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August 14, 2023
I'm now on Bluesky!
Just set up my account on Bluesky (which is unfortunately still invite-only). But if you're there, let's connect! I'm: @ericjguignard
https://bsky.app/profile/ericjguignard.bsky.social
July 25, 2023
Official Book Release Day Today for HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8!
New release today by Dark Moon Books!!
Presenting the NEW horror anthology: +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8
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The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as agroundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant tothe moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre anddarkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem.Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series ispacked with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what trulylurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.
Read Volume 8 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with theother volumes.
Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORRORLIBRARY!
Volume 8 contains 31 all-original stories, including:
• In Saving the World," a familyfeeds their captive devil the sorrows of neighbors.
• In “We Can't Let Go," a welfarecheck by a child services worker proves that not all in life is as expected.
• In “Only the Stones Will Hear YouScream," a man meets his nightmares while caving through narrowunderground passages.
• In “Broodmare," a teen girlyearns to be as free as her beloved horse while waiting to give birth to thesavior-figure of her tribe.
• . . . and more!
** Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Jana Heidersdorf JanaHeidersdorf Illustration!
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Title: +Horror Library+ Volume 8 (or, Horror Library, Volume 8)
Editor: Eric J. Guignard
Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)
Format: Available in TRADE PAPERBACK and EBOOK
Number of pages: 338 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (109,000 words)
Date of publication: July 25, 2023
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Praise for the +Horror Library+:
“Excellent stories of the highest caliber.” —Dread Central
“Uniformly well-crafted and original.” —Rue Morgue Magazine
“Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fiction out thewindow.” —Fearnet (Chiller TV)
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Full Table of Contents includes:
Introduction to +Horror Library+ Volume 8 by Eric J. Guignard
“Rides” by Eric Del Carlo
“Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” by R.A. Busby
“Poor Mad Isaac” by Don Raymond
“Mr. Hunicutt” by Bentley Little
“Lise Meitner Speaks to the Living” by Octavia Cade
“Lines” by Lauren O’Donoghue
“Blockchain” by Dexter McLeod
“On the Corduroy Road” by Bryson Richard
“Under the Pale Mother Moon” by Garick Cooke
“Solace” by Anna Ziegelhof
“Saving the World” by Eric Nash
“The Old Tip Road” by C.M. Saunders
“Lullaby” by Lorne Dixon
“Story of Her Life” by Tom Johnstone
“H Is for the Hunt” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“Mazu—Goddess of the Sea” by Ai Jiang
“Hymns in the Dark” by Gordon Grice
“Holler Bridge” by J.L. Hoy
“The Rest Cure” by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
“Zipper Back” by Thersa Matsuura
“Fishers of ___” by Frances Ogamba
“The Blind” by James Owens
“Unwind” by Christopher O’Halloran
“Girlskin” by Clara Madrigano
“A Dormant Concern” by Charles Wilkinson
“Clay” by Colin Leonard
“Broodmare” by Jo Kaplan
“In Fear as Dark as Coal” by Ron Perovich
“The Yearning Pool” by Thomas P. Balazs
“We Can’t Let Go” by Sheldon Higdon
“Fell Mill” by Charlie Hughes
+Horror Library+ Presents: Special Guest-Artist’s Gallery of Jana Heidersdorf
And with cover art by Magdalena Kaczan!
#HorrorLibrary
#ericjguignard #ericguignard #Booksofericjguignard #darkmoonbooks #horror#darkfantasy #darkfiction #anthology #horrorstories #horrorshortstories#shortstories #series #thehorrorlibrary
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LINKS!
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Library_8.html
Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-8-Eric-Guignard/dp/194949151X/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135967283-horror-library-volume-8
Also available on all other online distribution sites, including B&N,IndieBound (and bookshop.org), Kobo, etc.
July 24, 2023
July 22, 2023
ComicCon 2023 Panel!
I love being part of Writers’ panels. I’ve spokenon them (40 or 50 by now?) over the past 8 or 9 years at events all over thecountry. Yesterday was the first time I’d ever spoken at ComicCon, and it was totallyone of the most memorable. Normally I’m on the panel with other writers who aregenerally similar to me, in terms of their career and/or goals. Yesterday I wason a panel for Ghostwriting, and it was a wild mix of stars from all across thecosmos of creative endeavors.
•Hunter Jackson, one of the founding members of madhouse metal band GWAR as TechnoDestructo (my brother would have been so envious!)
•Nicholas Cvjetkovich, WWE wrestling superstar and promotor under the name SinnBodhi (Bowdee)
•Horror film actor Pat Jankiewicz
•Hypnotherapist Grant Offenberger
•Renowned sci-fi author and mega-icon of self-publishing Hugh Howey (“THE” Hugh Howey,with WOOL coming to AMC and SILO to Apple TV)
•And moderated by filmmaker and comedian Tim Chizmar
Itwas hilarious, insightful, and a great time, and thanks to Tim for bringing usall together!
Me at ComicCon 2023!
(Top row, L:R): Sinn Bodhi, Grant Offenberger, Hunter Jackson (Techno Destructo), Hugh Howey, Tim Chizmar (Bottom Row, L:R): Pat Jankiewicz, Eric J. Guignard
And thanks to me ol' friend and roommate Erik Jansen for coming out
And same for old high school friend Jaime Kauffman-Palumbo
July 20, 2023
I’ll be speaking at the Altadena Library on Monday, July 24!
