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Hidden Thoughts Press Open For Submissions (Feb 20, 2012) Hidden Thoughts Press Phobias Anthology Open for SubmissionReal People, Real Phobias Hidden Thoughts Press is looking for true stories of phobias and how you’ve learned to live with them, overcome them, or even if you are still learning how to deal with those irrational fears everyone tells you is all in your head. The phobia can be yours, or someone you have a relationship with — parent, sibling, spouse, etc. Give us real, give us raw, and hold nothing back. Hidden Thoughts Press wants those stories from the heart, telling us the ups and downs, the funny and the scary parts of having a phobia. How do phobias affect your life? How do you get through them when the source of your fear makes itself known? How has having a phobia affected your relationship with others? What helps you make in through the stress a phobia can cause? Who has offered a shoulder to lean on? Inspiration and hope are key to these stories. We want people to read yours and realize they’re not alone in the world of irrational fear. We want stories to help lift the feelings of isolation and depression that having a phobia can cause. We also want to know how you stay ahead of your phobia? How to you control it, instead of letting it control you? We know writing about your fears is a difficult task. Nothing is more scary than facing what you are afraid of, even in the written word. But we encourage you to share your stories, and hope that by doing so, your knowledge and experiences will help readers realize other people have felt the way they do and overcame it, and by extension, provide a cathartic experience for the sufferer as well. Stories need to be sent by electronic submissions only. Your stories should be attached, not pasted into the body of your email, in RTF or DOC format. Do not send them in DOCX, ODT or WPD format. Please provide a briefcover letter with all your contact info, title, and word count and publication history, if any. Don’t worry if you haven’t been published. Hidden Thoughts Press still wants to hear from you. All stories should have the author’s name, address, email and phone number in the top left corner and approximate word count in the top right corner. The story title should appear centered over the work about a third of the way down the page. Please do not use page numbers, headers or footers in your work. If a word or phrase needs emphasis, please use italics instead of underlining or captitalization. Stories should be 1,500 to 6000 words, in Times New Roman or Courier/Courier New 12pt font, double spaced and left justified. Leave the right margin ragged. Please use 1”margins on all sides. Use 1 tab indent for paragraphs. If you aren’t sure how to format a manuscript, please visit: http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html You may submit up to two (2) stories for consideration No reprints No simultaneous submissions The anthology is open until filled. You will receive a confirmation email to let you know your submission has been received. Payment for stories included in this anthology is one contributor’s copy and ½ cent per word Please send your story to: holliesnider@hiddenthoughtspress.com Put your story title, last name and approximate word count in your email subject line Please email questions or concerns to the email address above. Bram Stoker Award 2011 Final Ballot Announced (Feb 19, 2012) The final ballot for the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Awards for works published in 2011 has been compiled. The final ballot will be sent out to Active- and Lifetime-member voters on February 23, 2012. NOVEL:
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Horror World Anthology of Short Fiction – Volume 1 edited by Christopher Jones and Nanci Kalanta (Feb 14, 2012) Horror World is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the Horror World Anthology of Short Fiction – Volume 1 to be published in e-book format at the end of 2012. Trade PB to follow in 2013 (provided the world doesn’t end). The following are the guidelines for submission. *Manuscripts should be 500 to 5000 words in length. Exceptions will be made either over or under the word limit based on quality. Poetry will be considered. *Manuscripts should be single spaced with breaks instead of indentations to denote new paragraphs. Please use size 12 Times New Roman font. Manuscripts should be submitted in DOC or DOCX formats. *We accept electronic submissions only through the following email address: submissions@horrorworld.org. Please allow up to 3 months for a response. *No multiple submissions. Please wait until you receive an acceptance or rejection before sending another story. *We accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your submission is accepted elsewhere. *Payment: Horror World pays 2 cents per word for First Worldwide Electronic and Print Rights. Payment is made upon publication. *We will be accepting submissions until July 1, 2012 *Any type of horror-related story is acceptable but we are looking for stories that are scary and original or stories that bring a fresh perspective to a familiar trope. Arcane Wisdom Press Publishing Schedule Update (Feb 6, 2012) Here is a quick update on a few already announced title and a couple that will be announced over the next several weeks. This title is already at the printers and we are expecting it within the next several weeks.
