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Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-63883226639777388522024-01-28T12:27:00.000-08:002024-01-28T17:05:17.044-08:00Catt Colborn's Favorite Way to Collect Her Short Fictions Drops Again from Deep Space: Short Flashes Weaved Through a Longer Short Fiction Piece, Called "Journey to Ishtar Terra and Other Tales"<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJnt1owDI_1-EgiZA7NdA7NkWcWI4tvniFc2i_ybXDxqT-fXnjBccsy9eA6FiTRa6eQgGDfC0RH2_ga2YfJ6d5FpnRhoA3eg_MF3sGZIusMO_v7x-WQIj0Qgt9QfPOA8anrInqyn2zIgbCgFPbKRUeVBaav4tKIKhXWwS256Y4g2Cimq-CLoUIonfRxk/s478/C6A7433E-1136-440B-ADE9-728402BB8FA9_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJnt1owDI_1-EgiZA7NdA7NkWcWI4tvniFc2i_ybXDxqT-fXnjBccsy9eA6FiTRa6eQgGDfC0RH2_ga2YfJ6d5FpnRhoA3eg_MF3sGZIusMO_v7x-WQIj0Qgt9QfPOA8anrInqyn2zIgbCgFPbKRUeVBaav4tKIKhXWwS256Y4g2Cimq-CLoUIonfRxk/s320/C6A7433E-1136-440B-ADE9-728402BB8FA9_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p>We have been hearing for a few years, after the many losses the author had suffered, through the height of the pandemic, and pouring of her soul into Polygon #29, about a quieter, small bite, cosmic horror proof, sitting on her shelf. We heard horror voices from beyond, whispering near the settling dust, that the tiny book with deep internal travels, would be set up much like <i>Small Bites</i> out a few Halloweens ago. Then, totally out of space, on Monday of last week, an update hit our PFI gmail, "A 154 page short read, with a hovering woman, encased in a starry beam, floating above a sea--with a planet in the background, landed on Catt Colborn's Amazon page." The book comes free in Kindle unlimited, 6.99 US (Kindle purchase), or 13.99 US, softcover).</p><p>I had to dive in right away.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ishtar-Terra-Other-Tales-ebook/dp/B0CSJKR86G?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ishtar-Terra-Other-Tales-ebook/dp/B0CSJKR86G?ref_=ast_author_dp</a></p><p><b>Initial thoughts:</b> Blown away. What can I say? It was quiet in the fact that it is less about the battles and more about the internal struggles the "enemies to friends" share in small confessionals, as they star date diaries or last notes at crossroads in their lives from their passions gone wrong. The fact that they were just choosing a happy path, and invasions hit again, and for some women, abduction, begins hurling them not only into deep space, but deep longing, away from fleshing out their new lives (and in their new skins).</p><p>I spoke to Catt at the end of last year, unfortunately, we email and virtually work on crafting "teams," more than we'd like, from when a two-to-four time-a-year flash magazine (with hundreds of submissions coming in every week), happened back in Phillyflashinferno. But rest assured, now that some of the tornadoes, hurricanes, and viruses have calmed for her in Florida; we will be working hard on getting our backlogs filled of our promised releases and scope resources for a PFI anthology. We want to make this site, with views from all over the world each week, do the job it was meant to do, by putting amazing flash fiction (that can also go the distance in longer themes) into your hands or on your screens.</p><p>The team will be posting a few times more with covers and promos this week, so I think I will keep it here for now. And maybe get up the promo followers have missed on X and Instagram. Catt and PFI are no longer on FB, it caused her a lot of stress and triggers, after her losses and people putting her in a box (we all know how that is with complete strangers that know nothing of your past). </p><p>In a way, I am glad we took a year, because we have middle grade horror out from 2022, and now, Cosmic Horror. Easter Egg: There's a Kindle Vella up with free episodes of what KittCatt of Horror was working on whilst having writer's block on the novelette! You are so welcome👏👏👏</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx8hZ6JJs4wrKwz87f-5DEmTtS3PDUgbFIu0P9Nek_KLSP7KlUhsi47wXsJ7-irvuxfuyusAg6QgQYv01o4jA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p>Thanks for stopping by and hope to hear from writers, artists, and fans in the comments, instead of bots from quiet slip-ins while we're gone. 🤣🤣🤣</p><p>Minos (and the PFI Team). <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-47578032661885627262022-01-29T09:58:00.002-08:002022-01-29T09:58:43.630-08:00NEW FROM PFI PRESS FOR 2022: TO KICK OFF OUR FANTASY SECTION: CALLS FOR ANTHOS COMING SOON IN 2022/2023!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiATplelKGy3-rRxTzgkQKHb8T7TJn3I3WShlYTsIyoU_8gNk3dcgi5SbFfk-A-yJoK9i12sKTkEd9FEvSGBPZQ24pNjI4_sWrqxNTdgewHjldA5goZs849BoayftpHQTDcwX-kI4B01TvxVzUguGUgxvna2DNoVpy2WyQcDCkKquZd4-zcPAUXv7tq=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiATplelKGy3-rRxTzgkQKHb8T7TJn3I3WShlYTsIyoU_8gNk3dcgi5SbFfk-A-yJoK9i12sKTkEd9FEvSGBPZQ24pNjI4_sWrqxNTdgewHjldA5goZs849BoayftpHQTDcwX-kI4B01TvxVzUguGUgxvna2DNoVpy2WyQcDCkKquZd4-zcPAUXv7tq=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /> NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR<p></p><p>SATURDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2022</p><p>________________________________________________________________</p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>It is great to be kicking off another genre for the small press, once a flash lit mag (Can you believe it?) that I started way back in my college days (flash call were just flashing out of the pan back then although many of the greats were doing it forever). If you are new to this site, I am so VERY sorry that you missed the olden days of submitting to the themes "The Seven Deadlies" or "Philly Life" because it was neat having our Minos pick the circle of your destiny and waiting for that section or issue to appear online or in print to find your circle. Some of the posts remain in archives, but many have been deleted for websites and links and print companies that had helped us in the past but are no longer around (COVID really shut a bunch of small, hardworking businesses and literary magazines down). It is very sad and breaks my heart.