Three New 5-star Reviews for Hungry Thing

 

"Nightmare with a Twist", horror anthology by Penned In the City/Barrio Blues Press, published today.

 

"Nightmare With A Twist", a horror anthology which features my dark revenge story, "Birthday Desserts" is now available on Kindle. Print copies will soon follow. This horror anthology by "Penned in the City" (an imprint of "Barrio Blues Press", the same publisher as the "Unity" anthologies).

Fellow patient contributors to the Unity 2 anthology have been promised that it will also follow, soon.

"On the Tip", “The Last Loophole,” to be Appear in Lockdown Sci-Fi #7

Today, I signed a (renewed) contract to publish my comic sci-fi story, "On the Tip" in "Lockdown Sci-Fi #7" by Black Hare Press. Originally accepted in 2020, the free anthology was delayed, but will finally be reprinted later this year.  

The story was first originally published in 2019's "Blaze", by Clarendon House Publishing. 

It was first written in 2012, or earlier, long before I started submitting stories (and poems) for publication.

Your Wednesday Limerick: Liz Bennett Limerick

Liz. Bennett, a poor English beauty,
Despised Mr. Darcy as snooty.
These opinions unfair,
Were improved. Now they share
Extra sugar whenever they brew tea.

REAP: Horror Micro-Fiction Anthology by Black Hare Press Announced

A new flash-fiction story to be published--possibly two.

In a Facebook group exclusive to contributors to indie publisher, Black Hare Press, the admin announced a writing contest inviting writer-members to comment with an original microfiction story (200 words or fewer) inspired by an image prompt depicting a zombie touching a field of brains, with the selected winner to receive a custom T-shirt.

After a week, winners were announced, and I learned that my story, "Meatless Unlife Aftertaste Diet" had placed in the Top Five (third). The BHP editors further announced that they had decided to compile all the entries into an anthology.

So yay! My work will be another anthology!

The same, latter announcement mentioned that space remained for about ten additional stories and that anyone could submit, whether or not they had already previously submitted. And so, over the next few days, I brainstormed a second story. 

Then, last night, unclear on the submission instructions (and frankly, in a rush to get to bed, already late), I posted this finished story also as a comment. Today, I kept browsing for any replies or feedback until finally, this afternoon, I read a note from a group admin/editor advising that I was supposed to have emailed any new submissions to darkdrabbles@blackharepress.com, per instructions on a separate post. So, I deleted my text and followed these proper instructions.

The proper instructions require omitting identifying information from the submission document and providing it exclusively within the submission email. This protocol allows volunteer readers to judge anonymized submissions impartially. Having posted the text and title online, it may even be disqualified before it can be rejected. We'll see. 

[Update: my second story, “The Mimicry Mutation “ has also been accepted.]

Whatever happens, it's a victory to have finished and submitted yet another story. I hope this is an indication that my writing pace is recovering.

P.S. The first image was shared with contributors by BHP for promotional use; the second was generated by Bing Image Creator (AI).