RULES:
1) Stories must contain some element of music and be able to be generally
classified as horror or at least "dark" fiction.
2) Word count should be under 5000 words. If you go over a few, okay, but we
just can't handle 8-10,000 stories.
3) Must be an original unpublished story, although it need not be newly
written for the contest.
4) Send entries as EMAIL (convert to ASCII first if your word processor
doesn't do that automatically; cut and paste or check AOL's guidelines for
cutting and pasting to email) OR attached ASCII of RTF file. In the SUBJECT
BOX type Your Screen Name (that is YOUR screen name, not "Your Screen Name.")
MUSIC CONTEST. Example: DarkEcho MUSIC CONTEST
5) Deadline is MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME on April 4, 1996.
PRIZES: We have some GREAT prizes promised this time, T-shirts, AOL Writers
Care Package,music We also have been given more AOL hours to credit this time
-- 10 hours to the first place and 5 each to second and third placers.
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FEB 25- Workshop: Topic - Why and How to Start A Magazine
MAR 3- Workshop: Guest, Author Philip Nutman
MAR 10- Workshop: Topics - Definitions: Whatdoyamean by "Cutting Edge,"
"Noir"and ALL?
MAR 17- Workshop: Topic-Black Magic and Witchcraft
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Queue Dates: Feb 12-RBRLW; Feb 19 - SRDixon; Feb 26-MicheleCP; Mar 4-TippiNB;
Mar 11-Poebeat; Mar 18-Totlilost/Laywrite; Mar 25-DTrommes; Apr 1-JJDM; Apr
8-Jezebel B
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WORKSHOPS: 10:30 EASTERN TIME, Sundays -- Use Keyword: Writers to get there,
then select the Writers Chat Rooms, then select the Workshop Room
CRITIQUES: Please critique whenever possible. Send critiques to DarkEcho by
NOON the SATURDAY following story distribution. A critique guide is
available.
STORY QUEUE: Send stories to DarkEcho. If you want an earlier critique than
can be assigned, the volunteer Skeleton Crew might be able to critique for
you
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"Most editors are failed writers -- but so are most writers." -- T. S. Elliot
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The Horror Writers Association announces the content of this year's =
preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards. Please note that this is =
the PRELIMINARY ballot -- two rounds of voting by HWA's Active membership=
remain before the awards are presented.
NOVEL
____Ancestral Hungers, Scott Baker, Tor
____Sick, Jay Bonansinga, Warner
____The Children's Hour, Douglas Clegg, Dell
____Blood Countess, Andrei Codrescu, Simon & Schuster
____Madeleine's Ghost, Robert Girardi, Delacorte Press
____Waking the Moon, Elizabeth Hand, Harper Prism
____Children of the Vampire: The Diaries of the Family Dracul, Jeanne Kal=
ogridis, Delacorte
____Joyride, Jack Ketchum, Berkley
____Stranglehold, Jack Ketchum, Berkley
____Rose Madder, Stephen King, Viking
____Sacrifice, Richard Kinnion, Zebra
____University, Bentley Little, Signet
____The Resurrectionist, Thomas F. Monteleone, Warner
____Widow, Billie Sue Mosiman, Berkley
____Deadrush, Yvonne Navarro, Bantam
____Zombie, Joyce Carol Oates, Dutton
____Memnoch the Devil, Anne Rice, Knopf
____Bone Music, Alan Rodgers, Longmeadow
____The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, Theodore Roszak, Random House
____The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer, Harper Prism
____Resume with Monsters, William Browning Spencer, Permanent Press
____Zod Wallop, William Browning Spencer, St Martins Press
____Resurrection Man, Sean Stewart, Ace
____Blood Ties, Karen E. Taylor, Zebra
____Desmodus, Melanie Tem, Dell/Abyss
____Virus, Graham Watkins, Carroll & Graf
____Bloodwar, Robert Weinberg, White Wolf
____Unholy Allies, Robert Weinberg, White Wolf
=
