The waiting game

All has been quiet on the submission response front for the last few days.  There are a few anthologies that I subbed to that have me wondering if the project is still alive and kicking.  They, as well as a few other editors, have me once again abusing my Check Mail button.  Poor Yahoo.

On the waiting line:

“King Pumpkin” which was subbed to the Harvest Hill anthology over at Graveside Tales.  I tried to make it unsettling rather than scary, as well as fitting it into the mythos the editors were trying to create.

“An Untold History of Cats” which was subbed to the Things Aren’t What They Seem anthology at From the Asylum.  It’s one of those cases where they posted on their site that the responses would be sent out by a certain date.  That date is almost a month late.  I’m not complaining at all, though.  From what I understand, the guys over there stay busy and, as I have said before, I’d much rather an editor take their time rather than throw something together just to meet a deadline.

“After Passing” which was subbed to the Ghosts In the Machine anthology.  The deadline came and went about a month ago, so now I’m just playing the waiting game.  I’m particularly exciited about this one because it is one of the very few things that I have written that genuinely scared the hell out of me while I was writing it.

Oh, and some news on Blood Routes: If all goes well, it looks as if I’ll be starting it sometime within the next few days.  I’ll post here to let you all know.

Now let me see if I can finally get something brewing for the Malpractice anthology…

Abusing the Check Mail button

According to several deadline/closing schedules, I should have quite the tumultuous week.  I have two stories subbed to anthologies that posted “you’ll hear from us by” dates of June 15th.  And here we are, on the 17th and still no word on either.  Which is fine by me because it shows that the editors are taking their time and selecting the right stories and giving everything careful consideration.  And while I appreciate this to no end, it does nothing for my already waning patience.

I have several other stories out where the closing date for subs was at the beginning or middle of this week, so that’s even more anticipation.  Also, I saw on one of the many forums I frequent that Our Shadows Speak has started sending out responses and I also have a story in the waiting line over there as well.  (By the way, go over and check out the cover art for these upcoming anthologies…they look amazing).

Anyway, hopefully there will be more news-worthy things to report on the next post.  Until then, it’s back to finishing up book 2 of Hell On Earth…and with the way it looks to be wrapping up, I have backed myself into a VERY difficult corner for the series’ resolution in Book 3.

Bound For Evil now available

Bound For Evil, the anthology about “books gone bad” from Dead Letter Press, is now available.  Yours truly has a story entitled “A Collection of True Evils” included in this massive collection.  Other than the obvious selfish reasons for promoting the book, I have to say that this is quite an impressive volume.  Just looking at it and the realizing its sheer size is enough to make me want to sneak away to a darkened room and get lost in it.

I could go on and on about how amazing it looks, but I’ll let these pictures do the talking.

Bound For Evil is over 800 pages long and features 66 stories as well as two dozen illustrations.  For more information on the book, its lineup of authors and, more importantly, to purchase it, swing by the Dead Letter Press blog (the link is in my blogroll to the right).