Category Archives: Horror

Aoife’s Kiss, 3 acceptances (count, three! prints)

I’ve got some extraordinary news.  I’ve just received my third print acceptance to the Sam’s Dot Publishing genre magazine (www.samsdotpublishing.com), Aoife’s Kiss.  This has been a great year for me in general in the small press and semi-pros, as I’ve gotten a whole lot of paying and print acceptances.  I’ll be reaching 260 publishing credits soon!

Anyway, Aoife’s Kiss is a great magazine.  It’s available at places like Clarkesworld Books (www.clarkesworldbooks.com) and The Genre Mall (www.genremall.com), or you can get it direct from their website (they also have a decent circulation):

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/cover.htm

My acceptances start off with September 2007’s “PET” (a sort of speculative lycanthrope tale), then I will reappear in the March 2008 and June 2008 Issue. Look for me! Here are what some “SAMPLE” Covers to the magazine look like:

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About it: Aoife’s Kiss is a magazine of fantasy, science fiction, horror, sword & sorcery, and slipstream, published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Aoife’s Kiss publishes short stories, poems, illustrations, articles, and movie/book/chapbook reviews. Treat yourself to a subscription–you deserve it.

See you soon with some MORE fiction acceptances. 😉

Tales of the Talisman 3.1 (Now Available)

Issue 3.1 (Summer 2007) of Tales of the Talisman is NOW AVAILABLE… featuring such authors as Jack Mangan and Ken Goldman, and of course, me.  My story is entitled: “The Ice Mines of Pluto.” The magazine is edited and published by David Lee Summers, and the cover artist is Laura Givens.  Visit Tales of the Talisman and get your issue now at:

www.talesofthetalisman.com

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Black Ink Horror, February 2008 (and Sinister City)

Almost forgot, I recently sold two horror storiess.  One is called “The Farmer’s Child”, and it won’t be out in printed form until February 2008.  This supernatural tale will appear in the fourth issue of Black Ink Horror.  The editor there is Tim Manning.

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They’re a well-put together publication, black-and-white print, paying, and they have one of the hottest team of illustrators and artists I’ve seen in the entire Small Press.  Serious!

Go here: www.blackinkhorror.com

And I will also be making my third appearance in George Mowles’ SINISTER CITY.  They pay $25.00 per horror story, and I will make that third appearance in their September 07 online edition.  It will be their last issue, too.  So remember: last story and last issue –me.

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Tales of the Talisman 3.1 (Summer 2007)

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June 25th is almost here, and I’m excited.  Tales of the Talisman, Issue 3.1, will be a great issue.  You know why yet? Because it features a story of mine.  An updated version of my SF tale, “The Ice Mines of Pluto”, which first appeared back in early 2006 in The Fifth Di (http://samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/cover.htm), and also on the speculative fiction site, Silverthought (www.silverthought.com).

Anyway, after three publishing credits on my Ice Mines piece, I’m happy to finally be part of Tales of the Talisman.  It had been a goal of mine to make it into this magazine for close to seven years, even back when it was called Hadrosaur Tales.  But I finally did it.

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The magazine is published quarterly with full color covers and ISBN, sold and read almost everywhere in the world (or at least where genre magazines are sold), and it’s edited and put together by David Lee Summers.  Why not check them out.  Below you’ll find a superb looking preview of the upcoming cover art (hope I made cover!) and a link to their site.

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www.talesofthetalisman.com

Issue 3.1, featuring: “The Ice Mines of Pluto” by Lawrence R. Dagstine

Lawrence Dagstine – Speculative Fiction Author

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Howdy, folks.  My name is Lawrence Dagstine, and I’m a writer of Speculative Fiction, as well as a former small press magazine editor.  What is speculative fiction? Well, it’s in the realm of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.  A sub-genre of all three of the mentioned, or perhaps just two? Something hard to define or coin, I’d say. 😉

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Let’s say a science fiction story has elements of fantasy (the fantastical) or elements of horror (the horrific) in it, then it’s consdered a piece which crosses genres and it is therefore speculative in nature.  Which means you can’t really call it a 100% sci-fi.

I decided to start this blog website, when time permits, as a lot of people have been suggesting I do it, especially with the recent increase in the last year in the small press with my writing credits. Since 2005, I have jumped from roughly 120 fiction publishing credits to 260+, found out I’ve been talent-scouted by various small houses, published a 170-page fiction magazine with a stellar line-up of award-winning and award-nominated authors (The Literary Bone), and I have about 30 more credits on the way between now and early 2008 in various print and online publications. These are things I will keep all who visit here informed on, with banners, magazine and book covers, and future links, whether it be print or online. I’m also the author of four books, available through Amazon and Barnes & Nobles.com, as well as a few libraries and independent bookstores, one of which is a short story collection. The other three are espionage titles and a western novel.

I’ve been writing since spring 1996, right out of journalism school. I thought I would pursue a career as a freelance writer, and though I’ve had a small number of articles published, creative writing and reading SF literature is what veered me towards fiction and traditional prose more.

Anyway, this is just the first of many blogs, so all of you who visit can track my progress, my personal life (if I wish to share a tidbit or two), my points and views and my upcoming publications.

Yours Truly,

Lawrence R. Dagstine