aggravated 
tired 
My co-editor Caroline Callaghan is no longer able to help me with the magazine. I would like to thank her for her support and work, and wish her all the best for the future.
Anyone want to be a co-editor???????
myspace blogs
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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myspace blog
Date: 11 Jun 2009
| PHEW Ever get those flashes of sudden inspiration where you go "well bloody hell, how can any one person be so completely and utterly stupid with only one head!!!!" Here I am, faffing and scrabbling about looking for drawings to go in the mag, when all along they were right under my nose, as they were the for the last year and a half of faffing too. Good grief.
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catastrophe
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
 | Current mood:  discontent OK. One of the artists has recalled their drawing. Issue 3 therefore no longer has a cover. There will be a delay while I scrabble about frantically looking for another drawing. Very trying. My appologies. Coral.
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Single again?...
ISSUE 3 LINE UP
Monday, April 27, 2009
| Current mood:  froggy Metaphorically speaking of course! Due to the fact that female submissions are at a premium, I've had no choice but to open submissions fully to male authors as well, otherwise it would be a positively anorexic publication. Changes are going to have to be made. While I will still be rooting about trying to find new female talent, I will be considering submissions from both sexes for the main body of the magazine, rather than just having a men's section. It will have to be the thinking PERSON's crumpet from now on, hee. I refuse to feel a failure, if ladies won't submit I can't promote them, it's as simple as that. I will get round to updating the various blurbs eventually. In the meantime here is the line up for issue three. Stories: CONTROL by Anna Stephens GHOST by Sue Rule THE STRANGE CRUCIFIXION by Lobolover RUBBISH by Suzanne Jackson SOLTICE by Franklin Marsh SHE WALKED INTO NIGHT by Sue Rule BEYOND THE DOOR by Benedict Jones Also verse by Roswell Ivory and Mia Quayle, and art by Karn McCloud and Roger Pile. More items are expected in from Glen Hamilton, James Stanger, Craig Herberson and Sean Parker, and with that, submissions for issue three are now closed. Should anyone care to submit for consideration in future issues, please feel free to do so, reading is not done at set times. Coral x
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BB4!
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Black Book of Horror Volume 4.....
Is here at last, hurrah!The latest anthology of hair-raising, haunting, hellish horror from editor Charles Black is now available from his site, here:
http://www.freewebs.com/mortburypress/
If you haven't tried the Black Books yet you really are missing out. With a plethora of top writers creating some of the best horror fiction around at the moment, both classic style and modern, and the delightfully reminiscent Pan Book of Horror stylings, they are definitely a treat for lovers of the macabre.
I like them too!
Category: Writing and Poetry
CONTENTS
Soup - Craig Herbertson
Words - Paul Finch
A Cry For Help - Joel Lane
With Deepest Sympathy - Johnny Mains
Many Happy Returns - Carl T. Ford
All Hallow's Even - Franklin Marsh
Dead Water - David A. Sutton
And Still Those Screams Resound...' - Daniel McGachey
Love is in the Air - Gary McMahon
The Head - Reggie Oliver
The Devil Looks After His Own? - Ian C. Strachan
Bad Hair Day - Gary Fry
Flies - Hazel Quinn
Nails - Rog Pile
The Lord of the Law - David Conyers
15 TALES OF TERROR SELECTED BY CHARLES BLACK
Fututre Fire magazine requires female SF writers.
(copied from Djbril's blog)
Friday, April 03, 2009
| Category: Writing and Poetry The Future Fire will run a themed "feminist science fiction" issue toward the end of this year or the beginning of 2010 (as long as it takes us to acquire the requisite number of stories). By "feminist" we do not mean stories necessarily written by women or featuring female protagonists; what we are interested in are science fiction (or speculative) stories that address issues of gender, sexual identity and sexuality; stories that take the "radical idea that women are human beings" and do something about it; stories that can engage, empower, educate, and inspire men and women alike. And of course stories that challenge our expectations, that avoid cliché, that are beautiful and useful, that are social, political, and speculative cyberfiction. Please follow the usual submission guidelines, and indicate in your cover letter that this is a submission for the Feminist Science Fiction special issue. Stories submitted to the general pile will be considered for the feminist themed issue, and stories submitted to the theme will be considered for the intervening issues. This will in no way affect our selection criteria or standards: we shall still purchase only the best stories we receive.
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HELP...HORRIBLY, DREADFULLY ILL....
Hello peeps, please pardon the lack of activity at this site over the last few weeks, normal service will be resumed shortly;) Thank you to the new folks who have joined our ring, and to those who have sent comments and messages, it's appreciated. Still no nearer getting my operation, so have started work on issue three and the line up will be announced shortly. Do feel free to keep submitting though.
Cheers,
Coral.
Issue 3.....
WILL be published, despite my personal misgivings. I have had a great deal of input over this problem, and have decided that while I intend to cease trying to do "social networking" on the internet, I will continue for now to produce this magazine. We've already got some fabulous material lined up, and are looking forward to getting more. It would be a shame to let down the readers and contributors who have worked hard to make TTMC successful, so keep the subs coming and we'll publish in June.
