TRUE CRIME - SERIAL KILLERS ANTHOLOGY BOOK First Annual 2014

Modified March 28, 2013.  What I've modified will be in 'Blue' color. William Cook , Peter Vronsky  and I are putting together an Anthology of Serial Killers due for publication Nov/Dec 2013 (print + eBook+ audiobook) published by Parker Publishing and available on all markets including Amazon, B&N, iTunes, Kobo etc. 'SKA' will profile well known international authors of true crime. We are going to set a limit of 10 authors which will include a few other authors, mostly fictional, from the thriving Indie scene.Prerequisite: the stories must be new to you, in other words, you haven't written about these SK's before. Also, cannot be any case stories that me, Peter, Lee, or Sylvia have written in our books.
The Anthology is going to be published by Parker Publishing and edited by William Cook and any other volunteers to proofread.  I have acquired 10 beta readers who will also proof read. The stories I'm looking for have to induce a sense of terror in the reader – the kind of fear that makes someone keep reading but prevents them from sleeping! That is the main thematic criteria. Cannibal stories are okay. A mixed bag of SK's is desirable: females, males, unsolved, doctors, nurses, etc. with various methods of murder: strangulation, knives, guns, poison, etc.
Write about the lesser known SK's around the world, not Bundy, Dahmer etc. as there's too much already on the market and we have nothing new to add. Current cases like Lamb and the LISK is fine.
Looking to make this a 300 page book, or about 100,000 words. If we have 10 authors, that's 10,000 words each. We can do 2 x 5000 word stories or 1 x 10,000. TBD. I'd prefer two stories each. Write your SK case so that it's easy to read and flows nicely, tone down the academic so that it's not verbose.
The anthology will be available for Christmas so plenty of time to send us your best SK stories. So as not to duplicate stories, ie, RJ writing about the Pig Farmer and another writing the same short story, once you have your story idea, post your topic(s) in the comments section of this blog.
Deadline: Have your stories finished by August 14, 2013. Also, make sure any images are not copyright protected, and source your research. Deadline for the 1000 word submission is April 30, 2013. Peter, William and I will select 4 other authors that will be part of this project. Please note that this is the FIRST ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY and the authors selected will have first right of refusal for next years book.
Please send submissions to  Author RJ Parker
Put TRUE CRIME - SERIAL KILLERS ANTHOLOGY 2014 in the subject line. 
Double space, 2 spaces after a period, indent paragraphs, show scene break by a centered ***don't double dash -- use the dash you want...No headers, footers, or page numbers.Don't underline for italics, use italicsSubmit work as a Word Doc only.TIMES NEW ROMAN SIZE 12
Put your BIO at the end of the story with your picture and URL links, also, author page, website, Facebook fan page, twitter name etc.
Rights: First World English, Digital, Print, Audio and Anthology.
Rejections/Acceptances will be announced electronically by the middle of May, 2013. I request that you submit to me the first 1000 words asap so that we can get a feel for your non-fiction writing and we'll advise you to continue on or not as 4 authors are being chosen.
Royalties will be discussed as this comes together and determined how many authors are interested in this project. The royalty breakdown has been set and once all authors are confirmed then you'll be advised.

Confirmed Authors:
Peter Vronsky
RJ Parker
Lee Mellor
Sylvia Perrini
William Cook
Dane Ladwig

Authors who expressed interest and will be submitting samples:
Kim Cresswell
Christine Sutton
Lori Safranek
Michelle McQueen
Karen Sciocia
David Naughton Shires
Mike Arntfield
If you are interested in submitting a short sample, please comment below on the topic you'd like to chose. Whatever you decide to pick is considered gone so decide fast.
Beta Readers: Claire Woodman
Mandy Greenhalgh
Sandy Johnson
Theresa Klawinski Teltschik
Andrea Carver
Kevin Tipple
Kat Yares
Mary Daniels
Beth Macewan
JoAnn Brown
We have enough beta readers and I not be accepting any more.