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June 28, 2023
HORROR LIBRARY, VOLUME 8: PREORDERS UP, AND ANNOUNCING LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS!
Thenewest volume of HORROR LIBRARY is now available for pre-orders, and I couldn’t bemore proud!!
This series has been ongoing since 2006, and I think this new volume #8 mightbe the best yet (with apologies to 2015’s “Best Of volume)!
More on the series here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/horror_library.html
Now, announcing this year’scontributors and Table of Contents!!
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 BentleyLittle
“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” bySteve 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
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About:
The +Horror Library+ anthologies areinternationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror shortfiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leadingauthors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and DarkDreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the+Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepycontemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we livein.
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 HORROR LIBRARY!
Volume 8 contains 31 all-original stories,including:
• In Saving the World," a family feeds their captive devil thesorrows of neighbors.
• In “We Can't Let Go," a welfare check by a child servicesworker proves that not all in life is as expected.
• In “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream," a man meets hisnightmares while caving through narrow underground passages.
• In “Broodmare," a teen girl yearns to be as free as herbeloved horse while waiting to give birth to the savior-figure of her tribe.
• . . . and more!
**Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Jana Heidersdorf!
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Book Data
Title: +Horror Library+ Volume 8 (alternate: HorrorLibrary, Volume 8)
Editor: Eric J. Guignard
Price: $16.95 for print and $5.99 for electronic
Publisher: Dark Moon Books (Los Angeles, CA)
Publisher Web: www.darkmoonbooks.com
Format: Available in Trade Paperback and Electronic Media
Number of pages: 338 pgs at 6” x 9” trim (109,000words)
13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-949491-51-7
13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-949491-52-4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022930185
Date of publication: July 25, 2023
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Praise for the +HorrorLibrary+:
“Excellent storiesof the highest caliber.” —DreadCentral
“Uniformly well-crafted andoriginal.” —RueMorgue Magazine
“Impactful tales that throw the rules of both reality and genre fictionout the window.” —Fearnet (Chiller TV)
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Direct Preorder Book 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/
Amazon (ebook): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9J6MP73/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135967283-horror-library-volume-8
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/horror-library-volume-8-eric-j-guignard/1143375008
IndieBound (paperback): https://bookshop.org/p/books/horror-library-volume-8-eric-j-guignard/20011217?ean=9781949491517
Kobo (ebook): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/horror-library-volume-8
Bookshop (paperback): https://bookshop.org/p/books/horror-library-volume-8-eric-j-guignard/20011217
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May 26, 2023
I'll be at StokerCon 2023 next month in Pittsburgh, PA
My committed schedule so far includes:
AS PANEL MODERATOR:
Different Paths into Darkness
Saturday, June 17, 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Eric J. Guignard • Jaye Wells • Darcy Coates • Benjamin Farthing • Jessica LukeGarcía • Zoje Stage
AS A PANELIST:
HWA Mentorship Panel
Friday, June 16, 10:00am - 1:50am EDT
JG Faherty • Linda D. Addison • Patrick Barb • Eric J. Guignard • Rena Mason •Sarah Read • Tim Waggoner
AS A PANELIST:
"I well remembered the words of myfather": Fathers and Fatherhood In Horror
Saturday, June 17, 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Bridget Keown • Eric J. Guignard • John Edward Lawson • Mark Matthews • ScottJohnson • Wrath James White
AS AN ATTENDEE:
Terror from the Vault: Exploring theHorror Studies Collection
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections ReadingRoom, 320 Hillman Library, 3rd Floor with Ben Rubin
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 4:00pm - 6:00pm EST
AS AN ATTENDEE:
the BRAM STOKER AWARDS’ Cocktails andAwards Presentation
Saturday, June 17, 6:00pm - 9:45pm EDT
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And the remainder of my time, sitting in on panels, attending readings, roomparties, and overall hobnobbing.
Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!
www.stokercon2023.com
May 21, 2023
NICK by Michael Farris Smith
For those who cherish the beauty and gravity of written prose, you need to check out immediately NICK by Michael Farris Smith (2021), the prequel to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY.
I’m about 1/3 through it, and this book is mesmerizing, a complex harmony between self-searching, of desire and regret, and shadows of what once were or could have been.
Besides the Gatsby correlation, it strikes me further as a cross between Nelson Algren’s A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE and William Faulkner’s AS I LAY DYING, and it’s one of my best reading experiences so far of the year.
See herein, an extracted passage from young Nick Carraway as he lies alone in the World War I-ravaged trenches of Europe:
May 16, 2023
Returning from SFWA’s 58th Nebula Awards Convention in Anaheim, CA
Gotback late Sunday night from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association(SFWA)’s 58th Nebula Awards. I’ve been a SFWA member since 2014, but this wasmy first time attending the Nebulas Convention. It travels to a different venueeach year, but since it was in the neighboring city of Anaheim this time around,I had to check it out and be part of the event, and I’m so happy I did—It was agreat first experience!
