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In the Sin Diary
The story In the Sin Diary is the first place winner of our The Devil Made Me Do Itcontest, but its '70's setting would have made it a contender in our last issue's The Seventies Were Hell and We Didn't Even Know It contest. We received over 50 submissions, but this story, with its realistic dialogue and well-developed characters came out on top. Enjoy!
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As Lightning Fall From Heaven By Constance Gelvin
Frequent contributer Constance Gelvin offers As Lightning Fall From Heaven for your reading pleasure. This story placed 28th in the 2002 Annual Writer's Digest Competition in the Genre Fiction category as well as received a 3rd place in the 2001 Garden Valley Horror Writers annual short story competition.
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Devil Boy By Stefan Case
Torn from today's headlines is the violence in Stefan Case's Devil Boy. Performance artist Case is, in his own words, a "writing newbie." His eerie The Card placed third in our 2001 Technology Run Amuck contest.
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In the Lobby of Forgotten Words Ever been rude to a hapless theatre clerk or usher? In the Lobby of Forgotten Words will make you re-think your behavior. This is novelist John Weagly's first appearance in deathlings.com--an auspicious debut.
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The Meat Processor By George M. Scott
We received over one hundred submissions to our "Working Stiffs" short story competition, but this story--The Meat Processor-- truly caught us by surprise. This is also author George M. Scott's (his e-mail address: Lafictionwriter says it all) first appearance in deathlings.
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Grasping at the Fifteen Minutes By Otis Black Barrington
He's b…ack…Otis Black Barrington that is, with Grasping at the Fifteen Minutesa sequel to his previously deathlings-published A Dish Best Eaten Cold. "I'm currently in re-write hell," he informs us, "juggling the demands of my editor with my vision of where the Shining Isle novels should go." He also told us that he's working on a story: Dubya Made Me Do It for our upcoming The Devil Made Me Do It short story contest.
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Do You Believe in Magic? By Penn Madison
In the The Seventies Were Hell and We Didn't Even Know It Contest (that's right, for this issue we had two separate themes) is Penn Madison's Do You Believe in Magic? This is Penn's first published short story and we think it's wonderfully evocative of the turmoil some families experienced in the '70's. |
The Pilgrim
In addition to The Pilgrim, Daniel has short fiction forthcoming in Interzone and ChiZine, as well as a screenplay in the lower depths of "development hell" in L.A. He is currently working on an untitled horror novel.
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Trophy Wife By Karen Shibuya
Karen Shibuya, a published poet and short story writer, makes her deathlings.com debut with the chilling Trophy Wife. Karen's work has appeared in Pulp Eternity, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales , and Rogue Worlds and will soon be seen in Bloodfetish.
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Transforma By Constance Gelvin
Frequent contributor Constance Gelvin brings us Transforma--a modern-day fairytale that received First Place in the MileHiCon30. |