Taking Submissions: A Chimerical World: Tales of the Seelie Court/Tales of the Unseelie Court
Deadline: July 15, 2013. Payment: A royalty pool will be generated on print and eBook sales, with the royalty pool divided equally among the contributors and editors. Royalties for print are 10% of gross receipts received by SSP on sales retail and wholesale up to 1,000 copies, with an increase to 12 1/2% for every copy thereafter. eBook royalties are set at 50% of gross receipts received by SSP for sales of the digital version. Royalty statements and payments will be made bi-annually. All contributors will receive a complimentary trade paperback copy of the anthology. A Speculative Fiction Anthology from Seventh Star Press Edited by Scott Sandridge From Scott: “Bring out the Fey! Stories about the Sidhe? Sprites? Pixies? Boggans and Goblins? How about those Gnomes? Looking for fictional stories involving the Fey Folk, both Seelie and Unseelie. From the campy to the deep and esoterical, from traditional faeries to the not-so-traditional (changeling kangaroos, anyone?), Western to Eastern, heck even Martian! Fantasy is obviously expected but all spec-fic genres welcome. Got a SF story about a Space Leprechaun invasion of Earth? Send it! Slipstream? Go for it! A slasher involving psychopathic trolls with chainsaws and a fetish for wearing human skin? Ehhh….aw heck, why not? The anthology will be done in flipbook format, with stories about Seelie faeries on one side and Unseelie faeries on the other. Planning for an even mix of Seelie and Unseelie stories, roughly 11 per side. Guidelines: 10,000 words maximum/2,000 words minimum. Blood and gore only if it fits the story, same goes for sex. Submissions via email to scott (at) seventhstarpress.com RTF and DOC. formats only, Courier or Times New Roman, 12pt. font (in other words, make sure it’s readable!) The subject of your email should have your name, title of your story, and...