tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58531936473490823872024-02-20T05:43:45.426-08:00Forever NocturneForever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-57403174842514776002010-06-18T19:13:00.000-07:002010-06-18T19:13:12.146-07:00Contest - October 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">We’re having a new contest for our October 2010 issue! Are you ready for it? Grab your notebook and get ready for the details.</span><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Recently, I had a previously published by us writer ask what we were looking for in this next issue. I had to think about it because this writer wanted something new and fresh to write about. And I think I may have just the thing.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">I started a story last year, but haven’t had time to finish it. I didn’t get very far into it either, but I love the premise. I’d like </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">you</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> to finish it. I’d like </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">you</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> to take it where I couldn’t and didn’t have time to. Can I get a hells yeah for prompts?</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Okay, here are the gory details:</span></div><table align="center" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"><tbody>
<tr><td style="font-size: 1em;"><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Twitter Me Not</em> (you can change this if you’d like)</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Premise:</strong> A serial killer who finds his victims via Twitter by location and Googling them. (makes that whole locations thing a bit scary, huh?). S/he specifically searches the phrase “please just kill me now” on Twitter, and then searches them out in real life to answer their request.</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Word count:</strong> 2500 words max</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Prompt #1:</strong></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>Please just kill me now</em>, Kristie typed onto her screen and clicked ‘tweet’. She blew out a frustrated breath, the day’s humility passing between her lips in a rush of hot air. Her fingers pinched the bridge of her nose, between her eyes, as the headache slammed into the front of her brain. She’d fucked up at work, big time. In fact, she wasn’t sure how she’d recover from this mistake. It might get her fired. She was already on probation for the last mistake.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">“God, please, don’t let that happen,” she muttered. It was hard enough finding the job she had.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">She pulled up a blank Word document and typed out the beginnings of a little poem that would never see the light of day.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>I’m teetering on the edge</em></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>Looking down into that well</em></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>The one I escaped recently</em></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>The one that goes to hell</em></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><em>Fuck</em></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">Yeah, that was crap. Kristie hit the delete button several times until it was gone and only a blank screen stared back at her. She would never get this day back, never in a million years. All she wanted right now was to curl up in a corner and die.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Prompt #2:</strong></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">Allen’s fingers frolicked away at the keyboard in their search for the next request. Oh, to find one with a “please” in it; those were always special, so polite and inviting. He gasped when the screen flickered and changed to show him the real-time results. Hundreds immediately and an update of 20 more within seconds. It didn’t matter how many times he’d done it, it always surprised him. So many choices, but how does one choose just one? Of course, he would return for the next, but he must only choose one at a time. So much work goes into each gift, especially if it required a substantial amount of travel.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">“Oh, look at that, Zeus,” he said to his cat while the black beast purred on his lap as his fingers ran over the soft fur. Zeus’ bright yellow eyes flicked to the screen. “There’s one right here in town.” He leaned forward as he clicked on the avatar, pulling it up for a full view. “She’s pretty, too.”</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">Zeus purred louder, signaling to Allen that this was the one to choose. He highlighted her name and began his search for her. It didn’t take long. Google maps helped with the viewing of streets. Mapquest gave him directions once he found her address. No, not long at all.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>More gory details:</strong></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You can use part or all of either prompt, or just run with your own idea. All I ask is that you don’t hold back, and stick to the Twitter serial killer idea. You may also change names, pets, etc. Oh yes, and there will be prizes!</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Prizes abound:</strong></div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>1st place</strong> will receive a $50 gift card to the place of your choice (as long as we can purchase it somewhere and can include Visa, Target, Amazon, etc.) and will also be <strong>featured</strong> in the October 2010 issue. That means featured writer <em>and</em> featured story.</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>2nd place</strong> will receive a $20 gift card to the place of your choice and will be published within the October 2010 issue, providing the stories aren’t too similar.