Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Justynn Tyme Cover

Here is the proposed cover for the New Absurdist Web Death Anthology. It's beautiful and I love it. Justynn has done a great job:

Justynn Tyme Web Death Cover



Sunday, August 26, 2007

DAILY CHILLS CALENDAR

365 DAYS… 365 STORIES… UNDER 365 WORDS…

I am collecting dark, twisted, surreal, and/or bizarre flash fiction, poetry, humour and images. 365 pieces will be selected and placed in a daily “inspiration” style calendar. The submissions I’ve taken so far have been incredible. Some would make Wes Craven cry. They’re coming in from a broad range of sources including, of course, horror writers, experimentalists, absurdists, surrealists, and more.

I’ve moved the book up a few levels from my first vision and have refined the details.

This sucker seems to want to be a hot item. My goal is to see this for sale on big chain bookshelves. I want to bring a taste of some of the worlds most creative fringe writers and artists to the general public. The big stores don’t normally take collections of any kind but they love daybooks and calendars and other “novelty” type items. People eat that stuff up.

-Submissions must be in by late September but RSVP now to show interest.
-All contributors with seven pieces in the book will get 1% of royalties and a short bio at the back.
-All contributors with three pieces will get copy.
-All contributors with one piece get a smile, a handshake, and potential publicity.
-Copyrights remain in artists name and will be printed with each piece.
-Reprints are fine. We're aiming at unexplored audiences where evrything is new.
-When the book is complete I will hand it over to an agent in New York to make the sale.
I am meticulous so will not forward the book until it is perfect, but I do hope to have it together within two months.
-This is not aimed only at current fans and readers of dark fiction, it is to be marketed for everyone.
-This is not going to be an online daily email. This is not to be POD.
-This is not a project aimed at generating money for myself. It would be faster and easier to write 365 one liners myself.
-Consider that some person might read your strange and twisted prose and be so enthralled that they will look your name up and order a copy of your own novel(s)

E-mail submissoins to D.W.Green@rogers.com

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Web Death Anthology Status

I've received several more submissions for the Web Death anthology as well as an essay by AD MacDonald. I hope to get more essays. I am waiting for more Absurdists to check in and send their stories. I really have no idea how many I might receive.

At some point I will probably try to hunt down more e-mail addresses and do another mailing. I've also posted about the anthology at the Bizarro Central Forum. Several Absurdists hang out there. I had no idea.

I've done a redesign of this site. Still quirky in Internet Explorer. Not too bad though. Less absurd, more understated.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Justynn Tyme Weighs In

Justynn Tyme has posted some thoughts about the upcoming Web Death 2007 New Absurdist Anthology at his weblog He is a nice person. I recommended him for membership in The Legion of Death. Membership is pending.

We have three submissions for the Anthology so far. I hope to get at least thirty. I want this thing to be MASSIVE. I want it to be so mindblowingly huge that Donald Trump will look at it and say

"this is huge!"

That's how huge I want it to be.

Ray Fracolossy was caught lurking at the TNA Message Board yesterday. He failed to reply to my post. This is less than optimum. Et tu, Ray?

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Web Death 2007 New Absurdist Anthology

Hello Everyone ::

To celebrate the death of TNA, I'm planning an e-book anthology featuring one story from everyone who's a member of The New Absurdist.

Rules for submission to the anthology:

1) Everyone gets in. That is, everyone who has posted at least one story on
The New Absurdist website.

2) Do not send a story that has been published in ANOTHER TNA anthology. That would not make sense.

3) No story will be rejected. Some minimal editing for punctuation and clarity may be needed, but that's it. But please, please send your BEST!

4) Don't send something really long. Try to keep it to a few hundred words.

YOU CAN HELP!

I have a few e-mails for people, but since TNA is down as of this writing (aug 9) and few people are visiting the forum, I need people like Ray and Justynn to contact absurdists and tell them about the anthology.

YES WE NEED ARTWORK FOR THE COVER!

YES WE ARE LOOKING FOR ESSAYS!

This anthology will be HUGE!

Monday, August 06, 2007

TNA @ Archive.Org

Kharms

You can access some older content on TNA by going to this page.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Yes, We Have No Absurdism Today

The New Absurdist is down for the second day. Ray managed to find his way to the message board and post, so at least some people are aware.

I did a post there letting people know that TTA is active again. Perhaps some people will find their way here. The purpose of this site is to provide temporary shelter to Absurdists who want to post and comment on stories. Everyone is welcome. You will need to have a Blogger ID to become a member.

To become a member, e-mail me at headsfromspace at yahoo dot com and I will add you to the list of members, and you will be a member, and you will be happy.