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erazmus
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Date Joined Jul 2005
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Posted 5/19/2008 5:49 PM (GMT -4)

Stories where the girl is the hero, female centered hero stories? Or stories that probably got rejected for S&SXXIII.
It was meant as a joke.

Mike

Michael D. Turner
"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
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"Dutchman Rescue"in Continuum SF #6
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"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
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"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
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Read "Silver Shells" In Every Day Fiction
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Jim Stratton
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Posted 5/19/2008 9:27 PM (GMT -4)

erazmus said...
Stories where the girl is the hero, female centered hero stories? Or stories that probably got rejected for S&SXXIII.
It was meant as a joke.

Mike

So was mine!

Jim Stratton

Forthcoming publications:

“The Heretic” in Tower of Light Online Magazine in Issue #5.
“Living With Miracles” in Big Pulp Online Magazine in October, 2008.
“One Life, One Arrow” in Fantasist Enterprises's “Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel” due out in late 2009.
“Your Duty To Your Lord” in Morrigan Books' “Age of Blood & Snow”, due out Winter, 2008.

crystalwizard
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Posted 5/20/2008 3:08 AM (GMT -4)

erazmus said...
Stories where the girl is the hero, female centered hero stories?

Those should go to Carol for Lorelei Signal:

www.loreleisignal.com/

Here's what she says about that magazine:

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The Lorelei Signal is an award winning web based magazine dedicated to featuring strong female characters in Fantasy short stories.

This does not mean I don't want to see strong men either, balance is the key. I just don't want to see female characters who are weak, having to be constantly rescued, etc. Females in the story should have the same strength of character as their male counterparts and not be there as window dressing. This has been changing over the years in fantasy writing - the idea of the female character being nothing more than a sidekick, the princess to be rescued, etc has faded significantly. But, she still shows up occasionally.

The title of this magazine was taken from the Animated Star Trek episode by the same name. In that episode the men of the Enterprise fell under a siren song and it was Lt. Uhura who had to take command of the Enterprise. It was a pretty hokey set-up to finally get a female in the command chair of the original Enterprise, but at least she got there.

So tell us your fantasy stories, but remember you have to include a strong female character in an important role.
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erazmus
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Posted 5/20/2008 3:34 AM (GMT -4)

Carole lives here in the springs, I know her well. L-S is a great market.
Mike

crystalwizard
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Posted 5/20/2008 3:46 AM (GMT -4)

erazmus said...
Carole lives here in the springs, I know her well. L-S is a great market.
Mike

Talk her into joining us here on SFReader :)

Jason T
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Date Joined Aug 2006
Total Posts : 313

Posted 5/20/2008 9:36 AM (GMT -4)

Nice suggestions, but all three markets mentioned aren't open for subs right now. Perhaps Mr. Turner is right, and FSP should do a heroic "Girls of Summer" issue to accompany the other special summer release

(full disclosure: I just happen to have a tale or two that fits the bill...)

Jason Thummel

"The Importance of Portents" The Town Drunk, March 2008

"A Stand in the Eye of the Needle" Flashing Swords, May 2008

"Mortismagus" in Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press Forthcoming 2008

"The Gift of the Unspoken God," in The Infinity Swords, Carnivah House > >, Forthcoming 2008

"The Homecoming of Brother Antonitus" Flashing Swords May 2009

“The Gunnerman” Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature, forthcoming TBA >>

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