…and welcome back to another issue of Writersphere, where I pimp not only Belfire etc. titles but also open markets, authors I adore and stuff in general. Please click through to see more… it’s a long post, but full of all kinds of things, including a movie trailer!

And of course since I said ‘pimp’ I’ll have a zillion hits looking for things that usually get pimped in dark alleys and dimly lit street corners. Which is fine, they can click through and buy a book to keep themselves busy in the meantime… (hey, my gran tried to make me a lady, and gave up.. there’s just no lady here, sorry. hehehe)

Belfire & Needfire News

The website updates over at Belfire Press, are now complete, with added chatroom and forum, and by now the updates should have been tested with the other two sites. Hopefully. If not, just stop by the forum and play there for now…

We at Belfire want to again thank the folks over at May December for a wonderful review of Bob Freeman’s Descendant: A Wolfe & Crowe Investigation.

Belfire Press and Needfire Poetry are proud to present our Beside the Belfire Book Club!

About four times a year, we’ll present a title from either Belfire or Needfire, send a 15% discount code to verified members for their choice of ebook or print edition, then allow the next four weeks for purchase, shipping and reading. About half-way through, we’ll open a thread to begin discussion, and then open up for full discussion around a month from the start date.

The Kindle Me! Promotion has had a good strong start, but the odds of winning are still wondrously high! Want to win a Kindle reader? Surf on over to Belfire and read up on the requirements.

Check the website later today for a new post with more information on our 2011 line-up, new signings and a reading period clarification…

We’re on Facebook: Belfire Press Fan Page

and Twitter: Belfire – Needfire – New Bedlam

The Support The Little Guy Campaign

Have you read the 1st Issue of #SupportTheLittleGuy E-zine? What are you waiting for?

The ‘zine is now seeking submissions for the December 31st issue. It regularly includes 3-6 stories an issue, some reprints while others are new works, occasionally by unpublished authors. You’ll also find reviews of short fiction available free on small press websites.

#SupportTheLittleGuy E-zine is holding a comment contest to win free books, check out the site for more info on how to enter.

Seventh Star Press (who also publishes our wonderful Mr. Steven Shrewsbury) has recently announced the release of the second title in the Fires in Eden series, Dream of Legends by Stephen Zimmer.

Michael Hultquist (author, screenwriter) has his first adaptation releasing from IFC Entertainment! *This trailer is NSFW, and contains material that may upset sensitive viewers. Please be advised.*

What’s the ultimate form of revenge? One young man is about to find out. After being mysteriously kidnapped by a Doctor and his violent henchman, he’s held captive in the converted cellar of an old mansion. For reasons unknown, he’s forced to endure heinous physical and psychological torture, but slowly realizes the worst is yet to come when the Doctor’s brutal plan for him is finally revealed…

Apparently the video wouldn’t embed here, so here’s the link to it. Remember – NSFW!! http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/victim-2

Open Fiction Markets

1) Shock Totem

Shock Totem is a bi-annual dark fantasy and horror publication. Our first issue was published in July of 2009. We focus on the one thing that matters most: the story. Back to basics. Each issue features fiction that we, as readers, enjoy. Within our pages, new and established authors are equals.

2) GUD Magazine

GUD is modern in business, method, and execution, but timeless in message. GUD is published twice a year, for your reading pleasure.

3) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine

Why does the world need another SF magazine? Because not enough humorous SF & Fantasy gets into print. Because SF can be printed AND entertaining at the same time. Because it’s not the size of the sword, it’s where you stick it. Because too many ‘light-hearted, un-serious’ stories are rejected. Because first-time authors have a hell of a time getting into print.

Books, Books and More Books!

Roy C. Booth, the internationally award-winning playwright who brought us Brian Keene’s Terminal: The Play and the play collection Threatre of the Macabre offers a new collection of four, one-act plays adapted from stories originally published in Necrotic Tissue magazine.

Get an inside view of a dysfunctional family at their annual funeral in ‘Bloodsuckers’. In ‘Brain Souffle’, learn a yummy new recipe from a master necrotic chef. Watch as incarcerated zombies demand better living conditions in ‘Tenure,’ and finally, if you thought your cubicle was bad, get a glimpse into the workday grind of demons in ‘With Good Intentions.’

Rowan Gant is a Witch with a curse… The spirits of the dead just won’t leave him alone. Still reeling from the unsettling outcome of his most recent case with the Saint Louis police department’s Major Case Squad, Rowan once again finds himself face to face with an unearthly incarnation of evil-Miranda, the spirit of a 19th century serial killer that simply refuses to remain dead. However, this time the confrontation is by his own choice because old magick that Rowan believed he held in check is escaping its bonds, and Miranda’s legacy of torture and death has begun anew.

You know the authors’ names. You recognize the title. You’ve probably used this book yourself. And now The Elements of Style—the most widely read and employed English style manual—is available in a specially bound 50th Anniversary Edition that offers the title’s vast audience an opportunity to own a more durable and elegantly bound edition of this time-tested classic.

Offering the same content as the Fourth Edition, revised in 1999, the new casebound 50th Anniversary Edition includes a brief overview of the book’s illustrious history. Used extensively by individual writers as well as high school and college students of writing, it has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. This new deluxe edition makes the perfect gift for writers of any age and ability level.

Magazines

Are you ready to hold New Bedlam in your hand? Think you can have a piece of it in your home without inviting some of the evil in, too? If you can, if you want to try – even if you’re really too scared to give it a go – get on the subscription list for The New Bedlam Project, in print!

Let us know to add you to the list: admin ‘at’ newbedlam.com. No further information is required at this time. We will notify potential subscribers with more information as it becomes available.

And yes, subscribing to The New Bedlam Project does count as an entry to win the Kindle!

Necrotic Tissue #12 is here! Get your copy while it’s still hot…then again, from the looks of the cover, it’ll be hot for a LONG time…

Shroud 10 is now on sale – pick up your copy today for some awesome Halloween evil!

And that wraps it up for this week. I’ll see you back here in about two weeks… and if you want to promote something, let me know jodi ‘at’ jodilee.ca!