Speculative slipstream cross-genre new wave fabulist fiction
Posted on August 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Paraspheres
Okay, so I ran across this great article at Omnidawn today ( http://www.omnidawn.com/ ) and even though it was dated 2006, it sounds as if it was written yesterday. It relates to a lot of what I personally write, as well as many of my friends and peers. I see Brian Evenson talking about it all the time, including at least two panels at AWP (Chicago 2009 and NYC 2008). I know that Stephen Graham Jones deals with it all the time, and will be continuing this conversation at the 2010 AWP in Denver. I’m so glad to see people speaking out about it. And after reading the Best American Short Stories 2008 and finding so many fantastic voices pushing the edges of “literary” fiction (such as TC Boyle, AM Homes, Katie Price, Karen Brown, etc.) is really encouraging.
2010 panels that I already know about include the fantastic Dr. Jones:
“Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy…Seriously,”
“Byronic Vampires and Melancholy Green Men: Harnessing Genre for Literary Use.”
Now that’s what I’m talking about. Those two panels ALONE should get me there, let alone Chabon. Here’s the article though at Omnidawn. It’s a bit long, and a bit academic, but man it sure hits home.
http://www.omnidawn.com/paraspheres/index.htm#why
Just scroll down a bit. The anthology, Paraspheres, of course contains a story entitled “An Accounting” by Brian Evenson. It sounds like a must read too.
Peace,
Richard
Christopher Dwyer – Dark Matter – Dogmatika “Writer in Residence”
Posted on August 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
Official Website
I’ve been a peer and friend of Christopher for a couple of years now. We often joke that we were separated at birth. Brothers from another mother. We have very similar styles, and I think that is why we were drawn to each other’s work. We both like heavy setting, lyrical prose and the darker sides of life. Neither of us shy away from graphic sex (and that’s a good thing) nor do we pull any punches on the violence (also a visceral component).
Earlier this year when I heard that CJD was going to be the “writer-in-residence” at Dogmatika, a staff writer with a new story/column called DARK MATTER up every month, I couldn’t have been more thrilled. A bit jealous, of course, as I had my first story up at Dogmatika earlier this year. But the bottom line is that I always look forward to his work, and have never been let down. And that’s a lot of stories. We’ve also published together quite often, including Colored Chalk (that alternative literary whore, who HASN’T been in), Gold Dust, as well as Dogmatika.com and a vampire anthology that we’re shopping around right now (fantastic work, many names you’d recognize) tentatively called SHADOW KINDRED.
Christopher’s link is over to the right there on my blogroll as well as Dogmatika of course, but here are direct links to his recent stories/columns. “Crackle” is one of my favorite stories of his, but they all rock. He’s one of the most talented and unique voices out there today. Stories are in reverse chronological order.
DOGMATIKA – DARK MATTER by Christopher Dwyer
“Scars and Salvation” – Part One
http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/scars-and-salvation-one/
“Crackle”
http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/crackle/
“Guiltless”
http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/guiltless/
“Collide”
http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/collide/
Major Inversions by Gordon Highland
Posted on August 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
by Gordon Highland
Gordon is a very generous and talented guy. He recorded the voice-over work for my story up at Word Riot, is a very active and supportive member of my novel workshop, Write Club, plays a major role at The Velvet and has published alongside me in Colored Chalk. I’m psyched that this is finally getting out there. It got a lot of good responses in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, and made it a lot farther than my novel. It’s funny and subversive, so check it out.
“Your roommate says you should date more, that all those spandex nights on stage paying tribute to hair metal and banging faceless groupies only amplify your Jekyll/Hyde syndrome. That this quicksand town of floozies, fiends, and filmmakers will survive without your commercial jingles. And your narcotics. That you should turn in your daytime security-guard badge and settle down.
He’s got the perfect girl, a cinnamon-scented innocent who will bring that elusive substance to your life despite the familial forces that conspire against your union.
