July 16th, 2010 
Lorna D. Keach 
Agents! Ah! Flee in terror, flee in terror! No, really, looking for an agency can be really scary–and really frustrating for horror writers. So, in response to this nail-biting, heart-stopping nightmare, I have compiled a short list of some agents who are actually, truly interested in representing horror and are open to submissions right now. [...]
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Tags: abject terror, agents, horror agents, horror fiction, horror writers, horror writing, literary agents, writers, writing 
No Comments » July 8th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
“At last, Kfir and I are starting to see the (day)light at the end of the tunnel! We’ve accepted a number of excellent stories and are requesting revision on a couple more. However, we’d like to get, oh, two or three more standout works in the 2,500-5,000 word range to finish off the anthology; see [...]
July 2nd, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, the Horrors of the Form Rejection Revisited) I don’t send simultaneous submissions. There are those who will tell you, yes, even though the guidelines say “no simultaneous submissions” professional writers do it anyway—and that’s fine if they want to say that. That’s fine if “professional writers” want to send out the same story to [...]
June 25th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
“It has long been legend that publishing houses are inundated by submissions on a daily basis. That situation is the primary reason there is such a long wait for a response.This is not, however, the case at Medallion. We accept only e-submissions, and our process is streamlined in order to stay current. This is obviously [...]
Posted in Book Publishers, Markets Tags: book publisher, Book Publishers, horror, horror books, horror writing No Comments » June 25th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
“Cast Macabre is open to submissons for short length and flash fiction, and poetry. Stories longer than 4,000 words or so take over twenty minutes to read, which is about our limit, but if the story is good we may make an exception. Flash fiction (1000 words or less) will be read in our special [...]
Posted in Markets, Online Zines Tags: horror, horror fiction, horror podcast, horror writing, new market, podcast No Comments » June 11th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, hey, maybe e-media IS that bad…) So, when we last left our intrepid heroes, brand new USB ports were being installed directly into our foreheads. Now that we’re equipped with the latest technology and a new love for electronic media, we’re all going to rush right off and self-publish our books, so we can [...]
June 4th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
(Or, hey, e-media’s not that bad…) We’ve all heard it. Soon, we’ll be burying the bloated corpse of print media and reading all our newspapers online, and the internet will plug directly into our skulls to feed us mortgage refinancing commercials while we sleep, et cetera, et cetera… And, truly, it’s a horrifying thought. Every [...]
May 21st, 2010 Lorna D. Keach Nothing is more frustrating than to see “Closed to Submissions” on market after market when you’ve got the Most Awesome Story Ever to submit. So, to help ease the pain, we’ve gathered a quick-reference list of some Horror markets that are open to submissions right now. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but hopefully it is [...]
Posted in The Cult Tags: horror, horror markets, horror writing, Magazines, Markets, online, open, print, publishers, short stories, writers, writing 3 Comments » May 14th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
Or, Save Early, Save Often! Sometimes, I suspect my Microsoft Word is possessed by a foul-tempered Taiwanese gremlin. I’ve had too many experiences with glitchy text, overbearing grammar checkers, and tables that move about the page as though they’re self-aware and plotting my destruction. While the program is certainly far better than Corel WordPerfect or [...]
Posted in The Horrors of Horror Writing Tags: back up, backups, gremlins, horror, horror fiction, horror writing, lost data, lost writing, Microsoft Word, Papa Legba, writers, writing 5 Comments » April 16th, 2010 Lorna D. Keach 
We want you–to send us your Horrors! If you have any stories about horrible things that’ve happened to you as a writer, drop us a line. Even if it’s just stories of horrible things you’re worried might happen to you; or horrible things that didn’t actually happen to you, but could have; or fantastic writers’ [...]
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