Aoife’s Kiss #29, June 2009… (9th acceptance)

I’ll have a brand new story coming to the June 2009 Issue/Edition of AOIFE’S KISS.  Published quarterly by Sam’s Dot Publishing.  This would be my 9th print acceptance with Sam’s Dot (Aoife’s Kiss, Sounds of the Night, and Beyond Centauri).  On top of that, this will also be their 8th Anniversary Issue  - though a long way off, it’ll be a biggie, and you’ll want to pick it up.   I may also appear in the online version, come anniversary time.  Still, expect me in a couple of issues well before that.

You can also view previous issues of Sam’s Dot magazines by going here:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/purchasecenter/magazines.htm

Previous Issues featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine:

OTHER SAM’S DOT MAGAZINES WORTH CHECKING OUT:

www.samsdotpublishing.com

Sounds of the Night & Beyond Centauri (featuring Lawrence Dagstine)

Each issue is CHOCK full of entertaining fiction & poetry.

Order them now from THE GENRE MALL:

http://www.genremall.com/contents.htm

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The Vampire Manifesto, Issue #1… (appearances)

It would appear I have a short in the premiere edition — available as a free ebook download — of THE VAMPIRE MANIFESTO, Issue #1.  Edited by A.D. Dawson.  It features some spot poetry, too.  If you’re all about vampire fiction, this might be up your alley.  It’s free, so why not give it a try…

THE VAMPIRE MANIFESTO #1

Edited by A.D. Dawson

 

Free Download Here:

http://www.lulu.com/content/3464210

The Vampire Manifesto Homepage:

 http://www.thevampiremanifesto.piczo.com/?cr=4

Featuring Fiction & Poetry by: Mike Philbin & Alex Severin, Dominic McDonagh, Amanda Lawrence Auverigne, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Gary J. Beharry, David Byron, Chris Meekings, Kristine Ong Muslim, and two-three book/movie reviews by Brian Rosenberger and Mike Philbin.

Also, a rather interesting article here: “VAMPIRES AMONG US, Actual and Imagined  Vampirism in Contemporary Society.”

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/165393/vampires_among_us_actual_and_imagined.html

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Black Ink Horror #5, Limited Edition… (coming soon!)

I think I have a story in what appears to be horror artist Tom Moran’s finest hour; along with a host of other great literary and artistic talent.  BLACK INK HORROR: Black Ink Horror #5, LATE 2008. 

BLACK INK HORROR #5: Coming Soon…

www.blackinkhorror.com

http://www.sideshowpresspublications.com/

Black Ink Horror #5 Line-up:
“Home Invasion” by Sean Logan
“Prairie Santa” by Douglas E. Wright
“Parasite” by Kris Williams
“A Tale of Terror” by Jason Hauser
“Playing Dead” by Greg Schwartz
“A Farmer’s Child” by Lawrence R. Dagstine
“Surviving the Holidays” by Mark Tullius
“Second Coming” by James Futch
“Deep Scars Like Kaleidoscopes” by Patrick G. Rabe
“The Question of Dominance” by Russell Jackson
“A Hand Made Christmas” David E. Greske
“The Migration of Birds” by Paul Anderson
“A Son’s Doing” Sam W. Anderson
“The Self Portrait” Mike Lane

Also available at THE HORROR MALL:

https://www.horror-mall.com/home.php

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SATIRICA: Anthology of Satirical SF… (Pre-Order Now!)

This project has turned up some of the most professional and promising stars of speculative fiction today, and you can Pre-Order it now from Cowboy Logic Press.  The hardcover is a gorgeous beast — a feat in modern, satirical science fiction.   Trust me, with more than 110,000 words and 24 stories set in futuristic societies, post-apocalyptic dystopias, and featuring dozens of speculative characters, you’ll want to pick this baby up for your collection! And, when the time comes, get FREE SHIPPING when you order it from Amazon.  Full contents and author lineup below…

SATIRICA: An Anthology of Satirical Speculative Fiction

Edited & Compiled by Roy C. Dudgeon

Published by Cowboy Logic Press

COWBOY LOGIC PRESS - ORDER HERE:

http://www.cowboylogic.net/CLP_Books.htm

VISIT DUDGEON’s HOMEPAGE:

http://www.myspace.com/dudgeon369 

CONTENTS/PREVIEWS:

1. Imagine

The collection opens with a sublime alternate history by Edward Morris, in which we learn what our world would be like if Ronald Reagan had been assassinated by a disgruntled rock musician whose career he had destroyed.  