The attendance was a little smaller than I’d expected (only about 200 people in-person,although there were more attendees virtually) and held at the Sheraton Park nearto Disneyland.
Ionly knew a few people going in—Kate Maruyama and Peter Blaisdell who I both seeoften, and KC Grifant and Arley Sorg, whom I’d met once each before,but have also corresponded with (and good to see again famed Scott Edelman!).
Myself with Mark Coker and KC Grifant
Myself with Kate Maruyama, Krista, and
Jennifer R. Povey(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Myself with
Francesca Myman,Krista, and
Jennifer R. Povey(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Myself with
Krista, and
KC Grifant(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Bestof all was meeting friends for the first time whom I’ve only ever communicatedwith online: Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, Ai Jiang, and Anna Ziegelhof.
Iwas sorry to have missed meeting S. Qiouyi Lu who came by one night, and I onlylearned later that Laura Anne Gilman was in attendance, whom I would have lovedto have met.
ButI was also very pleased to meet many other attending writers, some of whom Ionly shared a few words of introduction, while others I chatted with for a longtime:
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Whileat the convention, I spoke on two panels:
For The Love of ShortFiction 2022
by:Arley Sorg, Eric J. Guignard, Peter Behravesh, Jane Pinckard, and
LP Kindred
(Photo by Phong Quan @pqwrites)
Seeking a Writer forthe End of the World
by:K. R. Monin, Eric J. Guignard, R.W.W. Greene, and John Murphy
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AndI attended a number of other panels, but only took pics of two:
by: JasmineGower, Zabé Ellor, Sarah Branson, and M. S. Ewing
Branding andMarketing: Finding That Return on Investment
by:L.S. Johnson, Jonathan Brazee, and Cerece Rennie Murphy
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Nice,memorable awards show, hosted by designer and actress Cheryl Platz.
Congratulationsto the Winners and Finalists, listed here: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/
(Photo by SFWA)
Anyway,now marked on my to-do list is to attend the Nebulas again in the future!
Carryon, Airship Nebula!
#Nebulas2023
April 3, 2023
April, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets
Newor Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
At MinimumPro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Reckoning Vol. 8
https://reckoning.press/submit
Payment: 10 cents a word
Story Length: up to 20,000 words
Deadline: September 22, 2023
Reprints?: Query first
Response: 1 to 4 months
Description: Creative writing aboutenvironmental justice and social activism. Diverse fiction stories (and poetry)including a speculative element: Searingly personal, visceral, idiosyncraticunderstanding of the world and the people in it as it has been, as it is, as itwill be, as it could be.
https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
Payment: 8cents a word
Story Length: 500 to 1,000 words
Deadline: Open from the 1stto 21st of each month (or until reaching the cap of 425 submissions) (only)
Reprints?: Yes (payment at 2 cents/ word)
Response: Within eight weeks
Description: A very short but complete story of flash fiction. Strong,interesting characters, in genres of dark sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, crime,horror, and even literary.
The DARK (monthly online e-magazine)
http://thedarkmagazine.com/submission-guidelines
Payment: 6 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–6,000 words
Deadline: Currently open, but intermittent
Reprints?: Yes
Response: between 1 day to 1 week
Description: Unique Horror and Dark Fantasy (No graphic/ violentcontent); fiction that may fall out of “regular” categories (Tons of greatauthors publish here).
Calliope Interactive
https://calliopeinteractive.com/open-call
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: 100–4,000 words
Deadline: Month XX, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: estimated within 2 months
Description: Unthemed genre fiction;anything to do with high fantasy, operatic sci-fi, heart-stopping action,that’s our jam.
Orion’s Belt (online magazine)
https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,200 words
Deadline: September 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: generally within one week
Description: Bold, experimentalliterary science fiction and fantasy stories that blur the line between “genre”fiction and literary fiction.
https://littlebluemarble.ca/submission-guidelines
Payment: 11 cents a word(Canadian; translates to about US 8 cents/word)
Story Length: up to 2,000 words(reprints allowed up to 5,000 words at <1 cent/ word)
Deadline: Intermittent (currentlyset to close “in Summer, 2023”)
Reprints?: No
Response: up to 12 weeks
Description: Speculative fictionthat examines humanity’s possible futures living with anthropogenic climatechange. We prefer fiction with a hopeful outlook, but the occasional dystopiamight fit too.
***Non-PRO-Paying Market, but Eric J. Guignard’s “Pick ofthe Month”
https://pressfuls.com/about
Payment: 3 cents a word
Story Length: 2,000–3,000 words
Deadline: ongoing
Reprints?: No
Response: 6 weeks
Description: Original horror,Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Crime/Mystery short stories.
https://www.aliensunpress.com/
Payment: $50 flat
Story Length: 3,000–6,000 words
Deadline: June 1, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Weird Fiction; Complextales; rewritten mythology; unique and clever Horror stories involving cursedor dangerous films, etc.