FIRST NOVEL
____Diary of a Vampire, Gary Bowen, Masquerade
____The Between, Tananarive Due, Harper Collins
____The Safety of Unknown Cities, Lucy Taylor, Silver Salamander
____Wyrm Wolf, Edo van Belkom, Harper Prism
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NOVELET/NOVELLA
____"Some Touch of Pity," Gary Braunbeck, Werewolves, DAW Books
____"Buckeye Jim in Egypt," Mort Castle, The Secret Prophecies of Nostrad=
amus
____"Baby Girl Diamond," Adam-Troy Castro, Adventures in the Twilight Zon=
e, DAW Books
____"Bindlestiff, " Peter Crowther, Werewolves, DAW Books
____"Kings of Tarshish Shall Bring Gifts," Stephen R. Donaldson, The Book=
of Kings, Roc
____"Scaring the Train," Terry Dowling, The Man Who Saw Red, Mirrordanse=
____"S.T.O.P. N.O.S.," Tina L. Jens, The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus=
____"Lunch at the Gotham Cafe," Stephen King, Dark Love, Roc Books
____Headers, Edward Lee, Necro Publications
____"The Punchline," Marc Levinthal & John Skipp, Dark Destiny: The
Proprietors of Fate, White Wolf
____"The Jajouka Penis-Beetle," Graham Masterton, Hot Blood: Stranger by=
Night, Pocket
____"Lord Glyphtard's Tale," Brian McNaughton, Terminal Fright #10
____"Looking for Mr Flip," Thomas F. Monteleone, Peter Straub's Ghosts, P=
ocket Books
____"Blackpool Rock," Philip Nutman, Forbidden Acts, Avon
____"The Pack," Norman Partridge, Werewolves, DAW Books
____"Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection," Tom Piccirrilli, Pentac=
le, Pirate Writings Press
____"Daddy's Girl," Kimberly Rufer-Bach, Adventures in the Twilight Zone,=
DAW Books
____"Lover Doll," Wayne Allen Sallee, Little Deaths, Dell
____"The Wedding Party," Paul Sammon, Peter Straub's Ghosts, Pocket Books=
____Vampire Diary: The Embrace, Robert Weinberg & Mark Rein-Hagen, White =
Wolf
____"Mother Pact," J.N. Williamson, After Hours #25
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SHORT STORY
____"The Frieze of Life," Ben Adams, Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine
____"Icing Up," Ben Adams, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes & N=
oble
____"Reality," Steve Antczak, Adventures in the Twilight Zone, DAW Books
____"Devil with the Blue Dress," P.D. Cacek, Hot Blood: Seeds of Fear, Po=
cket Books
____"Mime Games," P.D. Cacek, Desire Burn, Carroll & Graf
____"Yrena," P.D. Cacek, Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine
____"Becky Lives," Harry Crews, Little Deaths, Dell
____"Under Control," Danielle D'Attilio, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories,=
Barnes & Noble
____"Chatting With Anubis," Harlan Ellison, Lore #1 / Harlan Ellison's Dr=
eam Corridor, Dark Horse Comics
____"Mollusk Dreams," Nancy Etchemendy, Xanadu 3, Tor Books
____"Crone Woman Gandy," Richard Gilliam, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories=
, Barnes & Noble
____"Psychomildew Love," Lois Gresh, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Bar=
nes & Noble
____"Snip my Suckers," Lois Gresh, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Ba=
rnes & Noble
____"Extinctions in Paradise," Brian Hodge, Werewolves, DAW Books
____"Godflesh," Brian Hodge, Hot Blood: Stranger by Night, Pocket Books
____"The Age of Maturity," Pamela Hodgson, Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine
____"A 12 Step Program (for the Corporeally Challenged)," Tina L. Jens, 1=
00 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes & Noble
____"Persephone," Caitlin Kiernan, Aberrations #27
____"The Bungalow House," Thomas Ligotti, The Urbanite
____"Hideyhole," Billie Sue Mosiman, Hot Blood: Seeds of Fear, Pocket Boo=
ks
____"The Best Years of My Life," Yvonne Navarro, 100 Vicious Little Vampi=
re Stories, Barnes & Noble
