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'Weird Fiction' zine? Anyone?

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STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:17 / 29.12.01

That sounds like a plan... only trouble is, one of you is gonna have to do it because (embarrassed smirk/grimace) I know fuck all about computers. Hence my liking for paper. But I also like the idea of posting it online as well.

Ria

18:39 / 29.12.01

perhaps an "issue 0" posted online as a teaser and the remainder in print.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:17 / 30.12.01

Sounds cool... also, from what little I know about this electrickery business that would give us a bit more freedom to mess around with format, content etc without wasting a whole load of paper, as well as seeing what kind of interest there is for it...

rizla mission

07:46 / 31.12.01

I don't have time today, but shall I try and start a Yahoo e-group thingy tomorrow?

Are we going with 'Trauma Unit' as a title?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

03:48 / 01.01.02

I'm torn between that and "Tantalus"... maybe that's one of the first things we thrash out on this Yahoo group thingy, and get THAT sorted once and for all.

Shortfatdyke

06:05 / 01.01.02

i'm with 'tantalus' as the title.

this better happen, cos i am full of stories that i am just trying to get down on paper asap.....

Saveloy

14:30 / 02.01.02

Panic Button, that's what you should call it.

lentil

15:12 / 02.01.02

I've only just read this post but i like the idea. illustrations or comics would be my thing. have to say that i don't normally work in the realms of dark fantasy, but i'm a classic pisces (not that I believe in that stuff) and can get into anything quickly.
I'm telling myself "doom, mental torture, scaly extremities, undistinguishable flesh" ... am i thinking on the right lines?

rizla mission

15:46 / 02.01.02

um .. I dunno .. I guess so..

I've set up the yahoo group, so all those who want a look in, feel free to join by emailing here:

barbelithweirdfictionzine-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

or going here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barbelithweirdfictionzine/

see you there.

Ria

16:15 / 02.01.02

quote:Originally posted by shortfatdyke:

this better happen, cos i am full of stories that i am just trying to get down on paper asap.....

you could write 'em down regardless though and horor fiction has a number of markets for the small press even if they pay little or nothing.

pointless and uncalled for

17:36 / 02.01.02

I have a good name. It's from the side of a sensitive materials waste carton.

CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION

Shortfatdyke

05:13 / 03.01.02

ria - tell me about it! most of my stuff has actually been published - sold my last story for £9.90 no less (and certainly no more!). my problem is that the small press in this country is rather sword and sorcery based and many of them will not even consider your stuff unless you take out a subscription..... so a new mag is rather a good thing methinks.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:31 / 03.01.02

Cheers for sorting the Yahoo thingy, Rizla... I say we spend the next 3 or 4 days thrashing out the title thing on there (giving everyone else who's expressed an interest but maybe only checks this thread every couple of days time to redirect themselves), cos that's obviously the first hurdle. And does anyone have any objection to the whole paper + online "teaser" idea? Cos it sounds good to me. WARNING- I'm working for the next four nights, so won't be TOO useful until Tuesday, but will do my best before then.
Pirate Cthulhu story almost up and running (or weighing anchor, so to speak)... I'm just trying to decide whether it would be too silly to include a tentacled skull and crossbones flag in it somewhere... I think it probably would.

agvvv

07:32 / 03.05.05

What happened here? Been thinking along the same lines recently..only difference being that Im thinking e-zine..

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:47 / 03.05.05

It ended up in that place where falls the shadow, you know, between thought and action, or whatever. Shame.

If you're doing something similar and want people on board, I'll give it another go, though...

agvvv

12:54 / 03.05.05

Sounds good Stoat. Im thinking e-zine, nice looking website where you download the issues in pdf format. You like? Also, should it be one specific genre?

TeN

17:46 / 03.05.05

as long as we're going e-zine, let's go all out - not just fiction, but comics, art, essay, everything and anything

I'm sure I could contribute something

Bradley Sands

22:30 / 03.05.05

Stoat,

You married to Amity? She's an old school friend of mine.

Hey, I used to be an assistant editor at Weird Tales.

Here's another good e-zine in the same vein: http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thedreampeople/index.html

agvvv

22:45 / 03.05.05

Sounds good TeN.. Anyone else on board? Ill be contributing fiction and graphics..

Sax

06:27 / 04.05.05

How much are you paying?

Olulabelle

09:17 / 04.05.05

Sax, just because you're now a famous celeb-hob-nobbing author doesn't mean you have to sell out to the 'wanting cash for the things you create' school of thought. Do it for the love, for the love of your art I tell you. Dear, dearie me.

So yes, anyway. How much are you paying?

Laughing

11:47 / 04.05.05

I'm in if you'll have me. I warn you, though, I have the worst schedule ever. So don't expect anything approaching "timeliness".

agvvv

12:52 / 04.05.05

Ill give you pie. Lots of it

agvvv

12:53 / 04.05.05

Sax gets toast. For obvious reasons. Tea and toast

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

04:30 / 08.05.05

I'll contribute for pie...

TeN

18:44 / 08.05.05

that should be the title...
"Stories for Pie"
"Will Write for Pie"
"PieMag"

something like that

agvvv

20:08 / 08.05.05

Pie in the sky

Benny the Ball

19:18 / 10.05.05

I'm up for writing something.

agvvv

19:22 / 10.05.05

Ok.. So first thing, whats the title gonna be? And in what format, pdf?

■

20:24 / 10.05.05

Not sure if I have the legal ability to write anything for anyone except my current employer, but if you need a sub-editor on a purely amateur basis, I'm game.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

16:03 / 11.05.05

Sounds like we're on! (and bradleysands- yes!)

Someone else has to do the organising, though. I'm not good at that, which is why it never worked last time. I can do effort, I can do hard work, organisation- not my strong point.

"Dreams In The Pie House"? Maybe not.

agvvv

16:51 / 11.05.05

Organisation not my strong point either.. anyone?

alejandrodelloco

01:50 / 15.05.05

I'm game to contributing something. I have a few ideas that are fairly wacked-out that I have wanted to put into fruition for a while...

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

17:30 / 15.05.05

I CAN attempt to do the organising, seeing as people are game and stuff, and I'd love to see this happen... but I'm not particularly good at it. Effort I can give... expertise (especially where online malarkey is concerned)- not so good.

I still think this has... well, if not exactly legs, then maybe tentacles... and it seems other people agree. (And it's a source of eternal regret that it didn't happen last time...)

Essentially what I'm saying is if nobody else is really up for organisational stuff, I'll give it a go... but I'm hoping someone else IS up for it.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

17:38 / 15.05.05

Oh, and the nuts'n'bolts of actually BUILDING a website with pdf downloads and what have you... someone else WILL have to do that. Because I actually AM Catweazle, and this electrickery business is way over my head.

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