<br /></p><p>Speaking of Minos and the PFI crew, they are still here working hard behind the scenes, some from New Orleans, Philly, all over NJ (ME), and now the added connection via technology, in Houston (but maybe moving to Dallas?). Ugh, they like to keep me on my toes. Thank the goddesses for Zoom, meetups, traveling lightly again, and other devices. </p><p>I guess I should blurb a little something more about the book and maybe eventually post a chapter tease like I did for Polygon, WF, and Lola all those years ago. Decisions, decisions, all tough on picking that perfect place in the book though, right?</p><p><b>Best to start with a blurb for now then, NO SPOILERS...</b><br /></p><p>She's a magical seamstress and has a fierce cat <i>slash</i> familiar. She's tough with a sword and relentless using her wit and her pins like Elsa's ice to kill with her <i>will</i> before ever lifting a whimsical pinky. Although that is a lot of fun to watch, we know that the conflict, filled with antagonists, keeps the intrigue going, hence we have portals of time, necromancers, mages, fairies, wolves, privateers, muses, and the undead, getting in the way of her dreams of love and starting over from her terrible past. All the other things teased from the other works above and then throw in the time-changes out of her control and other quirky sidekicks.<br /></p><p><b>Let's keep it here for now. I know it's bad to spoil for a potential reader.</b> I will eventually post a chapter with any warnings, once I finish up the final important details for print. We are shooting for spring but could happen a little bit later with the impending doom that has been following me around lately. <i>Ugh, wonder how I get so much inspiration for my horror and fantasy? </i><br /></p><p>Thank you to all for liking, retweeting, quote tweeting, sharing on other websites and spreading the word.</p><p>I appreciate you and if you push the pen or keys will return the favor.</p><p>Catt Colborn (Kitt Catt of Horror) and yes, also BFF to Minos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiizu5d0Iw71sgfGU0AbdSqs0KxJGsgDdjC1qAOXIClCDJsu369Jj0V_KDJKPaDdv4KHnwShaGWkWTlKPfMRHMyxnN9lhE8c2_XkPgLhMSBiHXKjE9mUvTqJ-bpjQf7g5ybEsqfECiCCcpGDAKzi16towTCWeBtEoYSiGh0uhdnLZ4-FmubIX742X9h=s1889" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1889" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiizu5d0Iw71sgfGU0AbdSqs0KxJGsgDdjC1qAOXIClCDJsu369Jj0V_KDJKPaDdv4KHnwShaGWkWTlKPfMRHMyxnN9lhE8c2_XkPgLhMSBiHXKjE9mUvTqJ-bpjQf7g5ybEsqfECiCCcpGDAKzi16towTCWeBtEoYSiGh0uhdnLZ4-FmubIX742X9h=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-1804316030216497122022-01-04T07:12:00.006-08:002022-01-04T08:10:37.805-08:00
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<p class="MsoNormal">Woman of Horror, Catt Colborn</p>
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Warning: <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Loss of a pet and loved one and creative
writing feedback</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">After losing my devoted old dog,
Dexter, on NYE day, more bad news dropped. The day spiraled into the fog that
was promised from my morning alerts and down we all went. They say, “Don’t
write about the weather” and “Don’t make 2 characters die in one day,” yet here
we are in this wet muck of tears. I say sink yourself into it and live there on
the page if you must. It makes good therapy for some, and for others, they will
tell you how you lived it regardless of if it was true or not. Maybe get more
creative with the <i>dark and stormy</i> cliché.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It’s all bullshit! Which part? Is
it the fiction or the IRL writing advice? Both. A horror writer usually loves a
good bit of fog rolling in over a much mucky lake and a civil war cemetery, but
<i>wow</i>, did it really set the tone on my street, in my story as a woman of
horror. My combat boots sank into the ground and after the night of the tightest
circles my dog did in his life and his drowning whining and us never quite reaching
him, and only a few days of confirming it was a brain tumor and not doggie
dementia after all, I wanted in! Up to the muck to my neck! Be locked-in like a
famous person Dante hated in his Inferno. I looked to the other side of the chain-link
fence, to the long sidewalk that runs to my four-car driveway: “No, please not again.
I can’t go down the trail to my <i>Dead Dog Walking</i>.” I hate being nurse, priest,
and mourner in very little time during this health crisis. One of us possibly
allowed into the “goodbye” room and not the other or maybe neither of us. Especially,
after what we went through with the loss of my mom in April 2020. The ten-minute
goodbye. I need to move. "Yeah, a fresh start. Been too much death and too many pups
taken to this last walk down this long lane to the black backseat.” In the few minutes
of this quiet introspection, I will give my dog what you can’t give one of your
humans, but I still feel like an antagonist in one of my books whenever I do
it. It never gets easier or better and on this day it gets <i>worse</i>. But it’s
what you sign up for if you love a pet. Even though I ended the pain for Dex and
in the mere seconds later that peace was delivered; I thought, <i>already</i>?
