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sulcus
 11 Jul 2010, 13:56 #93397 Reply To Post
Quote: Carole, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 13:06
Interzone is virtually impossible to get into. Just thought I'd tell you that, you know, be encouraging A really good site that specialises in SF/Fantasy/Horror markets is Ralans webstravaganza:

Ralan


Yeah, gotta admit I'd kind of ducked Interzone...
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LoopyLou
 11 Jul 2010, 15:01 #93400 Reply To Post
I "interviewed" such a magazine on my blog.
Don't know if it's what you're looking for. But here you go:
http://louisewise.blogspot.com/2010/06/startling-adventures-magazine.html

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sulcus
 11 Jul 2010, 15:07 #93401 Reply To Post
Quote: LoopyLou, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 15:01
I "interviewed" such a magazine on my blog.
Don't know if it's what you're looking for. But here you go:
http://louisewise.blogspot.com/2010/06/startling-adventures-magazine.html


thanks Louise, will check it out.
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
RobertB
 11 Jul 2010, 20:37 #93426 Reply To Post
Quote: richard hurndall, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 07:27
Another good place to check your story is the website 'oww sff.' It's a critique website dedicated to sf. But beware-- I've had some brutal critiques there. Really brutal. Over it now, I think.


Never mind the brutality, were they useful?
richard hurndall
 11 Jul 2010, 22:46 #93434 Reply To Post
Quote: RobertB, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 20:37
Quote: richard hurndall, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 07:27
Another good place to check your story is the website 'oww sff.' It's a critique website dedicated to sf. But beware-- I've had some brutal critiques there. Really brutal. Over it now, I think.


Never mind the brutality, were they useful?


Probably useful, in that I realised that sf was not my genre.

Tbh they were probably being nice to me. I'd read a couple of philip k dick books and thought I could emulate 'a scanner darkly' and instead produced some of the most clunky unimaginative prose ever. One story was about a robot that wrote pop songs called 'metal machine music', a joke that only a few lou reed fans would get. Total rubbish. Embarrassing.

The death knell for my sf career came with a rejection from an sf zine that read something like, 'this story has absolutely no merit whatsoever.' So brutal, yes, and useful, definitely!
sulcus
 11 Jul 2010, 22:58 #93438 Reply To Post
Quote: richard hurndall, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 22:46
Quote: RobertB, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 20:37
Quote: richard hurndall, Sunday, 11 Jul 2010 07:27
Another good place to check your story is the website 'oww sff.' It's a critique website dedicated to sf. But beware-- I've had some brutal critiques there. Really brutal. Over it now, I think.


Never mind the brutality, were they useful?

One story was about a robot that wrote pop songs called 'metal machine music', a joke that only a few lou reed fans would get.


That's a great joke!
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
richard hurndall
 12 Jul 2010, 07:55 #93447 Reply To Post
Wore thin after 4000 words
sulcus
 12 Jul 2010, 09:19 #93452 Reply To Post
The dark deed is donw. Electronic submission off to Pedestal Magazine and then a list of others when that is inevitably rejected ... Long live the internet, all there at the touch of a button
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
Malume
 31 Jul 2010, 09:17 #95209 Reply To Post
Hello Sulcus!

I've just seen this thread. Try googling Electric Literature in Brooklyn NYC, which pays US$ 1000 per story.
Not that they specialise in SF; but I sent in my "Morrie and the Grand Potato". The eds said I had just missed the final cut, and encouraged me to submit again.

Why not give it a shot?

Hugs and kisses,

Malume

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