Market News

Rey Gonzalez, editor for the Flash Fiction Offensive, was in an automobile accident and the guys from OOTG have picked up the reins until he's back on the job. If you have a story to send, be advised that there's a new email address to send your story to and the guest editor calls himself Satan. There's many new stories posted on the site and they've also added a few stories that were first up at MuzzleFlash then featured in OOTG. Lots of good reading. url to the left.

Crimson Highway appears to be a dead market. They had posted a note that they were going to start back up after a hiatus but that doesn't seem to be the case now. Clicking on the CH link, you're now directed to their newest enterprise Comet Press. This press seems to deal in anthologies featuring novellas and novelettes. Unfortunately, they're closed to submissions at the present time. I'll check back now and then and let you know when they'll be open again.

The April issue of Horror Bound is open and they're featuring an interview with Joe R. Lansdale along with some reviews and short stories. They're also open to submissions. url to the left.

Storyglossia's April issue is up and they're open to submissions for issue 33. url to the left

And I found four new markets, three flash and one that takes stories up to 2000 words.

Micro 100
http://micro100.blogspot.com/
Their fourth issue has just gone live, they want stories that max out at 100 words but I noticed that there's several longer stories posted.

Postcard Shorts
http://www.postcardshorts.com/
stories to 250 words with an online submission form.

Tweet the Meat
http://tweetthemeat.blogspot.com/
Another twitter market, horror stories with only 140 characters. They want to be scared and they only take subs on Saturdays and Sundays.

Strange World Magazine
http://strangeworldmagazine.blogspot.com/
These folks take stories up to 2000 words, they want mysterious and unusual stories in all genres. The deadline for their first issue, due out in June, is May 22.

As always, check out the guidelines and read the zines to see if you have what they need.

If there's any editors out there who'd like more stories directed their way, drop me a line and I'll be sure to post a link to your zine and will post any comments that you'd like to add about what you're looking for in particular, what you hate to see crossing your computer screen, and what makes a good submission stand out for you.