But a sigh follows for the furbaby finally crossing to rainbow bridge. Speaking
of him casually hanging out there. He didn’t for long. But he will meet me
there again one day too. This is how amazing Dexter the Marvelously Amazing Doxie’s
being lives still…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I go home. Drink a few good beers
and puff a few fine cigars with my family in his memory. I find myself not
sobbing when they speak and then sobbing in odd places like a closed closet, on
a closed toilet seat, kneeling in the closed-off air of a closed basement, where
I find his Christmas toy or stuffed stocking or fluffy furball, which I never cleaned
up one last time. I call my father in South Philly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">My pop never has his hearing aids in,
and we start to argue that my sister-in-law did not die, <i>he has it all wrong</i>;
it was my dog, <i>he misheard</i>. But he corrects me and sobs and says his <i>hearing
aids are in—</i>just listen carefully—<i>your brother called prior to your call</i>.
</p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>She’s gone.
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We frowned and no holding back this
time. The tears met the drizzle, the fine mist in the air of white seem to hang
in slow-mo. Not the <i>caught in a daymare state. I hate this</i>. And we didn’t
care about being washed over anymore because my heart felt stabbed through and
through. Actual pain without a puncture, then numbness. I know why people die
of Broken Heart Syndrome. It must’ve been terrible for my brother. His
significant other. <i>Gone</i>. How will he cope tomorrow, or at the funeral, or
in the quiet of <i>everyone has gone back to work </i>next week?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We listened this time, to dad, to him.
Never knowing about the morning and only speaking of the mourning of our human
loss instead. My brother found a small comfort later, when he found out what
happened to us, and so did we, thinking about how a small furry beast, one of
only a few my sister-in-law liked (she was not a fan of animals), surprised her
on <i>The Otherside. Speaking of other sides…let’s move to the second meaning
of this title with how real life moves in your fiction or nonfic and you
writing it the way you want for voice especially…</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When I was in writing workshops. I
cannot tell you how many rules about writing I’ve heard. Some I got. Some I
wanted to burn, like: You can’t do 2 deaths in one day, Alzheimer’s with a
parent is cliché, or the infamous <i>I can’t get grounded in your imaginary world</i>.
For fuck’s sake, <i>really?</i> I LIVED these. Don’t write about them? I know some
writers understand this tired methodology. I understand that there is some sense
of connection you need to create in any type of setting with your audience, and
in fiction that might mean making real-life facts and similarities bleed into
your fictional landscapes (or whatever-scapes). Or maybe your real-life waking has
an unimaginable day smacked between bedtime to journal off you. Ultimately, I
feel we need to stop using the “I don’t feel grounded” phrase when not used in a
purely descriptive manner of a noun to evoke basic sensory of the audience,
versus that terminology of someone’s preconception of a world that the author
has built in fiction or possibly (from their own life/memory). It is theirs from
first inky scratch or imperative keyboard chording in a creative nonfiction
setting. There’s no <i>ordinary space </i>in which we <i>relate</i> in life, there
never has been and that was a problem for a long time in workshops and learning
establishments and online in the past. Our creations taking liberties with a particular
person, place, or things’ definition, of themselves, <i>right?</i> And if that
is true then you can be damn sure you can go anywhere, <i>all the places you could
go</i>, on any idea you could ponder inside your writing time and place. As
long as you do not confuse the fuck out of the reader into a power headache of
being completely lost. If not, then why not run the many letter marathon with
them and at least encourage them on the one you first witnessed as mentor or
reader? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I once got told writing steampunk
that a *particular thing* about a train couldn’t happen. Fictional. Someone
spoke up for me and replied to the prior statement when speaking about the train
in my novel (a staple in the early years especially in the steam setting) “Why
not? Can’t the train just put down its own track anyway?” in which, I gave a
relieved “Thank you, and it does later, BTW,” and then got snarls and smirks around
the table for speaking while being criticized, even though I agreed in
excitement with a like-minded peer rather than argue about someone else’s idea
of my world. I curtsied and left in my mind from that day out.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yes, Victorian elements (or horror or
sci-fi or any of their particulars) riddle the potential setting in which we
speak for writing, but once the frilly fancies and fancy mustaches are put on,
the corrective corsets and uncomfortable undergarments can come off. <i>This is
new</i>. <i>This is mine! </i>This is what the author should cry out to
themselves with their naked truth out for the world to see unabashed, drenched
in ink, keyboard marks indented into the skin over the heart. Any world can <i>become</i>,
but the author only leads you to see it. You must first be willing to believe
and accept the keys to that world as a reader/peer. No one says, you have to
like it and stay. You can go or not return to their next town. <i>No one but
you a fan make</i>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In the writing workshop’s defense, I’ve
seen a whole different line of guidance recently occur. “It has gotten better,”
as we say with a craned neck to our brilliant companions next to us at the brainstorming
table with a hot beverage at a writing con or workshop, but “<i>you know</i>?”
is the wry ending to that statement. And they do know, our dearest of critique partners,
friends, and readers that you’re hinting that <i>we’re not quite there yet</i>.
