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While
Halloween has passed, we have a treat for you!
12th ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH:
Thanks to our wonderful staff and the support
from people like you, Write Volumes’ 12th anthology launched on 10/31/2024 with
a special deal of $1.99 through November!
Shades of Ghostly Horror
6 authors + 6 stories to haunt you = What you’re dying to read!
It’s been busy not just for Write
Volumes but our authors as well. I think it’s important to celebrate, not just
our successes, but hard work in general. Regardless of the outcome, hard work
is hard and, while we may not see the fruits of our labor as quickly as one
hopes, we did the work and that is the main area under our control! (Sometimes it’s
the only thing we can control… or is control an illusion?!!)
So, I thought you would enjoy:
·Printer’s Row
Festival with Fannie Price and Margot McMahon Pictures
·Annette Cyr’s
Art Show and Yale Women Talk Pictures
FESTIVAL PICS
Printers Row is a large outdoor book and
writing festival in Chicago which took place first weekend in September. On Saturday
Sept. 7, 2024, Write Volumes and a couple Write Volumes authors were in
attendance at the Chicago Writers Association table.
Fannie Price and Margot McMahon engaging with readers and other writers while having fun!
A big THANK YOU to all of those who stopped
by. We appreciate your support!
ANNETTE CYR’S ART SHOW
In September 2024 Annette Cyr had an art show
at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. “24 Hours” is a
multi-canvas painting. Each canvas is of the same motif, painted a different
hour of the day and night, beginning with 1 AM in upper left corner, ending
with 12 AM in bottom right.
“24 Hours” becomes a study of awareness and
perception, time and change. At its heart, “24 Hours” questions our
perceptions. What do we really see before the mind decides what must be there? “The
true mystery is reality.” — Annette Cyr
“24 Hours” is an extension of Annette’s "Year
of Light" painting series begun in 2020 during Covid times which Annette describes
in her Shades of Positively Pandemic short story also called “Year of
Light” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
·Banned Books
Week 2024 runs from September 22 to 28, 2024.
·It is a
celebration of our love for the right to read and the liberation found in
books. This year’s theme is “Freed Between the Lines.” They are asking people
to take action on Let Freedom Read Day, September 28, 2024!
Who says democracy doesn't work? Your votes have been tallied and below are the themes you chose.
FIRST TOPIC:
Anthology submissions due date Aug 25, 2024
Shades of Ghostly Horror
Who’s afraid of some ghosts?
Send us your stories of the corporeally challenged. These stories can involve insubstantial to realistic lifelike person/ animal forms which can haunt a person/ place/ object. Whether they are void of humanity or emotional concepts representing complex psychological experiences, let the spirit move you to relay tales of their exploits. Is there a chill in the air? Or is that simply a group of ghosts? Either way, it should be a phantasmic spooky time. Horror can range from apocalyptical, paranormal, or serial killers. Characters can include paranormal, human, alien etc while time period can be past, contemporary, future or anything in between.
SECOND TOPIC:
Anthology submissions due date January 31, 2025
Shades of Workplace Love
Love takes work so why not find love at work?
Send us your workplace romance short stories! Explore complexities & challenges of finding love in contemporary urban professional settings where the workplace, business, or industry provides an extra layer to interact & develop relationships (from high-pressure/ deadlines/ competition adding tension or relaxed/ casual environment allowing more time) with possible ethical concerns, power imbalances/ dynamics, career advancement, gossip/ rumors, and societal norms impacting the personal life to provide a compelling, relatable story with a satisfying happily ever after (HEA)/ happy for now (HFN) end. Characters can include paranormal, human, alien etc.
PLUS Shades of Adventures in Love is on the way. It will be a summer release so more news will be coming soon.
Now that you know, you can enjoy your summer and look forward to more Write Volumes!
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PUSHCART NOMINATIONS
– Part 1:
In time for
Valentine’s Day, we’re announcing our Pushcart nominations from Shades of Holiday Love. These were announced on our social sites in December. While all
the stories are worth celebrating, these 2 stories take special to the next
level.
It’s scary to
think we have to wait a year for Halloween again. Never fear, here is another fantastic
horror teaser from our 8th anthology weekly in celebration.
Don’t forget about
our 10th anthology, Shades of Occult and Horror.
Remember what hides in the dark, doesn’t always stay there…
Synopsis:With an otherworldly focus you never know if myths, alchemy, or natural magic will help or harm. But you must make the choice yourself for you are in control of your fate… or are you?
Synopsis: Let your imagination run wild but don’t be
surprised if it starts screaming too. Nothing twists fantasy better than
horror. In this dark fantasy horror collection, we’ll send you to another world
screaming in terror or scare you with the magic in this one.
If
you want a FREE ebook, we are looking for reviewers so contact me!
·We’re always
looking for free honest reviews (Amazon, Goodreads, Bookbub, Instagram,
Twitter, social media etc)
Quick peek at the minute trailers for each of the
stories in the Shades of Fantastic Horror anthology
CORNERED by G.
T. Naya (1:28)
A ghost story,
a myth, or the biggest mistake of her life?
·The next theme and deadline is posted on our
website. Please spread the word. We want to read your work, so submit today!
·Adventures
in Love submissions due December 15!Love in action! Some say love is the ultimate adventure.
But what if we mix love with a search for something aside from romance? Nothing
goes together quite like danger and love. So send us your action-adventure
romance stories.
Remember what
hides in the dark, doesn’t always stay there…
Synopsis:With an otherworldly focus you never know if myths, alchemy, or natural
magic will help or harm. But you must make the choice yourself for you are in
control of your fate… or are you?
Synopsis: Let your imagination run wild but don’t be
surprised if it starts screaming too. Nothing twists fantasy better than
horror. In this dark fantasy horror collection, we’ll send you to another world
screaming in terror or scare you with the magic in this one.
If
you want a FREE ebook, we are looking for reviewers so contact me!
·We’re always
looking for free honest reviews (Amazon, Goodreads, Bookbub, Instagram,
Twitter, social media etc)
Quick peek at the minute trailers for each of the
stories in the Shades of Fantastic Horror anthology
·The next theme and deadline is posted on our
website. Please spread the word. We want to read your work, so submit today!
·Adventures
in Love submissions due December 15!Love in action! Some say love is the ultimate adventure.
But what if we mix love with a search for something aside from romance? Nothing
goes together quite like danger and love. So send us your action-adventure
romance stories.
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