Always lurking in the periphery, the roommate remains buried in his Master’s thesis, the parasitic puppeteer behind your reinvention, the search for your birth parents, and your all-too-brief film scoring career. A supporting cast of lecherous directors, deluded bandmates, federal agents, and nostalgic exes enable and obstruct your path to closure and ironic revenge as you wash the blood from your hands in this revisionist character study that is Major Inversions.”
Caleb Ross in Vain Magazine
Posted on August 18, 2009 1 Comment
Caleb J. Ross "Charactered Pieces"
I’ve been bad about promoting my friends and peers here on my blog, just a matter of time and actually remembering to do that, so I’m going to work hard to do better at that.
I’m very excited to see Caleb J. Ross get his story into Vain, one of the most compelling and visually appealing rags out there. Go check it out, it’s a story I’ve known for a long time, and I absolutely love it.
Keep up the great work Caleb.
Peace,
Richard
PS-His personal website is linked over there on the right hand side as well on my BLOGROLL. Vain too, as I published with them earlier this year, my short story “Underground Wonderbound” a sordid little tale about an underground sex club. That story is linked under both SHORT STORIES and TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sideshow Fables #1 is OUT – Circus Fiction
Posted on August 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
I’m posting this for Paul. I am the co-editor and designer. I’m really proud of the overall vision, look and quality of work in this debut issue.
Fiction by Steve Almond, Craig Wallwork, Nik Korpon, Catherine J. Gardner, Caleb J. Ross, Rhian Waller, Deborah Walker, Christopher Kugler, Colin McKay Miller, and the first installment of a Sideshow Fables serial by Nicholas Merlin Karpuk.
I’m a big fan of Steve Almond, and we’re thrilled to have him in our first issue. You may recognize the names of Craig, Nik, Caleb and Colin as writers that have published in Colored Chalk before, some in my issues. All are fantastic writers, and I’ve published alongside many of them. In fact, Craig and Caleb are going to be in the Gold Dust Anthology coming out at the end of the year. The Great Karpuk is another writer whose work I’ve gotten to know, and I’ve become a real fan of his work as well. The other writers are all new to me, but their contributions are just as strong.
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Hello everyone,
I am excited to announce that Sideshow Fables #1 is now available for sale at http://www.sideshowfables.com. Visit the Sideshow Fables ‘Store’ to view buying options.
The print edition of Sideshow Fables will be available to ship in a week or so. We are accepting pre-orders at this time, so if you purchase the print magazine through the website, your order will be shipped as soon as we have the copies in hand. When you purchase a print copy, you will also receive a free copy of the E-book version of Sideshow Fables in PDF format. You will receive a separate email that will give you a link to download the PDF.
You will also see that we have the E-book version of Sideshow Fables #1 for sale that is available immediately for only $3.00. After you complete your checkout with PayPal, you will be given a link to download the file.
Thanks for your continued interest and support of Sideshow Fables. When you purchase a copy of Sideshow Fables in any format, you are supporting the Sideshow Fables team, the writers of the stories, and literature as a form of entertainment.
Let us know what you think of Issue #1 by emailing us at sideshowfables@gmail.com.
On behalf of everyone here at Sideshow Fables, thanks so much!
Sincerely,
Paul Eckert
Editor
Sideshow Fables
sideshowfables@gmail.com
http://www.sideshowfables.com
An Incomplete List of My Online Stories
Posted on August 12, 2009 4 Comments
This is a Table of Contents for all of my current, LIVE fiction that is available online for FREE. Below are each of the stories, a brief synopsis, and a link to the site that hosts them. They are in reverse chronological order.
What do all of these stories have in common? I tend to write about the darker aspects of life, and am fascinated by what happens when things fall apart, how we handle life when it throws us a curve ball, the dysfunction in everyday life, how we rebel against the rules of society, and what goes on in the middle of the night.
Last Updated: October 24, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
“The Darkness Between the Stars”
LIGHTSPEED
SYNOPSIS: A pair of teenage boys stumbles across a time machine, in an abandoned amusement park, and chaos ensues. When you almost lose your best friend, your family, you tend to appreciate them more.
THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE STARS
“Kuebiko”
THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE
SYNOPSIS: A man lives a lifetime in the shadow of a traumatic event in the woods. How does this event shape him? The parable about two wolves unfolds—which survives, love or hate? The one you feed.
KUEBIKO
“How Not to Come Undone”
THE WRITING DISORDER
SYNOPSIS: A pair of twins balance each other out, but that’s not always a good thing. In this dark magical realism we see how far family will go to save each other.
HOW NOT TO COME UNDONE
“Vision Quest”
NORWEGIAN AMERICAN
SYNOPSIS: When a violent car accident takes his family, one man starts having visions.
VISION QUEST
“From Within”
CEASE, COWS
SYNOPSIS: In a slave state, how do you protect your son? What if he doesn’t need protecting? Long-listed for Best Horror of the Year.
FROM WITHIN
“Little Red Wagon”
THE WRITING DISORDER
SYNOPSIS: What would you do to keep the human race alive? And what does being human really mean?
LITTLE RED WAGON
“Moving Heavy Objects”
STORYSOUTH
SYNOPSIS: A son tries to forgive his father for being so distant.
MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS
“Asking for Forgiveness”
MENACING HEDGE
SYNOPSIS: When the land yields nothing but abomination, how does family change, how do we survive? Long-listed for Best Horror of the Year.
ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS
“Gandaberunda”
SHOTGUN HONEY
SYNOPSIS: What happens when evil finds a young boy, an ancient creature, the signs all ignored?
GANDABERUNDA
“Tinkering With the Moon”
GOREYESQUE
SYNOPSIS: When a little boy misses his father, he’d do anything to reunite with him.
TINKERING WITH THE MOON
“Bury Me Deep”
THE BIG ADIOS
SYNOPSIS: Out in the wild west, there lurk shadows and dark deeds, all done under the blazing sun for God and all to witness.
BURY ME DEEP
“Love Letters”
CEASE, COWS
SYNOPSIS: The things we do for love are often very destructive.
LOVE LETTERS
“Flowers for Jessica”
MAYDAY MAGAZINE
SYNOPSIS: How far would you go to bring your loved one back from the dead?
FLOWERS FOR JESSICA
“The Fix-It Man”
BLACK HEART MAGAZINE
SYNOPSIS: When a man falls apart, disconnects from his wife and son, what gesture can he make as he disintegrates?
THE FIX-IT MAN
“Charlotte Sometimes”
ZOUCH
SYNOPSIS: Charlotte needs to escape sometimes.
CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES
[Sixth place winner of the Zouch Lit Bits Fiction contest]
“Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave”
METAZEN (Defunct)
SYNOPSIS: When something tragic happens, do you stay or do you leave? Sometimes you stay for a long time, only to realize that leaving would be less cruel. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
TWENTY REASONS TO LEAVE AND ONE TO STAY
“Splintered”
PANK
SYNOPSIS: In real life, there are paths to take, sometimes you have a choice, some times you do not. In this adult “choose-your-own” ending adventure it’s up to you whether or not to be parnoid or to trust, to be innocent, or just a fool.
