Gerri R. Gray's Blog, page 2
November 21, 2021
SUBMISSION CALL: Toilet Zone 3
THE TOILET ZONE: THE ROYAL FLUSH
SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 2021
HellBound's third outing to the smallest room... And no, don't panic, we're still not looking for lavatory-themed tales of terror - although should your short story involve the smallest room in the house, we'd be more than delighted to read it! The theme for this anthology is short horror stories that will make an ideal sit-down read, just long enough for those extended stays at the convenience, and terrifying enough that they really are best read whilst over water.... We have based story length upon the average time spent upon the convenience (10-15 mins) and the average reading speed (200-250 words per minute), so that the stories within this exceptionally unique anthology will be the perfect 'per visit' length! NOTE: we will also accept a handful of shorter stories - 'flush fiction' - if the fit is right!
To submit, email your polished story to submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com
PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines...
* Word format saved in .doc, or .docx
* 12 pt times new roman
* Double spaced
* Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs!
* 2.5K-4K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!)
* Write 'TOILET ZONE 3' along with your name and story title in the header of your email
*The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter.
* The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email.
Deadline: 31 DECEMBER 2021
NO REPRINTS - ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED WORKS ONLY
Payment -$5.00 for First Rights
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 2021
HellBound's third outing to the smallest room... And no, don't panic, we're still not looking for lavatory-themed tales of terror - although should your short story involve the smallest room in the house, we'd be more than delighted to read it! The theme for this anthology is short horror stories that will make an ideal sit-down read, just long enough for those extended stays at the convenience, and terrifying enough that they really are best read whilst over water.... We have based story length upon the average time spent upon the convenience (10-15 mins) and the average reading speed (200-250 words per minute), so that the stories within this exceptionally unique anthology will be the perfect 'per visit' length! NOTE: we will also accept a handful of shorter stories - 'flush fiction' - if the fit is right!
To submit, email your polished story to submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com
PLEASE read and adhere to our submission guidelines...
* Word format saved in .doc, or .docx
* 12 pt times new roman
* Double spaced
* Absolutely NO extra lines between paragraphs!
* 2.5K-4K word count (although we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!)
* Write 'TOILET ZONE 3' along with your name and story title in the header of your email
*The body of your submission email will be considered the cover letter.
* The submission documents are to be separated and Word (.doc or .docx) documents are to be attached to your submission email.
Deadline: 31 DECEMBER 2021
NO REPRINTS - ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED WORKS ONLY
Payment -$5.00 for First Rights
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
September 11, 2021
Vault of Gore - Table of Contents
Thank you to all the talented writers who submitted work to Madame Gray's Vault of Gore. I truly enjoyed reading each and every one of the nearly 200 stories sent in over the past 8 months. Out of that batch, 29 of the most outstanding ones were chosen.
So, which ones made it into the anthology? See the Table of Contents below to find out...
ACTS OF VENGEANCE
---Frederick Pangbourne
SLOTH
---R. L. Meza
EL PADRINO
---Drew Nicks
A MATTER OF TASTE
---Gerri R. Gray
ETERNAL REMAINS
---Travis Mushanski
OUT BENEATH THE JACK O’LANTERN SKY
---Tylor James
THE BALLAD OF FAIRY FAY
---Stephen McQuiggan
TROPOSPHERE
---Jon Douglas Rainey
CREEPERS
---Max Carrey
BLACK SKY
---Carlton Herzog
FOIE GRAS
---Eamonn Murphy
THE ARTIST
---Alexander Nachaj
A DEADLY CABIN TRYST
---John Mara
SKINNER
---J Louis Messina
A HOG KILLING
---John Robinson
EIGHTH DEADLY SIN
---James Harper
THERAPY SESSIONS
---B.M. Tolkovsky
DUST AND SHADOWS
---Carlton Herzog
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM
---Frederick Pangbourne
BABYCAKES
---Bryan Miller
CRUSADE
---Jason Krawczyk
THE NAME-US GAME COUNTERPOINT
---Cecily Winter
QUIETUS
---David-Jack Fletcher
AMBER MAY AND THE NECROTIC WAY
---Matt Martinek
HOUSE BOUND
---Edward Ahern
WITH A DEVIL’S STRENGTH
---Dr. Chris McAuley
PSYCHOSIS
---Shannon Lawrence
THE BLEEDING BOX
---Bryan Holm
THE THORN TREE
---Michael Highgrove
So, which ones made it into the anthology? See the Table of Contents below to find out...