In my call to action here, I wish to beg my fellow writers that instruct workshops
or a classroom or tap the research keys each day to think about what you are
asking the writing student to change. First, you must think to yourself <i>is
this writing new at all</i>? Just frikin’ ask: <i>Is this work a journal, diary,
or memory being revised</i>? Add a nod here to weird fiction or a genre you know
is especially over the top of what you are not used to and read twice before
responding. Next, in person or at a final reading, you must not think of what you
would do in this situation but quietly listen to the unthreading of a compression
of a pressing prison around the chest, the waist, and the gut of a critique
corset of hurt/happiness soon being set free upon the world. Let that unabashed
author just fucking <i>create and birth</i>. Listen. Why not cut the strings
and cultivate their world with them and behold and savor every gasp while you
live there for a little while longer? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-53883508136509202242021-12-30T14:21:00.008-08:002021-12-30T14:23:07.837-08:00HOLIDAY SALE! ALL NEW LOOK FOR YOUR KINDLE & LIBRARY...<p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Polygon-29-Catt-Colborn-ebook/dp/B08XN3QSDV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640902933&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.com/Polygon-29-Catt-Colborn-ebook/dp/B08XN3QSDV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640902933&sr=8-1</a></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxrrni_l6qXbp6SixvsWugbe2BBUk0z_8RVL2zr3PKBLN2K_LjFi2GW7niU9YQLKZaqAHLaWSiY7F28JhFnPWnHJDZZ1pO2tvY0sCRTOF2UbHrlwZzu0f59asVQoT1bwhk_z3_gaQPjJLJ9stu3TcgruJoSN2YW0FvloMRP-_-7uE-kBSpQYRs1QZh=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxrrni_l6qXbp6SixvsWugbe2BBUk0z_8RVL2zr3PKBLN2K_LjFi2GW7niU9YQLKZaqAHLaWSiY7F28JhFnPWnHJDZZ1pO2tvY0sCRTOF2UbHrlwZzu0f59asVQoT1bwhk_z3_gaQPjJLJ9stu3TcgruJoSN2YW0FvloMRP-_-7uE-kBSpQYRs1QZh=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-92052746327762309552021-12-30T12:36:00.003-08:002021-12-30T14:50:05.065-08:00The Reader (or Writer) Inside the “Fair” Review?<p>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6HYtE3ZcJa6D4PsH-Uad6Xubi0qZJHYMMGWm_OroXWSfFIcHkik30s0MezwLvh5_hROcEhbOi8OmfLISNUE1RNWLfwAqsylz7kqWsz03lgG4ztUdqchCY-7Di-2_rhJQYR9TBl6mgIsCHtr5-5ySr4LpmG9rJL5Uvl2auQY3s8Lu-L6hLoPC6LzWq=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6HYtE3ZcJa6D4PsH-Uad6Xubi0qZJHYMMGWm_OroXWSfFIcHkik30s0MezwLvh5_hROcEhbOi8OmfLISNUE1RNWLfwAqsylz7kqWsz03lgG4ztUdqchCY-7Di-2_rhJQYR9TBl6mgIsCHtr5-5ySr4LpmG9rJL5Uvl2auQY3s8Lu-L6hLoPC6LzWq=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1>The Reader (or Writer) Inside the “Fair” Review</h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Catt
Colborn</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Thursday,
December 30, 2021</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You
wrote a thing. Someone (maybe your own press) published it. Congrats! Just as
you were an author before that happened, no matter what, another author who
reads that thing is still your reader. Anyone that reads the work is your
reader/reviewer (for now) even though they might not be your future fan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hence,
this is truly the “fair” review. I know it sucks when they are negative or lecturing,
believe me, I’ve been in the trenches for a while. Not kidding. No one deserves
word bashing. Not even a person of letters. Still, I press onward because it
has been a subject of discourse everywhere I socialize, in the trenches, here
especially, but it’s still true. There’s no saying truer for this discourse than
“The only way around is through.” Not to be cliché but this is reportage and when
I am hot in that hat, a few puns and clichés are the ugly trimmings in that
world, which make me sweat my realities out onto the page. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
hear complaints about cancelling things that hurt us, but the truth is I’d
rather know my enemy or those who won’t support me in the future, so I can maneuver
myself, my family, and my money for promotion safely away from them. I don’t
think that all writers who comment on your reviews should be shunned from
speaking up about parts that made them drop out (more later on this). As for
the basic troll, no one wants to be hurt by words that we feel don’t define us
but remember only “you” can define you. It is what I teach my writing students
in definition essays. People will always have predispositions of how they think
people, places, things, and ideas resonate, but only you can define how those
things build the pieces of your true makeup. So, speak to us and define
yourself if you’re ready or don’t at all. You don’t have to explain yourself or
teach anyone about yourself. And don’t worry! Reviewers’ words aren’t magic.
