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Crowdfunded awesomeness alert!
Here's something you very much want to get in on: Fae Fatales: A Fantasy Noir Anthology, the first print production from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
belgatherial's Solarwyrm Press, is within a stone's throw of being funded and coming into glorious being. To quote from the website:
"Though this is the first publication from Solarwyrm Press, we are not publishing inexperienced writers. The anthology itself was put together by Jax Goss, winner of a Highly Commended Prize in the Commonwealth Short Story Writing Competition for her short story "Icarus" in 2011. Several of the other writers placed highly in the online writing competition LJ Idol over the 2010-2011 season, which was made up of over 250 contestants. Sally Bell, Daniel Heichel, J.M. Templet, and Dominica Malcolm placed 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th respectively. These 5 writers, along with Jeremiah Murphy, also have stories published in Idol Meanderings, a book that grew out of the competition.
"All of the stories within this anthology are previously unpublished, so you'll be getting completely new stories by each of our writers.
"Okay, but what exactly is fantasy noir? Consider it the gritty side of urban fantasy. If you're a fan of urban fantasy but not really familiar with the original 1940s noir films (where the noir genre began), then you'll enjoy this collection. If you already love noir and fantasy, then you'll LOVE it."
I've seen bits and pieces of the stories submitted, including works fromcomedychick, i_17bingo, the aforementioned belgatherial, and Many Others Whose LJ Names I Do Not Know (including a guy I coincidentally knew in college!), and they're truly stellar works and very much worth tossing a few coins towards even before you look at the nifty incentives being offered. Read more about the project here, then run, don't walk, to the project's Indiegogo site to get a finger in this pie. Thank you, and you shan't be sorry.
belgatherial's Solarwyrm Press, is within a stone's throw of being funded and coming into glorious being. To quote from the website:"Though this is the first publication from Solarwyrm Press, we are not publishing inexperienced writers. The anthology itself was put together by Jax Goss, winner of a Highly Commended Prize in the Commonwealth Short Story Writing Competition for her short story "Icarus" in 2011. Several of the other writers placed highly in the online writing competition LJ Idol over the 2010-2011 season, which was made up of over 250 contestants. Sally Bell, Daniel Heichel, J.M. Templet, and Dominica Malcolm placed 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th respectively. These 5 writers, along with Jeremiah Murphy, also have stories published in Idol Meanderings, a book that grew out of the competition.
"All of the stories within this anthology are previously unpublished, so you'll be getting completely new stories by each of our writers.
"Okay, but what exactly is fantasy noir? Consider it the gritty side of urban fantasy. If you're a fan of urban fantasy but not really familiar with the original 1940s noir films (where the noir genre began), then you'll enjoy this collection. If you already love noir and fantasy, then you'll LOVE it."
I've seen bits and pieces of the stories submitted, including works from
comedychick, i_17bingo, the aforementioned belgatherial, and Many Others Whose LJ Names I Do Not Know (including a guy I coincidentally knew in college!), and they're truly stellar works and very much worth tossing a few coins towards even before you look at the nifty incentives being offered. Read more about the project here, then run, don't walk, to the project's Indiegogo site to get a finger in this pie. Thank you, and you shan't be sorry.