Taking Submissions: Gothic Blue Book Volume 2
Deadline: July 13th, 2012 Payment: Exposure Only Burial Day Books Call for Submission: Gothic Blue Book VOL 2 Gothic Blue Books were short fictions popular in the 18th and 19th century. They were descendants of the chap book trade and are now a thing of the past. Burial Day Books will resurrect this art form with a new twist with its own Gothic Blue Book Vol 2 to be available this October 31st 2012. What was a Gothic Blue Book? Gothic Blue Books were abridgements of full-length Gothic novels. The subjects of the books fell into one of two categories; the first being set in a monastery or convent and the second being set in a castle. In terms of the physicality of the book, they were three and a half to four inches in width and six to seven inches in height, with a page count of thirty-six to seventy-two pages in length. These little pieces of terror were popular at the time because they were affordable, a sixpence or a shilling each. Their cost affordability led them to be nicknamed Shilling Shockers or Sixpenny Shockers. What are we looking for? We are looking for a short story, about 3,500 words in length. If your story is longer but you feel it is fitting due feel free to submit for our review. We will also consider a poem. The story must have at least a mention or take place in either one of the following original Gothic Blue Book guidelines or New Burial Day Books Gothic Blue Book guidelines. Original Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a monastery or convent b) Setting in a castle New Burial Day Gothic Blue Book guideline: a) Setting in a cemetery, funeral home or morgue b) Setting in a haunted house In...
