a couple false starts, but I believe the wait was worth it, as it’s here now and is PACKED with absolutely amazing content!!

THE FIVE SENSES OF HORROR: An anthology of horror and dark fantasy stories, along with psychological and literary commentary, that explores the relationship and inspiration between fiction and the five senses.

I’ve got academic and psychological insight, along with gorgeous gothic illustrations relating to the interaction of our senses and to dark fiction, how it inspires us, how our brain reacts to it, and how this can (and is) used to craft immersive fiction stories that relate to us in meaningful and exciting ways.

Edited by: Eric J. Guignard
With Psychological Commentary by: Jessica Bayliss, PhD
Illustrated by: Nils Bross
Published by: DarK Moon Books (July, 2018)

Available for sale here:

https://www.amazon.com/Five-Senses-Horror-Eric-Guignard/dp/0998827509

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FULL CONTENTS LIST:

Edited by: Eric J. Guignard
With Psychological Commentary by: Jessica Bayliss, PhD
Illustrated by: Nils Bross

Table of Contents:
“Preface: The Five Senses of Horror” by Eric J. Guignard
“Introduction: Why Do Horror Stories Work? The Psychobiology of Horror” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“Thoughts About the Sense of Touch” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“Heading Home” by Ramsey Campbell
“Soft” by Darrell Schweitzer
“Feel the Noise” by Lisa Morton
“Thoughts About the Sense of Hearing” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“In the Cave of the Delicate Singers” by LucyTaylor
“Sounds” by Kathryn Ptacek
“Malleus, Incus, Stapes” by Sarah Totton
“Thoughts About the Sense of Taste” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood” by PoppyZ. Brite
“Cassilago’s Wife” by Sarah Singleton
“Sweet Subtleties” by Lisa L. Hannett
“Thoughts About the Sense of Sight” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“The Beholder” by Richard ChristianMatheson
“In the Porches of My Ears” by NormanPrentiss
“The Impression of Craig Shee” by DavidMcGroarty
“Thoughts About the Sense of Smell” by Jessica Bayliss, PhD
“Shem-el-Nessim: An Inspiration in Perfume” by Chris Bell
“The Scent” by John F.D. Taff
“The Odor of Violets” by John Farris
“Understanding and Incorporating the Five Human Senses into Modern Horror Short Fiction Writing” by Eric J. Guignard
“Afterword: Sensation and Perception” by K.H. Vaughan, PhD 
“Suggested Academic Reading for Further Study   ”
“A Brief Reading List of Modern Fiction Short Stories with Relation to the Senses (1940–2015)”

July, 2018 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

July, 2018

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

Diabolical Plots ezine

http://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500 or less
Deadline: Open only during the month of July, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Science fiction, fantasy, and horror (everything must have speculative element, even horror), including mixed-genres. (This is the same founders of the market submission tracker, ‘The Grinder’.)

Unlocking the Magic (anthology, edited by Vivian Caethe)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1962286285/unlocking-the-magic-a-fantasy-anthology/posts/2203758
NOTE: This is a Kickstarter-funded campaign that already met its funding goal.
Payment: $300/story + royalties
Story Length: 3,000 – 6,000 words
Deadline: November 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: In fantasy, we read about how people with mental illness are more susceptible to magic, closer to breaks in reality, more likely to be able to see the unseen. These stereotypes are harmful and contribute to keeping people from seeing the good in getting help, taking their meds, and talking to someone. This anthology is about changing the narrative and telling stories of strength and perseverance, of getting help despite the darkness. Not the myth that getting help will kill creativity and magic. Not the story our society tells about mentally ill people: that art and magic must come from suffering. I want stories that show what can be accomplished when we take care of ourselves and seek help. I want stories that show the reality of being mentally ill within a fantasy setting. I want to see how mental illness and its treatment affects the magic that lies within all of us. I want to read realistic portrayals of mental illness in magical worlds.

Release the Virgins!  (anthology, edited by Michael Ventrella)

https://michaelaventrella.com/2018/06/25/release-the-virgins-open-for-submissions
NOTE: This is a Kickstarter-funded campaign that already met its funding goal.
Note #2: An email proposal is required to make sure you are not duplicating an idea already reserved by one of the accepted authors. Send to michael.ventrella@gmail.com.
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: September 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Each story must contain the line “release the virgins” somewhere within. No constraining genre limit, no constricting theme, just great stories inspired by (and containing) the phrase "Release the Virgins." Should contain a speculative or fantasy element (e.g. Tentacle Porn!).

Deep Magic

http://deepmagic.co/submissions/#
Payment: 6 cents a word for the first 9,999 words, with payment capped at $599 for stories longer than 10,000 words
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.

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.

Tor.com Novellas (Second Round of Two, 2018)!

https://tor.moksha.io/publication/tornovellas/guidelines
Payment: Not listed explicitly, but TOR is known to generally pay at or above Professional Rates
Story Length: 20,000 – 40,000 words
Deadline: July 30, 2018 through August 13, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Any speculative fiction with a science fiction or fantasy bent that “fits into what TOR normally publishes.”

