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Posted By : AlexMoisi - 5/27/2008 2:15 AM

I sent my story today, anyone else?

For some reason it was a killer to fit their requirements, They seem to be looking for a very narrow kind of southern Gothic/humorous story...
well now I can finally do something else with my life.

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Posted By : crystalwizard - 5/27/2008 2:38 AM

AlexMoisi said...

well now I can finally do something else with my life.

Such as reviewing the current issue of Flashing Swords?

Posted By : Rob Santa - 5/27/2008 9:20 AM

I didn't see anything along the humor side for their guidelines. According to posts in their forum it seems like they're looking for good old fashioned horror, just set in a shared world of a Tennessee town.

Yup, I sent them a piece. In fact, Harvest Hill is the market I refer to in my latest article for SFReader about inspired writing. The only downside to my sub is (I hope) how the ending provides a whammy that makes what could be considered a stock story concept approachable. I feel if the editors get all the way to the final chapters they'll see something different; if they don't, it will be just another zombie story (not that there's anything wrong with zombie stories, but I didn't try to separate this one from the herd, if you catch my drift).

What's great about Harvest Hill's guidelines is how if my piece doesn't sell there it is available for other markets. All too often I'll write something for a themed project that can't go anywhere else because of its limitations. Novella-length superhero fiction springs to mind.

Rob Santa

Hopelessly Addicted Writer of Speculative Fiction

and CEO of Ricasso Press

Posted By : frightfest - 5/27/2008 11:18 AM

Good luck Alex & Rob - I sent mine in a couple of months ago and am nervously biting my fingernails.

It is not the bang that terrifies, but the anticipation of it - Alfred Hitchcock

http://fright-fest.blogspot.com

Posted By : Saanen - 5/27/2008 6:15 PM

I sent mine about six weeks ago. I'm not sure mine's horror-y enough for them, but I think it's a pretty good story so I expect I'll sell it somewhere. It would be nice to get into this antho, though.

Good luck to us all!

Kate Shaw

"Comparative Anatomy" Space Squid (forthcoming)

"Snow Magic" Fictitious Force (forthcoming)

"Newton the Baker's Boy" Strange Worlds of Lunacy, Residential Aliens/CrystalWizard Productions
"Silent Skies" Byzarium (March 2008)
"The King's Messenger" Renard's Menagerie #5
"Honeymoon" Desolate Places, Hadley Rille Books
"Sawmill Road," "Bad Luck," "How My Sister Lost the Game," "Sick Day" Every Day Fiction
"Trompe L'Oeil" Staffs & Starships #1
"Sea and Sky" Black Dragon, White Dragon, Ricasso Press
"Final Episode" and "Night Court" available on AnthologyBuilder.com

Posted By : AlexMoisi - 6/1/2008 11:13 PM

I think they posted something about humor in their forums or in the interview they gave a while back...anyhow now that the deadline is up I'm bitting my nails as well...it's going to be a tough market

for more of me & a few unprofesional market reviews check out
www.dracken.co.nr

The amazing adventure e-zine NorthPoint

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