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AlexMoisi
Neophyte

Date Joined Feb 2008
Total Posts : 69

Posted 7/16/2008 8:05 PM (GMT -5)

So I've been wanting to compile an antho on anthology builder for a while. I have a few stories selected but I would like 4-5 more so I am asking your advice. What are the best horror, SF and fantasy (preferably dark) that are up on anthology builder?

Help appreciated and please do not hesitate to promote your own stuff ;)

for more of me check out
www.dracken.co.nr

Kuroboshii
Shogun

Date Joined Apr 2004
Total Posts : 549

Posted 7/17/2008 12:01 PM (GMT -5)

My story "Black Goblin" is both awesome and pretty dark. But don't take my word for it! Here's Dan Blackston's review:

"Featuring yet another "unreliable" 1st person narrator, (a common thread throughout issue #8's fiction selections), Stiennon's witty and dramatic tale of goblins and "gang" loyalty easily steals the show. Of the 1st person narrators featured in this issue of TSR, Stiennon's "Klor" is the most fully realized and memorable. "Old Steelfist" is also the only story in TSR #11 that actually fulfills the �zine's titular manifesto, featuring some deftly-scribed sword-slinging, as well as colorful dialogue and humor. There is a campy, "Clockwork Orange-ish" feeling to the whole story, with Klan and his gang of "slashers" trekking to their married-with-children mate's farm to convince him to go out on another raid and finding he has more interest in growing vegetables. What sets this piece above the others in the issue is Stiennon's absolute understanding of his characters, plot, and narrative pace. While "Old Steelfist" may, on the surface, seem to lack the big ideas associated with issue #8's other stories, this is purely an illusion generated by the skill of the author, whose gift for writing engaging scenes and dialogue all but sugarcoats the poignant themes and sub-text of the story's action. To those who have opined their belief that nothing original, deep, or satisfying can come from "Dungeons and Dragons" style fantasy, "Old Steelfist" is like a polite kick in the teeth. That is, Stiennon's tale refutes mediocrity, as well as blind-obedience to literary fashion, and does so with enviable technical aplomb and imagination. A must-read story by a must-read author of notable skill and talent."

Sean T. M. Stiennon (AKA Kuroboshii)

Check out my author page at www.sfreader.com/authors/seanstiennon

erazmus
Master

Date Joined Jul 2005
Total Posts : 4557

Posted 7/22/2008 4:29 PM (GMT -5)

BVoth of the stories I have up would suit, with "Two Ravens" leaning more to black humor, both being fantasies.

Mike

Michael D. Turner
"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
www.baen.com
"Dutchman Rescue"in Continuum SF #6
www.continuumsciencefiction.com/orders.htm

"An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern" in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:

www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php
"Pink Plastic Flamingos" in Big Pulp
www.bigpulp.com/m.html
"Stains" in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
"Morning Coffee" in Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/morning-coffee-by-michael-d-turner/
"The Jewel Below" in Flashing Swords
flashingswords.sfreader.com/issues/issue8/vol2-iss8-05.htm
"Happy Landings" in Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/happy-landings-by-michael-d-turner/
"Teller of Tales" in Every day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/teller-of-tales-by-michael-d-turner/
Read "Silver Shells" In Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/silver-shells-by-michael-d-turner/

kaolin fire
Magazine Frontman

Date Joined Apr 2007
Total Posts : 303

Posted 7/22/2008 11:27 PM (GMT -5)

A friend and co-editor recently had a reprint accepted there: "The Grey" by Debbie Moorhouse. It's a slow, dark character piece of a tale, of a world disappearing and losing meaning/relevance

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tchernabyelo
Acolyte

Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 474

Posted 7/23/2008 5:42 AM (GMT -5)

I've got two stories up there, "The Box Of Beautiful Things" and "The Man Who Was Never Afraid". Both Yi Qin stories. One was a StorySouth Million Writers nominee, the other got an Honourable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, so I'm not the only person who ilkes them :)

Brian Dolton

http://tchernabyelo.livejournal.com

Land Of Wind And Ghosts stories:

"The Box Of Beautiful Things" - IGMS#3

"The Man Who Was Never Afraid" - Abyss and Apex #20

"At Blue Crane Falls" - Abyss and Apex #25

"Where No Wind Blows" - Staffs & Starships #2

"The Gray World" - Every Day Fiction (June 1st 2008)

"What The Sea Refuses" - Black Gate (forthcoming)

"What The Heart Bears" - Black Gate (forthcoming)

"Above The Clouds" - Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel (forthcoming)

"Three Out Of Four" - Sorcerous Signals Feb-Apr 08

"The Dragon Path" - Fictitious Force #5

"The Last Arrow Of Liang Xi" - Darwin's Evolutions (forthcoming)

Stories in other settings:

"The Unicorn Hunter" - OG's Speculative Fiction #8

"Call Centre" - Necrotic Tissue #1

"When Winter Came" - ASIM #32

"Cold Fire" - Flashing Swords #9, The Age Of Blood And Snow (forthcoming)

"St. Saviour And The Devil's Dandy" - Flashing Swords (forthcoming)

"In This City" - Fantasy Magazine (forthcoming)

"If We Were Briar Roses" - Every Day Fiction (forthcoming)

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