Previously published in Interzone.

2. Some Things Never Change

Tomas L. Martin takes us on a surprising journey into an alternate present, in which a young English soldier yearns for a glimpse of true sorcery in the war in Iraq; if he can survive the experience.

3. Perfection (convenient, chewable, indispensable)

In the first of two stories, David Thorpe offers up a disturbing and surreal satire filled with social commentary on multiple levels, far beyond its surface theme concerning designer drugs.

4. Aliens Attack!

R. J. Astruc provides us with a thought provoking examination of the senselessness of war, in which tiny green aliens fall like snow from the skies. But are their intentions peaceful or malevolent?

5. Thank You, Death Robot

A soldier returning from war abroad encounters and befriends a death robot. What happens when he discovers that it is responsible for his fiancee’s murder? Victor Giannini provides us with the startling answers in the first of his stories.

Previously published in Silverthought: Ignition, Silverthought Press.

6. The Babies at Nae-long

John Parke Davis offers up a dark examination of child soldiers in an Africa in which the Globalista forces have retreated from whence they came. But do those who remain any longer know what they are fighting for?

7. Another Man’s Terrorist

Two young freedom fighters seeking refuge behind the lines arrive upon a space station now in enemy hands. In a true satire for our times, Bill Housley describes a brother and sister’s struggle to escape from the shadow of their terrorist past.

8. All For One

In a quirky satire filled with social commentary, Steven J. Dines takes us on a journey through the future of road rage, and government efforts to quash it…sort of.

Previously appeared in Darker Matter.

9. Miss Gohrman’s Trip

Joshua Allen examines Miss Gohrman’s fate when the representatives of a newly formed police state knock upon her door. But are they any match for a little old lady whose favorite cat has just been killed?

10. The Book of New Man

In his first story, Dudgeon examines a world in which a young gang member struggles to understand the unfortunate truth, that religion truly is an “opiate for the masses.”

Previously published by silverthought on-line.

11. Printed Matter

In a tale of psychological horror, Gary Cuba examines the unusual life of a bibliophile who is prevented from reading by an extreme form of dyslexia, and the lengths to which he is willing to go to create a book of his own.

12. In Your Box

Mike Philbin relates the story of a loner’s transformation into a pet fetishist, as he searches for meaning in a world where humans have become “a grid of drug-softened pulp being squeezed out of a factory’s rectum like societal spaghetti.”

13. Kubla Khan

In a fascinating satire of the future of gaming, Kevin Spiess takes us on a surreal journey through designer drugs and virtual reality, in which the line between game and reality blurs to gray.

14. Visitation

In a captivating story filled with vivid imagery, Roger Haller examines the nature of crime and punishment in an alien society, where one’s rehabilitation may take more than one lifetime.

Originally published by silverthought on-line.

15. Strings Attached

What happens when you awaken with blood on your hands? Jason K. Chapman provides the answers in this dark examination of a new form of cybernetic prostitution, in which a “Mario” struggles for his life and freedom.

16. Brain Takes A Sick Day

Sometimes taking a day off can be the best career move you can possibly make. Dan Kopcow explains in a delightfully funny satire of the corporate world, which is laced with so much irony and coincidence that a more detailed review could not do it justice.

17. Doc Chaos: The Last Laugh

David Thorpe’s second story provides us with a dark and cautionary tale of nuclear apocalypse resulting from the “peaceful” uses of atomic energy. But who will survive to tell the tale?

18. The Ambassador of Hate

In this dark satire concerning the psychology of interplanetary travel, and the politics of social control through drugs, Paul Mannering examines the nature of both madness, and revenge.

19. Human Transfer

In a chilling examination of the effects of desperation on society, Lawrence R. Dagstine takes us to a dark future in which population control measures have become so extreme that they can turn family against family.

Previously published in Escape Velocity.

20. The Shark Engine Enigma

A surfer dude’s untimely demise is just the beginning. Victor Giannini’s second story takes us beyond fear, suffering and superstition, in search of the ultimate truth concerning the enigmas of life and death.

