Submissions & Publishing Woes
drupagliassotti @ January 29, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Just sent three horror flash stories about “California Hills University” off to Flash Me Magazine.
I don’t know what to do about my story “Ghosts of L.A.” It was accepted by Surreal Magazine, but Surreal has apparently all but collapsed. None of my queries to the editor have received an answer, and I’m not the only […]
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Galvanics Submitted
drupagliassotti @ January 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I just sent my story “Galvanics” to Strange Horizons!
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Accidental Decapitation/Marwood's Legacy
drupagliassotti @ January 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I see the Iraqi hangman committed a faux pas and accidentally decapitated one of his victims. That’s a terrible embarrassment for a hangman; bespeaks lack of professionalism.
The long drop was perfected by William Marwood, who acted as England’s public executioner from December 1875 to September 1883. Dismayed by William Calcraft’s ineptitude on the scaffold […]
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Vote for The Harrow!
drupagliassotti @ January 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Vote for The Harrow as best fiction webzine in the Preditors & Editors poll — pass it on!
Note: The website just kept processing and processing, but eventually an email showed up in my mailbox saying, “hey, you voted, confirm it by clicking here.” And the website was still processing! So click the button […]
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Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
drupagliassotti @ January 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
If Rob hasn’t seen it, he should; there’s something about it that makes me think of him. Or Black Willem, maybe, since half the Vikings have Scottish accents! Beowulf & Grendel is kind of … well, likably bad. It’s visually gorgeous — filmed in Iceland, with striking landscapes and seascapes. And real effort was put […]
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Another Story Out
drupagliassotti @ January 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Just sent another short story off … gotta keep ‘em circulating. I have three stories accepted but as of yet unpublished, and two of the zines that accepted them are apparently struggling. Scary; in the last couple of months there have been a burst of horror zines going under and releasing their accepted stories back […]
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Iguana's 10 Commandments
drupagliassotti @ January 3, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Given Coyote’s 10 Commandments and Raven’s 10 Commandments, I thought I’d take a stab on behalf of my favorite reptile.
I. Choose Whom Thou Wilt As The Lord Thy God. Why should I care? I am perfectly comfortable sitting here in the sun. Go ahead and rush around to church if thou must. Bring me a […]
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Happy New Year!
drupagliassotti @ January 1, 2007 # No Comment Yet
And best wishes for 2007! I went to a nice party with the TO gang, including Ruth & Gary back from the World Bank in D.C.; got to bed at 2, crawled out again at 8:30, and I feel reasonably well even after trying the Irish Car Bomb (dump Baileys into Guinness Stout and drink […]
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