By We are getting close to time to begin editing the short stories for the Sirens benefit anthology. This is a book that comes from people who have attended a Sirens Conference, and who want to help support the work that the conference does, help provide scholarships to the event and otherwise support women in speculative fiction.
This will be my second year acting as editor for this collection and I’m excited to read and edit the wonderful stories that will come from this pool of talented writers. The conference theme this year is Heroes and as always, we choose the title of the anthology, and thus the theme for the stories, based on that theme and a general consensus from the community.
This year’s title is Heroes and Hellions…and I can already taste the reading goodness this will bring.
My own story takes me slightly out of my comfort zone, writing in present tense, but includes devils (for some value of devil), an old west style showdown and a little bit of magic in a post apocalyptic town on the edge of nowhere.
The anthology is open to any kind of speculative fiction, be it horror, sci-fi, fantasy…you name it. This year we also kicked it open for poetry and flash fiction.
If you’re interested in seeing what last year’s anthology was like, check it out over on Amazon. The Title is Rebels & Revenants and it is filled with awesome stories from kickass female authors. It is available in Paperback and Kindle.
Deadline for submission is in three days, and I already have one submission in. This is going to be fun. I really should make myself an actual editing hat. I have lots of hats to chose from. Maybe I’ll even take a picture of me in my editing hat.
But now it’s time for the day job and coffee. Happy Wednesday, Readers! I hope your day is filled with happiness and sunshine.
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