SPLINTERED
(A number of other stores are no longer available as the websites and publications have since gone under. I have removed them from this list as they have disappeared. Gone are: Opium Magazine, Colored Chalk, Cause & Effect, Nefarious Muse, ChiZine’s Chiaroscuro, Cherry Bleeds, Troubadour 21, Carbon-Based Lifeform Blues, Leodegraunce, Metazen, Emprise Review, Conjectural Figments, Beat the Dust, Thickjam, Circa, The Dying Goose, Parable Press, Revolt Daily, Penumbra, Word Riot, etc. RIP. )
Colored Chalk #9 is LIVE – Heaven and Hell
Posted on August 2, 2009 2 Comments
Heaven and Hell
I’m very excited to post this up. Such a great group of writers. Thanks Jason Heim for all of the web work, and to Mark Wilkinson for his beautiful cover (http://www.the-masque.com/)
I just wanted to take one moment to talk about the fantastic writers involved:
Zsa Zsa – she was a very misunderstood soul and will be sorely missed
Vincent Louis Carrella – such a great voice, and his novel Serpent Box has been getting some great reviews http://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Box-Vincent-Louis-Carrella/dp/0061126268
Beth Mathison – she’s a new voice to me, but her story really tugged at me emotionally
Craig Wallwork – I published a story in my last issue #6, and thought it was one of the best of that issue, and his story this time is equally powerful
Karen Brown – When I first read her story “Galatea” in the 2008 Best American Short Stories I was blown away. I thought it was one of the best in that collection. We are lucky to have her contribution for CC#9, a gripping tale
Shaindel Beers – I know her poetry, and have read with her, such a sweet woman, so I was a bit shocked by her micro fiction for this issue. It will surprise you. She has a collection of poetry out here http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844715053.htm
Christopher Dwyer – my brother from another mother, one of my kindred spirit dark writers, I am never disappointed by his work. He’s also the “writer-in-residence” at Dogmatika, with a column called Dark Matter. Here’s one called “Crackle” that I love http://dogmatika.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/crackle/
M. Kilbain Lazer – an elusive, reclusive twisted soul, his work is never predictable and always a blast to read
Paul Mallaghan – another new voice to me, his story was one that I HOPED to get on the heaven side (although that could be debated) but one that was visceral and vivid, a great read
Michael Paul Gonzalez – a short intense story his work runs the gamut and this story is a wild ride as well
Valerie Geary – I was glad to get a lot of female voices in this issue, and Valerie’s story just floored me, so heavy and yet human
Kara Kilgore – another wild ride that really spoke to me, so glad to get Kara’s work out here – done several intensives with her at the Cult and she is unique and very compelling with her writing
Gayle Towell – what a powerful up and coming writer – I’ve been reading her novel Optimism at the Cult workshop and if I had a press, I’d publish it myself – great writer
Gavin Pate – his was a slightly different interpretation of theme and that’s why I wanted it included – his book The Way to Get Here is available at Bootstroap Press http://www.bootstrapproductions.org/catalog/books/theway.html
Nik Korpon – another dark writer, his story went against his usual writing but still held on to the intensity of his words, heaven in many forms
THANKS again everyone,
Peace,
Richard
Richard’s Submissions
Posted on July 28, 2009 13 Comments
Sounds like some sort of S/M site. But really, what I wanted to post up here, was a little bit of information on where I’ve been submitting and what kind of results I’ve been getting. It’s tough out there, but you can do it. Maybe you’ll find some cool new places too. Thanks to http://www.duotrope.com as usual for saving my butt. NOTE: There are also presses on here.
