tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post3728730175882099399..comments2024-01-02T15:19:12.921-08:00Comments on My Little Corner: Crime Market Updatesandra seamanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-81016929537302475592014-04-07T15:23:21.026-07:002014-04-07T15:23:21.026-07:00You're welcome, Stephen. Google can be such a...You're welcome, Stephen. Google can be such a pain at times.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-2453698884680923042014-04-07T14:50:32.091-07:002014-04-07T14:50:32.091-07:00Hey Sandra,
Thanks so much for compiling this.
(...Hey Sandra,<br /><br />Thanks so much for compiling this.<br /><br />(And thus once more I try to get through the Google process....)<br /><br />StephenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-6196204598473561542014-04-07T04:04:57.714-07:002014-04-07T04:04:57.714-07:00One other that I forgot was Plan B which pays $25....One other that I forgot was Plan B which pays $25.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-51754002651669681472014-04-06T15:45:33.868-07:002014-04-06T15:45:33.868-07:00Yes, Dusty, the SF community has a much richer mar...Yes, Dusty, the SF community has a much richer market for short stories. I don't understand why the crime market is so sparse as they both have their roots in the Pulps and a strong history of short story writers.<br /><br />I've posted about Phobos here before,but I missed the submission dates this year. Good luck with your BB submission!<br /><br />Thanks, Peter, I have DarkFuse over on the side, but I didn't consider it a straight up crime market. <br /><br />The truth is you can put a crime story in just about every market from Literary to Spec-Fiction depending on how you spin your story. Horror, though, is like a kissing cousin to the crime genre :)sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-24613821953498647692014-04-06T12:52:10.569-07:002014-04-06T12:52:10.569-07:00Another one for your list, though it's not lim...Another one for your list, though it's not limited to mystery/crime:<br /><br />DarkFuse launched a dark fiction antho series this year. Any dark fiction including “thriller, suspense, crime” stories. 2k to 5k words, $50 plus 5% royalties. They’ve already published the first volume. (They also publish lots of dark fiction novels each year.)Peter DiChellishttp://murderandfries.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624614653537130690.post-84548339822724050562014-04-06T12:38:24.325-07:002014-04-06T12:38:24.325-07:00Thanks for doing this Sandra. Though, it's a l...Thanks for doing this Sandra. Though, it's a little depressing. I can name at least a dozen SF/F zines that pay $.05/wd or more just off the top of my head. <br /><br />One market you missed, but probably didn't know they accept crime stories, is Phobos. They're known for SF/F but are really a pulp market that pays $.05/wd. They do prefer Philadelphians, but will read fiction from anywhere.<br /><br />That's where I submitted the story in question. They called it, "a fine piece of prose" but said it did not fit that quarter's theme. (BTW, they're themed) <br /><br />I knew about the next Both Barrels anthology but thought I'd have time to try another pro market before deadline. But once I started searching I found there were no pro-paying crime markets. Ellery Queen and Hitchcock seem more interested in mysteries and my story isn't really a mystery. So I guess I'll just submit to Both Barrells. <br /><br />For all the criticisms of the SFWA, I think it's safe to say that the pay rates for SF zines have been positively influenced by that organization.Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566170310750488013noreply@blogger.com