Posts Tagged ‘Lust’
I live near the end of a postal route which means that my mail usually arrives in late afternoon or evening — sometimes in these winter months even after dark, possibly not to be discovered until the next morning. That’s reflected here when an item often may not get posted until the next day (though of course email items can also not be received until very late) as, for instance, now.
So what Thursday’s mail brought was a fairly bulky padded package, in which was my long-awaited author’s copy of SPACE OPERA LIBRETTOS (cf. January 1, et al.), the boo
k of [d]ramatic, large-scale stories of the distant future, focused on optimism and inclusion and blowing things up. Weird mashups. Actual arias. Fat ladies singing on funeral pyres. Watery tarts distributing swords optional. So had said the guidelines and so, at last, it was here — part of the game is that authors’ copies, at least in print, often come slowly, publishers having to fulfill paid customers’ orders first — including my own tale in number three spot, “The Needle Heat Gun,” a saga of heroism and love on an uncharted planet with, if not formal singing, a lot of humming.
If interested, “The Needle Heat Gun” is one of twenty stories of music and outer-space (or thereabouts) mayhem, more on which can be found by pressing here.
Then for a quick Friday addendum (or electronic copies can come much faster), today’s email brought a PDF authors’ copy of SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LUST (see post just below) with my “A Cup Full of Tears,” a brief recounting of sweet lesbian vampire love. With it came instructions for also obtaining a paperback copy, but with a warning: that its arrival might be less quick.
The paperback edition was actually published on Valentine’s Day, so says Amazon, and today the Kindle edition is out. And not only that, for those who like luxury with their lust, a hardcover option came out today also. The book: Black Hare Press’s SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LUST (cf. February 11, December 8), edited by Ben Thomas and D. Kershaw, and appropriate 365 days a year — or maybe this year a full 366. My part in this, originally published in MON COEUR MORT (Post Mortem Press, 2011), is “A Cup Full of Tears,” on an evening in the unlife of a female vampire on a recruiting mission. Or in any event, below is a rundown of the contents from Amazon’s blurb for their paperback entry.
Safe Word by A.L. KingGoodbye, Casanova by A.R. DeanFlaunt by A.R. JohnstonLouve Garou by Blake JessopAramis and Shelby by Catherine KenwellPoison Lust by Cindar HarrellTruly Human by Clint FosterNice Face by D.J. EltonFair Game by Dannielle VieraSexcapades by Dawn DeBraalFreedom by Eddie D. MoorePrimal Urging by Edward AhernMarionet
te by Erica SchaefZantiel by G. Allen WilbanksChad by Gabriella BalcomOf Oyster Shells and Shit by Hari Navarro#IAmHuman by J.L. RoyceThe Red Pierce Reunion Tour by J.M. MeyerThe Fae’s New Dawn by J.W. GarrettA Cup Full of Tears by James DorrPrey by James LipsonA Matter of Perception by Jason HoldenMermaid at War by Jessica ChaneseL’amour L’mort by Jo SeysenerThe Selkie’s Appetite by Jodi JensenLust for Life, or No Job for an Ordinary Woman by John H. DromeyThe Council of Six and a Half by K.B. ElijahLucifer’s Lament by Lyndsey Ellis-HollowaySanguine Enamel by M.J. ChristieUnplugged by M. Sydnor Jr.Podcast of the Dead by Mark MackeyTiger Nut Sweets by Maura YzmoreTaming the Beast by Maxine ChurchmanTortured Word Games by Michael D. DavisBlooming Day by N.M. BrownI Want You by Nerisha Kemraj My Girl by Nicola CurrieLocal Girls Are Waiting For You by Raven Corinn CarlukThe Stranger by Rhiannon BirdSome Body by Robin BraidGood Intentions by Sandy ButchersDigits of Doom by Serena JayneDamned by Stephanie ScissomI Warned You by Stephen HerczegI Got a Message for You by Sue Marie St. LeeDarkness Consumes by Terry MillerCoitus Interruptus by Thomas KearnesLittle Man of Apartment No 1610 by Tristan Drue RogersWhat Hears Your Prayers by Wondra VanianPi by Ximena EscobarThe Fallen: Lust of the Dragon by Zoey XoltonContains adult themes (my title thoughtfully set here in boldface for quick identification)
For the Kindle edition, from which one can reach its two hard copy manifestations as well, one need but press here.
That is to say the anthology SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LUST (cf. February 6, December 8 2019), Black Hare Press’s promised compilation of tales of . . . well . . . lust, careening toward a less-than-two-weeks-after-Valentine’s Day, February 25 release. My story in this, a brief tip of the hat (or other item of clothing) to sweet lesbian vampire love, “A Cup Full of Tears,” originally published in MON COEUR MORT (Post Mortem Press, 2011). But before publication, the details of authors’ biographies must be checked over to ensure correctness.
So yesterday late afternoon, mine was.
So sometimes several things come all at once, such is the magical life of the writer. And so today, Thursday, there are three new items under the aegis of “The Writing Life.” (1) For starters, an authors proof copy arrived from publisher Things in the Well for BURNING LOVE AND BLEEDING HEARTS (cf. February 5, January 20, 15) in which my story “A Saint Valentine’s Day Tale” appears in number three slot in the table of contents. So says the publisher: We’ve wound the stories and poems — all 60 of them — into a bit of a narrative. You’ll find no two are alike, in any way. It’s so wonderful to have such a diverse representation of dark or dangerous love. We are delighted with how it has all come 
together, and hope you are too. (2) Then second, for Black Hare Press’s SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LUST anthology, I received an edited copy of my story, “A Cup Full of Tears” (see December 8), to be checked over. (3) And then, last, a contract came from The Great Void for using my novelette, “The Garden,” in their upcoming UNREAL anthology. So. . . .
A flurry of reading, okaying the proof for an already announced February 14th Kindle edition, with paperback following in its time, for vampiress Claudette and “A Saint Valentine’s Day Tale”; more reading to check out Black Hare Press’s edits and find them okay for “A Cup Full of Tears”; and a gimlet-eyed poring over the contract for UNREAL and “The Garden,” with a hoped for publication date of March 14 — all of which I have okayed, approved, and signed and sent back to their respective recipients. Or, in a word, just another day in the Writing Life lived.
The wages of sin are not large for Black Hare Press’s SEVEN DEADLY SINS anthology series, but reprints are accepted and it’s an interesting sounding venue. So when the second in the series, LUST (the first, I believe, was PRIDE, but the deadline had already passed), opened for submissions I thought I had something that might fit the bill. The theme was broad enough (although, of course, “lust” would be part of it too): Speculative fiction. Dark bias. Can include comedy and romance elements. Word count was up to 3000 words, with no minimum. And so I had a slightly less than 1000-word tale (957 in fact, according to t
he “official” count in the contract) of a lesbian vampiric seduction of, shall one say, a youthful new prospect, which seemed a reasonable one to try.
The story itself: “A Cup Full of Tears,” originally published in MON COEUR MORT (Post Mortem Press, 2011), and Saturday the word came back. Thank you for your submission to LUST. We really enjoyed your story — A Cup Full of Tears — and would like to inform you that it has been accepted for inclusion in the publication. Congratulations! With it came more information, a link to Facebook, and guidelines for a couple of future projects, plus a contract which I filled and sent back yesterday afternoon.
And so it goes. Word is they’re trying for a release date of February 18 2020 — in time for a late Valentine’s Day present? Also that the next deadly sin to be tackled is SLOTH, perhaps not so exciting, but I might lazily take a look to see if there’s anything I have that might fit that theme too.
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