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A Reminisce to My Early Writing: FRIGHTMARES: A FISTFUL OF FLASH FICTION HORROR in 2011

I was chatting with an up-and-coming writer, and my Horror Writers Association mentoree, Kristal Shanahan about how it was when I started out writing horror fiction. I randomly pulled up one of my earliest acceptances and the anthology it was published in.

A 500-word story called “$2 Bust From an Estate Sale”

Here is an archive link to the Contest I submitted it to:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110714183745/http://horrorwritingcontest.com/Frightmares%20Flash%20Fiction.htm

I submitted it 3/11/2011. It was accepted 10/4/2011 and published six weekslater on 11/22/2011 (i.e. it sat in the submission queue over four times longerthan the time it raced from acceptance to publication, haha)

Unless you were one of the 5 “winners,” authors were not paid anything, whichwas fine with me back then.

It ended up publishing in the anthology FRIGHTMARES: A FISTFUL OF FLASHFICTION HORROR.

https://www.amazon.com/Frightmares-Fistful-Flash-Fiction-Horror/dp/0983433550/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

129 stories all crammed together in this book (I think they accepted prettymuch everything!)

Anyway, the subject of my reminisce: If I look through the Table of Contents, Ican say that hardly any of those authors involved are still writing/publishinggenre fiction now. BUT! It is incredibly fun and significant to recognize thosewriters who are still working at it today, writers I’ve become friends with orwhose work I admire. At time of this book’s publication in late 2011, I’d notknown a single person in the Table of Contents (except James S. Dorr, who I recognizedfrom BORDERLANDS 2 anthology). But now I look through it and exclaim: “Hey,wow, there’s:

James S. Dorr
Max Booth III
Lori Michelle
Cynthia Pelayo
Kevin David Anderson
Joe Mynhardt
Greg Chapman
Stan Swanson
and a couple others…

But again of the 129 writers, most, I believe, through lack of interest, otherlife obligations, perhaps death, are no longer involved in the craft (though Icould be wrong, as I spent zero time actually researching unfamiliar names).12-1/2 years later = time is fleeting, indeed!

Personally, what came of that tiny, insignificant sale for me was
1) It was a confidence booster, and
2) I became friends with the editor and publisher, Stan Swanson. The press wasDark Moon Books, and I started doing more work with them, and eventually thatwas where I was able to print my first anthology as editor. Later the presswent out of business, and I bought it, and rebranded it to my own purposes (andreleased all former titles back to the authors).

Anyway, nice to reminisce on these things once in a while! 😊

Newest Podcast interview episode just went up for moi!

Newest Podcast interviewepisode just went up for moi! Check it out at COFFEE FUELED STORIES WITHMICHELLE SCHMER. And thanks so much to Michelle Schmer for the great time,wherein we spoke of Technical Writing, Writing organizations, and CLUE-thulhu!

https://coffeefueledstoriespodcast.buzzsprout.com/2123543/14516082-eric-j-guignard-2-time-bram-stoker-winner

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February, 2024 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For February, 2024
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Fear of Clowns (ed. by Kenneth W. Cain)
https://kkpublish.com/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–4,000 words
Deadline: April 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: within 60 days
Description: Horror stories with abroad view relating to anything about a fear of clowns.


Haven Speculative
https://www.havenspec.com/submit/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Open From: February 1–February 28, 2024
Reprints?: No (with some exceptions)
Response: within 70 days
Description: Fantasy and sciencefiction stories, poems, and non-fiction, for a modern audience with asensibility for social consciousness.


Winter in the City: A Collection ofDark Urban Stories
https://houseofgamut.moksha.io/publication/house-of-gamut
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 3,000–7,500 words
Deadline: March 31, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: The city can be morethan a setting—it can be a character, as nuanced and as fickle as a humanbeing, with as many traits and quirks as the best mapped out characters. TheCity can be the ever-present and constant companion (or foe) to the protagonistand antagonist alike… an anthology that takes place in different cities aroundthe world during the bleak—sometimes harsh—season of winter.


