Bronie Deadline: November 30th 2011 Payment: $10 Per Accepted Story Kazka Press is currently seeking submissions for an anthology of short stories on the following topic (this is not the flash fiction anthology): It all started as an innocent Twitter-sation. Lauren noted that “A pony is better than a unicorn because he doesn’t know how cute he is! Unicorns are all glitter and sass. Very pompous.” Fine. No problem. But then she wrote, “I think we have room for at least 500 more pony stories in the f&sf genre.” And anyone who has read Kij Johnson’s Nebula winning short story “Ponies” at Tor knows this to be true. However, quickly the Twitter-sation moved from ponies, innocent and sweet, to bronies (Google it), to which Kazka Press founder L. Lambert Lawson replied, “I’ll make bronies the subject of my October story.” To which Kij Johnson replied, “Dare you. Double dare you.” Now, one does not take a dare from as wonderful a writer as Kij Johnson lightly. In fact, one responds to such a challenge with doughty resolve. But then she upped the ante when she tweeted, “There should be a bronies anthology.” And, hence, the reason you are here. You want to be a part of that anthology–I can see it in your quivering IP address. So, without further ado: What: Kazka Press is soliciting submissions for an ebook anthology of bronie themed stories set in a speculative fiction setting. Specifically, a bronie is a man who likes to watch My Little Pony. However, we’re going to define bronie for the sake of this anthology as “a man who likes ponies.” Oh, and we’re going to allow some leeway with how you define “man” as well. For example, it doesn’t have to be a man at all. It could be,...