21. A War Beyond War, and I Am the Only Soldier

In a brilliant satire of Christian mythology, we journey with Anden Sharp to 13th century France, where a young monk is called upon “for a work even more important than Our Lord’s.” But this is just the beginning in the eyes of those around him.

22. Foray

Who will survive a trip clinging to the world cliff, looking down upon the madness of Hades below? In this dark tale of Social Darwinism, Dan Marcus provides the answers, and they are not what you expect.

23. Return to Oz

Roger Haller’s second story is a delightful little satire with a twist: the tale of Earthers’ return to their slowly recovering, ecologically devastated planet of origin in the far future. But do they deserve a second chance?

Previously appeared in silverthought on-line.

24. The Pembina Valley Mushroom Massacre

Finally, a young man who embarks upon an unconventional vision quest gets more than he bargained for in Dudgeon’s second tale. We join him as he struggles to come to terms with the shocking truth concerning humanity’s future…and his own.

Here’s that pre-ordering link again: http://www.cowboylogic.net/CLP_Books.htm

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So you want to make quick money at writing, eh?

Well, why didn’t you ask! After being emailed by a fellow muse, asking me why don’t I turn my blog into a place with links and info on markets, to help the aspiring writer, my answer is: “Yes, I could turn my blog space into another form of Spicy Green Iguana and scout markets out for people… but my real answer is, “I’m sorry, I just don’t have the time or resources right now”.  There are only twenty-four hours in a day, and I spend roughly half that amount of time on a computer per week.  And then I have other writing projects I’m obligated to finish (basically, I’ve already been paid, so I need to make that research stand out or make those edits count in all the right places).

But you’re here for advice, huh?

There are plenty of helpful books out there with juicy advice, but not every self-help book is designed to assist the budding writer when it comes to freelancing.  Matter of fact, they may even throw you off track.  For example, take science fiction.  Back in the 90’s, Orson Scott Card wrote an interesting book for newbies on how to write and market SF.  He did it right (Ben Bova, slightly better).  Back then, I realized that a self-help book was holding me back.  However, if anybody in my opinion put it best, it’s Elizabeth Gilbert:  http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/writing.htm 

Now many of you are going to say, “Yeah, but you’re Lawrence Dagstine, the dude who gets into mass trouble on messageboards.  Why should I listen to you?” And I’d happily say that you are quite right, but this troublemaker does know how to sell and swing a quick buck in short fiction and non-fiction, especially during hard economic times filled with dead markets.  He has a small following, but that following and those publications bring in extra cash here and there.  We live in a time where professional paying markets — this, of course, would be 5 cents per word or more — are  either going under or on some kind of hiatus.  It’s happening left and right.  The remaining ones are swamped, receiving BOATLOADS of unsolicited manuscripts.  Or otherwise they’re self-publishing.  How long until we, as writers, get to the bottom of the barrel? Better yet, when does the barrel finally run out of molasses?  There are only so many slots available per year in these quarterly — sometimes even semi-annual — pro magazines.  Sometimes you have no choice but to seek out alternative publishing methods for that juicy short story or regional travel article you just wrote (basically, 3 cents per word or less).  The lesser paying markets are surviving, oddly enough, with newer ones opening up by the day.  Fandom morale is down, yes, but you can still make a nice little penny per fiscal year doing what you love most.  This would require you not being greedy, ostentatious, and doing a bit of freelancing.

“Yeah, but Lawrence, my mother told me I’d be the next Stephen King when I get older, and if I try hard enough!” I’m sorry, but your mother lied to you.  The odds of a writer in today’s market and publishing culture becoming an overnight sensation is a million to one.  Even the soccer moms are not picking up mainstream books and magazines like they should, because gas prices have killed it for everyone out there.  Including some bookstores.  Actually, the best advice I could give you in today’s economy is to become a veterinarian. 

“Yeah, but Lawrence, I should wait for five cent per word markets, even though only a few still exist.  I should stay unpublished, follow this course, and chuck rocks at the publishing industry for the next twenty years or so.” And I say, yes, you should submit to higher-paying markets first and work your way down.  But if you already have a day job, enjoy writing fiction and non-fiction in your spare time, and merely want to get your name out there and make a few hundred to a few thousand extra per year, then follow my course.  I learned a trade, and I only wish I could open my mind to the thousands upon thousands of aspiring writers out there who should be getting paid for a few typewritten pages and a few hours of computer downtime. 