They don’t potion you or your work into what they word-vomited onto a review
site. It may affect your life but that is a whole other article that you need
to write because I can’t. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Maybe
that is too harsh a cliché saying, <i>word-vomited,</i> beings as what we are
saying here about everyone having a say in reviews. They said how your work resonated
with them. Even if it was angry nonsense, you can’t tell people how <i>they</i>
feel. You can tell people how you feel. Annotate it somewhere in your mind and
steer clear but don’t let it define you on the review site, and like I said, it
can’t. If it’s wiggling into your psyche at night in bed, please do what you
need to rectify what those words have done to you, this message is for the
lashing out of authors in this current discourse “prepared to decide to respond
or not to respond to their writing critics,” or all critics, from everywhere and
anywhere in public or online. We all know they are coming for us, let’s be
honest. No one is 100% prepared for it, no matter how famous or how long they
have shed their critical response skin. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
are reviewers out there that are good honest people. They put where they work
out there online and in print and they ask that you respectfully (if opened to reviews)
query them before assuming they will review a complete stranger. This is a good
course to take, for you too, if they do not like your genre or style and truly
are a fair reviewer; they will not want to let their distaste for those review items
to impede you or that stack of TBR pile. They have numerous other emails and
don’t want to be unfair to you, especially if it’s your debut. You only get one
debut, whether that is your own pressed work or a Big Pub House (that is
another article to roll around later for me, so put a thumb on that and squash that
bug for now). On the other page, some reviewers are human and get tempted to
not give someone famous a poor review, ever, humans get enamored <i>that’s our
thing.</i> Research your humans to be around, and see if you’re a “human match,”
again, this is why the deep research and query-to-review-thingy works so well.
Also, there are the trolls and the negative boosters swaying totals of stars.
We kind of went over the obvious troll’s MO, so what is the Negative Booster?
Negative attention begets attention, so it works. Did you ever see something
you have read and been meaning to leave a review, but you refrained from a bad
review because you felt bad? Maybe deleted? These Negative Boosters are the
people when they see a book taking off because of negative reviews, they add
and add to it <i>just because</i>. I will most definitely back away from that
if possible and have. This mode of operation can either be like anything else
socially on the internet: an awful trend, a bad joke, or yes, a new troll, <i>ugh</i>…reviewing
over and over negatively on different accounts. Press is press. Good or bad it’s
there for PR. This is why more than ever I will beg again to not pummel
yourself over something bad said. Sometimes it becomes not even about the
author anymore. Or it blows up because it’s working, crude, or just fanning the
burning chaos. The new artform is attention, <i>whatever gets it</i>. I am not
asking you to distrust the authors, reviewers, or pub/indie houses you love,
but I am asking you to be prepared to be let down as well as impressed when you
meet someone you truly admire. These are your readers, the good and the bad.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To
go full writerly hook to conclusion here on you, I am an author and teacher and
have author friends, who do nothing else in their spare time but read and
review as much as the most popular reviewers. Writers are allowed to review and
say what they like and don’t like (but hear me out before you get heated), but the
reviews from other authors should be “critical within reason.” We, as authors,
shouldn’t go on and on of HOW <i>we would’ve wrote every detail</i> <i>of
someone else’s book</i>, but whether an MFA or pure genius or passionate
newcomer, if you’ve tripped over something in the work several times, because
it was disjointed and never corrected (not talking basic typos), or something
was left out so you were lost multiple times (not just in a flashback); they
are going to comment on it, especially if they paid for the book like anyone else.
The good news is they will probably also comment on some great things about the
work, mostly proud to be peers. Writing is a beautiful artform because it
connects us and makes us want to respond. Hopefully, because a writer that’s also
sitting at home and self-taught and unselfish or from a fancy-schmancy program would
want that in return. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
know there will be someone that will read and review a friend or I, purposely
because I wrote <i>a fair review of the fair review, </i>but that’s exactly
what I am saying here. It isn’t fair out there! I have tried and asked and
lived and watched. The fair review is both the good and the bad. That’s what
happens when you put yourself out there. Some say, <i>you let them win if you don’t</i>,
but I say, you can only do what you are prepared to do, especially if it’s
triggering. Good news: you are an author regardless of what you choose to do,
and you win anyway. They will never take that away. Grip your art tight to your
chest and be thankful for the greatest gift you can always give to yourself.</span></p>
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PRINT COPIES TO BE UP ANY MINUTE!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dhOfIK-rVtc/YEZrD2qZcmI/AAAAAAAAAHU/nuwlFVfctPox7SYNPBSC5jl6gZLBTxVoACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Polygon%2B%252329%2BUltimate%2BCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dhOfIK-rVtc/YEZrD2qZcmI/AAAAAAAAAHU/nuwlFVfctPox7SYNPBSC5jl6gZLBTxVoACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Polygon%2B%252329%2BUltimate%2BCover.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #e69138;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">YA CROSSOVER, LGBTQ+, GOTHIC HORROR, AND ROMANCE, SET IN VICTORIAN LONDON. JANE IS HER AUNT FANNY'S NEW WARD IN THE RUMORED TO BE HAUNTED POLYGON #29, BUT SHE TAKES UP THE FAMILY AXE AND BEHEADS FANNY'S LATEST EXPERIMENT. A GOTHIC HORROR OF FAMILY SISTERS AND OTHER MONSTERS. IF Y0U LOVE MARY SHELLY, JANE AUSTEN, OR SHIRLEY JACKSON THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #e69138;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">IF YOU LOVE: THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR, MEXICAN GOTHIC, WITH A SPLASH OF BRIDGERTON, THIS BOOK IS ALSO FOR YOU!