New Name, Same Scares

The book formerly known as Appalachian Holiday Hauntings has a new name:



The contents remain the same. It'll be out in a couple of weeks, and I'll provide ordering details then.

Appalachian Holiday Hauntings Table of Contents

Here’s the table of contents for Appalachian Holiday Hauntings, edited by Michael Knost and Mark Justice, published by Woodland Press:

The Peddler’s Journey/Ronald Kelly
A Soul’s Wage/Brian J. Hatcher
Lorelei Wakes at Midnight/Patricia Hughes
A Sky Full of Stars and a Big Green Forever/Steve Vernon
The Christmas Bane/S. Clayton Rhodes
Smoke in a Bottle/Steve Rasnic Tem
The Nativity Tray/Sara J. Larson
Apple Head Dolly/Scott Nicholson
Yule Cat/JG Faherty
The Christmas Letter/EmmaLee Pallai
Beggars at Dawn/Elizabeth Massie

The anthology will make it’s debut at Borders in the Huntington Mall in Ona, WV on October 24th. For more information, check www.woodlandpress.com.

Ho-Ho-Horror Time is Almost Here

The anthology I'm editing with Michael Knost is open for submission for a couple of more weeks. If you were thinking about writing a story for AHH, you can find the guidelines here.

Appalachian Holiday Hauntings

For the writers out there, Mike Knost and I are editing an anthology of Christmas ghost stories. Details below.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Title: Appalachian Holiday Hauntings

Editors: Michael Knost and Mark Justice

Publisher: Woodland Press

Publication date: November 1, 2009

Word count: 1000 to 3000 words

Pay: three-cents per word plus contributor copy (one-cent per word on reprints)

Submit to: xmasanthology@yahoo.com

Format: Attached RTF or Word Document file. (do not copy and paste into email body)

No simultaneous or multiple submissions

No explicit language or sexual content (this project will be in regional school systems)

Deadline: September 1, 2009 (do not inquire on status of submission until after this date)

We are looking for traditional Christmas ghost stories set in the Appalachian region. Think Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with an Appalachian backdrop. However, given this example, we want to make sure you understand that stories may be set in any time frame, including the present.

We are not interested in tales that disrespect or alter the religious aspects of the holiday.