PD Publishing Chilling Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Synopsis:
Think you can tell a chilling, scary tale in 1,000 words or less? It’s time to flex those writing skills and get the creative juices flowing. Send your flash stories my way. Guidelines are below....

PD Publishing presents a bold and exciting new anthology concept. Horror flash fiction – micro short stories 1,000 words or less. Also known as “short shorts”, flash fiction has taken off in popularity. Gay/Lesbian literature has been quick to pick up on it with an online flash fiction web site.

Chilling Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: IN 1,000 WORDS OR LESS, edited by Patty G. Henderson, will be the first lesbian/gay horror flash fiction anthology published. Want to be part of it?

Guidelines are simple. The anthology will be open to all LGBT writers and the theme is self-explanatory. The story will require gay/lesbian content and characters if pertinent (let’s face it, in 1,000 words or less, relationships may or may not be apparent). We’re looking for flash fiction that follows the conventions of the popular genres that chill and terrorize us: Mystery/Horror/ Supernatural/Suspense. Terror can mean many things to different people. Psychopaths who just won’t stay dead. Vampires. Ghosts. Headless Horsemen. Manic Serial Killers. Use your imaginations. The more creative the better. Experimental is okay but no poetry and no erotica. Tell me a story in 1,000 words or less. That’s flash fiction. It’s fun to write and fun to read.

PD Publishing is presenting this anthology in a special way. Each author will get a ‘block’ of a minimum of 5 flash stories and not more than 10, depending on the word count. The aim is having an estimate of 5,000 words or so per author. Each author will have their own personal bio page which can include previous publication credits, email address, web page addy or blog location. There will be a one time moderate advance.

THE BREAKDOWN:

Flash stories that scare and chill. Mystery/Horror/ Supernatural/Terror/Suspense. Use your imagination. A fresh approach and idea gets noticed and black humor is welcome.

Word limit is max 1,000 or less per story. Minimum of 5 stories per author (although we’d like to see more) and max of 10.

$25 Flat Advance per author

Electronic submissions only. Please submit stories attached as Word Document files to Patty G. Henderson via email. Double-spaced and Standard Short Story
Manuscript formatting. Include your short bio and any other information, web site, email, etc. with submission.

Submission Dates: September 2007 to December 2007

Tentative Publication Date: June, 2008

Patty G. Henderson is the author of the Brenda Strange supernatural suspense series, the Karnov vampire trilogy and former editor of FLASH FANTASTIC online magazine. Her flash fiction has been published in many online flash fiction magazines. If you need more information or want to submit, please contact Patty at: pattyghenderson@aol.com

Chilling Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Edited by Patty G. Henderson

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