FACT: Guess what, your ideas are worth money…

First, this advice is NOT for everyone.  Matter of fact, if you’re already a professional author, you most likely have five very important things in hand: a literary agent, a professional editor, marketing savvy, a good relationship with other editors (magazines, publishing outfits, etc.), and a punchy prose style.  These are the things you need if you want to write beyond magazines… such as successful books.  If you want the magazines, newspapers, and other print periodicals in your spare time and make some extra side cash, then pay attention.  Once again, the following advice is not for everyone.  If you are a professional, then DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER.  This advice won’t help you.  Freelancers only.

There are three things you need to know or do first if you want to sell to magazines, and I learned this the hard way: rejections will come aplenty (this is common, unless solicited, so just send stories back out until you’ve been rejected about twenty times); choose your markets carefully and absorb all the advice given to you by editors of these publications (ask yourself, how can you improve that story which got turned down again… for the twentieth time); Lastly, and most important, try and write at least one short story or magazine article per week… meaning FOUR PER MONTH.  Send them out after a month and write another four short stories and magazine articles after that, being consistent and writing one per week.  Do it again.  Make a folder for these stories.  Submit, rinse, repeat.

Do this for six months and you now have saved on your computer a total of 24 short stories or non-fiction articles.  Make them ALL under 5,000 words in length; trust me, they’re much easier to push this way.  If you’re a pretty good writer, you have 24 stories circulating out there at once (unless you’ve gotten a few accepted already).  Keep being consistent and sending them out.  When the Rights to a story come back, send it back out and try to get paid again.  Engendering your reprints is an integral part of this business, not just freelancing.  I’ve been solicited for reprints, sometimes paid more and sometimes paid less.  After I sell a story three to four times over a few years, I retire it.  You want your stories to come back to you in either 30 Days (hopefully), 60 Days, or 90 Days.  Or even better, UPON PUBLICATION (where the rights automatically revert back to you).  Always talk to smaller editors about One-Time Reprint Rights, too.  Lots of hobby magazines are open and willing to discuss this.

“Yeah, but Lawrence, you sometimes get paid a measly ten bucks or twenty-five bucks per story.” And I say yes, you’re absolutely right, I’m not greedy.  But if you follow my methods and begin a technique where the stories and checks are flowing in and out regularly, then ten dollars seems more like two or three-hundred per month.  There was one week where I received TEN $10.00 checks.  Ten dollars may be laughable.  But in seven days, put ten checks together and you get $100.00! A hundred bucks isn’t laughable anymore.  Now you can go out and buy a few video games and shop in the Gap.  Better yet, you can finally fill your car up with gas and go for a drive!

As I’ve said before, you’re going to be rejected like crazy with all these different stories floating around the small end/hobbyist markets.  Just send it back out and remember what I previously said: ideas are worth money, and magazines need stories or articles like yours to fill a need.  Mostly, entertainment.  Otherwise, information.  Here’s an example: http://lawrencedagstine.com/2008/04/17/whispering-spirits-18-april-2008-4th-acceptance/

There are two markets in that April 2008 blog entry above.  I made $110.00 in one day there.  $30.00 plus $80.00.  I was solicited for these (sometimes as Feature Author).  I get these a lot.  And they were reprints.  Afterwards, I went and bought a few packages of diapers and stuff in Rite-Aid for the house.  Then I went and did a small grocery shopping.  The money from these small markets filled a specific need, got my name out there, and who knows, maybe entertained some folks all at the same time.  

I’m not saying I’m the “be-all-end-all” of fiction and non-fiction marketing practices.  But this is how I do it.  This is what works for me.  Recently, I’ve been blessed to have three short story collections in the works, and a project in which I get a grand to do hometown reporter’s work and research all at the same time.  Hey, I take it for what it is. 

If you’re a smaller writer who already has some kind of day job or is a full-time parent, this might be right for you.  It’s a way of making extra cash (sometimes as much as three-four thousand per year, if you’re consistent enough).  If it pays for things like groceries, going to the movies, diapers, toiletry supplies, over-the-counter meds or copays on drugs, clothes, gasoline, utility bills, cell phone, and little odds and ends like that, then I say more power to you.  Because in this troubled economy of ours it could only serve to assist us rather than diminish or deter us…

Best,

Lawrence R. Dagstine

Midnight in Hell, Autumn 2008… (coming soon!)