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

Eye to the Telescope Poetry Journal, #30: Witches (Edited by Ashley Dioses)

http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Payment: 3 cents a word (max $25)
Story Length: No limitations
Deadline: September 15, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: No later than October 1, though estimated much sooner.
Description: Speculative Poetry (Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Online Journal). A witch is defined as someone who is said to possess usually malignant supernatural powers. Since speculative fiction covers fantasy and science fiction as well as horror, we’re going to focus on ‘usually’ in that definition. I want any take on witches with any gender. Horrific witches, saintly witches, pretty witches, ugly witches, witches from different planets, witches from different dimensions, historical witches with a speculative spin, etc.

Gimme the Loot: Stories Inspired by The Notorious B.I.G. (Edited by Gabino Iglesias; published by Clash Books)
https://yesclash.com/2018/06/05/submission-call-gimme-the-loot-stories-inspired-by-the-notorious-b-i-g/
Payment: $50 flat
Story Length: 2,500 – 6,000 words
Deadline: October 1, 2018
Reprints?: No
Response: T
Description: We want the themes in Biggie Small’s music filtered through your own words and experiences. We want the swagger and the success and the hustle of his life to inspire you to create your own thing. We want to feel your love for the man and his legacy in your story. This is a tribute to him, so celebrate him in a way only you can. I wants stories from barrio streets and the mountains and the small towns and from everywhere else—I.E. ANYTHING GOES, even space science fiction, even Bizarro.

June, 2018 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

June, 2018

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

Nowhereville: Weird is Other People (via Themed Magazine, EYEDOLON, from Broken Eye Books)

https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/submissions.html

Payment: 8 cents a word

Story Length: 3,000–7,500 words

Deadline: July 1, 2018

Reprints?: No

Response: Unknown (“as quick as they can”)

Description: Urban weird fiction: These are modern weird tales (give or take a few decades) that could only be told of the weirdness of the urban experience and our interactions with one another. Think Modern sensibilities from many different voices that show the immense and diverging possibilities for weird fiction, fearlessly exploring the new and the strange…

Cemetery Dance Magazine

https://cemeterydance.submittable.com/submit/17813/cemetery-dance-magazine-fiction-submissions

Payment: 5 cents a word

Story Length: up to 5,000 words

Deadline: July 5, 2018

Reprints?: No

Response: Up to four months (though known for going beyond this time, up to 12 months)

Description: Tales that are powerful and emotional—creepy, chilling, disturbing, and moody. Suspense/mystery/crime tales with a horror element are always welcome. Both supernatural and psychological stories are fine.

Terra! Tara! Terror! anthology (Third Flatiron)

http://www.thirdflatiron.com/liveSite/pages/submissions

Payment: 6 cents a word

Story Length: 1,500–3,000 words

Deadline: Accepting between June 15, 2018–July 15, 2018

Reprints?: No

Response: up to eight weeks

Description: (SF/Fantasy/Horror/Humor) Whether the setting is a cabin in the woods (Terra), Fae (Tara), or spaceship Nostromo (Terror), take us there and spin your adventure. For a bit of mood whiplash, we'd like a mixture of dark and bright stories. Examples: Obsession with odd artifacts (like Roadside Picnic's golden sphere?), alternate histories, paranormal romance (no erotica, please, we're PG-13).

The Forge Literary Magazine

https://www.forgelitmag.com/flm/submit

Payment: 5 cents a word

Story Length: Generally 3,000 words or less, but may be open to a bit longer. Flash is also highly appreciated (1,000 words or less).

Deadline: Continually open

Reprints?: No

Response: 3 months or less

Description: Prose Fiction--Open to all genres and voices, and stories with any background. Literary excellence is our only criteria. Pieces read anonymously, so please do not put your name anywhere in the file.

ESCAPE ARTISTS PodCasts (4 separate markets; Different Editors, similar guidelines)

All:

Payment: 6 cents a word/ original; $100 flat rate for reprints

Story Length: up to 6,000 words (preferred 4,500 words or less)

Deadline: Intermittent (each market opens as needs)

Reprints?: Yes

Response: Up to three months

1. PodCastle (Fantasy Fiction Podcast)

http://podcastle.org/guidelines/

Description: Publishes in both text and audio. Looking for fantasy stories. We’re open to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between.

2. Cast of Wonders (Y.A. Fantasy Fiction Podcast)

http://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/schedule

Description: Stories that evoke a sense of wonder and have something unreal about them. We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending stories with wide appeal, and without explicit sex, violence or pervasive obscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.

