And Just Because

I enjoyed this essay by Sarah Rees Brennan called "Ladies, Don't Let Anyone Tell You You're Not Awesome". http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/188663.html

Burnt Bridge

The August online edition of "Burnt Bridge" is live with an interview with PulpPress publisher, Danny Hogan and fiction by Matthew C. Funk and David James Keaton. http://burntbridge.net/issue/online-edition/12-august-2011

Market Updates

Schlock magazine has opened submissions to their December issue with the theme apocalypse. The deadline is November 1. They also have some podcasts up this month for those who enjoy listening to their shorts. Check them out here http://schlockmagazine.net

Back a while ago I mentioned the new market "Comets and Criminals". I'm happy to report that they've moved their opening issue up to October 1 from the projected January 1 launch. You can keep track of what's going on and see what stories have been accepted so far on their blog. The zine is here http://www.cometsandcriminals.com This is a paying market for sci-fi, crime, and western fiction.

Ride

"Ride" is the name of Keith Snyder's bicycle fiction ebook anthology. He has extended the deadline to September 21 for short fiction with a bicycle theme. You can find the details here http://keithsnyder.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/call-for-submissions-bike-themed-fiction/

Frank Bill

There's a great interview with short story writer, Frank Bill, over at the Gutter Books blog. http://gutterbooksnewsandevents.blogspot.com/2011/07/7-questions-frank-bill.html Frank is the author of a collection of shorts called "Crimes in Southern Indiana".

If you'd like to win a copy of his collection drop on over to Ron Earl Phillips' blog and enter his contest. He's looking for stories about where you live. The deadline is August 25 for up to 2000 words in any genre. You can find the details here http://ronearl.com/2011/07/frank-bill-and-write-where-youre-at/

And if you'd like to know more about Frank and his books stop by his blog, House of Grit. http://frankbillshouseofgrit.blogspot.com/

First of the Month Market Openings

Well, it's the first of August and if you're looking for an open market stop by Duotrope's recent updates page and you'll find 72 markets that have opened for your submitting pleasure today. Among those of interest to readers here are Shock Totem, Red Penny Papers, and Ghostlight. http://www.duotrope.com/recentupdates.aspx

I also had word from BV Lawson that The Baltimore Review is switching to an online journal with more content in 2012. They're using Submishmash for submissions. You can find all the details at http://baltimorereview.org/index.html

And if you're not reading BV's excellent blog "In Reference to Murder", you should be. Not only does she keep you up to date on all things mystery but she has one of the best sources of markets and reference sites available for mystery writers. Check it out here http://inreferencetomurder.typepad.com/my_weblog

New Issues

Issue #7 of Crimefactory has gone live with work from Sean Doolittle, Todd Robinson, Matt Funk and Edward Grainger, just to name a very few. Check it out here http://www.crimefactoryzine.com/main/Home.html

And the lovely Patti Abbott is this month's featured author at All Due Respect with her story "The Perfect Day". http://www.all-due-respect.blogspot.com