Paula Guran reports: “As the editor of the annual anthology series The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror for Prime Books, I am now reading for the 2012 edition — the third in the series — which will include material published in 2011. “I am looking for...
by Robert Gray It is shocking to me that there are so many new horror writers out there that haven’t read M.R. James or Stoker or Lovecraft or Poe or Stevenson or Jackson or countless others. Writers who only know Frankenstein as the Boris Karloff monster (and if you...
The following market report on the anthology, Legends of the Monster Hunter II, as well as the follow-up interview are courtesy of Market Scoops by D.L. Snell. The Market Anthology: The Trigger Reflex – Legends of the Monster Hunter II Editor: Miles Boothe Pay Rate: ¼...
Cemetery Dance Publications has decided to hold a “Short Short Story Contest” with the winners featured in a chapbook alongside classic stories by Douglas Clegg, Brian Keene, and Ray Garton. Each winner will receive a $75 dollar prize as well as 5 free copies of the...
Rapid changes in reading technology have transformed writing through social media. The move from e-mail to blogs to Facebook has been ever evolving, but one thing has remained constant – the need to tell our personal stories. The 70-million active bloggers, tweeters,...
Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. The stories in the May issue swing back toward dark SF. Jeremy R. Butler channels the adventure and dangers...
