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The Year Anthology

Screaming Dreams and Noose & Gibbet are proud to announce a joint project, simply called ‘THE YEAR’. It will be published in 2013 and edited by Johnny Mains and Steve Upham. This anthology will showcase the very best writings of Crime, Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy. 52 stories, one for each week of the year...

This project is currently open to submissions and while we are mainly focused on new, original fiction – there will be three classic reprints from each genre.

As the budget for the publishers will be rather taxing, payment will be £10 and a copy of the finished book. Stories will have to be no more than 3k in length. If you’re a horror writer but have always wanted to write a crime tale, give it a shot – if you’re a die-hard sci-fi scribe, why not jump into the land of orcs and magic talismans. What will NOT get in the book are mash-ups, emotive vampires and sadly there will be no room at the inn for zombies. TV and film related spin off stories will also be a no-go.

The deadline is July 1st 2012 – this will give you enough time to think of a story, write it and send it in. You will be informed of whether you are in the book by Sept 1st 2012. No multiple submissions allowed and the date for all authors to sign off their individual stories will be February 1st 2013 with the book being published at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton Oct 31st – Nov 3rd.

About the Editors

Johnny Mains' first book as editor was the British Fantasy Award winning Back From The Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, published through his Noose and Gibbet imprint. He was Project Editor on Pan Macmillan's critically acclaimed relaunch of the very first Pan Book of Horror Stories, originally published in 1959, to which he supplied an informative historical background to the series. He has also published Herbert van Thal's 'lost' collection The Mask and Other Stories and his debut collection, With Deepest Sympathy was published by Obverse Books.

Johnny's Homepage : http://johnnymains.blogspot.com

Steve Upham enjoys all things creative, including drawing, painting, digital art, photography and much more. He is also the editor/publisher at Screaming Dreams of course! Please get in touch if you are interested in commissioning cover artwork.