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Post by deuce on Aug 9, 2018 1:45:02 GMT -5
Just a few days left for the Cirsova Kickstarter. This won't be the end of Cirsova, just "Volume One" with "Volume Two" to follow. Magazine is in the last days of its Kickstarter to fund the first issues of its second volume. For those interested in excellent short fiction, including that by Schuyler Hernstrom and others, you can get the closing issues of volume 1, featuring: Issue 9: Novelette All that Glitters, by Paul Lucas The Orb of Xarkax, by Xavier Lastra Short Stories The Faerie Pool, by Edward McDermott Our Lords, the Swine, by N.A. Roberts The Bejeweled Chest, by S.K. Inkslinger Antares, by PC Bushi Cirque des Etoiles, by Bo Balder Hot Water in Wormtown, by Robert Lang Littermates (Part 2 of 2), by J.D. Brink Jack's Basement, by Michael Tierney Issue 10:Novelette Crying in the Salt House, by B. Morris Allen Short Stories A Song in Deepest Darkness, by Jason Carney Amsel the Immortal, by Lauren Goff An Interrupted Scandal, by Misha Burnett The Sword of the Mangoose, by Jim Breyfogle When Gods Fall in Fire, by Brian K. Lowe The Best Workout, by Frederick Gero Heimbach Jeopardy off Jupiter IV, by Spencer E. Hart To help sweeten the deal and bring Cirsova across the finish line, several authors have contributed their own works to the pledge levels. If you pledge at the $20 full vol 1 digital, $20 ($12 + $8 S&H) physical subscription, or higher, you will also receive Grey Cat Blues by JD Cowan, and The Hymn of the Pearl by Brian Niemeier.  |
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Post by deuce on Aug 23, 2018 13:01:25 GMT -5
Weirdbook #39 is on sale... www.amazon.com/gp/product/1479439088/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=weirdbook0b-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1479439088&linkId=56b18e650cb1f914932332a8bbbcb2e3ToC:Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight Page 3 A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes Page 25 Posthumous by Marlane Quade Cook Page 27 Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer Page 30 That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini Page 41 Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee Page 47 Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer Page 51 The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune Page 64 The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler Page 68 Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff Page 78 Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi Page 87 Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House Page 99 Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker Page 103 Seven Sisters by James Machin Page 111 The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn Page 119 Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn Page 132 Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown Page 138 Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O’Brien Page 148 Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner Page 156 Skrik by Bekki Pate Page 159 The Ferryman’s Journal by Ed Burkley Page 172 Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch Page 183 And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward Page 193 Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz Page 203 Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole Page 221 
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Post by deuce on Aug 24, 2018 23:46:38 GMT -5
Award-winning indie author (and a good friend of the PulpRev), Brian Niemeier, gives us the lowdown on how SFF books sales are doing: www.brianniemeier.com/2018/07/sff-death-report-greatly-exaggerated.htmlSPOILER: Indie/nontrad authors are selling more ebooks and taking home more money than authors working for the "traditional" publishing industry. That's good news for writers who want to get out there and publish their own pulpy adventure tales.    |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Sept 8, 2018 18:30:20 GMT -5
Courtesy of Weirdbook editor Douglas Draa, with special congratulations to our own Deuce Richardson placing a poem in this issue -
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Post by Von K on Sept 9, 2018 5:34:37 GMT -5
Congratulations on getting Dolmen placed Deuce. You should write more poems and try your hand at a few yarns as well.
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Post by paulmc on Sept 10, 2018 9:28:01 GMT -5
Congratulations on getting Dolmen placed Deuce. You should write more poems and try your hand at a few yarns as well. Seconded! |
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Post by paulmc on Sept 10, 2018 9:31:06 GMT -5
Award-winning indie author (and a good friend of the PulpRev), Brian Niemeier, gives us the lowdown on how SFF books sales are doing: www.brianniemeier.com/2018/07/sff-death-report-greatly-exaggerated.htmlSPOILER: Indie/nontrad authors are selling more ebooks and taking home more money than authors working for the "traditional" publishing industry. That's good news for writers who want to get out there and publish their own pulpy adventure tales.
I'm thinking of making that plunge next year. I'm not sure of the available/open publishers for stuff I want to write, I want control over cover art and book launches.
Honestly, I'm not a control freak. I haven't been at it very long. But a few experiences via anthologies, and time to market, and sometimes scratching my head over stuff 'traditional publishers', put out ... it's tempting--very tempting--to take the reins.
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Post by Von K on Sept 10, 2018 14:31:27 GMT -5
The Amazon Unit sales chart seems roughly similar (in relative Genre sales distribution) to what it was four years ago - except Romance seems to have gained a greater lead to what it had back then and horror seems to have dropped out of the top five selling commercial genres, which is a bit of a surprise. Romance followed by thriller/suspense in the top two genres is the same as back then, but Romance has pulled ahead quite a lot. Romance used to lead thriller by about 2 to 1. Now it seems closer to 3 to 1. A large amount of that growth seems to be fueled by growth from the indy market. Fantasy seems to be gaining ground whereas horror is not even listed on this chart. Horror was the number five selling genre back then. Science fiction and mystery seem to be stable. Good to see fantasy gaining ground and neck and neck with Mystery in the number three slot. Like Romance much of the new growth seems to come from the indy market. I'm excluding non-fiction as a category and focusing on genre fiction with the above. Non-fiction is comprised of such a plethora of sub-categories that I thought it was unrepresentative to list it as a single entity. Another interesting point is that very few indys seem to be interested in getting involved with literary fiction. |
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Post by Derrick on Sept 14, 2018 0:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Oct 9, 2018 11:20:17 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Oct 11, 2018 0:41:16 GMT -5
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Post by paulmc on Oct 11, 2018 8:23:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the support, Deuce! Behind the scenes some of these stories have been waiting in the wings a while.  I'll have a bit of a dry spell after this. Not on the writing, just on the publishing pipeline. |
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Post by deuce on Oct 14, 2018 21:56:45 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 18, 2018 14:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by paulmc on Nov 26, 2018 14:57:20 GMT -5
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I'll have a bit of a dry spell after this. Not on the writing, just on the publishing pipeline.