____"These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of," Bruce Holland Rogers, Enchanted=
Forests, DAW Books
____"Lullabye & Goodnight," Wayne Allen Sallee, Hot Blood: Seeds of Fear,=
Pocket Books
____"Death of the Novel," William Browning Spencer, Century
____"I Feel My Body Grow," Del Stone Jr., 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories=
, Barnes & Noble
____"The Parasitorium," Del Stone Jr., Blood Muse, Donald I. Fine
____"The Sorry Child's Christmas," Sue Storm, Star Bones Weep the Blood o=
f Angels, Cyber Psychos AOD
____"VampWare," Karen Taylor, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, Barnes =
& Noble
____"The Hungry Skin," Lucy Taylor, Little Deaths, Dell
____"Ro Erg," Robert Weinberg, Dark Love, Roc Books
____"Hope as an Element of Cold Dark Matter," Rick Wilber, Adventures in =
the Twilight Zone, DAW Books
____"Mounting the Monkeys," Rick Wilber, Pulphouse #19
____"In His Heart Live Dragons," David Niall Wilson, Deathrealm #25
=
COLLECTION
____The Panic Hand, Jonathan Carroll, Harper Collins UK
____Cages, Ed Gorman, Deadline Press
____The Black Carousel, Charles Grant, Tor
____The Language of Fear, Del James, Dell/Abyss
____Strange Highways, Dean Koontz, Warner
____The Second Wish & Other Exhalations, Brian Lumley, New English Librar=
y
____Pentacle, Tom Piccirilli, Pirate Writings Press
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NON - FICTION
____The Supernatural Index, Michael Ashley & William Contento, Greenwood =
Press
____Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller, Janet Leigh &
Christopher Nickens, Harmony
____Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement in the Occult, Peter L=
evenda, Avon
____An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and
Supernatural, James Randi, St Martins Press
____Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984, Cathal Tohill =
& Pete Tombs, St. Martins/Griffin
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є Area : E-ZINES (E-ZINES)
є From : DarkEcho@aol.com, 2:5030/27@fidonet.org (Thursday February 22 1996
23:24)
є To : Serge Berezhnoy
є Subj : DF/HWW NEWS 2/22/96
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Привет, All!
Удачи!
Сергей
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Msg : 64 of 164
From : Serge Berezhnoy 2:5030/207.2 .ят 23 .ев 96 00:47
To : Dmitry Bogush
Subj : .т .али .рускиновской весть
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.Subject: От Дали Трускиновской весть
.Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 00:47:19 +0000
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Привет, Dmitry!
Thursday February 22 1996 06:21, Dmitry Bogush wrote to Serge Berezhnoy:
> Ага. Диагноз - заводить/менять литагента. Договоp надо на
> фиксиpованную сумму заключать, вне зависимости от выхода книги - к
> такому-то сpоку выплатить столько-то... говоpили уже об этом pаз
> сто...
В огороде бузина, а в Киеве -- дядька. Ты где в Далькином письме прочитал что-то
про гонорары? Речь шла о том, чтобы книжки получили те, кому они нужны -- и не
более.
Вечно ты создаешь белый шум на черном месте...
> А тpехтомник очень пpиятный. Жаль, если и следующую "меценаты"
> пpодинамят.
Удачи!
Сергей
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Msg : 65 of 164
From : Alexandr Lukoff 2:5030/207.54 .уб 24 .ев 96 01:36
To : Pavel Viaznikov
Subj : .олько что вышло ".адeние .ипериона"
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Moe почтение, Pavel!
Monday February 12 1996 23:03, Pavel Viaznikov wrote to Nikolay Borovkov:
NB>> Hу и напрасно! IMHO, ГИПЕРИОH лучшие книги в "Координатах
NB>> чудес".
PV> - А что тогда *худшее*? Я устрашен.
По-моему, "Гиперион" - лучшая книга Запада со времен "Принцев Амбера".
До новых писем,
БАРОH.
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