Anyone in the greater-Pasadena/Southern California area—I’ll be at the Altadena Library this coming Mondayafternoon! I’ll be speaking, reading, selling books, as part of INDIE AUTHORNIGHT with three other authors. Come down and say hi!
Monday, July 24, from 5-7 p.m. in the Altadena Main Library Community Room.Meet local authors:
• Carolina Rivera Escamilla
• Eric J. Guignard
• Willa C. Richards
• Cody Sisco
600 E. Mariposa St.
Altadena, CA 91001
Hear readings of our best and newest works; book sales will take place on-site!📚
#book #books #author #authortalks #authors #indieauthors #altadenalibraries
#ericjguignard #ericguignard #shortstories #booklover #bookstagram #fantasy#darkfantasy #darkfiction #anthology #horrorstories #horrorshortstories #bookworm#horrorlife #horrorcommunity #horrorfanatics #horrorlovers #horrorgeeks #promotebooks#horrorfans #readmorebooks #amreading #amreadinghorror
July 18, 2023
Interviewed on podcast Visited by Voices!
What did I get up to last night? Oh not toomuch, just got to be interviewed on a cool lil' podcast called Visited byVoices. Thanks so much to Lorne Dixon and Sam Carlson for the greatconversation on HORROR LIBRARY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jbD6Px6KI
July 17, 2023
New Author Photo!
New author photo! I was told my last one looked too grim, so trying again.
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July, 2023
July 15, 2023
Speaking at ComicCon Next Week!
Everybody, everybody! I'll be a Panelist for the first time next week at ComicCon!
"Ghostwriters: The Spirits of Vengeance in Literature"
Fri., July 21, 8:00 p.m.
with Hugh Howey, Tim Chizmar, Pat Jankiewicz, Amber Hassler, and Grant Offenberger
https://comiccon2023.sched.com/event/1OXFn
#ComicCon
July 13, 2023
Wonder and glory! I got HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8 books ov...
Wonder and glory! I got HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8 books over theweekend!! Prepping to send out for Contributors, Reviewers, and DirectPreorders!
Thanksto Dark Moon Books!
https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Library-8-Eric-Guignard/dp/194949151X/
July 2, 2023
July, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Monstrous Magazine(ed. James Aquilone)
https://monstrousbooks.com/submissions
Payment: 6 cents a word ($125flat per comic)
Story Length: 1,000–2,000 words
Deadline: July 27, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Comics, prose fiction,and articles; we do like monsters, pulp, and classic horror films. Focus shouldbe on fast-paced entertaining stories.
https://www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: 3,500 or less
Deadline: Openbetween July 17– July 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response Time: One month after end of submission window
Description: Speculative fiction–science fiction, fantasy, and horror.Everything should have a speculative element–that includes horror. Feel free tomix in other genres at will–a fantasy mystery or a science fiction romance.
FANTASY Flash-Fiction for LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE (ed. by John Joseph Adams)
https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/lightspeed
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,500 words
Deadline: July 1–July 7, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: Generally two weeks or less.
Description: All types of fantasy are welcome—high fantasy, contemporaryurban tales, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, folktales andanything and everything in between. Fantasy is entertainment for theintelligent genre reader — send us stories of the fantastic that make us think,and tell us what it is to be human while amazing us with your mastery oflanguage and story elements. No subject should be considered off-limits, and weencourage writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.
Solarpunk Magazine
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 500–7,500 words
Deadline: Open between January1–January 14, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Stories that strive fora utopian ideal, that are set in futures where communities are optimisticallystruggling to solve or adapt to climate change, to create or maintain a worldin which humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather than inconflict, etc. Also open to poetry and non-fiction.
Mysterion (ezine)
http://www.mysteriononline.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
Payment: 8 cents a word (4cents for reprints)
Story Length: up to 9,000 words
Deadline: Open between July 1–July 31, 2023
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Four months
Description: Christian-themedspeculative stories and artwork—science fiction, fantasy, horror—with Christianthemes, characters, or cosmology; science fiction and fantasy, good ghoststories, etc.; there's great fiction material hidden in the mysteries ofChristian theology—cherubim, leviathan, nephilim, visions, prophecy, and more.
Apparition Lit—Flash Fiction
https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,000 words
Deadline: July 1–July 14, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: by the 15th day of thefollowing month after submissions close
Description: Month of July Theme =REALITY SHOW MADNESS. We’re looking for flash with a heavy addition of thespeculative. Stories should be inspired by the genre/show type, but not fanfiction: Speculative stories in the vein of Eurovision/Singing and TalentCompetitions.
http://www.asimovs.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: 1,000–20,000 words(generally less than 7,500 words)
Deadline: Intermittently open
Reprints?: No
Response: Five weeks
Description: Character-orientedScience Fiction stories that is serious, thoughtful, yet accessible (occasionalhumor), including borderline fantasy, slipstream, and surreal fiction (and somepoetry).
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”
https://interzone.press/submissions/
Payment: 1.5 euros a word
Story Length: 2,000–17,500 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: usually within 5 weeks
Description: Fantastika fiction: non-themed,general audience, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
https://smallbeerpress.com/about/submission-guidelines/
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: up to 6,000 words
Deadline: ongoing/ intermittent
Reprints?: No
Response: within 6 months
Description: NOTE: PAPER SUBMISSIONSONLY (no email): Non-themed literary speculative fiction (no gore, sword andsorcery, or erotica), as well as non-fiction, poetry, and black and white art.
