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Call for Submissions:“Of Poets, Spies and the Unearthliness– Otherworldly Tales in the Times of Shakespeare and Marlowe

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For Your knowledge, in case You are interested… :D

Call for Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Submissions

“Of Poets, Spies and the Unearthliness –
Otherworldly Tales in the Times of Shakespeare and Marlowe”


A Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthology

Deadline: until full (probably within the end of this Summer…)
Payment:Exposure and Royalties
Short stories up to 7,000 words; Longer stories will also be considered.
Reprints: just in some restricted, limited cases, as long as you hold the rights.

“The Tudor period in England is commonly depicted by historians as the golden age in English history. This golden age represented one of the highest points of the English Renaissance and saw poetry, drama, music and literature rise to unprecedented heights. During those years such writers as William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Philip Sidney, Roger Ascham, John Florio, Ben Jonson, George Peele, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe and Thomas Kyd became very famous, and highly reputed.

Now, think about what we know of those years, and of what we still don’t know, things that possibly happened, or didn’t ever occur in the dim lights of the most forgotten dusty streets at night, or in theatres, in the field of the otherworldly realms that at times border on our reality. Then, think of scary stories, weird or horrible occurrences in the crowded cities of the Renaissance: fairytale creatures, ghosts and monsters that also appeared in literary texts from those years. Think about the pirates authorized by their governments that chanced upon new fabled territories while exploring the seas and found strange beings, spies who investigated on some unexpected matters that were not of this world, or even unknown or fictitious tragedy plays that never got published, or were never produced for the stage, anyway, for one reason or another, in the late 1500s or early 1600s in England and throughout the rest of Europe. Then also think of those playwrights who achieved great renown, and of others whose names are now forgotten, maybe for unnatural reasons, or just because of some unearthly facts, as what fed their success later destroyed them…

Think, for example, of: a werewolf seen in a dark muddy street in Shakespearean Stratford-upon-Avon that was following a certain playwright since he was a child. Or consider a bloody, mythical being living around Canterbury’s waterways at the time of young Marlowe...and even think of dark fairies living in the woods that made up most of the countryside of England, Scotland and Wales at that time…”


Think, to make an example, as a reference of movies like Anonymous and Shakespeare in love, or TV series like Will and the Second Season of A Discovery of Witches but with a darker setting, and a sort of horror theme, and you'll get the pictures of the short-stories that will be available/accepted here...

Submission guidelines: Please include your name, address, e-mail address, the title of your story and its word count in your covering e-mail. Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf or *.doc file (all other formats will automatically be rejected. Contact us prior to submitting if this presents an issue for you.)

Font and formatting: Please submit in Times New Roman, 12 point font; single line spacing. Please indent the first line of each paragraph half an inch. The page margin should be set to one inch on all sides.

No headers, footers or page numbers.

Please check spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Upon acceptance into the Anthology, we ask that Horrified Press holds exclusive publishing rights for one year from the date of publication; after that date has passed, all intellectual property rights revert to the author with the proviso that Horrified Press retains distribution rights in the format of the contracted Anthology.

This title will be available as an e-book and trade quality paperback.

Sergio “ente per ente” Palumbo and Curtis Manges will be presiding over this Anthology as Editors.

The title will be published by Rogue Planet Press, an Imprint of Horrified Press, under the supervision of Gavin Chappell.

Email your submission as an attachment to: associazione (AT) lacenturia.it

The email subject line must read “SUBMISSION — Of Poets, Spies and the Unearthliness – ‘your story title’” or your submission will not be considered for this Anthology.

Successful applicants will be notified before the deadline has expired, or as soon as possible.

Cover ( and Back-cover) Art: by American artist John “DavidsonHero” Rose.

There may well be some beautiful Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror themed black and white illustrations lurking on the inside as well, art by comics artists Davide “Atog” Marescotti and Sara Dellacasa.

Here’s the link:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/RoguePlanetPress/posts/

https://www.facebook.com/RoguePlanetPress/posts/4160189177414514?__tn__=K-R

And there's also an image by Sara Dellacasa, that will be included in the book, to promote the Anthology, of course...

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Waiting for the best-ever-entries, of course!!!

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- “Of Poets, Spies and Unearthliness - Otherworldly tales in the times of Shakespeare and Marlowe” - An Anthology of International Urban Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories

For anyone interested, and if You like some Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Fantasy/Horror short-stories, or something like that, set in the times of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and during the Renaissance in Europe, and North America, this post just to let You all know that the paperback book titled “Of Poets, Spies and Unearthliness - Otherworldly tales in the times of Shakespeare and Marlowe” - An Anthology of International Urban Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories, published by Rogue Planet Press, an imprint of British Horrified Press, is out now on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk shop, edited by Mr Curtis MANGES, Mr. Gavin CHAPPELL and myself !!!

The cover and the back-cover are by American author/designer John DavidsonHero" Rose!!!

