Can you resubmit it elsewhere as a reprint?Linger's...gone? Aw, and there goes that published story...
Too bad about ReadingWriters' "Road to Eerie"--although it did spark a story for me so I'm grateful for that.
I missed a few recent interesting contests/anthologies, but I should make Penumbra's Sports/Games themed one (due 09/15) and the On the Premises Myths & Legends one since I already have pieces I can just revise and send.
I have something for Enchanted Conversation too but additional goals/heads up include:
- BayCon (pro-pay, up to 4k)- due 09/15
- Wily Writers: Lovecraftian Horror- due 09/30
- Tin House: Weird Science- due 10/01
Another heads-up:
Round 7 of NPR's 3-minute fiction contest is going to start soon (saw an announcement on their Facebook page).
It's non-paying--usually a copy of the author-judge's book or something--but it's 600 words of fun!
Ok so finally, almost 2 months later, here's the NPR prompt!
Entries due by September 25th.
Thanks so much for mentioning BayCon!
We are running lighter on subs than I'd hoped (both flash and short stories, but most markets get fewer flash subs than short stories), but we've still got almost a week left to submit.
Deirdre,
I'm hoping to send something your way before the deadline.
Alex
\o/
Can't wait.
I've read a fair few F&SFs, and I would caution against slapstick. They seem to like absurd situations and the like (such as death trying to convince a man to stop thinking about death so that he can die), but I'm not particularly good at quantifying further. Sorry...
And of course there was the April 1982 F&SF with That Frog by Michael Shea, perhaps the greatest short story of all time.
Coolios, I found it online.And of course there was the April 1982 F&SF with That Frog by Michael Shea, perhaps the greatest short story of all time.
So sounds like they're into absurdest humor. I can do that.