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Speculations Magazine: Now Accepting Submissions!
Speculations Magazine is now accepting submissions! Speculations Magazine is currently accepting science fiction stories for its initial publication this fall. In order to be considered, [...]

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FREAK
I see it now: the sea of faces
Lumped together to fill the spaces
They say people like us won’t get anywhere
What They don’t see is we don’t care
Surviving this long to me is winning
I can’t see the end, want to forget the beginning
All I see is what’s right now
All I hear is whys and how
And all [...]

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Need character development?
Every writer has been there. That point when you have gotten half way through your story and you realize, you don’t really know who your character is. You really don’t know why your character happens to be in this particular story. What quality, or lack of quality, makes this character appear in this [...]

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They sat at a table in a local club. She was unhappy, she told him. She was depressed, even. She was an artist, and he didn’t understand her. (She was an artist, by the way — a painter and sculptor of some renown.) She didn’t think they should see one another anymore. He wasn’t surprised: [...]

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Ghoti: Why I Didn’t Marry My Fiancee
By Shaul Hendel
If you’re looking to add some spice to your erotic sensibilities before summer, Shaun Hendel’s “Why I Didn’t Marry My Fiancée” may be the tale to get your juices flowing.
It’s a sexy, seductive story chronicling the abrupt dissolution of a racy courtship. The male and female parties, [...]

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A couple contests, an anthology, and a couple other markets…
So, get your name out there, but don’t forget to follow the submission guidelines and be sure your work fits in with the fiction these guys have published in the past.
DarkHart Press is now OPEN for NOVEL submissions
We will be paying 1¢ per word and [...]

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BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE BAR
For two
For four
For sixteen years,
They work
Till two
Or three
Of four in the morning.
And for hours they drink
They swill
Or chug
Ruby
Amber
And mahogany liquids,
Red and green syrups,
Recipes for relaxation.
Cognizant concoctions.
This will help
Put things in perspective.
This will make it easier.
Exhausting resources
To help pass the time
Or pay the rent
Or forget that
You need to pay the rent.
The [...]

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