Things are pretty quiet all over the blog world, with fewer posts and only a stray comment here and there. While I've been finding many posts about editing, and writing in general, they pretty much cover the same ground. There's also been a number of posts by author's who hate the question - "where do you get your ideas?". New zine markets are pretty scarce and paying ones almost non-existent. But then, its summer and things are slow because that's the way summer is. And writing, well, there's only so much you can say about writing, the rest requires that you sit in your chair and just write until your heart breaks, then write some more.
I did find a pair of newer markets, both literary.
The Shady Side Review is a poetry and flash market for stories under 1000 words. You can find them here http://shadysidereview.com/
And then there's "off beat pulp" which publishes poetry and short stories under 5000 words. One problem here is they don't really tell you what they're looking for, but there are three issue up. And I mention them because they have the coolest set-up for a zine. When the zine comes up you click on the turn page button on the bottom and the page turns to the next story. Be forewarned that it's a tad slow in uploading. And yes, it doesn't take much to amuse me some days. http://www.offbeatpulp.com/
And Eastern Standard Crime has a call out for submissions for their first issue which will replace the Crooked site. http://easternstandardcrime.blogspot.com/ Their minimum word count is 500, and I believe the top is 1000.
And I ran across the Writers Relief Blog through a link on Charles Tan's wonderful Bibliophile Stalker blog (link is in the links section to the left) Now, they're selling their services on this blog, but they have a free newsletter that they send out every month that's full of market information. I'm not suggesting you use their services here, but if you choose to, be sure to check them out and proceed with care as always. http://writersreliefblog.com/
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