H. P. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, and he was continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings. This first volume of H. P. Lovecraft’s Favorite Horror Stories presents 16 stories that Lovecraft found to be of particular merit. Among them are the beautiful poetic fantasy “Idle Days on the Yann” by Lord Dunsany; Fiona Macleod’s grimly evocative “The Sin-Eater,” which influenced “The Rats in the Walls”; Arthur Machen’s grisly novelette “Novel of the White Powder,” which Lovecraft adapted for “Cool Air”; and M. P. Shiel’s “The House of Sounds,” which Lovecraft ranked among the greatest weird tales ever written. Also included are hard-to-find stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, E. F. Benson, Théophile Gautier, John Buchan, and others, as well as two stories from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales (Seabury Quinn’s “The Phantom Farmhouse” and Arthur J. Burks’s “Bells of Oceana”). The volume contains an introduction by S. T. Joshi as well as notes on the individual stories, giving background on the authors as well as on Lovecraft’s appreciation of the tales and their possible influence on his work. Contents:
This is a signed limited edition hardcover of only 150 signed and numbered copies.
Volume one The Crawling Chaos sold out quickly and this one is almost gone too. If you haven’t reserved your copy of this book yet do so soon by clicking the cover art above. This book is in the final stages of copy editing and then it will be at the printers. We expect to have it in hand within about six weeks. Some of H. P. Lovecraft’s most fascinating work came from a time in his life that he was forced, by economic survival, to ghostwrite, collaborate and revise the work of others in the field. Here Lovecraft Scholar S. T. Joshi collects the best of these revisions and collaborations in a two volume set to be published this year from Arcane Wisdom Press. Medusa’s Coil and Others is the second of these two volumes. This edition is painstakingly annotated, and includes an introduction and bibliography by S. T. Joshi. The book is a must for the Lovecraft enthusiast and scholar alike. This limited edition hardcover will be strictly limited to only 150 hardcover copies. They will be signed by Lovecraftian scholar S. T. Joshi and will be hand numbered on a custom signature sheet, featuring artwork by Zach McCain. We expect to be shipping these in late January reserve your copy now of this unique collection. Contents:
Soon we will be announcing two new additions to our Modern Mythos Library: THE COLOR OVER OCCAM by Jonathan Thomas. Cover art for this one is currently being completed and we should have the limited edition hardcover up within the next couple weeks. And the first book in our new novella series in the Modern Mythos Library titled IRON CHAIN by Donald Tyson. Stay tuned for more on these awesome new Modern Mythos Library titles. Lastly In the coming months we will also be announcing THE SONG OF THE SIREN by Edward Lucas White. This will be a collection of his best work edited and with long introduction by mythos scholar S. T. Joshi (title and cover art for this one may change)
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World Book Night Press Release (Feb 3, 2012) Welcome to World Book NightWe need book-loving volunteers to fan out across America on April 23, 2012! Just take 20 free copies of a book to a location in your community, and you just might change someone’s life. Please sign up by Feb. 6 EST at midnight. The goal is to give books to new readers, to encourage reading, to share your passion for a great book. The entire publishing, bookstore, library, author, printing, and paper community is behind this effort with donated services and time. The first World Book Night was held in the UK last year, and it was such a big success that it’s spreading around the world! Please volunteer to be a book giver in the U.S. Sign up now to be a book giver. World Book Night Sponsors: Algonquin Books
Cemetery Dance Press Release (Feb 2, 2012)
Catch-Up On Recent News: Hi Folks! We have a lot of new subscribers on this mailing list, so we thought it would be helpful to summarize some of our most important recent news: * We have a bunch of new eBay auctions, but eBay was having some trouble yesterday so the pages weren’t always loading. Hopefully they work better today: Check out our eBay auctions!