Fiction Story No. 300 goes live in about a month or two in a web publication that has been celebrated both online and, originally, in print; hard to believe I’m already up to 330.  MIDNIGHT IN HELL made its debut in 1990, the good old days of short fiction.  It dropped out of existence for a while.  Then, in the last two years, it returned better than ever.  Only this time with a web presence.   Over the last two decades, the authors who have appeared there have gone many places, and their work just as celebrated. 

www.midnightinhell.com

Their current issue is some kind of tribute issue (summer 2008).  It features the work of: D.F. Lewis, Rhys Hughes, Shaun Jeffrey, Willie Meikle, Paul McAvoy, Todd Mecklem & Jonathan Falk.

Past issues or editions have featured: Alexandra Ash, Eric S. Brown, David Byron, Arianrhod Darkwing, Christopher Allan Death, Bryan DiTolvo, Brandon Ford, Inanna Gabriel, Ken Goldman, Amy Grech, Rhys Hughes, Robert Holt, Sarah Jackson, Shaun Jeffrey, Dan Kopcow, D.F. Lewis, Alison littlewood, Paul McAvoy, Iain McLachlan, Rick McQuiston, Willie Meikle, Isaiyan Morrison, David Nordahl, Nik Perring, Mike Philbin, David Price, James Riser, Deon C. Sanders, Tom Smith, Jim Steel, Paula Villegas, Jon Walsh, and many MORE from the 90’s old school printing press days.

I’ve added a link to the right.  In a month or two, when it premieres, I’ll add a reminder post.

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Worlds of Wonder, July-August 2008… (coming soon!)

For those wondering whatever happened to Worlds of Wonder, it’s under new editorial-publishing management.  It’s also coming soon as a print magazine.  A little bit late at the presses, but you’ll soon find me among their July-August 2008 lineup of what, for several years, was known to many writers simply as “WOWzine“. 

WORLDS OF WONDER: A Lilley Press Publication

Magazine of Speculative Fiction - July/August 2008

 

http://www.lilleypress.com/wow/

The new format looks great.  It’s been expanded upon, and has been taken over by Lilley Press.  The name and theme of my story, “The Hell Walker”, was originally based off this concept I had for a comic book character.  A priest.  One who is self-righteous and has the ability to travel through Gehenna, and do charitable deeds for demons and other creatures.

Other recent magazine additions include the June, July, and August issues of PABLO LENNIS.  More acceptances/appearances coming soon (business as usual).

And in the last two days, since my arrival home from the hospital, probably one of the best “Get Well” presents I’ve ever received… Yeah, we all collected them at one point or another. 

Larry Smurf…

 

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Beyond Centauri, July 2008… (appearances)

I’m featured this month with a reprint in the current issue of BEYOND CENTAURI.  Published quarterly by Sam’s Dot Publishing, Beyond Centauri provides a wonderful mix of poetry and fiction for a young adult and adult audience.  Fantastic artwork and interior illustrations, too.  It’s available now at places such as The Genre Mall.

BEYOND CENTAURI; July 2008

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm

Featuring Fiction & Poetry by: Lawrence Dagstine, Daniel Castlewitz, Meghan Burris, Kimberly Solis, Jennifer Sparlin, Daniel C. Smith, Peter Frohn, Elizabeth Kuelbs, Laura Popp, Pamela Love, T.S. Miller, Kim Sheard, Elyse Salpeter, James Hartley, Gregory Bastianelli, Jennifer Dawson, Lee Malis, Kate Runnels, K.S. Hardy, Sharon Fotta Anderson, Gabrielle Deede, N.C. Whitehead, Terrie Leigh Relf, Karen L. Newman, Kendall Evans, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, and Charlotte E. Bennardo.  Edited by Tyree Campbell.

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Withersin Magazine, Coming 2009/2010… (acceptance)

Withersin Magazine picked up a piece of mine for 2009/2010.  Published thrice per year by Editor Misty L. Gersley, it’s just one of those professional horror journals that are well-put together and you can’t get enough of.   Each issue is 6×9, 100 perfect-bound pages, and only $20.00 per year for a subscription.  Fiction, non-fiction, art and MORE! Info to be released as I get it…

 

 http://withersin.com/withersin.htm

 

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Satirica: Anthology of Satirical SF… (coming soon!)

