to
the Holiday Edition of
AlienSkin
Magazine®.
In the spirit of giving,
this issue features a few added extras. Staff writer,
Rob Shelsky,
offers his reviews of a horror anthology and one of a new TV series that
premiers this January,
The Black Dawn.
He also shares his
interview with Independent filmmaker and producer,
Joshua Sikora,
about the upcoming new show.
Within these virtual pages
you'll also find plenty of short tales and poems to sate your desire for a
quick read during these long nights of winter.
This time around, we off
26 New Stories and 8 Fibonacci Sequence
Poems. They are
an eclectic mix of sci-fi,
horror, and fantasy by fledgling and established writers.
Several of our contributing
writers make their début as published writers this issue. For others,
this marks their 1st
paid fiction sale.
We offer hearty congratulations to these
9
first-timers.
Help us welcome them by giving their story or poem a read.
Appearing in our Flash Fiction section
are:
Ruth Avalon Caswell,
California
Michael Cruz, Massachusetts
Phillip Donnelly,
France
Sarah Klein, New Jersey
Amy Laurens,
ACT Australia
Stephen J. Simmons, Virginia
Appearing in our Micro Fiction section
are:
Clint Spivey, Japan
Chris Reynolds, Japan
Appearing in our Fib Poetry sidebars
are:
A. Arduini, Illinois
Kudos to All of You! Thank You for
allowing
us
to host your stories.
Joining us from abroad are
writers from Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Writers from across the U. S. and Canada fill the remaining story and poetry slots.
Writers from California claimed the most publication slots this
issue.
AlienSkin
Magazine® Welcomes
all our new and returning writers. Your stories help make each of our issues
enjoyable and unique.
Columnists,
Elaine Isaak,
Dr. Kevin Hillman,
and
Rob Shelsky
offer new genre-related articles
on fiction writing.
Be sure to drop by their page and glean the advice they have to
share.
Two writers share two of
their works in this issue. The writers featuring 2-fers are:
Fibonacci Poetry ~ A. Arduini, Illinois
Micro Fiction & Poem ~
Mark Joseph Kiewlak, Pennsylvania
And last, but not least, we announce that our
Zap Room
gunners have all run
off Deer Hunting this issue.
Challengers facing potential defeat by their keen eye and lightening fast
trigger fingers will appear in our next issue. If you feel bold and
are unabashed by criticism of your pampered
prose,
you may consider taking our
ZAP ROOM
challenge.
Who knows, we might enjoy you story and decide to publish it.
If not,
you'll gain an
AlienSkin
T-shirt to help take
away the sting of our public rejection. Just click on
over to that section of our magazine for all the juicy details.
With all that said, we wish you and yours a
VERY
Now sit back now and enjoy the latest issue of
AlienSkin Magazine®
~
Special Notice to Writers~
We Are currently
OPEN to
Submissions in:
Flash Fiction (500-1,000 words)
Micro-Fiction (150 words exactly)
Fibonacci Sequence Poems
(6-lines/20 syllables total)
We are currently seeking speculative fiction of
500 words to
1,000 words in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and
horror ~ and 150 word micro-fiction.
Our
Word Counts Are Firm,
so please do not send any material under or over our stated
acceptable word counts. If you do you will receive an
auto-rejection and cause us to shake our heads at your inability
to follow
simple
instructions.
Our
Submissions
section contains
updated information about our current publishing needs, so take
the time to review our Submission Guidelines before you submit anything to
us.
AlienSkin Magazine®
is a paying market for genre fiction.
