All Over the Map Day

It's another one of those all-over-the-map links day. They're mostly markets but they range from flash to cats and all things in between.

First though, here's a link to Nick Mamatas' blog and an interesting discussion about lit, genre and making money with your writing. http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1438700.html

Chicago Pulp Stories http://www.pulpstories.org/index.html is a print magazine. The deadline is March 8 for their next issue and they're looking for fiction in any genre. The pay is 2 copies of the issue your story appears in.

The Feline Muse http://www.thefelinemuse.com/ is, you guessed it, looking for all things feline from poetry to photographs and everything in between. The deadline is May 16 for a June launch of this new zine. This is a non-paying market.

Quick Fiction http://quickfiction.org is a flash fiction print and online flash magazine. They're looking for stories under 500 words with a August 15 deadline for their next issue. Non-paying market.

Over at Duotrope I noticed that they had listed Burst Fiction as a dead market. Apparently there were two Burst zines because the link I have in the flash section is still live with the newest issue now up. http://www.terra-media.us/burst/index.html This Burst is looking for flash under 700 words. It's an online quarterly zine that pays $10 per story.

At darkmarkets.com I found an anthology call from Wicked East Press http://wickedeastpress.lefora.com/2010/02/15/for-writers-to-be-announced/ The anthology is called Ransom: Give Me What I Want and I'll Go Away (Maybe) They're looking for ransom stories of 3500 to 7000 words with a September 30 deadline. The payment is one copy. What troubles me here is that the call is posted on a forum board but I can't seem to find a website for Wicked East Press. Pill Hill Press also uses this board but they have a web presence. So if you decide to go with this call, do a little checking around first. It always pays to err on the side of caution.

And finally, the crew at Do Some Damage has issued the latest Flash Challenge. http://dosomedamage.blogspot.com/2010/02/dsd-flash-challenge.html They're looking for recession stories with a top word count of 900 and an April 6 deadline, which gives you lots of time. If you're interested in the challenge, drop on over and sign up in the comments section.