ACTS OF VENGEANCE
---Frederick Pangbourne
SLOTH
---R. L. Meza
EL PADRINO
---Drew Nicks
A MATTER OF TASTE
---Gerri R. Gray
ETERNAL REMAINS
---Travis Mushanski
OUT BENEATH THE JACK O’LANTERN SKY
---Tylor James
THE BALLAD OF FAIRY FAY
---Stephen McQuiggan
TROPOSPHERE
---Jon Douglas Rainey
CREEPERS
---Max Carrey
BLACK SKY
---Carlton Herzog
FOIE GRAS
---Eamonn Murphy
THE ARTIST
---Alexander Nachaj
A DEADLY CABIN TRYST
---John Mara
SKINNER
---J Louis Messina
A HOG KILLING
---John Robinson
EIGHTH DEADLY SIN
---James Harper
THERAPY SESSIONS
---B.M. Tolkovsky
DUST AND SHADOWS
---Carlton Herzog
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM
---Frederick Pangbourne
BABYCAKES
---Bryan Miller
CRUSADE
---Jason Krawczyk
THE NAME-US GAME COUNTERPOINT
---Cecily Winter
QUIETUS
---David-Jack Fletcher
AMBER MAY AND THE NECROTIC WAY
---Matt Martinek
HOUSE BOUND
---Edward Ahern
WITH A DEVIL’S STRENGTH
---Dr. Chris McAuley
PSYCHOSIS
---Shannon Lawrence
THE BLEEDING BOX
---Bryan Holm
THE THORN TREE
---Michael Highgrove
August 16, 2021
Call for Submissions ~ MADAME GRAY'S VAULT OF GORE
ATTENTION HORROR WRITERS! The deadline for submissions to Madame Gray's Vault of Gore is quickly approaching! There's still room for a few more blood-drenched tales of terror, but the anthology is filling up fast.
The weird, the gruesome, and the downright shocking are welcome. A happy ending is not required, but a twist ending is a big plus. Compiled and edited by Gerri R.Gray (Madame Gray's Creep Show, Blood & Blasphemy) and published by HellBound Books, this anthology is open to all categories of horror. Undiscovered writers, as well as established voices, are welcome to submit their work. Payment is $5.00 for First Rights
Guidelines:
* All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx), double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Please do not send your manuscript as PDF or in other formats.
* Stories should be between 2500 and 8000 words in length; however, we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!
* No reprints. Only original unpublished works will be considered.
* Email your polished story to: submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com and be sure to write 'MADAME GRAY GORE' along with your name and story title in the subject line of your email.
* Contributors are invited to send a bio (up to 250 words) with their submission.
* Multiple and simultaneous submissions are okay. If your story is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
* Deadline: September 1st, 2021.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
The weird, the gruesome, and the downright shocking are welcome. A happy ending is not required, but a twist ending is a big plus. Compiled and edited by Gerri R.Gray (Madame Gray's Creep Show, Blood & Blasphemy) and published by HellBound Books, this anthology is open to all categories of horror. Undiscovered writers, as well as established voices, are welcome to submit their work. Payment is $5.00 for First Rights
Guidelines:
* All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx), double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Please do not send your manuscript as PDF or in other formats.
* Stories should be between 2500 and 8000 words in length; however, we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!
* No reprints. Only original unpublished works will be considered.
* Email your polished story to: submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com and be sure to write 'MADAME GRAY GORE' along with your name and story title in the subject line of your email.
* Contributors are invited to send a bio (up to 250 words) with their submission.
* Multiple and simultaneous submissions are okay. If your story is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
* Deadline: September 1st, 2021.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
January 29, 2021
MADAME GRAY'S VAULT OF GORE
Madame Gray is back and looking for blood-drenched tales of terror to add to her Vault of Gore! The weird, the gruesome, and the downright shocking are welcome. A happy ending is not required, but a twist ending is a big plus. Compiled and edited by Gerri R. Gray (Madame Gray's Creep Show, Blood & Blasphemy) and published by Hellbound Books, this anthology is open to all categories of horror. Undiscovered writers, as well as established voices, are welcome to submit their work. Payment is $5.00 for First Rights
Guidelines:
* All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx), double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Please do not send your manuscript as PDF or in other formats.