February 28, 2023
March, 2023 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets
March, 2023
New or Reopening Market Listings/ Notes
at Minimum Pro-Paying (5 cents+ per word)
Gallery of Curiosities (fiction anthology print and podcast)
https://gallerycurious.com/p/submissions-1599834174/
Payment: 5 cents a word
Story Length: up to 7,500 words
Deadline: April 15, 2023
Reprints?: Yes (paid at 1 cent a word)
Response: One week for initial short list acceptance, then about 1 month thereafter
Description: Short stories relating to the curious and often dark corners of retropunk fiction. Stories that entertain. We want to be taken on an adventure in a time that never was, be it steampunk, gaslamp, weird tales, dark fantasy, dreadpunk, vintage horror, new weird, mad science, fantastic cities (please!), monsters, impossible machines, odd, clockworks, alt-history adventures, surprises, weird westerns, and things that shouldn’t work.
https://adamant.moksha.io/publication/fantasy/guidelines
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: Up to 7,500 words (preferred less than 5,000)
Deadline: Open from March 1–March 7, 2022 (open to BIPOC authors year-round)
Reprints?: No
Response: within 3 months
Description: Exceptional original fantasy and dark fantasy stories (including horror).
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, March 7–March 31, 2023. Stories up to 1,000 words based on a theme to be announced on March 7.
The Deadlands
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
Payment: 10 cents a word (1 cent for reprints)
Story Length: up to 5,000 words (preferably 3,000–4,000 words)
Deadline: Intermittent (currently open; unknown when they will close)
Reprints?: Yes
Response: Two weeks
Description: Speculative fiction stories 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 middle of a haunted field. A skeletal figure moving with intent toward something unseen. Death personified; stories from a worldwide perspective, different cultures, different approaches to death.
Orion’s Belt (online magazine)
https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions
Payment: 8 cents a word
Story Length: up to 1,200 words
Deadline: Intermittent. Opens March 1, 2023, and unknown when they will close.
Reprints?: No
Response: generally within one week
Description: Bold, experimental literary science fiction and fantasy stories that blur the line between “genre” fiction and literary fiction.
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 a secondary-world setting and some traditional or classic fantasy feel, but written with a literary approach. We want stories set in what Tolkien called a “secondary world”: some other world that is different from our own primary world in some way. It could be different in terms of zoology (non-human creatures), ecology (climate), or physical laws (the presence of magic). It could be set on Earth but an Earth different from our primary world in terms of time (the historical past) or history (alternate history). It could have a “pre-tech” level of technology, or steampunk technology, or magic as technology, 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 of the Month”
https://www.cohesionpress.com/snafu-submissions
Payment: Australian 5 cents a word (abt. 3-1/2 cents a word US)
Story Length: 2,000–7,500 words
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: estimate 3–4 months
Description: Action-based horror/specific within conflict in a past, present, or future filled with the aspects that make your story a ‘punk’ sub-genre tale (i.e. subculture is about anti-authoritarianism, anti-big corporate, and personal freedom.)
https://undertowpublications.com/weird-horror-magazine
Payment: 1.5 cents a word
Story Length: 500–6,000 words
Deadline: March 1, 2023–March 31, 2023
Reprints?: No
Response: unknown
Description: Original (non-themed) horror and weird fiction short stories.
February 23, 2023
Interview of me in the latest issue of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE!
Interview of me in the latest issue of prominent horror staple, NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE!
Thanks so much to Nightmare Mag and interviewer Lisa Morton.
https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/interview-eric-j-guignard/
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February 14, 2023
Just received in the mail my 2021 Shirley Jackson Award!
Just received in the mail this divine 2021 Shirley Jackson Award!
This for: Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (published by Dark Moon Books) with Charlatan Bardot!!!
A beautiful, ornate wood box with a bronze compass and engraved plate inside, as well as a Shirley Jackson “stone”.
I also created my very first unboxing video for it! (and unlike writing awards, I won’t be winning any awards for video production quality, haha.) I realized afterwards, rather than looking at the camera, I was speaking to my children at an angle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvKowvPYSU
Thank you again to the jurors, readers, reviewers, and other supporters of dark, imaginative fiction!
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December 28, 2022
New Author Photo!
I’ve come to the incomprehensible (startling! shocking, even!) conclusion that I age… I’ve been using the same author photo since 2011, when I started pursuing writing, and for 11 years since have looked upon it as if I were Dorian Gray. The great and obvious truth is that I don’t look anything like I did back then. So here with the holidays, I’m trying out a new author photo that matches the reflection in the mirror. Voila and behold: Eric J. Guignard!
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December, 2022
January, 2011
December 24, 2022
Short story submissions for +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8 opening soon!
Dark Moon Books will be opening soon for anthology H/DF short story submissions for +HORROR LIBRARY+ VOLUME 8!
• Non-themed, imaginative, dark tales
• 2 cents/word
• No reprints
• Approximate 1,500–5,000 word count
• Open Jan. 16–Jan. 30 only
• 30-day response
• Read previous volumes to determine what the editor likes
• Details here: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/Submissions.html
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