Announcement
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
| Current mood:  disappointed Category: Life Anybody want a magazine??? OK here goes. Obviously this needs to be discussed with Caroline, my co editor, but unless she absolutely desperately wants me to continue with TTMC I don't think I'll be doing any more. I'm not wimping it, really I'm not, when one has ptsd as severely as I do it's virtually impossible to function as a human being anyway, without the stress of trying to ineract with the rest of the world. And if you're going to publish a magazine, interact you must. During the majority of the three years I have been using the internet I have managed to produce two vaguely shabby magazines that quite frankly shame the authors that have contributed to them, and have made the sum total of one, yes one!, friend. These are very poor batting averages. The internet is full of nutters and arseholes, I realise that, and I've as much right to be here as the next emotional cripple, but I've become a liability to anyone associated with me, and that really pisses me off, because all I want to do is be useful, believe it or not. Anyhoo, forewarned is forearmed. I'll keep you posted. I'll probably keep my personal blog to witter about childrens programmes and funny shaped vegetables, it's theraputic, but the rest of it seems likely to fall by the wayside. My appologies. Someody just wished me a happy life. I'd laugh if I hadn't cried so hard my head fell off, so now I have nothing to laugh with!!! Bye for now. Coral. |
Submissions required for Issue 3
copied and pasted from myspace!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
| Submissions for Iusse Three are now open. Current mood:  awake Please send in what you have by way of words or pictures as we're now taking the submissions for the next issue, being number three. ETA is May/June, so I could do with everything being in by the beginning of April, please. Issue One, which was originally published in June last year, will also be released again at the same time, as not everybody got a copy who wanted one due to my grand disappearing act. As I have none of the original copies, it will be a fresh creation, and although using the same stories, I would be pleased to have a couple more, and maybe some extra artwork too, as not all the original material has surived. More definite information will be posted here very shortly, as I have some some different ideas for no 3 that Caroline and I will have to arrange between us. Coral.
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Line up for issue 2
Saturday, December 20, 2008
| Line up for Issue 2.
Submissions for issue two are now closed, although you may submit at any time for consideration in further issues. The line up is as follows: The fiction and verse - BAD INTENTIONS by Anna Stephens. HALLUCINATION by Roswell Ivory. 2AM by Sharon Washington. DELICIOUS by Sam Crosby Non fiction - Interview with CHARLES BLACK by Caroline Callaghan. Men's section - SKELETON IN THE CLOSET by A. J. Kirby WE ARE THREE by Tim Jeffreys
While there is the possibility of last minute additions, the above are the definite inclusions to date. Issue 2 is due out in January 2009, and details of how to obtain a copy will be posted here in the near future. Cheers, Coral and Caroline.
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Issue 2 ready to go!
After much adjustment and faffing, including the adding a featured story, World Without End, by Marie O'Regan, Issue 2 is now ready to go to press. Just waiting on the cover artist to finish and it will be out shortly thereafter.
Will keep you posted.
Delays...
Unfortunately, due to a big stay in hospital that ate up a large part of January, we may have to run over a little into February, sorry about that, it'll be out as soon as possible.
AT LAST!!!!!
Issue 2 is now printing out!!!!!!!
See the order page for details on how to get yours, or how to get extra ones if you're a contributor.
Contributor copies will be automatically sent next week.
Crikey.
In the News
Hi there, now you can also interact with us on myspace.
Check out profile page at:
We look forward to seeing you there.
Blogger
My personal blog, at the aptly namd Blogger is now up and running if anyone would care to visit me there.
http://coralking-editorttmc.blogspot.com/
The Haunt...
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Monday, 16 February 2009
The Horror Mall.
"THE HAUNT", at the Horror Mall, is a great place to go online and interact with other fans of scary books and films. You'll find people from all walks of life, with all sorts of hobbies and interests, but all sharing one common delight; the love of a good fright!
If you like horror, in any or all of its various guises, go along and join up. There are profiles for finding friends and networking, if that's your bag, and forums to discuss every aspect of the spooky industry.
For a site devoted to horror, there's a decidely friendly atmosphere, and there's plenty of information available on finding books and films, including lataest releases, in both small and popular presses.
You will have to join to view the site, it's private membership, but as joining up takes about 35 seconds it's no hardship, and the owner is constantly working towards a spam and ad free environment that's relaxed and comfortable for members to browse.
I'm off to post a bulletin asking for information on where to obtain a copy of the original black and white film "Dead of Night", a I can't find one anywhere. See you there.
http://www.horror-mall.com/haunt/
If you like horror, in any or all of its various guises, go along and join up. There are profiles for finding friends and networking, if that's your bag, and forums to discuss every aspect of the spooky industry.
For a site devoted to horror, there's a decidely friendly atmosphere, and there's plenty of information available on finding books and films, including lataest releases, in both small and popular presses.
You will have to join to view the site, it's private membership, but as joining up takes about 35 seconds it's no hardship, and the owner is constantly working towards a spam and ad free environment that's relaxed and comfortable for members to browse.
I'm off to post a bulletin asking for information on where to obtain a copy of the original black and white film "Dead of Night", a I can't find one anywhere. See you there.
http://www.horror-mall.com/haunt/
Black Book of Horror 4 cover revealed
Another brilliant piece by artist Paul Mudie announced by Mortbury Press this week.
Here it is:
http://vaultofevil.proboards75.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=itsthenewthing&thread=2593&page=1#14671
Paul Mudie's gallery can be viewed here:
http://www.paulmudie.com/