NOVELLA GUIDELINES:
We're looking for 15 to 20K of superbly crafted otherness fiction. The work might be labeled horror, fantasy, modern or post-modern, slipstream
or experimental-we leave categorizing to others-but it must be successful storytelling. We don't want to see experiments that shouldn't have left the
lab, insulin-required fantasy with elves, orcs, or ickies, or horror-fantasy about "they hunt the night" or scatological succubi. We love Thomas
Ligotti-and have no desire to see Ligotti imitations. We admire Joe Lansdale, Master of Western Weird, James Ellroy's and his Heart of Noir, Peter Straub,
Horror's own William Styron, and so many more, but if you're doing copycat appropriations of their style and themes, no thanks. We want memorable
fiction. Think the old masters: Sturgeon, Beaumont, Matheson, and current writers, Gary Braunbeck, Norman Partridge, Stephen King, Sara Langan.
How to Submit: Give us 250-300 words-your pitch. (Yeah, we know it's difficult, but we can boil down the NEW TESTAMENT to Jesus Saves.) If you've got meaningful credits, tell us about them. We'll proceed from there.
These will be published as limited editions: 100 copies
All novellas will have some art done for the interior. If you've seen the art in Doorways magazine, that's the quality of work you can expect to see.
We will publish 2 to 3 a year. The first batch starting in 2009.
Mort Castle and Brian Yount
Send Submission to: doorwaysnovellas@yahoo.com
Pay: 200.00 and 5 free copies