Apparition Lit—Flash Fiction
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,000 words
Open From: Feb. 1–Feb. 14, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: by the 15th day of thefollowing month after submissions close
Description: Month of February Theme= Drinks, Teas, Coffees. We’re looking for flash with a heavy additionof the speculative. Stories should have enough emotional heft to break a heart,with prose that’s as clear and delicious as broth: Speculative stories includingceremonies that are associated with tea in different cultures? Mexican Atole,etc.


http://www.apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Exceptionally well-written science fiction, fantasy,horror, and all its sub-genres.
NOTE: ALSO Open to Flash Fiction contest, usually between the 7ththrough last day of each month. Stories up to 1,000words based on a theme to be announced on the 7th day of the month.


Beneath Ceaseless Skies
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: Up to 15,000 words
Deadline: None at present. Closes intermittently
Reprints?: No
Response: Two to seven weeks
Description: “Literary adventure fantasy”: stories with asecondary-world setting and some traditional or classic fantasy feel, butwritten with a literary approach. We want stories set in what Tolkien called a“secondary world”: some other world that is different from our own primaryworld in some way. It could be different in terms of zoology (non-humancreatures), ecology (climate), or physical laws (the presence of magic). Itcould be set on Earth but an Earth different from our primary world in terms oftime (the historical past) or history (alternate history). It could have a“pre-tech” level of technology, or steampunk technology, or magic astechnology, or anything else that’s not advanced or modern technology. However,the setting should contain some element that is in some way fantastical.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

Roads Less Travelled Magazine (MidnightStreet Press)
https://www.midnightstreetpress.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: £40 flat (about $50US)
Story Length: No limit!
Deadline: March 30, 2024
Reprints?: Yes
Response: “As soon as possible”
Description: Stories that have a mixof two or more of these genres: horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi, and slipstream,that explore original themes or traditional themes from an originalperspective.


Seize The Press Magazine
https://www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
Payment: British 3 pence a word (abt. 4 cents a wordUS)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 30 days
Description: Dark speculativefiction and anticapitalist sci-fi, fantasy and horror pop culture analysis.Neon, dragons and gore. Bleak science fiction, dark fantasy and horror (Nomoralizing, no happy endings).

Announcing my second fiction collection—A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

 I’vebeen telling people individually, but I haven’t revealed publicly, so heregoes:

I’mabsolutely euphoric to announce that my second fiction collection will bepublished next November (2024) by Cemetery Dance!

CemeteryDance published my first collection, and I’m so happy to repeat the processwith them. Those who know me, know that I LOVE horror & dark fantasy shortfiction. I read it, speak about it, edit it, mentor it, publish it, andforemost write it.

Thiswill be a reprint collection with 19 stories I’ve published prior in suchvenues as Blumhouse (Random House), Cemetery Dance, Cemetery Gates, etc.

Tobe marketed as “themes of death and oblivion, with fantasy overtones: ghostsand quiet hauntings and things in the shadows, mixed with monsters, myth, andanthropomorphism.”

Comingfrom Cemetery Dance in Nov. 2024: A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS

Thankyou and shout-out to acquiring editor Kevin Lucia!

(andto get in the holiday spirit, my 1st collection (THAT WHICH GROWS WILD) is still selling well at CD. Ihave extra print copies. For $10, I'll mail them signed to anyone in thecontinental USA—just message me!)

(Andthanks also to Norman Prentiss who got me started here!)

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New release today by Dark Moon Books: FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE!!!

New release today byDark Moon Books!!

FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE: A COMBINED EDITION OF FANTASMAGORIANA AND TALESOF THE DEAD

Edited by Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger

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First published in 1812, Fantasmagoriana has become one of the most seminalghost-story anthologies of all time.

Originally collected as a French translation of eight German-language tales, Fantasmagoriana famously led to the creation of suchworks as the horror-classic novel Frankenstein,the short story “The Vampyre” (a progenitor to the fantasy vampire genre), thenovella “Ernestus Berchtold; or, The Modern Oedipus,” the poem “Manfred,” andmore.