* Horror Drive-In Presents An All-Night Short Story Marathon edited by Mark Sieber is a brand new, in-stock signed Limited Edition glossy chapbook featuring short stories by Bill Pronzini, Harry Shannon, Brian James Freeman, Norman Prentiss, and Ronald Malfi. Preorders should be shipping by Monday. * Preorders for The Century’s Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan are about 50% shipped! This is a massive two volume set of 100 short stories by the legends of horror including Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Charles Beaumont, Jack Ketchum, Gary Brandner, Dennis Etchison, Michael Bishop, Ramsey Campbell, David Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Glen Hirshberg, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, and nearly seven dozen others. Definitely a must-have for any horror fan!
* Pure by Julianna Baggott is more than 90% sold out, so there will not be copies around to order down the road. * Titanic 2012 by Bill Walker (Revised & Updated Edition!) is available on a variety of eBook stores including our own. * Wild Horses by Brian Hodge is also now available as an eBook, which is great news for his many fans!
* Our copies of Peep Show, Volume One edited by Paul Fry are on their way across the ocean and should ship to our customers later this month. * Seven Stories by Brian James Freeman is now Amazon’s #1 bestselling free story collection in the US, UK, Germany, France, and Spain, plus #2 in Italy! If you missed out on your free download, here are the links again while there’s still time: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it. Support for the Navy SEALs (Jan 31, 2012) In August of 2011, the Navy SEAL community suffered its worst single day loss of life in its more than 50-year history when a team of SEALs aboard a special operations helicopter was shot down inAfghanistan. Like everyone with ties to the Naval Special Warfare, writer Jeffrey Wilson was deeply affected by this event. Everyone in the community is connected in some way to the families devastated by this tragedy. Together with JournalStone Publisher Christopher C. Payne, Jeffrey has set out to raise money for the Navy SEAL Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides direct support for wounded SEALs and others from the Special Warfare community, and provides support and comfort for the families left behind when SEALs are killed in the line of duty. For the entire month of February, Jeffrey Wilson will donate 100% of his royalties from his novel THE TRAITEUR’S RING to the Navy SEAL foundation. In an incredible show of generosity and support, Chris Payne at JournalStone has agreed to not only match this donation, but in fact donate 100% of JournalStones’ February profits from this book during February. Jeffrey Wilson, a vascular and trauma surgeon, was deployed multiple times supporting the Navy SEALs as a combat surgeon. Although he left active duty in late 2007, he remains an active reserve member. Still assigned to the SEALs,Wilsonruns a training program for SEAL medics. In Wilson’s novel, Americans confront terrorism; injured soldiers regain their health; sacrifice is rewarded; flashbacks and terrifying childhood memories serve the greater good; ancient (and infallible) wisdom is available to true seekers; and emotional connection binds people together for an eternity.Wilsonis currently available for interviews. His publisher, Chris Payne, is also granting interviews. Please let me know if you’d like additional information. Thank you for your time and consideration. Author Bio: Jeffrey Wilson Jeffrey Wilson, the son of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who later joined Pan Am as a pilot, spent much of his childhood inBerlin,Germanyat the height of the Cold War (1970 – 1975). He has worked as a musician (fife and drum corp) and actor; a firefighter/paramedic; and pilot and flight instructor. That was before he completed his residency in general Surgery and rejoined the Navy. He was a featured physician while the chief resident on trauma in an episode of “Trauma: Life and Death in the ER” on The Learning Channel during this time. Wilsondid a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at USF from 2002-2004. He reported for duty as a Vascular Surgeon toPortsmouthNavalMedicalCenterin July 2004. There he was the Director of Vascular Surgery research and director of the Non-invasive vascular Lab. In January 2005, he deployed as a Combat surgeon assigned to a FRSS team (the so-called “Devil Docs” who set up battle field surgical support with the Marines). They were in the Al Anbar provinceofIraqfor 6 months. Upon his return, he was recruited by Naval Special Warfare to provide surgical support as a combat surgeon with the Navy SEALs. He left active duty in Late 2007 but remains in the reserves, still assigned to the SEALs where he runs a training program for SEAL medics. He works as a Vascular Surgeon at the VA and as a Trauma Surgeon atTampa GeneralHospitalwith theUniversityofSouth Florida. THE TRAITEUR’S RING is his first published novel, and is part of a three-book contract with his publisher. THE DONORS is due out next summer and FADE TO BLACK the following year. He is currently working on his fourth book. Publisher Bio: Christopher C. Payne Christopher C. Payne was born inDeSoto,Ill., in January 1967. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Southern Illinois University atCarbondale, graduating in 1990. Currently he lives inSan Francisco,Calif.In his spare time, he enjoys biking and snowboarding with his wife and two daughters. Holding down a corporate accounting/finance job, Payne embarked on a literary career, delving into the world of writing with no preconceived idea of what to expect. He wrote three novels and edited an anthology before realizing his calling was more in tune with publishing. JournalStone was established in 2009, became a publishing company in late 2010 and published its first novel in the spring of 2011. Publishing over 10 novels in 2011 was quite an accomplishment for a budding small press but 2012 holds the promise of some enormous potential for JournalStone Publishing. Book Information: The Traiteur’s Ring Contact Information: http://www.bookpr.com mailto:sjmiller@bookpr.com Post Mortem Press Announcement And Call For Submissions (Jan 26, 2012) 2012 Has Started with a BANG!
