Nice news today – two of my shorts, Raindrops In His Eyes (dark, epic fantasy) and They Can Never Find Out (military horror, set in WWII) were published today in Static Movements' anthology, Dark Dispatches (military theme).
In a fairly concentrated period I wrote a 5k short story yesterday and, like God resting on the seventh day, found it was good. Well, ultimately readers will decide that bit, but I felt good that I got it out of my system. This seems to be the way with my short fiction writing lately – with all my day job, family and publishing commitments, I need to be productive with the eyes of the storms that come my way, and yesterday was one of them.
This story, titled The Girl Who Floated To Heaven, is a dark and tragic piece, which isn't always my style, but I do tend toward the dark these days. The best 'dark' stories are ones that show a glimmer of hope, or at worst, provides some insightful comment. I think this story is more the latter.
I always post my stories into my writers' group wiki for comments, so soon after that cycle of review, I will find a market for this precious little gem.
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Pleased to find out today that my horror piece, The Weight of Sin, has been accepted by Blood Moon Rising magazine.
I believe it will come out in issue #49 in July, but it might be moved forward depending on space.
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Very pleased to have an Evyntyde story, Raindrops In His Eyes, accepted in Static Movement's anthology, Dark Dispatches.
Also pleased because this is the second story accepted for the same anthology – also because this story is going to be quite a contrast in the anthology because it is fantasy, with a dark twist, while most stories (including my first acceptance, They Never Can Find Out), are horror war pieces.
My scifi short story, David Rorshach's Dream Comes True, originally published in Silverthorn Press eZine, is now available in the For The Oceans anthology, by Sonar4. Very slightly toned down for general consumption.
My short story – a slightly humorous horror piece – The Prey, has been published in the Static Movement anthology, Beyond The Grave.
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Just finished writing a 3000 word Evyntyde short story – what makes this noticeably different is that it is my first story written in third person, present tense. It is called "Enryk's Trouble and Strife".
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Just got Flamingo and Pink accepted by Static Movement: After The End anthology. One of my favorite pieces. Also, am running at 1 acceptance per month for the last 21 months.
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A psychological horror piece, Whatever Happens, Happens, has been accepted by Wicked East Press in their anthology: Tales of Horror and Mayhem From Deep Within The Box. To be published near end of 2011.
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Just got notified that Beyond the Grave Anthology (Static Movement) have accepted my dark humorous horror short, The Prey (set in a Havana cemetery). Pleased to have published this one.
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