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #e69138;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #e69138;">TO PURCHASE KINDLE/EBOOK COPY:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #e69138;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Polygon-29-Catt-Colborn-ebook/dp/B08XN3QSDV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NS5FWY6C45WJ&dchild=1&keywords=polygon+%2329&qid=1615227709&s=books&sprefix=POLYGON%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-1">https://www.amazon.com/Polygon-29-Catt-Colborn-ebook/dp/B08XN3QSDV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NS5FWY6C45WJ&dchild=1&keywords=polygon+%2329&qid=1615227709&s=books&sprefix=POLYGON%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-1</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #e69138;">Giveaways for purchased copies coming soon! </span><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><p><br /></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-75713808058187929582021-01-15T16:20:00.004-08:002021-01-15T16:30:16.910-08:00PFI Press is Setting Up to Press and Ebook our First Work: Polygon #29, by Catt Colborn<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Js696qvbzyg/YAIrUTLtacI/AAAAAAAAADM/nMoBJebMRdUpmCwvcGvfy7iImaMAu74qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s240/fullsizeoutput_ac7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Js696qvbzyg/YAIrUTLtacI/AAAAAAAAADM/nMoBJebMRdUpmCwvcGvfy7iImaMAu74qgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/fullsizeoutput_ac7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;">The PFI Press Logo, Inked by C.Colborn</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We should be selling on Amazon (and other stores) with our first PFI ebook/ printed novel soon! It's in the works now. With a new book at PFI that means giveaways. Please keep stopping by the site and checking Catt Colborn's author page @ Goodreads for announcements of availability. Once the book is on Kindle (and others TBA), the arcs should arrive. Once the arcs arrive to her house, we will hold a Goodreads Raffle for at least three, first press copies, including: bookmarks, stickers, goodies, and other surprises.</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">I would like to have a Rafflecopter link here for maybe two more chances for our faithful visitors. Stay tuned for details.</h2><div>"Our hell is always open."</div><div><br /></div><div>Check us out on our brand new Instagram pages and follow Catt on Twitter: @CattColborn (our page there is under construction).</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div>PFI TEAM</div><div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-42095128075891622792021-01-03T09:07:00.002-08:002021-01-03T09:25:35.393-08:00Your Ticket to Gothic Horror Awaits: Comment if interested in updates...<h1 style="text-align: left;">First Teasers for PFI PRESS:<br /></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;">"If you liked the slow burn of Mexican Gothic crossed with the terror of The Haunting of Hill House, sprinkled with the romance of The Haunting of Bly Manor, Catt Colborn will heat up your deep freeze reading list."</h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span> </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span>"The author of Weekly Furapy and Madame Lola does it again with another Gothic horror household. Don't miss this romance/horror crossover set in Victorian London! </span><span></span><span></span><span></span><br /></h1><p>Proposed Release Date: Winter/Spring 2021 TBA...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QcmwQS9gVsQ/X_HyfUTqXxI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ba3DAUUmG_8nH9zzp9sCL64RmViBqBKhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/Polygon%2B%252329%2BMedia%2BHeader.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="349" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QcmwQS9gVsQ/X_HyfUTqXxI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ba3DAUUmG_8nH9zzp9sCL64RmViBqBKhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h349/Polygon%2B%252329%2BMedia%2BHeader.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>BloggerAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510871030414058772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-78263204148318022432020-07-27T15:17:00.002-07:002021-01-03T08:33:01.458-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two weeks ago, PFI creator, Cathy T. Colborn, finally emerged from her two years of creative hiatus, and delivered to the world an amazing weird fiction that seemed to come out of nowhere. Just when we thought PFI and a slew of other creative ventures were over, Catt Colborn surprises us all at PFI and her readers, with an underlying message: "What others call our <i>shortcomings</i>, they're still a part of us, and we shouldn't let anyone just look passed us, we want to be taken seriously." Reviewers are giving it <i>five stars</i> and putting it up to the likes of <i>Fight Club</i>, where weird fiction crosses into the realm of a moral on mental health awareness. Here's a bit of a summary without spoilers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main character, Jack, suffers from OCDs, panic attacks, paranoia and more. To the same tune, the female protagonist, Jack's love interest (that he's just not ready to deal with quite yet), Cassie, is suffering from PTSD and panic attacks from being held up at gunpoint. Together, the two would make a lovely couple, but first they have to deal with their horrifying pasts and trying to make it through their day-to-day---somewhere out to a happy place. Jack finds comfort in the oddest of places, the Yeti costume that Cassie sells to him...from there, it goes to other settings I can't even describe. You should experience them firsthand yourself. It is the <i>only</i> way to find out <i>the</i> <i>hows</i>, <i>the whats</i>, <i>the wheres</i>, and <i>the whys</i>, there is no other<i> </i>way to write about it here, without spoiling it for you...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not to mention, I don't foresee anyone coming across these covers, passing up a novella, with the yeti face and lumbering arms, surrounded by sex toys on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of which, may deter some people upon first glances, as well as the second chapter, but then seeing how Colborn <i>goes all in</i> on the protagonist, you soon understand that authors are just writing what a character tells them: who they are and what they want us to know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"It really isn't about XXX sex in the end (and maybe not even in the middle) but you have to read to find out how it got to that point, and where it can go in both the trials and tribulations of Jack and Cassie, and in their resulting chapters, to find the happy ending or the happy for now, or the nothing changes at all."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I grew up around family and friends that I saw struggling through their day-to-day tasks. Being a childhood cancer survivor, I found myself doing some of their small rituals, to try and possibly stop more ill things from happening to me. I never was formally diagnosed with any of my issues, and I do not do rituals now, resulting from myself NEVER succeeding at stopping any bad things from happening in my life. But I do need breaks from overstimulating settings, and I have found escapes when going to comic cons and wearing costumes. I'm not saying that this subject is not to be taken seriously (actually quite the opposite). I am trying to start a conversation the only way I know how, by being creative and drawing people into the timely subject---without preaching and letting them see it first hand."</span><br />
