A while back I posted a link to a new market called QuarterFlash. Well, it seems they flashed and burned. The site url no longer works and the email submission address no longer exists. And I have it from a writer who submitted that he never received a response to his submission. So if you submitted to them, consider your story free to find another market.
And as one disappears another peeks over the horizon called The New Flesh. They're looking for odd flash fiction only, 1000 words tops. So, what is odd? Sci-fi, horror, fantasy and bizzaro. No reprints and no pay. They do have a pair of stories up so you can see what they're looking for. http://newfleshmagazine.blogspot.com/
I ran across a couple of paying anthology markets this morning.
The first, Appalachian Holiday Hauntings, is looking for stories in the 1000 to 3000 word range with a September 1 deadline. They want ghostly Christmas stories set in the Appalachian region. http://pages.suddenlink.net/michaelknost/xmas.html Payment is 3cents a word.
The Ladies of Trade Town is looking for sci-fi/fantasy stories about "ladies of the night" in the 3000 to 10,000 word range. The pay is 2 cents a word. The submission period begins January 5, 2010 and runs until June 9, 2010 so you have lots of time to get a story ready for this one. http://www.harphaven.net/LOTTGL.htm
Comet Press has extended the deadline for their Dark Crime anthology to September 15. url in the print/anthology section to the left.
I found this essay by Dean Wesley Smith comparing writing to poker quite interesting. http://deanwesleysmith.com/index.php/2009/08/12/stages-of-a-writer
And another fanning of the literary/genre flames, this one involving Tin House http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com/2009/08/tin-house-genre-fiction.html
1 comment:
I submitted to Quarterflash, and heard back but when I went to see it in the first issue, I came across the same thing you did. Flashed and burned as you said.
Ah well...
Post a Comment