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We've got a little bit of everything this morning, folks.

First up for the Fantasy lovers there's a free book contest over at BSC. They're giving away 5 autographed copies of "The Light of Burning Shadows" by Chris Evans. You can find the details here http://www.bscreview.com/2009/06/contest-the-light-of-burning-shadows-by-chris-evans-5-copies-signed/

And I stumbled across the blog of fantasy author Natania Barron. Now I've never read her books and know very little about her but her blog is full of all kinds of wonderful tips about Fantasy writing. You can find her blog here http://nataniabarron.wordpress.com/

Then there's a couple of new markets I ran across.

The Blotter is a print mag with back issues online in PDF format. It's published by a non-profit organization and seems to have been in business as a monthly since 2005. I couldn't find any mention of them being a paying market on the site so they're probably a non-paying market. I mention them because they're looking for underground and outsider literature which is what many of you write and have trouble placing. Here's the link if you'd like to check them out http://www.blotterrag.com/

And here's an unusual flash publication. It's brand spanking new with only one story up so far. The publication is called Matchbook and they're looking for stories of 1000 words or less. If they accept your story, you're asked to provide another piece with your critical thoughts. They're looking for work that uses form to express the times in which we live. There's no pay but I thought the concept was interesting so I decided to pass it on. Here's the url http://www.matchbooklitmag.com/

There's a great article over at Jeremiah Tolbert's blog about rejection from the editor's side of the desk. You can read it here http://jeremiahtolbert.com/2009/an-editors-perspective-on-rejection/

With a hat tip to Clair Dickson, we've got a free Baby Shark book available for download on Robert Fate's website. The book, "Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues", is the second in Fate's wonderful Baby Shark series. Go ahead, treat yourself to a real gem. http://www.robertfate.com/

Oh yeah, we're doing a Snoopy Dance Rave this morning because new issues of Spinetinger and Mysterical-E have hit the virtual streets with loads of great reading material for all you short story lovers out there - and you know you are!

Spinetinger has published their Spring double issue so you've got twelve new stories to drool over from authors Anthony Rainone, Jake Nantz, Stephen D. Rogers, Graham Powell, and Damien Seaman, to name just a few. http://www.spinetinglermag.com

The Summer issue of Mysterical-E is chock full with 19 stories from authors like Albert Tucher, BJ Bourg, Jim Winter, John M. Floyd and JR Lindermuth. http://www.mystericale.com/

So what are you hanging around here for? Go. Read!