3. Escape Pod (Science Fiction Podcast)

http://escapepod.org/guidelines/short-fiction

Description: Our mandate is fun. We are fairly flexible on what counts as “science” (as we’ll delve into superheroes or steampunk on occasion) and are interested in exploring the range of the genre, but we are not looking for fantasy, magical realism, or more than a tinge of horror. If your story isn’t centered on science, technology, future projections, alternate history, and how any or all of these things intersect with people, we’re probably not the right market for it.

4. Pseudopod (Horror Fiction Podcast)

http://pseudopod.org/submissions

Description: Horror: dark, weird fiction. We run the spectrum from grim realism or crime drama, to magic-realism, to blatantly supernatural dark fantasy. We publish highly literary stories reminiscent of Poe or Lovecraft as well as vulgar shock-value pulp fiction; strong pacing, well-defined characters, engaging dialogue, and clear action.

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

Burnt Fur Anthology (Blood Bound Books)

http://bloodboundbooks.net/bloodboundbooks/burnt-fur-submission-call

Payment: 3 cents a word

Story Length: 1,500–7,000 words

Deadline: September 1, 2018

Reprints?: No

Response: None listed; estimate 2-3 months

Description: Stories from the dark underbelly of “Furry” life (Animal characters with human characteristics, or a person who dresses up in costume as such a character). All sub-genres of horror accepted—extreme, bizzaro, erotic, new weird, splatterpunk, etc.

Non-Themed Horror Anthology (unnamed as of yet) (Corpus Press)

https://www.corpuspress.com/call-for-submissions

Payment: 3 cents a word

Story Length: 2,500–4,500 words

Deadline: September 1, 2018

Reprints?: No

Response: By October 30, 2018

Description: Stories that can be characterized as being within the broad category of “horror” fiction: frightening, thought-provoking, atmospheric, humorous and/or satirical (or any combination thereof), but MUST contain a complete tale (i.e. no vignettes).

EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #2: A PRIMER TO Kaaron Warren is now available!!

The second in a series of scholarly primers, introducing and exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction: “EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #2: A PRIMER TO KAARON WARREN,” published through my press, Dark Moon Books.

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 Karron Warren for consenting to this project!

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Available for sale here:

(Paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Primer/dp/0998938300/

(ebook): https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Dark-Short-Fiction-Primer-ebook/dp/B07DFQYYKF/

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Back Copy Description:

Australian author Kaaron Warren is widely recognized as one of the leading writers today of speculative and dark short fiction. She’s published four novels, multiple novellas, and well over one hundred heart-rending tales of horror, science fiction, and beautiful fantasy, and is the first author ever to simultaneously win all three of Australia’s top speculative fiction writing awards (Ditmar, Shadows, and Aurealis awards for The Grief Hole).

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to her work, the second in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover—or learn more of—the distinct voice of Kaaron Warren, 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 Kaaron Warren.

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Table of Contents includes:

• Introduction by Eric J. Guignard

• Kaaron Warren: A Biography

• Guarding the Mound (fiction)

• Guarding the Mound: A Commentary

• Born and Bread (fiction)

• Born and Bread: A Commentary

• Death's Door Café (fiction)

• Death's Door Café: A Commentary

• The Wrong Seat (fiction)

• The Wrong Seat: A Commentary

• Sins of the Ancestors (fiction)

• Sins of the Ancestors: A Commentary

• Crisis Apparition (fiction)

• Crisis Apparition: A Commentary

• Why Kaaron Warren Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD

• In Conversation with Kaaron Warren

• Tips for Finalizing Your Short Story: An Essay by Kaaron Warren

• A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Kaaron Warren

Release Day today from DARK MOON BOOKS!!

Available for sale today from DARK MOON BOOKS:

SHADOW OF THE DARK ANGEL by Gene O'Neill

with panel illustrations by Greg Chapman

Continue the investigations of THE CRIME FILES OF KATY GREEN with Book #2, SHADOW OF THE DARK ANGEL!

Samuel Kubiak has severe issues. A distraught survivor of the California Foster Care System, he suffers from a condition of alopecia, incessant bullying, and a bizarre sexual frustration… But just as life seems its worst, he’s visited by a dark guardian angel: One who whispers into his ear that by walking in His shadow, Samuel can avenge himself on all who have wronged him.

And so do a string of grisly murders begin to emerge across Sacramento, victims whose killer seems to have emerged from nowhere and left without leaving any clue.

Assigned to the gruesome case are homicide detectives Katy Green and Johnny Cato, dubbed by the press as Sacramento’s “Green Hornet and Cato.” There hasn’t been a case yet they haven’t solved, but now how can they track down a psychopathic suspect who lives in the SHADOW OF THE DARK ANGEL?

Discover why readers have been applauding this stark, fast-paced noir series by multiple-award-winning author, Gene O’Neill! Read “Shadow of the Dark Angel” and then continue the shocking case files of Sacramento’s “Green Hornet and Cato” with books #1, “Double Jack” (a novella) and #3 “Deathflash”!

Taking orders for all major book chains and for you! Buy, buy, buy! Online at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998827584/