* Stories should be between 2500 and 8000 words in length; however, we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!
* No reprints. Only original unpublished works will be considered.
* Email your polished story to: submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com and be sure to write 'MADAME GRAY GORE' along with your name and story title in the subject line of your email.
* Contributors are invited to send a bio (up to 250 words) with their submission.
* Multiple and simultaneous submissions are okay. If your story is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
* Deadline: September 1st, 2021.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
Guidelines:
* All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx), double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Please do not send your manuscript as PDF or in other formats.
* Stories should be between 2500 and 8000 words in length; however, we are incredibly flexible for awesome stories!
* No reprints. Only original unpublished works will be considered.
* Email your polished story to: submissions@hellboundbookspublishing.com and be sure to write 'MADAME GRAY GORE' along with your name and story title in the subject line of your email.
* Contributors are invited to send a bio (up to 250 words) with their submission.
* Multiple and simultaneous submissions are okay. If your story is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
* Deadline: September 1st, 2021.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
December 21, 2020
THE TOILET ZONE: NUMBER TWO is live!
Imagine, if you will, you're traveling through the unknown, hellbound, with no roadmap or stars to guide you. The light fades as you descend into a shadow realm where supernatural terrors make their lair and evil lurks at every turn. Here, dead things don't always stay dead, for this is a world where things that shouldn't be… are, and things that should be are not.
In this world, it takes between 2,500 and 4,000 reading words to pay a visit to the smallest, but terrifyingly necessary, room, and stories are written precisely to chill the bones as you wait for nature to make its call.
You open up the book, and one of the 32 tales skulking within its hellish pages chooses you…
It's too late to turn back now. You are about to set foot into another dimension, so best watch out for that signpost up ahead... You've just crossed over into The Toilet Zone: Number Two.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
In this world, it takes between 2,500 and 4,000 reading words to pay a visit to the smallest, but terrifyingly necessary, room, and stories are written precisely to chill the bones as you wait for nature to make its call.
You open up the book, and one of the 32 tales skulking within its hellish pages chooses you…
It's too late to turn back now. You are about to set foot into another dimension, so best watch out for that signpost up ahead... You've just crossed over into The Toilet Zone: Number Two.
http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.c...
November 13, 2020
Gerri R. Gray on The Panic Room
"Bad Hair Day" is my warped little tale of a kleptomaniac driven to madness and murder by a cursed wig belonging to a murdered woman. It is one of 23 deliciously twisted horror stories that appear in my new book, Madame Gray's Creep Show (published by HellBound Books.) To hear me read an excerpt from it, check out my Panic Room interview @ https://www.blogtalkradio.com/thenewp...
October 29, 2020
Madame Gray's Creep Show
I'm over the moon to announce that my latest horror anthology, Madame Gray's Creep Show, has just been published by HellBound Books and features a fantastically ghoulish rendition of yours truly on the front cover and a foreword by the acclaimed gruesome twosome, Thorne & Cross! If you enjoy hair-raising horror infused with just the right amount of gallows humor, this collection of 23 spine-chilling tales is most definitely for you. Just in time for Halloween, the book is available on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback formats.
February 20, 2020
Turquoise Moonwolf
Well folks, it's official... The publishing contract has been signed, sealed, delivered, and my latest book, THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF TURQUOISE MOONWOLF, is set to be published by HellBound Books! Fasten your seat belts for this one. It's guaranteed to be a roller coaster ride into the bizarre! Stay tuned for updates.
October 25, 2018
The Graveyard Girls
Available now at Amazon!
A delicious collection of horrific tales and darkest poetry in one big, fat horror anthology from the cream of the crop. Nestling between the covers of this formidable tome are twenty-five of the very best lady authors writing on the horror scene today! These tales of terror are guaranteed to chill your very soul and awaken you in the dead of the night with fear-sweat clinging to your every pore and your heart pounding hard and heavy in your labored breast.
Perfect for your Halloween reading!