The time is almost upon us for other things as well.  My second anthology out of six for the next year, and though the release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, the name of this collection is SATIRICA! Edited by Roy C. Dudgeon — anthropologist, editor, writer — and published by Cowboy Logic Press.  Teaser artwork by Jesus Riddle Morales. 

TEASER BELOW (not the actual cover):

MySpace: www.myspace.com/dudgeon369

Pre-Orders/Ordering Details:

http://www.cowboylogic.net/CLP_Books.htm

Over 24 stories and 110,000 words of Satirical Scifi…!

COWBOY LOGIC PRESS:

http://www.cowboylogic.net/CLPforum/index.php

ALSO AVAILABLE: 

 

‘Guardian of the One’ by Roger Haller

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Barren Worlds, SF Anthology… (Now Available!)

I’m pleased to announce that BARREN WORLDS Science Fiction Anthology is now available. Edited by Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille’s books, collections, and authors have gone on to be nominated or recommended for the Nebula.  Yesterday, it was on Amazon with a sales rank of 22,000… Right now, as of July 5th, it’s riding at 65,000…!

-BARREN WORLDS SF Anthology-

Edited by Eric T. Reynolds (w. Adam Nakama)

www.hadleyrillebooks.com

Order Here/Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Barren-Worlds-Eric-T-Reynolds/dp/0978514823/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215215694&sr=8-1

Anthology Line-up: Drew Arrants, Adele Cosgrove-Bray, Geraint D’arcy, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Tristan Davenport, Graham Fielding, Ginny Gilroy, C.E. Grayson, Rob Haynes, Jasmine Hammer, Erin Hartshorn, Martin Hayes, Geoffrey Maloney, Mary Ellen Martin, Tracie McBride, Ken McConnell, Kevin James Miller, Shane Nelson, Michael Obilade, Sue Penkivech, Shauna Roberts, Lawrence M. Schoen, Ted Stetson, Gene Stewart, David Tallerman, Andrew Tisbert, Geoffrey Thorne, William Blake Vogel III and Christopher Woods.

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The Ashen Eye, Issue #1… (Print Version Available!)

I’m pleased to announce that the premiere issue of THE ASHEN EYE is finally here.  Edited by Bas De Jong, this print version contains a brand new, supernatural tale of mine between its pages.  There’s some great stuff here, and you’ll find that most of the contributors are recognizable from such sites as Shocklines, MySpace, and more: http://www.myspace.com/asheneye

THE ASHEN EYE, No. #1: PREMIERE ISSUE

ORDER HERE: http://www.ashen-eye.com/store/

Featuring Fiction & Poetry by: Barry Wood, David Price, David Byron, Nickolas Cook, Troy Barnes, Wayne Blackhurst, Jeffrey Buford, Andrew Wolter, Lorne Dixon, Charlotte Emma Gledson, Debra Leigh Scott, Jim Kelley, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Ben Eads, William Couper, Aquilla Rage, Alexis Child, Phillip Stecco, Greg Schwartz, Richard H. Fay, Mark Mihalko, Misty Lackey, and MORE!

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Tales of the Talisman, Summer 2008… (appearances)

Well, one publication you can definitely find me in is TALES OF THE TALISMAN with: “The Invisible Enemy.” This would be my second appearance with the magazine.  The Summer 2008 issue, Volume 4-1.  The cover art was done by Laura Givens (I love her work: http://www.lauragivens-artist.com).  Talisman is edited by David Lee Summers.

TALES OF THE TALISMAN

Summer 2008; Volume 4.1

SUBSCRIBE or ORDER HERE:

www.talesofthetalisman.com

CONTENTS: Richard Harland introduces us to a society that didn’t have written language, but rather communicated through scents. Rick Novy takes us off to a world where people race basilisks. Did you ever think your coworkers were mutants? Well, Michael D. Turner takes us to a laboratory where the workers really are mutants! Donna Marie Robb takes us to the world of the imagination and introduces us to the dream painters.  Lawrence R. Dagstine takes us back in time to WW2, where a submarine must battle a giant, mechanical squid built by the Nazis.  These and LOTS of other stories and poems in the Summer 2008 issue of Tales of the Talisman…

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