AETHER AGE guidelines posted!

Visit the new Aether Age blog to get the writers bible for the new shared world project from M-Brane SF and Hadley Rille Books. Submissions open 11/15/09 and close 1/30/10.

Submissions closed until 12/15!

I am having a reading hiatus for a few weeks.  The remaining issues of the year through #12 are full and closed and I don't want to get booked out past that right away. Also, I need some time to get a couple other side projects, such as Aether Age, launched. So I'm taking a break on reading zine submissions until December 15.  If you have a story in submission already, you can expect a reply shortly.

THINGS WE ARE NOT PRE-ORDER BEGINS!

The pre-order period for print (for US domestic readers) and PDF editions ofThings We Are Not has begun. Go to the TWAN page for complete details. The print copy price of $16.99 includes shipping. Also a PDF subscription toM-Brane SF is included with both print and electronic editions of the book. This is a good deal.

Rick Novy to guest edit issue #12

Submissions received between 7/15 and 8/31 will be considered for M-Brane #12, to be guest edited by Rick Novy. See the post on the main page for details.

Re-open to submissions for zine, still need more for queer antho

We're re-opened, but my RT may be a bit slower than normal for the next couple months (particularly on acceptances) because I am still booked out a bit further than I'd like, and I will also start being busy with reading for the queer anthology pretty soon.

Speaking of which, I am getting a fair number of submissions for the antho, but I'd like to see a lot more. I want this project to be really good. If it's a success, then next year we might do another one and possibly consider getting into some other kinds of book projects.

See the posts below for more details on the q-antho, and the column on the right down below all the purchasing information for the regular zine guidelines.

Queer antho updates: deadline, payment, art

See earlier post on this page for general details on the GLBT-oriented anthology project. I've decided to have the deadline for it be JULY 15.  I'll read submissions and plan the book between then and Labor Day, with a plan of having the book ready to release shortly thereafter.

Payment will be a combo of two things: 1) $10 flat and e-copy of book, OR no cash but print copy of book; AND 2) Royalty split with writers after the cost of these "advances" is earned off. In other words, after I have sold enough copies to recover the cost of cash payments and contrib copies to writers, I'll split the profit with the writers. M-Brane will keep 50 percent to invest in the future, and the other 50 percent will be portioned out among the writers. Granted, this will only amount to a few cents per copy sold per writer (more on ebook sales than paper sales), but if we sell hundreds (or thousands?) of them, it will add up to a little something.

Art: I'd really like a nice piece of cover art for this thing, and I'd be willing to offer same terms to the artist as to the writers. The problem is that I am not sure how to evoke in an image the essence of "gay science fiction" without it being really cheesy. But an artist would know. One little guideline: I like "retro," but it's not necessary. Art subs can be sent to me as image attachments or shown to me on websites.

Closing to new submission until 6/1

I need a few weeks to concentrate on some other tasks related to the magazine without needing to do a lot of new reading for it.  Though I hate to do it, I am asking that writers hold off until 6/1 before sending me new stories. This will also enable me to get to where we're not booked out ahead as many issues as we are right now. Apologies for this, but it will only be a few weeks.

(This doesn't apply to the GLBT antho--see post below).