Shrieks, excoriating agony, mind-shattering abasement, irredeemable loss, vaporization. Okay, curling up with 53 visions of the end of the world isn’t everyone’s idea of entertainment. Yet there’s something compelling about going head-on with anxiety and even outright terror. The need…
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Vignettes From the End of the World: Apocalypse by Apokrupha
Tagged with: apocalypse, Apokrupha, dark fantasy, fiction, flash, Horror, Joseph Haddon, Short story, stories
Posted in Dark Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Publishing, Writing
Posted in Dark Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Publishing, Writing
Apokrupha: “Dark Bits” Flash Fiction
Whatever your favorite term for scary storytelling is, check out Apokrupha. Here’s a snip from the publisher’s “About” page that describes their bent: “Our first project is LampLight, a magazine focusing on the darker side of fiction. But it is…
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Tagged with: Apokrupha, Dark Bits, dark fiction, Flash Fiction, Horror, LampLight, stories, weird
Posted in Dark Fiction, Horror, Publishing, Writing
Posted in Dark Fiction, Horror, Publishing, Writing
The Grinder: Market Database and Submission-Tracking
“Milling your submissions into something useful…” That’s the appealing tagline for The (Submission) Grinder. A couple of fiction rejections rank with my most treasured possessions and are among the reasons I still write. Most of them were recycled long ago.…
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Tagged with: fiction, getting published, markets, publishing, science fiction, stories, submission-tracking, submissions, writing
Posted in Publishing, Resources, Writing
Posted in Publishing, Resources, Writing
The Rejection File
The Rejection File In my date book I note: “Like a Girl” back from [a favorite speculative fiction magazine]. Back from, as though it’s been for a visit. I rarely use the word rejected. For years I noted “declined.” Now…
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Tagged with: fiction, Horror, rejection, speculative fiction, stories, submissions, vampire, writing
Posted in Horror, Writing
Posted in Horror, Writing
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