</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>3rd place</strong> will receive a $10 gift card to the place of your choice and will be published within the October 2010 issue, providing the stories aren’t too similar.</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Deadline:</strong> September 1st, 2010, before NL Gervasio goes to bed (which will technically make it September 2nd).</div><div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Rules:</strong></div><ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: maroon;">You must follow this blog and leave a comment below telling us you’ve done so.</span></strong></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You must produce an original story outside of the prompts and it must be your own work.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash (that’s why I mentioned the Visa gift card).</li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You must edit your own work. We reserve the right to decline your submission if it requires editing. Bring your top game, folks.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The idea/premise of this story belongs to NL Gervasio and cannot be used outside of this contest.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By submitting to this contest, you are agreeing to these rules and are granting permission to Running Ink Press (i.e., Forever Nocturne E-zine) to publish submitted work.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">*First North American Serial Rights apply</li>
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</div></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-68764657040120844822010-03-22T21:38:00.000-07:002010-03-22T21:38:00.935-07:00Forever Nocturne Vol. I, Issue VHello all,<br />
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The fifth issue of our 'zine is now available for download at the low price of $1.00. Check it out!<br />
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We'll let you know when the print is available.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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JinxieUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-77380956008890311082010-03-03T23:24:00.000-08:002010-03-03T23:24:21.479-08:00Copyright Infringement<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This post is also on <a href="http://jinxiesbabblingblogs.blogspot.com/">Jinxie's Babbling Blogs</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Well, it's certainly been an interesting couple of days around my little part of the world. To start, I Googled myself the other day (yes, I know that sounds bad) and discovered <a href="http://marimitchell.livejournal.com/16551.html">this "lovely" review</a> of <a href="http://www.forevernocturne.com/">Forever Nocturne</a> e-zine. It's a year-old review, but a review nonetheless, and not a good one. Normally, I wouldn't think twice about it and brush it off like most negative things in my life (yes, we're back to the old Jinxie y'all know and love, and some of you are meeting me for the first time now), but I had to show my partner Sharon Gerlach (aka Siobhan MacIntyre) this immediately. Her response can be found <a href="http://sharongerlach.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/sour-grapes-make-bitter-whine/">here</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now, the interesting thing about this post from Ms. Mitchell is that when I first came upon it, our e-zine partner TL Boehm had a comment up, also dated a year ago. And Sharon's daughter also posted a comment last night. Both comments are now gone, so we know Ms. Mitchell has seen them and possibly Sharon's post in response.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As I said, I don't care what Ms. Mitchell thinks about our 'zine. Her review was posted two days after she received an "edit and resubmit" request, rather than a flat out rejection. I'm chalking it up to "reacting without thinking before posting." A lot of writers tend to do this, thereby shooting themselves in the foot for later publication. DON'T DO THIS. Not to agents, not to publishing houses and their editors, not to magazines regardless of how well-known they are or not. You're only hurting yourself.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My issue with her post is that she has posted copyrighted material from our 'zine by one of our writers, Jessica F. Hayes, without permission. This is illegal. Sharon and I have both left comments, stating the she must remove this content immediately or possibly face legal action. Jessica F. Hayes has also been informed of this copyright infringement and I'm waiting for a response on what she would like to do.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I would also like to point out that Ms. Mitchell reviewed the very first issue, which I will admit wasn't the best, but hey, it was a FIRST issue. Sharon and I both feel that the 'zine has come a long way since that issue, and we have plans for making it even better than it is now. Part of that plan is to start charging $1.00 per download, beginning with this month's issue. What this will do is give us the opportunity to legalize things a bit more and start paying our writers down the road. We also plan to increase the 'zine to quarterly as soon as we're both finished with our degrees. And in the future, we'd like to publish e-books.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So, there you have it. We are serious about this and we intend to make things happen with our 'zine, even after we're both published authors.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Thank you,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">NL Gervasio, Editor</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Forever Nocturne E-zine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-3926602480430195812009-11-13T04:29:00.000-08:002009-11-13T04:29:38.952-08:00October '09 IssueThe PDF version is now available for download on our <a href="http://www.forevernocturne.com/">website</a>. We're having technical difficulties with the print edition, but will keep you posted on when it will become available for purchase.<br />
