Hey all. I have been working on a collection of horror shorts that all take place in the same town. So far I have 6 stories (mostly between 8000-10000 words each). Now, I've heard before that getting collections of horror shorts, or any short stories for that matter, published in one volume is tough. Just wondering if anyone has any insight/comments?
I am wondering if I should just go the route that has worked before and just have individual stories published in indie horror mags or if I should try to submit them as one full manuscript under one title (i.e. - "tales from" this place of that?) Also, if I do go that route, are publishers more or less apt to accept if a few of the stories in the ms have appeared elsewhere?
There would be an inclusion of at least 2 more stories to round things out, so I'm not really anywhere NEAR attempting publication, but I thought I'd ask.
thanks
J
I am wondering if I should just go the route that has worked before and just have individual stories published in indie horror mags or if I should try to submit them as one full manuscript under one title (i.e. - "tales from" this place of that?) Also, if I do go that route, are publishers more or less apt to accept if a few of the stories in the ms have appeared elsewhere?
There would be an inclusion of at least 2 more stories to round things out, so I'm not really anywhere NEAR attempting publication, but I thought I'd ask.
thanks
J