In 1813, theanthology was partially translated into English as Tales of the Dead, excluding three of the original stories whileadding in one new, and inspiring an even wider audience to delight in storiesof the ghostly and macabre.

Now, for thefirst time, both Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead have been combined into one English-languagevolume, in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books! 

Also included within are:

Original English translations by Anna ZiegelhofIntroduction by award-winning author Lisa MortonAnnotations by noted literary editor Leslie S. KlingerIllustrations, biographies, reading list,and more!

Open yourself to Fantasmagoriana Deluxe,and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.

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LINKS!

Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/fantasmagoriana_deluxe.html

Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Fantasmagoriana-Deluxe-Combined-Tales-Dead/dp/1949491536/

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195877613-fantasmagoriana-deluxe

 

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Call for Book Reviewers — FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE

Call for Book Reviewers!

Next month myself and Leslie S. Klinger will be releasing a veryspecial and historically important book: FANTASMAGORIANA DELUXE !

Fantasmagoriana Deluxe brings togetherfor the first time all the work—AND translated into English—of the 1800santhologies Fantasmagoriana and Tales of the Dead. Fantasmagoriana, notably, led to the creation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (among other works).

With introduction by Lisa Morton and original English translations by Anna Ziegelhof.

I am looking for anyone who would like a complimentary advancecopy in exchange for an honest review (to be published at Amazon, Goodreads,and/or a highly-visible blog).

If interested, I can provide an ebook in either .pdf or .mobi or.epub format, or a physical paperback (paperback if located in the continentalUSA).

Title:

Editors: Eric J. Guignard and 

Price: $37.95 for hardback with dust jacket; $18.95 for trade paperback;$7.99 for ebook

Publisher: Dark Moon Books (LosAngeles, CA)

Publisher Web: www.darkmoonbooks.com

Number of pages: 242 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (78,500 words)

13-digit ISBN(hardback): 978-1-949491-55-5

13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-949491-53-1

13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-949491-54-8

Date of publication: November 28, 2023

Morehere: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/fantasmagoriana_deluxe.html

#bookreview#reviewersrock #bookreviewer

Press Release available here: Fantasmagoriana Deluxe Press Release

State of Horror Literature at the local Barnes & Noble (Chino Hills, CA)!

I stoppedin at the local Barnes & Noble (Chino Hills, California location) over the weekend(10/14/2023) and was pleased to see a strong showing of horror books!

There were three packed bookcases (although one was mislabeled as sciencefiction), each with six shelves. The amount of horror offerings seems greaterthan normal, presumably as a Halloween-season-push (i.e. over the Summer, itwas just two cases with a bit of overflow). Additionally, there were at leasttwo other stand-alone displays of horror books throughout the store.

I saw lots of friends’ names and exciting titles that are trending in thehorror community, and took some pics for posterity and to showcase my community!

There was tons of Stephen King, of course, filling 4-1/2 shelves of one case, butbesides him, no single author had more than one shelf. Darcy Coates had one shelf(with 17 different titles!), and Joe Hill about 1/2 a shelf (with 4 differenttitles), and Paul Tremblay about 1/2 a shelf (with 6 different titles), and SimoneSt. James about 1/2 a shelf (with 7 different titles).

There were also some of the standards such as Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, V.C.Andrews; Peter Straub; and Anne Rice (plus classics DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, CARMILLA,PSYCHO, etc…. even THE MONK!). But everything else was a very wide assortmentof different contemporary (many indie) authors, and really a huge variety of offerings. I tip my hat tothe taste and careful selection by the store’s buyer.

