HALLOWEEN OPEN CALL FOR SHORT STORY SUBMISSIONS by Cheryl Pierson

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR HALLOWEEN STORIES!



Hey everyone! Prairie Rose Publications is now accepting submissions for their Halloween anthology, COWBOYS, CREATURES AND CALICO! This is a western historical romance anthology, and we would love to see what you can dream up about Halloween in the old west. Stories should be 10K-15K in word length, and the heat rating can be anything from sweet (candy corn) to spicy (red hot tamales!) No erotica is accepted. The deadline for your submissions is September 1, 2014! Do you have a Halloween tale for us? Please let us know! Submissions are received at fabkat_edit@yahoo.com or prairierosepublications@yahoo.com. We look forward to taking a look at your submissions!

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

WORD COUNT GUIDELINE: 10K-15K

SUBMIT TO: prairierosepublications@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com






MY DOG CAN DO MAGIC!—Middle Grade Readers—(ages 9-12)

Do you have a good idea for a fantasy or sci-fi story about a dog? That’s what we’re looking for in this anthology for MIDDLE GRADE READERS (9-12). If you have a story that tugs at the heartstrings or shows the excitement and bond in a relationship between a boy or girl and their dog, we’d love to see it! The possibilities are endless: a stray dog becomes a young girl’s best friend – but he’s got “something special” about him; a young boy is given a dog…though what he really wanted was a horse—or so he thought! These are just a couple of ideas, but your imagination is boundless with what “could be”. Dogs are magical anyhow, but in this collection, these dogs have a true bit of magic they’re able to use now and then! What magic will your dog have? Can he speak like a human? Does he sense trouble before it happens? We’d love to have a look! Spots are limited! Please send a cover letter and blurb along with your submission.

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

WORD COUNT GUIDELINES: 8K-10K

SUBMIT TO: prairierosepublications@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com




IT COULD HAPPEN--New Adult Category--(Ages 18-24)--PARANORMAL/HALLOWEEN THEME

Love happens in the most unlikely places, to the most unlikely people. This anthology will be a collection of stories about characters that fall in love under odd circumstances--one of them is not what he/she appears to be. With a paranormal or Halloween theme in mind, we want your best tale about what might happen when your human character falls in love with one that's not--a werewolf, shapeshifter, vampire, angel...or demon--or anything else you might think of! The young college girl who falls for a cruise ship entertainer who happens to be a vampire; or a chauffeur, who falls for the daughter of his millionaire boss--a beautiful woman who is immortal. It could be as simple as an odd coincidence, a stray glance or being caught in a summer downpour that sets the story in motion.

Common theme in all stories will be a photograph. Example: maybe your heroine is a celebrity of some kind and a photograph of her is on the front page of the paper; or maybe your hero sees a photograph on the heroine’s wall that was taken with her older brother—whom he mistakenly believes to be his “competition”. The photograph can play a major role or be mentioned in passing—it’s up to you however you want to use the photograph YOU imagine! It can play any part in this unlikely love story.

We are excited about this collection for a recently-recognized readership—new adults—ages 18-24. We’re anxious to see how your characters fall in love—and what they do about it! Please send a cover letter and blurb along with your submission. Keep in mind that these stories should be set in contemporary times.

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

WORD COUNT GUIDELINE: 10K-15K

SUBMIT TO: prairierosepublications@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com or fabkat_edit@yahoo.com

Anthologies - A Story Sampler

Don’t you love those chocolate samplers you buy at candy stores? The ones filled with bite-sized chocolates with a different filling? A surprise in every bite? A chance to try a new type of chocolate? Maybe even find a new favorite?

Well, that’s what an anthology is for books. An opportunity for readers to sample new stories. And maybe find a new author that you love!

Tornado Alley Publications’ THIS SUMMER STORM Anthology is exactly like a sampler. The book is filled with different authors from different backgrounds writing very different types of stories.

Westerns? Mystical worlds? Outdoor adventures? How about mystery and romance? You will get a taste of each in THIS SUMMER STORM.

I love anthologies not only because I get to read new authors, but because the novellas are short reads. A complete story in a small package. A story I can start and finish in one sitting.

A story where I learn about new worlds and new lifestyles.

What are some of your favorite genres to read in the novella format? Or what combination of genres would you like to see more of in anthologies? Comment below to win an ebook copy of SOUL SLAM, a young adult mixture of romance, adventure and mystery.

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And from last month’s blog, the winner of ATLANTIS DARK TIDES is Lorraine Heath!
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TAP New Release-- Echoes in the Night by B.J. Betts -- Giveaway

B.J. Betts will be giving away one free ecopy to one person who comments.

When Marcus and Matthew Manning are drafted after graduation, they are sent to the jungles of Viet Nam.  But they’ve both left some unfinished business back home in Iowa.

Matt’s fiancée takes up with his best friend, and Marcus’s girlfriend sends word that she’s expecting a baby, conceived on prom night. For the first time in their lives, the twins don’t share everything—even in the heated war zone of Viet Nam.

When Marcus is killed in the heavy fighting at Hamburger Hill, Matt must unravel the mystery of what came between his brother and the young woman who bore his child—and he suspects an old flame of Marcus’s is to blame for the heartache he uncovers.

On the verge of finally laying his personal demons to rest over his guilt about Marcus’s death, Matt finds his own love—sweet and unexpected. But what would his brother think if he knew Matt had fallen for the mother of Marcus’s child?

Bio

B.J. Betts. was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She married her high school sweetheart Don Betts. They did therapeutic foster care for years and adopted the last four placements which increased their number of children to 7. Over the years with marriages and children being born they had more than a full house.

B.J. has been an avid reader her whole life. Where other women would go shopping for a new dress or a pair of shoes, she headed to the book sections.

Her first book, Saigon Moon, will be re-released this coming August through Tornado Alley Publications. Her grandson had enlisted in the Army with a promise from his recruiter he would never be sent to Iraq. He did two tours and B.J. and her husband are so proud of him for serving. But memories of being a teenager during the Vietnam War whirled through B.J.’s mind. She sat down and wrote Saigon Moon. Echoes in the Night was inspired by a photo of a man carrying a fellow soldier on his back away from a battlefield.

She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Romance Authors of the Heartland.

Excerpt

    The June air was balmy as Matthew Manning stepped out of the Eppley Airport terminal. He hefted his duffle bag up on his shoulder as he whistled and yelled, “Taxi!”

    A yellow cab rushed to the curb. The cabbie stepped from the cab and took the bag, stowing it into the trunk.

    “Where to, Mack?” he asked as he slid into the front seat of the cab. He peered into the rear view mirror at the soldier sitting in the back seat.

    “330 Manning Lane.”

    Even to his own ears, the address sounded foreign to him. It had been so long since he’d said it out loud.

The taxi wove in and out of the five o’clock rush hour traffic. Matthew sat silently in the back seat, looking out of the passenger side window. Nothing much had changed, he thought as the cabbie drove over the bridge into Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    The taxi continued down Broadway, passing all the fa-miliar sights. He looked a little closer as they passed Ewald’s Drive-In, hoping to catch a glimpse of a face he might recognize as the carhops walked out in their short shorts to deliver an order to the waiting cars. But he didn’t know any of the girls.

    Memories of being a kid and watching westerns with his twin brother, Marcus, flashed through his mind as they passed the Strand Theater. John Wayne movies had been their favorites while growing up. You knew the good guys were always going to win in the end. He shook his head sadly. If only that were true in real life…

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