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Mentionable Honors
Ellen Datlow just released her full honorable mention list for Best Horror of the Year Volume 4, and while there are a daunting 608 stories on that list, we’re very happy to say that seven of them are from Shock Totem authors.
Though none listed will actually appear on the list of 50 featured in the anthology itself, the recognition for our authors is hardly diminished.
So a hearty congratulations goes out to Lee Thompson, Amanda C. Davis, John Haggerty, Steven Pirie, Aaron Polson, Jeremy Kelly, and Mekenzie Larsen. Well deserved, fellas!
You can read their stories in Shock Totem #3 and #4.
And before I end this, I would be remiss if I didn’t send a very big thank-you to Ellen for her time and consideration. Our appreciation is beyond words.
Posted in Alumni News, Shock Totem News
Tagged Aaron Polson, Amanda C. Davis, Best Horror of the Year, Best Horror of the Year Volume 4, Ellen Datlow, Jeremy Kelly, John Haggerty, Lee Thompson, Mekenzie Larsen, Shock Totem #3, Shock Totem #4, Steven Pirie
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Jaelithe Ingold Strikes Gold…Again
Our fifth and final flash fiction contest of 2011 has come to a close. The prompt for this contest consisted of two images. (You might recognize them.) Participants were required to build their story around the people who live in the six individual dwellings in the images, not the ominous red light in the window. Of the nearly 50 who signed up, 31 finished.
And once again the women dominated.
This month’s winner was Jaelithe Ingold, who won with her story “Little Knife Houses.” This is her second First Place finish this year, meaning she has a two-in-five chance of winning overall and being published in our next issue.
Gio Clairval took Second Place with her tale, “Six on the Hill of My Heart,” and just a point away was Amanda C. Davis, with her story “Why Ulu Left the Bladescliff.”
All three have either won or made the top three numerous times in the past. Well-deserved, of course.
Incidentally, since we began these contests in January 2010, the ladies of Shock Totem have, in two words, kicked ass. In that first year, we had 19 top-three winners overall (a few contests had ties), and 13 of those winners were women. In 2011, 14 of the 15 top three were women.
The lone man of 2011: Simon C. Larter. (Stand proud, good sir, we salute you!)
That said, congratulations, ladies!
Posted in Contests, Shock Totem News
Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Contests, Flash Fiction Contest, Gio Clairval, Jaelithe Ingold, Shock Totem #4, Simon C. Larter, Writing Contest
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Courting the Queen of Gingerbread Ashes
The debut issue of Arcane is available to order. It is published/edited by Nathan Shumate, who I believe was behind Arkham Tales. I never read Arkham Tales, but it looked good. As does Arcane…
And it features stories by fellow Totemites, issue #3 author Amanda C. Davis (“Courting the Queen of Sheba”) and issue #4 author Jaelithe Ingold (“Gingerbread and Ashes”).
Digital copies are $2.99 and the print version is $7.99. Consider checking it out. I imagine it has at least two good stories in it.
Posted in Alumni News, Blog, Market News
Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Arcane Magazine, Arkham Tales, Jaelithe Ingold, Market News, Nathan Shumate, Shock Totem, Shock Totem #3, Shock Totem #4
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Amanda C. Davis Sheens
And the winner is…
Amanda C. Davis, whose story “Drift” can be found in issue #3, won our flash fiction contest for March. She won with her story “Dolly at the End of the World,” which was based on this prompt. This is Amanda’s second First Place win; she won previously in May of 2010. She also had a Second and Third Place finish last year.
Sounds like winning to me. The real kind that comes from hard work and talent.
But let’s not forget this month’s Second and Third Place winners: Simon C. Larter and H.L. Fullerton, respectively.
If you know them, congratulate them. It was a tough one this month.
Posted in Alumni News, Contests, Shock Totem News
Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Contests, H.L. Fullerton, Simon C. Larter
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2010 Flash Fiction Contest Winner
Earlier this year, we began hosting flash fiction contests. It started out monthly then moved to bi-monthly. It was a lot of fun and we got to read some great tales. First Place winners received a prize of their choosing, usually a book or fiction magazine. Of those winners, an ultimate winner was then chosen to be included in our upcoming issue #3.
Because we had read a lot of the winning stories and didn’t want any kind of bias to play a role in our decision, we asked fellow writer and friend—and musician (check out Broken Hope and Lupara)—Jeremy Wagner to judge the stories and pick his favorite. He never participated in any of the monthly/bi-monthly contests and read all stories anonymously.
He chose Steven Pirie’s “Ruth Across the Sea” as his top choice. You’ll be able to read the story in a little over a month!
Jeremy also chose two runners-up in Amanda C. Davis’s “In Memoriam” and “Like Origami in Water,” by Damien Walters Grintalis. They will receive Amazon gift certificates kindly donated by Jeremy.
Congrats, guys! And Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Posted in Alumni News, Shock Totem News
Tagged Amanda C. Davis, Broken Hope, Damien Walters Grintalis, Jeremy Wagner, Lupara, Steven Pirie
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