And the drawings/artwork inside (one per story...) are by these great comics designers/artists/authors:

Sara DELLA CASA, Davide ‘Atog’ MARESCOTTI and Rossana BERRETTA!!!

Here are the links, and the cover (the post with the back-cover will follow later…):

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHTH9WRN/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://horrifiedpress.wordpress.com/rogue-planet-press/

Dedicated to Silla ALLARA
A family friend for years, really passionate about different countries, and regular world-traveler, she has let me know since I was a child more and more about Africa, the Far East and its many local traditions, and will be deeply missed.

Dedicated to Roberto RONCHETTI
A family friend for years, who fell in love with Africa and worked abroad for long, the best card player I ever met, and multilingual, who taught me how to travel safely and how to deal with the many different procedures and forms of all the many countries he visited during his long stays out of the country.

Dedicated to Warwick WRIGHT
A great Canadian scale modeler that will be terribly missed by all the members of his Club, The International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS) of Vancouver, and by us all, too. There was always something to learn from him about useful ‘tricks’ on how to improve scale modeling at best, and also about what are the most beautiful corners of Vancouver, Burnaby and British Columbia to be visited.

Foreword by Sergio ‘ente per ente’ PALUMBO and and Curtis MANGES...


Here is the Full Table of Contents and the name of the authors:

The Happy Hollow of an Oak by M.S. Swift

A Pattern of Bloody Revenge by E. W. Farnsworth

The Maunderers by Sergio 'ente per ente' PALUMBO – edited by Michele DUTCHER

Tincture This Flowery Prose by Robin B. Lipinski

Famished Ghosts and Fairy tales: Notes on a Most Unpleasant Terror by Simon Smith

Shakespearean Vampire by Randy “EVApodman” Stuart

Ajax Abounding by E. W. Farnsworth

The devilfish ship by Sergio ‘ente per ente’ PALUMBO and Alessandro ‘AleckMcroy’ LOI (edited by Michele DUTCHER)

SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED - Or How Evil Prevails by Richard Tornello

Entrails of Dreams by Shane Porteous

Clockwork by Geoff Nelder

On the stage of The Mountain Seedling… by Sergio 'ente per ente' PALUMBO and Ernesto CANEPA (edited by Michele DUTCHER)

Benefit of Clergy by E. W. Farnsworth

Good Things Come to those Who Wait by Sophia Campbell

To Bathe in Fiery Floods by K.G. McAbee

Malia by Sergio ‘ente per ente’ PALUMBO and Ivan ‘BearOld’ BERTAZZONI (edited by Michele DUTCHER)

Aroint Thee by John David Rose

Alleged Shakespeare Play May Prove Time Travel Possible Gareth D Jones

Cry From the Abyss by Michele Dutcher

C. Robin and Nashe the Satiric Wit by E. W. Farnsworth

Here’s an excerpt of the Foreword:
During those years such writers as William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Philip Sidney, Roger Ascham, John Florio, Ben Jonson, George Peele, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe and Thomas Kyd became very famous, and highly reputed.
Now, think about what we know of those years, and of what we still don’t know, things that possibly happened—or didn’t ever occur…—in the dim lights of the most forgotten dusty streets at night, or in theatres, in the field of the otherworldly realms that at times border on our reality. Then, think of scary stories, weird or horrible occurrences in the crowded cities of the Renaissance: fairytale creatures, ghosts and monsters that also appeared in literary texts from those years. Think about the pirates authorized by their governments that chanced upon new fabled territories while exploring the seas and found strange beings, spies who investigated on some unexpected matters that were not of this world, or even unknown or fictitious tragedy plays that never got published, or were never produced for the stage, anyway, for one reason or another, in the late 1500s or early 1600s in England and throughout the rest of Europe. Then also think of those playwrights who achieved great renown, and of others whose names are now forgotten, maybe for unnatural reasons, or just because of some unearthly facts, as what fed their success later destroyed them…
Among the stories included in this Anthology you’ll find, for example, poets/playwrights/spies traveling abroad, and sailing across the seas, to accomplish their secret tasks while stumbling into some strange, and unexpected, creatures; dark apparitions that approach the customers outside an old alehouse in London; strange people walking unseen at night and capable of changing the reality itself by means of some forbidden arts, be such activities caused by old sorcery or something unknown and more troublesome; ancient papers that make the academicians think of strange time travelers who visited England in the times of old; wars, and many strange events, taking place in the stunning scenery of the Scottish Highlands; some bloody pirates searching for prey and plunder that got more troubles than they could ever expect; some lost tragedies that never resurfaced again in history for several reasons; and fairies living in the woods that made up most of the countryside of England, Scotland...


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Re: Call for Submissions:“Of Poets, Spies and the Unearthliness– Otherworldly Tales in the Times of Shakespeare and Marl

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Here is also the back-cover "The Weird Sisters", by American author/designer John DavidsonHero" Rose, eventually available on Amazon site for the book!!!

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