STATISTICS (Updated 7.18.16)
CAREER TOTALS (2008-2015):
Submissions: 1,291
Acceptance: 120
Withdrawn: 329
Rejected: 791
Never responded: 39
Acceptance rate: 9.3%
YEAR 2008 in Summation
Submissions: 89
Rejected: 54
Accepted: 14
Withdrawn: 18
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 19%
YEAR 2009 in Summation
Submissions: 137
Rejected: 80
Accepted: 14
Withdrawn: 37
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 14%
YEAR 2010 in Summation
Submissions: 62
Rejected: 31
Accepted: 4
Withdrawn: 27
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 11%
YEAR 2011 in Summation
Submissions: 288
Rejected: 226
Accepted: 14
Withdrawn: 95
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 7%
YEAR 2012 in Summation
Submissions: 307
Rejected: 221
Accepted: 14
Withdrawn: 65
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 5%
YEAR 2013 in Summation:
Submissions: 276
Rejected: 173
Accepted: 22
Withdrawn: 65
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 10%
YEAR 2014 in Summation:
Submissions: 72
Rejected: 35
Accepted: 12
Withdrawn: 9
Acceptance ratio for the past 12 months: 19%
YEAR 2015:
Rejected: 21
Accepted: 6
Withdrawn: 9
Acceptance ratio for 2015: 17%
FAVORITE MARKETS: (updated 7.18.16)
3:AM Magazine (accepted)
580 Split
A cappella Zoo
Abyss & Apex
Aghast
AGNI
Alaska Quarterly Review
Albedo One
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
Alibi (Random House) (accepted, Disintegration, novel)
alice blue
Alliterati
Analog
Animal
Another Chicago Magazine
Antioch Review
Apex Book Company
Apex Magazine
Apokrupha (accepted, Vignettes from the End of the World)
Aqueous Books
Arcadia (accepted)
Arcane Anthology Series
Armchair/Shotgun
Artifice Magazine
Artistically Declined Press (accepted, Daddy Cool)
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Atlas Review, The
Atlantic, The
Atticus Review
Aurealis
Barrelhouse
Bat City Review
Bayou Magazine
Bear Deluxe
Beat the Dust (accepted) [dead]
Beat to a Pulp (accepted)
Beloit Fiction Review
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Berkley Fiction Review
Best of the Horror Society: 2013, The
BETTER: Culture & Lit
Betwixt
Big Adios, The (accepted)
Big Lucks
Big Pulp
Birkensnake
Black Clock
Black Heart Magazine (accepted)
Black Lawrence Press (accepted, Editor of The Lineup)
Black Static
Black Warrior Review
Blackbird
Blink-Ink (twice, Pushcart nomination) [dead]
Blue Earth Review
Blue Mesa Review
Blue Monday Review (accepted)
BOMB Magazine
Booked Podcast (accepted, The Booked Anthology)
Booth
Boulevard
Bourbon Penn
BULL SPEC
BULL: Men’s Fiction
Buzzy Mag
Caketrain
Candlemark & Gleam
Cannoli Pie (accepted) [dead]
Capilano Review, The
Cause & Effect (accepted) [dead]
CCLap Journal (accepted)
Cease, Cows (accepted)
Cemetery Dance (accepted Shivers VI, Cemetery Dance #72, and Tribulations [collection])
Chattahoochee Review
Cherry Bleeds (accepted) (dead)
Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP) Journal (accepted)
Chicago Review
ChiZine (Chiaroscuro) (contest win + 2nd story) [dead]
ChiZine Publications
Cimarron Review
Cincinnati Review, The
Circa Review (accepted) [dead]
Citron Review, The
Clarkesworld Magazine
Coachella Review, The
Coffee House Press
Coffin Factory, The
Collagist, The
Colorado Review
Colored Chalk (multiple acceptances) [dead]
Comet Press
Composite {Arts Magazine}
Conclave
Conjectural Figments (accepted) [dead]
Conjunctions
Contrary
Copper Nickel
Crazyhorse
Cream City Review
Crime Factory, The (accepted)
CrimeSpree Magazine
Crimewave
Criminal Element
Crossed Genres Magazine
Crystal Lake Publishing (accepted, Fear the Reaper, Shadows Over Main Street, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Tribulations [collection])
Curbside Splendor (accepted)
Cutbank
Daily Nightmare, The (accepted)
Daily Science Fiction
Dark Discoveries
Dark House Press (Editor-in-Chief; Editor for The New Black, Exigencies, etc.)
