LOLcraft Contract Signed, Faxed, Returned; First Contact Black Infinity Out

The start of fall is proving to be a busy time. Bloomington Writers Guild activities will include poetry and more fiction readings in about a month, while the “writing life” nuts and bolts of the publishing game are catching up too — at least for the moment.

For instance, yesterday’s email from Editor/Publisher Michael Cieslak: It’s finally here, the e-mail you have been waiting for.

Enclosed please find the contract for the upcoming publication LOLCRAFT: A COMPENDIUM OF ELDRITCH HUMOR. Please pay careful attention to the name, address (so you can receive your author’s copy of the book), and preferred byline portions of the contract.

The contracts may be returned via e-mail to editor@thedragonsroost.net (preferred) or by printing and sending. . . .

And so it went, with new information on payment, requests for bio updates, prior publication details for reprints, Paypal addresses, etc. All pretty standard, but for me the contract return would require my printing it, filling in details and signing it “live,” then faxing to email, which meant a visit to the public library to use their resources. But, no problem, that was accomplished today and it, and the rest, emailed back to Dragon’s Roost Press this afternoon, with my story in this, “The Reading,” originally printed in 2013 in UNIVERSE HORRIBILIS (see April 27, et al.), now that much closer to re-publication.

And then, this one from two days ago and already noted on my Facebook page, BLACK INFINITY’s FIRST CONTACT issue, including my story “The Country Doctor” (cf. September 8 2021, et al.) has been published. More will be here when my copy comes, but for now information (including ordering) can be found here.