New Tales of the Old Ones
Taking Submissions: New Tales of the Old Ones
New Tales of the Old Ones Deadline: September 9th, 2011 Payment: Contributor's Copy Working Title: NEW TALES OF THE OLD ONES Publisher: KnightWatch Press Edited by: Michael C Dick Release Date: TBA One of the greatest universes ever to be created in the realms of horror was by the pen of Lovecraft and in honour of him and his works we are opening an anthology of NEW stories based in that universe. What we want: We are looking for short fiction horror stories between 6,000 and 10,000 words pertaining to the ‘Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos’ theme of the book. Any plot that is horror themed and involving the universe created by Lovecraft including his characters and locations (BUT MUST NOT BE WEAK COPIES OF HIS STORIES, Acording to Arkham House (the holders of the Lovecraft copyrights) their official policy is that, It is perfectly fine to use characters, places, etc. This helps keep the Mythos alive, and new writers in its ranks. The only ‘rule’ is this: be sure your stories are original, and not just rips of original tales!) is acceptable except for sexual content including but not limited to rape, and of torture of any kind. What rights do we want? First publishing rights (both print and digital). Reprint will be considered on a one by one basis. The right to use the story for as long as there is demand for the book, the right to edit each story for any missed grammatical errors, and the right to use parts of the book and the author's name for promotion. You will keep all other rights and can republish the story anytime you choose. What you get: All authors will receive a copy of the book as payment. How your stories should be sent: All entries MUST be a .doc...
Taking Submissions: New Tales of the Old Ones
New Tales of the Old Ones Deadline: September 9th 2011 Payment: Contributor's Copy Working Title: NEW TALES OF THE OLD ONES Publisher: KnightWatch Press Edited by: Michael C Dick Release Date: TBA One of the greatest universes ever to be created in the realms of horror was by the pen of Lovecraft and in honour of him and his works we are opening an anthology of NEW stories based in that universe. What we want: We are looking for short fiction horror stories between 6,000 and 10,000 words pertaining to the ‘Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos’ theme of the book. Any plot that is horror themed and involving the universe created by Lovecraft including his characters and locations (BUT MUST NOT BE WEAK COPIES OF HIS STORIES, Acording to Arkham House (the holders of the Lovecraft copyrights) their official policy is that, It is perfectly fine to use characters, places, etc. This helps keep the Mythos alive, and new writers in its ranks. The only ‘rule’ is this: be sure your stories are original, and not just rips of original tales!) is acceptable except for sexual content. What rights do we want? First publishing rights (both print and digital). Reprint will be considered on a one by one basis. The right to use the story for as long as there is demand for the book, the right to edit each story for any missed grammatical errors, and the right to use parts of the book and the author's name for promotion. You will keep all other rights and can republish the story anytime you choose. What you get: All authors will receive a copy of the book as payment. How your stories should be sent: All entries MUST be a .doc file. The text must be 12pt Garamond single spaced please indent paragraphs...