tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47781841428822905702024-03-08T09:50:28.176-08:00Through the Eyes of the Undead 2Robert Essighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14798642431845670825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778184142882290570.post-46752531291634836462011-06-03T07:27:00.000-07:002011-06-03T07:27:17.880-07:00Submissions Are Now ClosedAs of June 1st, submissions have closed for this anthology. I will be reading through the remainder of the submissions folder and hope to have final decisions and a TOC by the end of June, if not sometime in July.<br />
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Thank you to all who submitted.Robert Essighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14798642431845670825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778184142882290570.post-40353334250026470742011-03-28T19:20:00.000-07:002011-03-28T19:20:23.502-07:00Deadline!May 31st will be the last day I accept stories for consideration for Through the Eyes of the Undead 2. After that I will wade through the short list and make final decisions on what zombie goodness will be in the book. Good luck to all who submit. Send me something different, compelling and bizarre that I cannot resist.Robert Essighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14798642431845670825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778184142882290570.post-17151363902483417872010-11-30T20:00:00.000-08:002010-12-03T07:03:13.936-08:00Guidelines<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Library of the Living Dead Presents:</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through the Eyes of the Undead II</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As with the first Through the Eyes of the Undead I am looking for stories through the zombie's perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist, whether good, bad or ugly, must be a zombie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If your protagonist isn't a reanimated corpse, the story will be rejected outright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want a variety of tales, therefore I am open to zombie stories from all genres of speculative fiction--horror, bizarro, steampunk, sci-fi, fantasy, cross-genre, whatever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just so long as the story is well written and your protagonist is a zombie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Break the rules for all I care, just be sure your protagonist was once alive and now reanimated.</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't care what kind of zombie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm open-minded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Voodoo, Romeroesque, toxic, radioactive, fast, slow, whatever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just make it a damn good read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Word length: 3K-9K firm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do not query about longer or shorter stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you submit a longer or shorter story it will be rejected outright.</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Payment: 1 cent per word and a contributors copy</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to submit:</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.rtf attachment </span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Standard manuscript format (double spaced, courier font, 1 inch margins, etc.)</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the subject line write: Submission / (story title)</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Send submissions to <a href="mailto:throughundeadeyes@gmail.com">throughundeadeyes@gmail.com</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Responses:</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will attempt to respond within 2 months (likely sooner).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will either get a rejection, a re-write request (very uncommon), or be placed on the short list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do not query about your submission until two months have passed.</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Submissions will close around April/May 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will post a date for the close of submissions at least two months in advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best thing you can do is buy the first Through the Eyes of the Undead to get a good idea of what I like and what has already been done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be looking for the stories that didn't get into the first volume, the stories that hadn't been submitted yet, the stories that are different from what I chose to accept the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means I will be very selective in my choices and have to reject great work simply because the theme was too close to something in the first volume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do yourself a favor and buy the first Through the Eyes of the Undead, available <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Through-Eyes-Undead-Zombie-Anthology/dp/1452855897/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top">HERE</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that this may sound like a scheme to sell books, and in some small way it is, but I have been rejected by a publisher ten times before finally buying their magazine and then submitted knowing what they like only to get them to finally accept my story.</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good luck!</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep it undead.</span></span></div>Robert Essighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14798642431845670825noreply@blogger.com0