Dark Magazine, The
Dark Moon Books (accepted, Vampires and Slices of Flesh)
Dark Moon Digest
Dark Sky Magazine
Daylight Dims
decomP
Descant (Canada)
DIAGRAM
Dirty Noir (accepted) [dead]
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, The
Dog Horn Publishing (accepted, Terror Scribes)
Dogmatika (accepted) [dead]
DOGZPLOT
Drabblecast
Dying Goose, The (accepted) [dead]
Dzanc Books (accepted, The Soul Standard, novel in four novellas)
Ecotone
EDGE
Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading
Eleven Eleven
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Emerson Review, The
Emprise Review (accepted) [dead]
Epiphany: A Literary Journal
Epoch
Etchings
Euphony
Existere – Journal of Arts and Literature
Fabulist, The
Fairy Tale Review
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Featherproof Books
Fence
Fiction Desk, The
Fiction International
Fifth Wednesday Journal
Fireside
Flywheel Magazine (accepted) [dead]
Fourteen Hills
Foxing Quarterly
Freight Stories
FRiGG
Frogmore Papers
Fugue
Fugue State Press
Gamut (accepted)
Gargoyle (accepted)
Geek Force Five
Georgia Review
Gettysburg Review, The
Glimmer Train
Going Down Swinging (AU)
Golden Key, The
Granta
Graze
Green Mountains Review
Greensboro Review
Gold Dust Magazine (accepted)
Goreyesque (accepted)
Granta
Grave Tales
Graywolf Press
Graze
Greensboro Review, The
Grist: The Journal for Writers
Guernica
Harpur Palate
Hayden’s Ferry Review
Hazardous Press (accepted, Shadows Over Main Street)
Heavy Feather Review
Hobart
Horror d’oeuvres
Horror Zine, The
Hyperpulp
Idaho Review
Ideomancer
Ig Publishing
Ilura Press
Indiana Review
Interzone
Jamais Vu
Jersey Devil Press
Journal, The
Juked
Kenyon Review, The
Kraken Press (accepted, Staring Into the Abyss, stories)
Labletter, The
Lake Effect
L’Allure des Mots
Lamplight
Lazy Fascist Press
Leodegraunce (accepted)
Lifted Brow, The
Lightspeed
LIT
Literarian, The
Literary Review, The
Little Patuxent Review
Litro Magazine (accepted, #138 Horror Issue)
Lowesoft Chronicle
MacAdam/Cage Publishing
MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine
ManArchy Magazine (accepted) [dead]
Manic D Press
Mayday Magazine (accepted)
McSweeney’s Books
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
McSweeney’s Quarterly
Meanjin
Medallion Press (accepted, Editor of Burnt Tongues)
Memorious
Menacing Hedge (accepted)
Metazen (accepted, Pushcart nomination) [dead]
Michigan Quarterly Review
Midnight Echo
Midwestern Gothic (accepted)
Missouri Review, The
Mixer Publishing
Mojo
Molotov Cocktail, The
Monkeybicycle
Morrigan Books
Mundania Press
Murky Depths (accepted) [dead]
Natural Bridge
Necro Publications (accepted, Into the Darkness)
Needle: A Magazine of Noir
Nefarious Muse (accepted, twice) [dead]
Neon
Nerve.com
Nervous Breakdown, The (featured book reviewer)
New England Review
New Myths
New Ohio Review (NOR)
New Orleans Review
New York Tyrant
New Yorker, The
New World Writing (formerly Blip and Mississippi Review)
Night Land, The
Nightmare Magazine
Ninth Letter
Not One of Us
NO COLONY
Noir at the Bar (accepted, Noir at the Bar)
NOÖ Journal
Noon Annual
Normal School, The
Not One of Us
Notre Dame Review
Oddville Press, The (accepted, twice)
Offense Mechanisms
On Spec
One Buck Horror (accepted, Winner of Cafe Doom contest)
One Eye Press (accepted, Reloaded: Both Barrels, Vol 2)
One Story
Opium Magazine (accepted) [dead]
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
Otherworld Publications (accepted, Transubstantiate, novel) [dead]
Out of the Gutter Magazine
Outsider Writers Collective (accepted)
Painted Bride Quarterly
PANK Magazine (accepted)
Pantheon Magazine (4 accepted—Aphrodite, Dionysus, Ares, Gaia)
Paper Darts Magazine
Parable Press (accepted, twice) [dead]
Parcel
Paris Review, The
Passages North
Pear Noir! (accepted, Pushcart nomination) [dead]
Pedestal Magazine, The
Penumbra (accepted) [dead]
Permanent Press Publishing Company, The
