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I have 1100 or so word Western. I checked out duotrope, but there weren't many options. All in all, I'm not really sure how to choose. It's my first.
I have 1100 or so word Western. I checked out duotrope, but there weren't many options. All in all, I'm not really sure how to choose. It's my first.
Good idea.Could you shave off 100 words and make it a flash fiction?
First place that pops to mind is: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineI have a short story with 3000 words that I'm trying to place but bumping my head. It's a near-future satirical piece about the literary world and celebrity stardom.
It's light science fiction and humorous in its satire.
Any suggestions?
Strange Horizons have been known to publish humorous pieces. However, you might want to check that your story isn't similar to any of these too commonly seen ones.Unfortunately, Andromeda is not looking for modern-day America settings. Any other suggestions?
Unfortunately, Andromeda is not looking for modern-day America settings. Any other suggestions?
I finished a novella a few months ago that was a rewrite of the Echo and Narcissus myth from Greece. I made some changes to it that I'm worried is going to make it a tough sell. Echo is a black goddess and rape victim survivior, Pan is insane and features as the villian. The book has strong fantasy and roamnce elements, but has an unhappy ending. It's the same ending from the myth: Echo fades away and becomes the wind leaving Narcissus alone and miserable.
The novella is 28k but I am going to do another edit and cut that down some more. My question is this: is it unmarketable because of the unhappy ending? I've checked some places and they say "Stories must have a happy ending" problem is if I had tacked a happy ending onto the end it would've varied ALOT from the original myth. Despite all the changes I made I wanted to keep the ending the same as the myth.
Is this going to be a problem? I have other short stories that also have unhappy endings but strong romance elements. Do characters always have to live happily ever after?
You can try looking for places that are open to multiple genres, since yours seems to straddle a few. I know some lit journals accept speculative fiction.It's satirical in the sense that it pokes fun at higher learning institutions, the Ivy leagues of the Northeast, and the literary academic world. It is also speculative since there are technology advances that make it possible for celebrities to be teachers. Other than that I'm sort of stuck.
ok sorry i forgot i posted lol. it was orginally nonfiction but due to legal matters i changed a few things so its fiction. i guess i may classify it as literary but im not sure if my writing is good enough to be called that. .a 1,300 word short about an aunt finding out her neice was molested?
i know untreed reads accept fiction of all lengths.I've got a story, 30,000 words. It's a very dark piece about a schizophrenic. Anyone know what i can do with it?
I've got a story, 30,000 words. It's a very dark piece about a schizophrenic. Anyone know what i can do with it?
Dark in what way? Will it make me cry or get angry or make me lie awake all night trying to scrub the memory of reading it from my mind? Is the style literary, mainstream, experimental?
I suppose in the sense that it's a very sad and depressing piece of work. I don't suppose i know what type of style it is. It started out as a novel, but it wound up only being 30,000 words.
ok sorry i forgot i posted lol. it was orginally nonfiction but due to legal matters i changed a few things so its fiction. i guess i may classify it as literary but im not sure if my writing is good enough to be called that. .
as the theme being child moestation its very serious. the story is about the child telling somone.
Anyone got any paying recs for traditional ghost stories? I'm talking M R James style, a mix of period and contemporary settings, often where the history of the ghost or haunting isn't explicit but the ghost is actually there. I've got a few to hand (I like writing them too much to stop!) with the average length being between 1000-3000. I'm also looking for 'per word' or a flat rate of more than $10, since with the exchange rates anything less is a pittance.
I find a lot of horror markets aren't interested at the moment because they're a bit old fashioned and not terribly explicit. It's not the lack of gore, precisely, but it's not really what horror fans seem to be into right now. Most non-horror markets only want them if they've got cosy endings, or the ghost/haunting is an allegory rather than the thrust of the plot. I've had some success with anthologies, but there's just not that many out there. The MR James newsletter no longer takes original fiction and I've had no luck with All Hallows (which is closed to subs at the moment according to Duotrope).
It's not your typical science-fiction, since it's strongly character focused and there's no technology that doesn't exist in the modern world. It's not dark, but it does have a strong focus on sexual issues