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Thank you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-16134793122990382902009-10-08T01:51:00.000-07:002009-10-08T01:52:10.093-07:00Tworror Contest - VotingI've decided that this should be put up for a vote on here rather than me choosing the two finalists for Wednesday night's tworror episode. I have narrowed the field a bit, however. I will at random do this several times before the 20th, until we have 10 finalists. Then, you get to choose the winners. The two entries with the most votes in the final round, of which there will be a blog post showing the 10 finalists, win the prizes.<br />
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Voting for Round 1 will commence now, until the next blog post. Choose your favorite tworror out of the following tweets, responding by typing their name or the entire tworror entry in the comments section. You can only vote once, therefore anonymous votes will not count. Sorry, but I have to keep track somehow. And no, you cannot vote for yourself.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/WookieStyle" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Wookie Style">WookieStyle</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">her placid eyes, porcelain skin... such beautiful hair.... skin cold to the touch.... preserved forever, my love... never to leave</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/stina8753" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Christina Vincent">stina8753</a></strong> <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1254953317/images/lock_icon_small.png); background-position: 0px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 8px;" title="Christina vincent’s tweets are protected."></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Listen for me, I will wail until your eardrums shatter, and I will return bloody garments as you slip away. I am Banshee.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/ericjkrause" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Eric Krause">ericjkrause</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Killing in darkness came too easy. The dead clown liked everyone to watch his mayhem. Spilled blood became his morning coffee.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/jimsissy" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Julie Butcher">jimsissy</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The bodies were heavy and they smelled bad. My shovel dug into more red clay. Hard work, but good pay- until the first body moved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/danfaust" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dan Faust">danfaust</a></strong> <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1254953317/images/lock_icon_small.png); background-position: 0px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 8px;" title="Dan faust’s tweets are protected."></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The thing turned the boy's head and looked at me through sunken, red-rimmed eyes. It smiled. I fired.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/NickCobb" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Nick Cobb">NickCobb</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A sardonic smile stretched the width of his face as he sheathed the blade in his victim's abdomen, exposing steamy entrails.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/ajackwriting" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andrew Jack">ajackwriting</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Do you know what your shadow does at night? It tells the other shadows where you sleep</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/Werecat1" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="H.C. Zuerner">Werecat1</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I slept, dead to the world, until a firm, slimy grip yanked my ankle from the covers. Screaming & twisting I was dragged into hell.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/violetingram" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Violet Ingram">violetingram</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I stood over him, staring at the gaping hole in his chest. The beast that fed on my father stood in the corner watching me.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/ajackwriting" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andrew Jack">ajackwriting</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For every thing in the light, there is also a shadow. The shadow waits for you to turn out the light, so it can watch you sleep</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/violetingram" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Violet Ingram">violetingram</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The guards found the mutilated corpse and the creature feeding on it after the haunted house was closed for the night.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><b>And these just made me laugh out loud! (Not up for voting, but felt they needed a mention)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/ElwoodJBlues" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Elwood Blues">ElwoodJBlues</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The tweet is coming from inside the house!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="tweet-url screen-name" href="http://twitter.com/omewan" style="color: #a20907; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="omewan">omewan</a></strong> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">From terror he wakes, still shaking. How can the mind create such horror? He looks around & screams..he's really in Mom's basement.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><b>The Rules:</b><br />