Permuted Press
Perpetual Motion Machine Press (accepted, Long Distance Drunks; Truth or Dare)
Phoebe
Pinch, The
Pleiades
Plots With Guns (excerpt) [dead]
Ploughshares
Podcastle
Poisoned Pen Press
Polluto (accepted) [dead]
Portland Review, The
Post Road Magazine
Potroast
Prairie Schooner
Prime Books
Prime Number Magazine
Pseudopod
Public Space, A
Pulp Modern
Punchnel’s (accepted, winner 1/5)
Quarter After Eight
Raleigh Review
Random House Alibi (accepted, Disintegration and The Breaker)
Red Hen Press
Redivider
Reprint, The
Resurrection House (accepted, XIII)
Revolt Daily (accepted, twice)
River Styx
Rotten Leaves Magazine (accepted) [dead]
Rusty Toque, The
Salamander
Salt Hill
Sanitarium Magazine (accepted)
Scintilla
Sententia: The Journal
Severed Press
Shadows & Tall Trees
Sheepshead Review
Shenandoah
Shimmer
Shock Totem (accepted, non-fiction)
Short, Fast and Deadly
Shotgun Honey (accepted, twice, online and Reloaded: Both Barrels Vol. 2)
Shroud Magazine
Shroud Publishing
Sirens Call (accepted)
Sideshow Fables (co-editor)
Sleepingfish
Slice Magazine
Small Beer Press
Smokelong Quarterly
Snowbooks
Snubnose Press (accepted Speedloader and Herniated Roots, stories)
Soho Press
Solarcide (accepted, Nova Parade)
Southeast Review, The
Southern Indiana Review
Southern Review, The
Sou’wester
Spark: A Creative Anthology (accepted twice—story, and foreword)
Spinetingler (excerpt)
StepAway Magazine (accepted, Pushcart nomination)
Sterling
Stoneslide Corrective, The
StorySouth (accepted)
Strange Horizons
Structo
Stupefying Stories
Stymie Magazine
subTerrain Magazine
Subtropics
Summerset Review, The
Sun Magazine, The
Super Arrow (On Hiatus)
Superstition Review
Surreal Grotesque, The (accepted) [dead]
Sycamore Review
Tarpaulin Sky Literary Journal
The Nervous Breakdown (accepted, non-fiction and book reviews)
Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction
Thickjam (accepted) [dead]
Third Coast
Threepenny Review, The
ThunderDome (accepted, online, in LA: In Search of a City and Cipher Sisters)
Tinge
Tin House
Titular
Toad Suck Review, The
Tor.com
Torque Press
Triquarterly (accepted, book review)
Troubadour 21 (accepted twice) [dead]
Two Dollar Radio
Tyrus Books
Unstuck
upstreet
Vain Magazine (accepted) [dead]
Valparaiso Fiction Review
Versal
Vestal Review
Virginia Quarterly Review
Velvet Press (accepted, Warmed and Bound)
We Are Vespertine (accepted) [dead]
Weave Magazine
Weird Fiction Review (accepted)
Weird Tales
Whitefish Review
Whiskey Island Magazine
Wild Child Publishing
Willow Springs
Withersin Magazine (excerpt) [dead]
Witness
Word Riot (accepted)
Writing Disorder, The (accepted)
Written Backwards Press (accepted, Chiral Mad 2 & 3; Qualia Nous)
Yalobusha Review
Zelmer Pulp (accepted, Trouble in the Heartland)
Zoetrope: All-Story
Zone 3
ZOUCH (accepted, 6th place in flash fiction contest)
Zumaya Publications
Mark Wilkinson
Posted on July 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
Part of the upcoming Shadowplay Collection
So I discovered Mark on http://www.deviantart.com searching for a cover for the upcoming issue of Colored Chalk #9 – Heaven and Hell. He really does some amazing work. I’m very excited to use some of his latest work for the upcoming cover. He has a book of his art coming out soon, so if you like his style, be sure to buy a copy. The image I’m posting here is what I will use for the cover, but it links to his site, so go check out more of his work as well. Here are a couple of extra links as well:
Mark’s site: http://www.the-masque.com/
Dante’s (an upcoming show): http://www.dante-exhibition.com/IMAGES.htm
Shadowplay (book news): http://www.the-masque.com/news.html
Peace,
Richard
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Posted on July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
I am supporting Dzanc Books
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Peace,
Richard
- Richard Thomas - 