Read Project Threshold

Hi all.
I spent part of last week working on getting Trembling With Fear ready with our new editors and continuing to plot out the new website layout. Progress is slow in all of the areas that we’re working on, but it is happening!

Speaking of Trembling With Fear, we are still hoping for a few more drabbles to hit our inbox in any form of speculative fiction! (Remember, while we love it, we don’t just print horror! Science fiction and fantasy are both more than welcome in all of their varieties!)

On a personal note, I signed another short story contract! More details when I can. So exciting to have all of this good news coming in!

And now, I will return you to your regularly scheduled newsletter!

Read InhuMANities today!

“Dark, visceral, poetic and devastatingly honest, Robertsons writing lives at the intersection of unabashed hunger, desire, beauty and repulsion. These tales strike at the heart of the queer, gothic soul. They are beautifully painful and darkly necessary. A must read for all those who love unflinching art.”
-Suzan Palumbo Author of Countess and Skin Thief.

This week I’m sharing articles from Business and Craft. Firstly, Kindlepreneur explores how to write a book’s copyright page. If you’re self-publishing, you may feel overwhelmed with the amount of work you have to do to create your book (not to mention the marketing). Kindlepreneur simplifies what a copyright page is , whether you need one, what is included, and how to format the page with examples to refer to. Next in business, Author Marketing Experts focuses on how to write your book’s pitch well enough to receive replies. With examples included, they look at what should be included, the word count, and what should be avoided when writing a pitch. A very useful article. Lastly, in craft, Fiction University examines what makes a good ending for your novel. Janice Hardy admits that she usually rushes her endings (I’m the same!) and here she provides great advice that she has accumulated over time.      

Business:

Kindlepreneur: “How to Write a Book Copyright Page (With Examples & Templates)”

Author Marketing Experts: “How to Write a Book Pitch That Gets Replies (With Examples)”

Craft:

Fiction University: “Does Your Novel Just…Stop? What Makes a Good Ending”

From Horror Tree:

🎬 Cover Reveal & Excerpt: Hailey Piper’s This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want

🧬 Lurking in the Gene Pool – Book Review

👻 The Hauntings Back Home - Book Review

🖤 The Composition of a Crow – Book Review

🎄👻 Humbug - Book Review 👻🎄

This week’s free fiction is a mixed bag of speculative fiction from. Firstly, “The Memory Hounds of Bak-Ankham” is a dark fantasy short story about factory workers who are cleansed nightly by the hounds of Bak-Ankham. It is a psychological horror about enslavement and war, with the idea of how memory works as a sort of magic system. A powerful read with strong imagery. Next, “POV: I Met My Younger Self for Tea” is a fantastical flash story about a woman who somehow time travels and sits at the same coffee shop as her younger self. It is a charming, cosy story about self-reflection, dreams, and desires. Next, “Losing our humanity” is a disturbing horror flash story about a group of people who turn back to a primitive way of living. While choosing to live like our ancestors is described to be ‘simple and better’, this story does make one think of what we’d lose. Lastly, “A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons” is a horror flash story formatted as a set of instructions or steps to summon a demon, but from a first point of view. It looks at bullying at high school and the extreme lengths it can progress to. Enjoy reading!

“The Memory Hounds of Bak-Ankham” by A. W. Prihandita at Uncanny Magazine.

“POV: I Met My Younger Self for Tea" by Elizabeth Muñoz at LatineLit.

“Losing our humanity” by Ciera McElroy at Ghost Parachute.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons” by Cynthia Zhang at Haven Spec Magazine.

Writing Exercise: Demonic Taint

A little girl’s doll goes missing. To everyone on Blanc Street, it is insignificant. To the forty-eight year old single lady known as ‘Crazy Betty’, who lives at the end of this line of houses, it is the harbinger. 

She packs her bag, prepared for anything, and wanders to where the little girl claimed she lost her doll. In the park.

‘Crazy Betty’ salts the swings, the rickety roundabout, and rusty slide before chanting from her bible. It has been years since her last exorcism, but the words flow like a river, lashing the air and purifying the park from the demon’s taint.

Satisfied that the park was now safe, ‘Crazy Betty’ shuts her bible, sighs and then freezes, as a voice spills in her mind.

You might want to try again.

What happens next is up to you…Let your imagination run wild!

If you post any writing content during the week and think it would be a good fit for us to feature, do reach out and let us know at [email protected]

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