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</div><div>1) Tweet a horror story in 140 characters or less.<br />
</div><div>2) Add the hashtag <span style="color: red;">#Tworror</span> (so we can look it up)<br />
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</div><div>That's it!<br />
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</div><div>Follow <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://twitter.com/ForeverNocturne">@ForeverNocturne</a></span> too! We finally gave in and got an account on Twitter.<br />
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</div><div><span style="color: #3333ff;">First prize: $20 gift card</span><br />
</div><div><span style="color: #33cc00;">Second prize: $10 gift card</span><br />
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</div><div><span style="color: yellow;">First through tenth place will be published in this next issue of Forever Nocturne.</span><br />
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</div><div><b>Disclaimer:</b> by entering the contest through a tweet on Twitter, you give us permission to publish your tworror for this one issue, due out October 2009.<br />
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</div><div>Let the contest begin!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Deadline for tworror is Oct 20th.</i></span></b></span><br />
</div>Forever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-81168371628127255262009-07-07T19:34:00.000-07:002009-07-07T19:44:12.364-07:00ChangesWe have some changes coming soon, but we are still accepting submissions for the October 2009 issue of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Forever Nocturne</span> e-zine. Give me your darkest, your scariest, make me throw the MS across the room... wait, I read on my laptop. Well, whatever, scare the hell out of me. I grew up watching horror flicks, people. I fell in love with "Dracula" at the age of eight. This will make your job difficult, so let's see what you can do.<br /><br />You can submit your work <a href="http://www.forevernocturne.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />Also, be prepared for our first Twitter contest. I'll want to see twitter horror from you guys. Shall we call it "tworror"?<br /><br /><br />I'll be back with updates soon.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/Jinxie_G">Jinxie_G</a>Forever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-53466744709966770382009-03-16T22:32:00.000-07:002009-03-16T22:49:03.702-07:00Forever Nocturne Volume I Issue III<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >The latest and third edition of </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Forever Nocturne</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" > is now available in a <a href="http://www.forevernocturne.com/">PDF</a> download, or you can just look at it online if you so choose. We are working on getting the print edition available to you soon, so stay tuned.</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Some of the authors you'll find in this issue:<br /><br />Siobhan MacIntyre<br />Gary Corby<br />Carrie Clevenger<br />Rachel Blackbirdsong<br />NL Gervasio<br />Samuel Dickens<br /><br />And many more!<br /><br />That is all.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Jinx</span>Forever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-40414343657980542562009-02-11T02:02:00.000-08:002009-02-11T02:21:58.226-08:00Agent Blogs<span style="font-size:130%;">We have added a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Helpful Agent Blog</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> list to the right of this blog to help you in your quest for perfect queries, how to find the "right" agent, and just for plain entertainment. Some of them are damn funny, so enjoy.<br /><br />Now, play nice with the agents or they won't be helpful. Oh, and Miss Snark retired, so hers is all archived, but there's a ton of good information in there! You should read it. Yes, that is an assignment.<br /><br />We will be adding more to the list soon.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Jinx</span>Forever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853193647349082387.post-26734492261906313352009-02-09T01:26:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:34:15.182-08:00Welcome!<span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><em>Forever Nocturne</em> is an online magazine, owned and operated by the people you will find within the pages of our first edition. Hey, we had to start with something. We are from various parts of the western United States and have come together to bring you tales of horror, romance, comedy, tragedy, and so on. Most commonly, you will notice a new genre, which we like to call "Modern Gothic Horror Romance." This is simply because some of us like to work in the macabre, as well as the romance areas. Our stories revolve around vampires, werewolves, the supernatural, and all those things that go bump in the night. But what is a story without a good romance tale in the mix? Essentially, blood and gore if it's in the horror genre, but don't worry, some of that will grace the pages of the magazine, too. Some of us <strong>loved</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold;color:#e80909;" ><em>30 Days of Night</em></span>. Our <a href="http://www.forevernocturne.com/Submissions.php">submission guidelines</a> are available on our website.<br /><br />This blog has been created in order to bring you, the writer, helpful tips on writing (since we're all a bunch of Grammar Ninjas), how to search for an agent, what NOT to say in a query letter or to point you in the direction of helpful agent blogs, and so on.<br /><br />Stay tuned for more.<br /><br />And thanks for stopping by.<br /></span>Forever Nocturnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276618449015659825noreply@blogger.com0