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We are keeping the submission period open until the end of August. Publishing in September/October. Keep on sending us your tales, until we publish stop in the blog!Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-41229630119280395292017-05-03T12:57:00.003-07:002017-08-04T20:13:37.190-07:00The Pit is Now Open! Summer 2017 Theme: Sand and Sea: Things From The Deep<h2>
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Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-47306001439905763792017-03-21T15:09:00.001-07:002017-05-29T17:56:30.451-07:00Master Flash Fiction Class with PFI's Cathy T.Colborn @ Philadelphia Writers' Conference June 10th and 11th <b><span style="font-size: large;">Are you a flash fiction writer who wants to up their game?</span></b> Need the sass from our Philly Inferno creator and wish she could sit next to you and spice up your very short fiction? Well, wish no more! <b>June 9th-11th 2017</b> the wonderful world known as Philadelphia Writers' Conference will be coming to Center City, Philly...<br />
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The Master Flash Class runs on June tenth and eleventh, and is limited to the first ten conference-goers, who pay and sign up (Please visit PWC's site today and keep visiting until they have everything you need to know about master classes and more). Cathy Colborn will fill your two, ninety-minute classes, with her <i>three key formula</i> for making your very short fiction standout wonderful.<br />
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Stop staring at Catt's website and Minos' cool tail and get to signing up for Cathy T. Colborn's class today!<br />
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We are very pleased with the beautiful final layout of our 2016 issue <b>(note that preview does not represent proper layout or completed stories)</b>. It may take a day or two until we purchase our first copies (tomorrow) for the kinks in the links to register, but purchase price is ten dollars plus shipping (with proceeds returning to PFI for future contributor prizes, copies, and promotions. Please be patient if you are trying to immediately purchase our lit journal and this happens (or please let us know if it goes through swimmingly). We appreciate the positive more than things that are currently out of our hands through our publishing house.
<b>Note that PFI Contributors receive one free copy mailed to the address we receive at phillyflashinferno@gmail.com. If you are a contributor and have not sent us your address, now is the time, and we thank you once again for a job well done. </b> This is mentioned several times on our page and during the process through emails, so hopefully any copies you buy are intended for your mates or to pass on at your literary readings/tables/events to share our PFI hell/love. Your friends can purchase through the link as well and have it shipped to their door. Blurb is good like that.
Now some writing tips on how you can catch our or other editors' attention in the next slush pile...
For PFI: Keep visiting us here to see what our next seasonal topic and prize-winning flash prompt will be. We take your submissions on a rolling basis, but unfortunately, reading periods are at the end of Spring and end of Fall. It may take us time to get to your submission, so please be patient. We do not mind one email during the layout process if we pass a due date or something, but be conservative about reminders. We probably know we are running behind, believe me.
For PFI or for submitting in general: It is proper writing etiquette to query a publisher after 4-6 months on the progress of your submission. Another little thing that we have collectively learned, is that publishers are people to, yet they <b>do not</b> want to be addressed or chatted up on social media every day about your sub or constantly personally emailed. It is best to keep things semi-professional. Although we are super fun and open-minded about our content and chatting you up at events, we treat our work very seriously and so should you. Other publishers <b>may not</b> be as laid-back and may be turned off by constant personal emails, social media chats, and such. Art takes time. Some mags and online journals take six months to a year for a magazine issue to come to completion. Holiday issues are something publishers take subs well in advance and may take up to the last minute to physically produce.
Just some helpful tips because we care about writing and all over success for writers.
Happy holidays and stuff those stockings with PFI 2016 issues!
<i>Our Hell is Always Open</i>,
Catt and the PFI TEAM.
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Available at Zazzle.com Through Philly Flash Inferno StorePhilly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-44069325983343119312016-11-27T19:10:00.000-08:002016-11-27T19:13:13.931-08:00Fall/Winter Philly Flash Inferno 2016 Issue is Now for Sale on Blurb <iframe id="data-blurb-bookshare-7529005" data-bindattr-37="37"
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Philly Flash Inferno 2016/Halloween will be available for purchase here in <u>the next day or two</u>, thanks for another great year! </h2>
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Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-15663798165823720182016-05-14T10:32:00.002-07:002016-11-28T13:01:26.529-08:00Sub Update for Cemeteries, Crypts, and Creepy Places: Needs!<span style="font-size: x-large;">NEED FOR NEXT ISSUE: Section door is open!</span><br />
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We are astounded by the creativity that is flooding our inbox, but we are lacking in quality longer pieces that are 800-1000 words. We would like to find an author that can submit a few of these longer stories and let us pick two for our FULL BLAZE section. Congrats if you have been accepted to POETRY PYRE and FLASH FIRE (not saying if one of those beauties comes across our desk again, we won't snatch it up and add it to the mix)! Thank you to our artists and photographers who have given us their creepiest viewpoints of our current theme. Can't wait to share with our groupies.<br />
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With that being said, we will not compromise on quality. So bring us your best on cemeteries, crypts, and creepy places. Accent on <i>best. </i>Please continue to follow our guidelines. No exceptions.<br />
