RESEARCH, TRACK, AND CONQUER How to research short fiction markets, track submissions, and ultimately get published.

RESEARCH, TRACK, AND CONQUER How to research short fiction markets, track submissions, and ultimately get published. : "As an editor of a quarterly fiction journal and a published short fiction writer, I know full well the rigors of getting a piece published. I've both written and received my share of rejection letters, and I know it is easier to give up than to press on. Having also had the privilege to write and receive a handful of acceptances, I know that it's worth the struggle. In this article I will lay out guidelines for finding the right markets and tracking your submissions."

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Paying Market: Strange Horizons Fiction Submission Guidelines

Strange Horizons Fiction Submission Guidelines: "We want good speculative fiction. If your story doesn't have a clear fantasy or science fiction element, or at least strong speculative-fiction sensibilities, it's probably not for us.

We'd like to help make the field of speculative fiction more inclusive, more welcoming to both authors and readers from traditionally underrepresented groups, so we're interested in seeing stories from diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

We want stories that have some literary depth but aren't boring; styles that are unusual yet readable; structures that balance inventiveness with traditional narrative. We like characters we can care about. We like settings and cultures that we don't see all the time in speculative fiction."

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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: "Bibliographies for over 10,000 authors"

Stephen King on the artistic merits of torture porn - Los Angeles Times

Stephen King on the artistic merits of torture porn - Los Angeles Times: "I go to see the films because I like them, I like to be scared anyway. And I think you have a tendency to see things come in waves. If one thing is successful others follow in its wake. And the thing is, 'Hostel 2' is actually a better picture in every way. It's very clever and Eli Roth is a tremendous talent, and has a tremendous eye as a director. The material makes a lot of people uneasy, it makes me uneasy."

Samuel L. Jackson To Replace Bruce Willis As 'Nick Fury' - Starpulse News Blog

Samuel L. Jackson To Replace Bruce Willis As 'Nick Fury' - Starpulse News Blog : "Samuel L. Jackson has replaced his Unbreakable and Pulp Fiction co-star Bruce Willis as the frontrunner to play Marvel Comics' Nick Fury, according to breaking internet reports. Jackson will be introduced as the character in the upcoming Iron Man film, before taking the lead in a blockbuster surrounding the character, according to website AintItCool.com."

Pulp Fiction Art at its Best

www.skullring.org: Pulp Fiction Art at its Best: "Now, The Incredible Pulps: A Gallery of Fiction Magazine Art, edited by Frank M. Robinson, has brought back a little taste of the past. "

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U.S. reporter's Iraq saga wins top non-fiction prize - washingtonpost.com

U.S. reporter's Iraq saga wins top non-fiction prize - washingtonpost.com: "An American reporter's account of the surreal world inside Baghdad's top security Green Zone was named on Monday as winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, billed as the world's richest award for non-fiction."

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