Among some of the other titles I recognized and wanted to give a shout-out toare:

Cynthia Pelayo (LOTERIA);
Zoje Stage (BABY TEETH, WONDERLAND);
Victor Lavalle (THE CHANGELING);
Jonathan Maberry (PATIENT ZERO; ZOMBIE CSU; INK);
Stephen Graham Jones (THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS; DON’T FEAR THE REAPER; MONGRELS);
Alma Katsu (THE DEEP; RED WIDOW; THE FERVOR);
Philip Fracassi (BOYS IN THE VALLEY)
Elizabeth Hand (A HAUNTING ONTHE HILL);
Adam Nevill (THE RITUAL; LAST DAYS; NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE);
Chuck Tingle (CAMP DAMASCUS);
John Joseph Adams (WASTELANDS);
Bentley Little (THE DISAPPEARANCE;
Eric LaRocca (THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE LAST WE SPOKE);
Chuck Wendig (THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS; BLACK RIVER ORCHARD);
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (MEXICAN GOTHIC; CERTAIN DARK THINGS);
Catriona Ward (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET; SUNDIAL; LITTLE EVE);
Josh Malerman (GOBLIN; BIRD BOX; SPIN A BLACK YARN);
Ronald Malfi (COME WITH ME; GHOST WRITTEN; BLACK MOUTH; THEY LURK);
Ellen Datlow (WHEN THINGS GET DARK; SCREAMS FROM THE DARK);
Lisa Morton and Ellen Datlow (HAUNTED NIGHTS); (including a short story fromEric J. Guignard!)
Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger (GHOST STORIES);
Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger, ed. (THE KING IN YELLOW);
Craig DiLouie (CHILDREN OF RED PEAK; EPISODE THIRTEEN);
Richard Chizmar (GWENDY’S MAGIC FEATHER; CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN);
Delilah S. Dawson (BLOOM);
Christopher Golden (ARARAT; THE PANDORA ROOM; ALL HALLOWS);
Grady Hendrix (HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE; HORRORSTÖR; FINAL GIRL SUPPORTGROUP; THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES; MY BEST FRIEND’SEXORCISM);
Lucy A. Snyder (SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER);
Sadie Hartmann (101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU'RE MURDERED);
V. Castro (THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA);

and many, many others!!
Great work, B&N!

October, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For October, 2023 New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

The Map of LostPlaces (Apex Book Co.)
https://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontpage/anthology-submissions-call-the-map-of-lost-places
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between December 1and December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: One month
Description: Stories about placeswhere weird things happen. Places that have strange histories, their owntraditions and customs, their own dangers. These can be based off real folktales or old wives tales.


Planet Scumm
https://www.planetscumm.space/submit
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: November 5, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Previously unpublishedshort fiction that doesn’t lean heavily on genre tropes. Hard sci-fi, softsci-fi, sci-fi that melts in your mouth-brain not your hand-brain. Speculativefiction, weird fiction, slipstream, glitterlit, analogpunk.


Assemble Artifacts Magazine (AssembleMedia)
https://www.assemblemedia.com/artifacts
Payment: 8–10 cents a word
Story Length: “at least” 5,000 words(soft range)
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: Responses only foracceptance. Assume rejection if no response after 90 days.
Description: Stories of wonder andsuspense that also reflect contemporary issues and incite meaningfulconversation. (*NOTE: Submitters, double-check the rights that are being soldwith work).


The Deadlands
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word (1cent for reprints)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words(preferably 3,000–4,000 words)
Deadline: November 30, 2023
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Two weeks
Description: Speculative fictionstories about death, or what death may involve. EX: A ghost in a shadowed wood.An afterlife discovered through a rusted door. An abandoned house in the middleof a haunted field. A skeletal figure moving with intent toward somethingunseen. Death personified; stories from a worldwide perspective, differentcultures, different approaches to death.


Apparition Lit (upcoming)—Theme ofBLIGHT
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–5,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 15–November 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: by the 15th day of thefollowing month after submissions close
Description: Quarterly Theme =“Blight”. Any speculative fiction story related to this concept/ theme.


Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents/ word original; 2 cents/ word reprint (range for non-fiction)
Story Length: 1,000–40,000 words(focus on shorter form)
Deadline: Opens the 1st and 2nd day only of eachmonth.
Reprints?: Yes
Response: abt. 2 months
Description: Well written original stories in science fiction, fantasy,myth, fairy tales, and eldritch; in written, podcast, video, and/or graphicstory form, and from around the world. We care about character, plot, ideas,and storytelling ability. We accept both serious and humorous work (no horror).Also interested in non-fiction.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

Three-Lobed Burning Eye
https://www.3lobedmag.com/submissions.html
Payment: $100 flat
Story Length: 1,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response Time: within 3 months
Description: Non-themed, originalspeculative fiction: horror, fantasy, and science fiction.


Die by the Sword! (DMR Books)
https://dmrbooks.com/submissions
Payment: 1 cent a word
Story Length: 4,000–8,000 words
Deadline: Open between November 1–November 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed, originalsword-and-sorcery short stories (i.e. generally combining swashbucklingadventure with supernatural elements).

Part of BUZZ BOOK EXPO next Sunday, Sept. 10

Dark Moon Books (and myself) are thrilled to be part of BuzzBook Expo this year! We’ll speak briefly about the press and chat with a fewauthors who are part of it. We'll be online there on Sunday, September 10 at 9:30a.m. PST.

Thanks to  Somer Canon,  Mary SanGiovanni, and  Matt Wildasin for having us!

https://www.buzzbookexpo.com/

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September, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets

HWA L.A.: For September, 2023 New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)

Nightmare Diaries
https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 500–10,000 words
Deadline: December 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Non-themed Dark Fictionshort stories.


Feisty Felines and Other FantasticalFamiliars
https://wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/6
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: up to 5,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 1and October 15, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: By December 31, 2023
Description: Magical animalfamiliars and their humans: Original feline and or familiar stories and poetryin the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, humor, andromance, appropriate for up to a “PG-13” audience. Felines and or familiars (ofother types) must be central to the story.


Little Bastards: Too-Short HorrorStories Nobody Wants
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-little-bastards
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 15and September 30, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Unthemed horror stories(including all sub-genres, as well as fantasy and dark literary).


The Midnight Labyrinth (GrendelPress)
https://grendelpress.com/anthology-submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 2,500–7,000 words
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: A tale delivered from acharacter who stepped through a door and found themselves someplace unexpected.On their journey, they will notice a book called Midnight Labyrinth. Norequirement to read or interact with it; it just needs to appear. Genre-bendingis welcome! Sci-fi, steampunk, horror, fantasy, etc.


Here There Be Dragons
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/here-there-be-dragons
Payment: 8 cents a word forthe 1st 3,00 words and 3 cents a word thereafter
Story Length: 3,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between October 1 andJanuary 1, 2024
Reprints?: No
Response: Two months
Description: Renderings of dragonsin writing and art that capture the essence of these fascinating creatures.



***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”

Bourbon Penn (magazine)
https://www.bourbonpenn.com/submissions
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–7,500 words
Deadline: Intermittent. ReopensSeptember 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 3 months
Description: Highly imaginativestories with a healthy dose of the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, oddrealities. We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partialto slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.


Weird Horror (UndertowPublications)
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 1.5 cents a word
Story Length: 500–6,000 words
Deadline: Open between September 2and September 16, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally within 2 months
Description: Original (non-themed)horror and weird fiction short stories.


Underdog Press anthologies (3separate markets, Similar guidelines)
https://theunderdogpress.com/pages/submission-guidelines

All 3 anthologies:
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500–12,000 words
Reprints?: No
Response: Within 3 months

1. The Underdogs Rise Vol. 2
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Description: Science fiction orfantasy stories about underdogs that take fantastical worlds or places but wantcharacters to be the focus.

2. The Way of Worlds
Deadline: December 31,2023
Description: Stories about outerspace exploration and colonization.

3. Nightmares Before Bed
Deadline: January 31,2023
Description: Unthemed horrorstories