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We are counting on you. Tell a friend! Check back for updates. Once we receive a few longer pieces, we will update and tease on the production of our next Ten Dolla' Dreadful.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-43065284901649354212016-03-02T16:55:00.001-08:002016-11-28T12:56:06.415-08:00Philly Flash Inferno: Call for Poetry, Flash, and Short Submissions with the Theme of Cemeteries, Crypts, and Creepy Places<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Submissions must follow guidelines found in our header. Please view our first issues in our sidebar section, <i>Blog Archives</i> to see what we hate to love. Finally, your story must take place in a cemetery, crypt, or creepy place. We also thought it would be cool to <b>give you the first line</b>, to see who is paying attention to this blog and wants to win our <i>Featured Artist Prize</i> of 25 dollars (more than one prize may be given at publisher's discretion: Example: First prize and second prize check plus contributor copy each. Here is the first line to be considered:<br />
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<b>"I was on my way to visit Father, when..."</b><br />
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Here is what inspired the theme and opening line:<br />
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We are hoping your line thereafter will hook us in and keep us reading onwards.<br />
"Father" does not have to necessarily be dead, maybe that is a friend's last name, or your dead pet, or a marker. We, in <i>Inferno</i> are praying to Minos that you will be creative.<br />
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Speaking of him, any nods to any rings in the pit will probably make Minos smile, wrap his tail around your tale, and drop you into the accepted pile.<br />
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Remember: We are a small zine on purpose. We pay a small stipend to the winner and then give free copies to the contributors. We also have the word "FLASH" in our name, so please take this to heart and soul. We want more than vignettes or moments, we want a full hero/antihero circle in under 1000 words.<br />
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P.S. We will keep taking submissions until we post an update with the word <i>STOP</i>. If we are lacking in any section or can't find an artist to capture our cover and section pages, we will post a call for <i>HELP</i>. Please pass the word and keep our little cult mag of five years going strong!<br />
See you at the Comic Cons. -CC<br />
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<br />Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-7201393705704376422015-07-28T11:38:00.000-07:002015-07-28T15:29:40.292-07:00PFI Open for Submissions! New Theme for Halloween: Monster Mashups<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ah-S2ADwIe4/VbfLCb28rYI/AAAAAAAAARM/udPh3fjhBDM/s1600/IMG_4835.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ah-S2ADwIe4/VbfLCb28rYI/AAAAAAAAARM/udPh3fjhBDM/s320/IMG_4835.jpg" /></a>
Hey, this is Catt, PFI Creator. I am sitting here at my writing desk after a hiatus from promoting my Steampunk novel, and I am thinking about how much I missed our little hot pot of an inferno while I was absent. I can't stay away and hope you can't either.
I have to mention that working with the wonderful Steampunk World's Fair creators was an awesome experience. The attendees were great! I get so excited meeting all of you (and even more so when you are dressed up and having fun). Costumes were amazing. Weapons were amazing. PFI and Madame Lola sales...marvelously amazing.
Let's cut to the good meat...
I want the old time feel of a good horror story. H.P. Lovecraft and the likes. Surprise us here at Philly Flash Inferno. We need this, but we need it new. Your story. Rip it from your little beating chest, stomp on it, put it in a blender, add some spice, and mash that monster-sucker sideways. You can be creative and mix the story with a new theme, but the story has to feel like it is being told through an old time horror voice.
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MONSTER MASHUP! Are you hearing me, my little devils? Whatever that means to you...BUT...
Rules for Submissions
1) Go to top of this page and take a moment to memorize the guidelines.
2) Go to the sidebar of this page and see what is inappropriate EVEN for OUR Inferno.
3) Go to the archives on this page, bottom sidebar, and click on the issues of long ago, when we were solely online and not in Print/PDF. This will give you creative examples of the golden tickets to our pit.
4) Create your Monster Mashup or Seven Deadlies or Redemption stories.
5) Check all of the above to make sure it applies.
666) Check ten more times to make sure all of the above applies.
7) Submit to Phillyflashinferno@gmail.com with a bio pic (good quality) and bio attached.
8) Be kind and add a nice note and not just a bunch of attachments:
Example: "Hello, I am such and such, this is why I think I would be a good fit to drop in your pit. My story, blah, blah, blah is about being brief...and not kidding...and if I had to pick a ring of hell...not kidding again about being brief...here it is, oh, gracious Minos, Dark Lord of the Philly Flash Hell. Signed, X."
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Go forth and create! I am anxious to see what we hate to love and love to hate.
Much Love, Cathy T. Colborn and PFI Crew.
*****KEEP SENDING SUBS UNTIL WE POST "STOP"*****
P.S. One author copy per accepted submission and a chance to be a Featured Artist/Author for a fifty-dollar stipend chosen by the PFI Editing Team.
Bad Luck!-CC
Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419523705788921075.post-38278591162176372342015-02-04T14:39:00.002-08:002015-02-04T14:42:07.146-08:00Winter 2014/15 Issue for Purchase<div style="text-align:left; width:650px"><object id="myWidget" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf" width="650" height="400"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="book_id=5973299&locale=en_US" /><a target="_new" href="http://www.blurb.com/books/preview/5973299-philly-flash-inferno-winter-2014-15?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget"><img src="http://bookshow.blurb.com/bookshow/cache/P9888238/md/wcover_2.png"></img></a></object><div style="display:block;"><a href="http://www.blurb.com/b/5973299-philly-flash-inferno-winter-2014-15?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;">Philly Flash Inferno, Winter 2014/15 by Catt Colborn</a> | <a href="http://www.blurb.com/landing_pages/bookshow?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;">Make Your Own Book</a></div></div>Philly Flash Infernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919643796660364944noreply@blogger.com0