Odds and Ends

There's all kinds of interesting things to be found around the 'net today.

John M. Floyd has an interesting post about his experience in putting together a short story collection called "Thirty Pair of Shorts". http://criminalbrief.com/?p=7804 And that would be the essay title, not the collection.

Then drop on by Patti Abbott's and join the discussion about short story collections. http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2009/07/problems-with-single-author-short-story.html

There's some changes coming over at Eastern Standard Crime and the ezine Crooked. You can read all about it here http://easternstandardcrime.blogspot.com/2009/07/changes.html

Flashes in the Dark has put out a call for submissions. http://flashesinthedark.com/ Check out their guidelines and send them some horror flash. They're open to new or reprint stories.

NoirCon has a blog that I discovered today. Along with details about NoirCon they're also posting some great essays about noir. http://noircon.blogspot.com/

And the lovely Women of Mystery are having another contest. Just drop them a comment to be entered to win a copy of Faces by Martina Cole. You can find the details at http://www.womenofmystery.net/2009/07/step-right-up-for-chance-to-win.html

And for all you editors and writers of flash zines and print publications there's the Micro Flash Award. You can submit stories from October 1 through December 31 and the winner receives a hundred dollars. You can find all the details at http://www.microaward.com/