Surreal magazine has gotten back to me, and unfortunately, it is not good news. I really had high hopes for this one, but like my other submissions to Surreal in the past, this one was ultimately rejected. The rejection had to be the best I have ever received, calling my story professionally written and held

After waiting three months, I decided to query a submission I have with Surreal Magazine. Not that 3 months is all that long a time, rather–I have ants in my pants. I received a response this morning. I will reproduce the letter in full: Hi, Anthony. Yes, we do have your story, and it’s currently

Don’t forget to check this site out. This is a blog carnival of horror flash fiction, designed to give readers tastes of what is inside of the dark minds of the horror writers around the blogosphere. Tastes of the Darkness

I usually like to post when I add any new links. If you refer to my previous post “Another rejection” and go to the comment box, you will see a response from one, Benjamin Solah. I went to check his blog out, and it has lots of cool info and features. It links back to

A day or two ago I resubmitted my story “Drugged” to the magazine Son and Foe. They are a professionally paying mag, though most of their content seems to be online as well as print format. I like the look of this magazine and hope they like the look of my story. My classes for

I tried my story, “Drugged” out at Chizine, but it was quickly rejected. The editor gave me good feedback, saying he liked it but thought it was too short. Fair enough. I’ll have to try this one someplace else.

For the first time in my writing career, I have removed one of my own submissions from a market. I submitted a story entitled, “Drugged,” to a market in December and have yet to receive word. I hesitate to mention the name of the market because I don’t want to give it bad publicity. So,

I just re-submitted my story “The Box of Forever.” This makes the third submission of this particular story (it has been rejected twice). This is one of my favorite recent shorts, and I have a good feeling about it. I sent it out to a new market called Withersin, which looks to be an interesting

I just received word that I won the writers4writers monthly contest. I won my choice of $25 cash, or a $25 Amazon gift card. I chose the gift card so I wouldn’t be tempted on spending it on gas. Anyone interested in entering one of the site’s monthly contests need only sign up for free.

Just added this blog link to my side bar. I swear I had already posted it long ago, but on second look, I couldn’t find it. It’s a great blog that has been put together like a professional web site. All you writers and horror writers alike should go check it out.