This weekend (January 28 & 29) you can get a FREE Kindle copy of Jason Downes’ Pony Fleming. With the success of the 2011 Press the Flesh Tour we’ve decided to do it again in 2012. The 2012 PMPress the Flesh End of Days Tour kicks off in March with visits to nearby Lexington and World Horror Convention 2012
We are currently open for short story submissions for our Lovecraft inspired anthology Torn Realities, edited by Paul Anderson. This is not your father’s homage to Cthulhu. Check our submissions page for details. Finally, don’t forget the PMPress Book of the Month Club. Members get new releases sent straight to their mailbox at a deep discount with no shipping, no cards to mail, no gimmicks. See our webpage for details and to join! Horror Writer’s Association Announces Preliminary Ballot (Jan 21, 2012) The Horror Writer’s Association has announced the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards. Please note that this is just the Preliminaries. The Final Ballot will not be announced until February 18th. Voting closes on February 8th at Midnight PST. http://www.horror.org/blog/?p=2245 Each year, the Horror Writer’s Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Bram Stoker Awards were instituted immediately after the organization’s incorporation in 1987. To ameliorate the competitive nature of any award system, the Bram Stoker Awards are given “for superior achievement,” not for “best of the year,” and the rules are deliberately designed to make ties possible. The first awards were presented in 1988 (for works published in 1987) and they have been presented every year since. The award itself is an eight-inch replica of a fanciful haunted house, designed specifically for HWA by sculptor Steven Kirk. The door of the house opens to reveal a brass plaque engraved with the name of the winning work and its author. Any work of Horror first published in the English language may be considered for an award during the year of its publication. The categories for which a Bram Stoker Award may be presented have varied over the years, reflecting the state of the publishing industry and the horror genre. From 2011 the eleven Bram Stoker Award categories are: Novel, First Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Young Adult, Fiction Collection, Poetry Collection, Anthology, Screenplay, Graphic Novel and Non-Fiction. There are two paths to a work becoming a Nominee for the Bram Stoker Award. In one, the HWA membership at large recommends worthy works for consideration. A preliminary ballot for each category is compiled using a formula based on these recommendations. In the second, a Jury for each category also compiles a preliminary ballot. Two rounds of voting by our Active members then determine first the Final Ballot (all those appearing on the Final Ballot are “Bram Stoker Nominees”), and then the Bram Stoker Award Winners. The Winners are announced and the Bram Stoker Awards presented at a gala banquet, normally during the period between March and June. In addition, Lifetime Achievement Awards are occasionally presented to individuals whose entire body of work has substantially influenced Horror. Ed Gorman News (Jan 18, 2012) Ed Gorman has released two of his best mysteries: The Day the Music Died and Wake Up Little Susie bundled for the Kindle. Ed Gorman is one of the best crime writers of our time and if you haven’t read him, now is the time to remedy that. For $6.99 you get two amazing novels in one easy download http://amzn.to/AtGl8T |
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(plus the Stoker Awards Gala) in Salt Lake City. This year will bring us to some familiar places as well as some new ones. Watch for details on Facebook and Twitter.
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