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von Darkmoor
Small Press Publisher (and Dancer still)
      
Date Joined Dec 2005
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| Posted 3/2/2008 10:50 PM (GMT -4) |   | |
The Age of Blood and Snow - as reported on Duotrope
Payscale for Short Fiction: Token to Semi-Pro. From the publisher: "Tell us your tales of Vikings, Elementals, Witches, Beasts, Swordsmiths, Villians, Seers, Spirits, Bloodshed. Dark Fantasy, Black Horror, Slipstream, Dark Romance, Contes Cruels & all brutality marking that heroic, vile era. ~ Nihilism vs. Life ~ Selfish pursuit vs. Selfless power ~ Shadows vs. Light ~ Sword vs. Word ~ Give us the most secret exploits of Loki. Speak of Odin's darkest thoughts as he hanged from the windswept tree. Weave us tales of dragons, queens, sea creatures, ash-boys, lust, murder, afterlife. Tell us of Ragnarok. Alternative planes are best left to sword-and-sorcery ventures. We want blood and snow. Stay rooted in Planet Earth, in Yggdrasil. Reveal through your horror the reasons we seek peace, and ensue it. Children being hurt in any way must fit with your story."
website http://www.morriganbooks.com/TheAgeofBloodandSnow.html
Sounds cool to me - and I bet to many of the SFReader crowd, too.
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Nik
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Date Joined Feb 2007
Total Posts : 774
| Posted 3/2/2008 11:22 PM (GMT -4) | | I saw this on Duotrope. Looks awesome. Even if I don't submit, I'll probably buy it. Got something in the hopper, Jason?
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
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tchernabyelo
Acolyte
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 434
| Posted 3/3/2008 7:52 AM (GMT -4) | | I have a piece or three that may fit there...
Brian Dolton
Yi Qin 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
"What The Sea Refuses" - Black Gate (forthcoming)
"What The Heart Bears" - Black Gate (forthcoming)
"Above The Clouds" - Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel (forthcoming)
Other Land Of Wind And Ghosts stories:
"The Dragon Path" - Fictitious Force (forthcoming)
"Three Out Of Four" - Sorcerous Signals Feb-Apr 08
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
"St. Saviour And The Devil's Dandy" - Flashing Swords (forthcoming) | | Back to Top | | |
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Jim Stratton
Acolyte
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 264
| Posted 3/3/2008 11:08 AM (GMT -4) | | Anyone know if this is limited to Norse era tales, or is it more open? The submissions guidelines talk about Loki and Odin, but then seem to suggest otherwise. I have one or several Oriental fantasy tales that would otherwise fit.
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Christopher_Heath
Eternal Champion
Date Joined Oct 2005
Total Posts : 1156
| Posted 3/3/2008 11:16 AM (GMT -4) | | Looks like they only take Earth-based stories. I'm out. Good luck to everyone.
Christopher M. Heath
"Azieran: Ghost Crane by Sunset" in Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel by FE
"Azieran: Kaiburr the Rotund" in Strange Worlds of Lunacy Antho by CyberAliens
"Azieran: Claimed by Birthright" in Return of the Sword by Flashing Swords Press
"Azieran: Oathbreaker's Promise" in Flashing Swords
"Azieran: The Hollow Kings" in Flashing Swords
"Azieran: Adairos" in Tower of Light Fantasy
"Azieran: Savior in a Flask" in Magic and Mechanica by Ricasso Press
"Azieran: The Travelers Four" in Black Dragon, White Dragon by Ricasso Press
"Azieran: The Breaking of Hell's Bones" in Black Sails by 1018 Press
"Azieran: Distilling the Essence" in Sails and Sorcery by Fantasist Enterprises
+ others
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Nik
Adept
Date Joined Feb 2007
Total Posts : 774
| Posted 3/3/2008 12:09 PM (GMT -4) | | Jim Stratton said...
Anyone know if this is limited to Norse era tales, or is it more open? The submissions guidelines talk about Loki and Odin, but then seem to suggest otherwise. I have one or several Oriental fantasy tales that would otherwise fit.
Jim S
Seems like a preference for Norse themes, Jim. You might want to query.
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
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Jim Stratton
Acolyte
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 264
| Posted 3/3/2008 5:53 PM (GMT -4) | | I queried and got the following clarification from the editor, Skadi meic Beorh, on what was accetable. Pretty much any heroic tale with a historical base it seems.
"Thank you for your query concerning the anthology The Age of Blood & Snow. I would be happy to see your Asian work if it falls within the historical and mythical context of the Heroic Age, or Golden Age. Samurai warriors and nin-po and nin-ja warriors, Shaolin Buddhist monks, Mongols and other Asians fall neatly into our vision for this book."
I've already sent along two Oriental fantasies that may suit. You folks?
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Nik
Adept
Date Joined Feb 2007
Total Posts : 774
| Posted 3/3/2008 6:00 PM (GMT -4) | | Jim Stratton said...
I queried and got the following clarification from the editor, Skadi meic Beorh, on what was accetable. Pretty much any heroic tale with a historical base it seems.
"Thank you for your query concerning the anthology The Age of Blood & Snow. I would be happy to see your Asian work if it falls within the historical and mythical context of the Heroic Age, or Golden Age. Samurai warriors and nin-po and nin-ja warriors, Shaolin Buddhist monks, Mongols and other Asians fall neatly into our vision for this book."
I've already sent along two Oriental fantasies that may suit. You folks?
Jim S
Sweet! Thanks for sharing the info--glad it's open to variety. I don't have anything at the moment, but we have until June, right?
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
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Jim Stratton
Acolyte
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 264
| Posted 3/3/2008 11:34 PM (GMT -4) | | Well, things happened fast this afternoon. I've had a tentative acceptance from the editor, subject to final review of all stories after the close date (June 1). The editor was very happy to see a dark Oriental fantasy, and would welcome anything more of this type. The sense I got is that any dark tale set at arround the end of the first millenium other than Europe would be most welcome. But the darker the better! In mine, the heroine commits seppuku at the end to protect the honor of her Lord. So think really dark.
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Jim Stratton
Acolyte
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 264
| Posted 3/4/2008 11:47 PM (GMT -4) | | Sorry to cross-post, but I got the final acceptance from the editor today, roughly 24 hours after my submission. I suspect this antho is going to fill up fast. Get on board folks. See below.
Jim S
I am happy to accept "Your Duty To Your Lord" for the Morrigan Books anthology The Age Of Blood & Snow. This is a fantastic and disturbing conte cruel, and I am excited to tell you that not only is it the first work I have accepted, but it is also the present standard.
Skadi meic Beorh
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Gustavo
Sage
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darkbow
Rabbit lord
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Skadi meic Beorh
writer/editor
Date Joined Mar 2008
Total Posts : 31
| Posted 3/6/2008 6:28 PM (GMT -4) | | Hey everybody. This is Skadi meic Beorh, editor for The Age of Blood & Snow anthology to be published by Morrigan Books, an imprint of Gilgamesh Press, later this year. First I want to tell everyone how appreciative I am of the response so far. Blogs, threads, etc. are definitely proving to be equally important to traditional articles, interviews, blurbs, etc.
Hopefully by the time you see this we will have changed the wording for our submission guidelines. Essentially, we need horror, weird tales, ghost stories, and contes cruels more than Conan-like adventure stories and derivatives of faerytales. Also, and the guidelines may never adequately reflect this, but we are not limiting ourselves to Norse mythology. Irish, American Indian, Bharatan, Mongolian, Japanese, Finnish, whatever! Just as long as the tale is mythologically and/or historically based in an actual culture or mythology we humans have experienced in what we call "reality."
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