Aoife’s Kiss, Late 2008/Early 2009.. (7th acceptance)

Posted on May 7, 2008

I’ve nabbed my 7th print magazine acceptance to Sam’s Dot Publishing — a teaser for my soon-to-be released short story collection. This teaser story will appear in either late 2008 or early 2009, and in the magazine AOIFE’S KISS (edited by Tyree Campbell). The teaser will coincide with the release date of my first short story collection. A second collection is already completed, and a third is in the works.

AOIFE’S KISS – SAM’S DOT PUBLISHING

RECENT ISSUE(s) FEATURING LAWRENCE DAGSTINE

ORDER HERE:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/purchasecenter/magazines.htm

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Jupiter SF, October 2008… (5th acceptance)

Posted on April 23, 2008

My latest acceptance for the month of April 2008 is actually my 5th over the last two-three years to editor Ian Redman’s ‘JUPITER SF’. It’s one of the UK-Small Press’s most widely read hard science fiction publications, and probably just behind Interzone. Published quarterly, they are now in their fifth year of existence. In today’s marketplace not too many small magazines last that long but, due to its popularity, JUPITER has defied those odds.

JUPITER SCIENCE FICTION

Previous Issues Featuring Lawrence Dagstine

ORDER HERE: www.jupitersf.co.uk

I’ll be coming their way again in October 2008…

Authors featured over the years include: Lavie Tidhar, Gareth D. Jones, Gustavo Bondoni, Kristine Ong Muslim, Edward Rodosek, Allan Ashley and Andrew Hook, Lawrence Dagstine, Nigel Atkinson, Jim Steel, Gary McMahon, Lee Clarke Zumpe, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Eric S. Brown, Lee Moan, Peter Tennant, Davin Ireland, and Christina Sng.

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Escape Velocity #3, April 2008… (appearances)

Posted on April 8, 2008

Well, various Web-based messageboard communities almost collapsed a second time yesterday because certain folks just weren’t sure whether or not Lawrence Dagstine was going to appear in ESCAPE VELOCITY, Issue #3. Check the Table of Contents, I’m there. I had mistakenly been left out due to a ‘substitute story email being missed’ or crossed somehow. It seems Escape Velocity has changed its word lengths, too, and they now prefer much SHORTER works. My original story for them was just too long, and somehow no communication came of this. But, thanks to Robert Blevins, editor for the magazine, the problem has been solved.

ESCAPE VELOCITY; April 2008, Issue #3

The Magazine of Science Fact and Fiction

www.escapevelocitymagazine.com

http://www.lulu.com/content/2315462

So, the sky is not falling…

Featuring work by: Sheila Crosby, Dean Grondo, Kevin Gordon, Michael Penncavage, Branden Johnson, Barbara Krasnoff, Michael Anderson, Ivan Pavlov, Ben Cheetham, Shaun A. Saunders, Lawrence Dagstine, Magdalena Ball, and MORE.

Escape Velocity #3 also contains lots of juicy non-fiction, such as an article on the The Mars Statue, a special tribute to Science Fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke (which, with its stunning full color pictures, makes the issue worth every nickel), and full coverage of the Northwestern Science Fiction Convention… NORWESCON 31.

A review of Escape Velocity #1 at THE FIX (according to the editor, mine was one of the best stories; scroll down): http://thefix-online.com/reviews/escape-velocity-1/

In other news, I have a LOAD of acceptances and great news coming your way. Queries for roughly two more short story collections, a possible novella deal, I’m working with an agent (wouldn’t you like to know who he or she is)… And if you missed my last entry, well, guess what? Here it is again. I’m Feature Author for THE WILLOWS for their March 2008 issue!

https://lawrencedagstine.com/2008/04/05/the-willows-magazine-march-2008-feature-author/

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The Willows Magazine, March 2008… (appearances)

Posted on April 5, 2008

A little late at the presses, but it’s finally here. The Willows Magazine, March 2008 issue. My Feature Author Issue! And I’m not the only surprise. You’ll find pre-World War Two/Victorian Horror and Dark Fantasy stories by names such as: G.D. Falksen, Paul Marlowe, Matthew Stiles, Orrin Grey, Skadi meic Beorh, and Lawrence Dagstine… Oh, and plenty more literary all stars and splendors await you, as we revolutionize today’s weird fiction.

The Willows Magazine, edited by Ben Thomas, is now published bimonthly. It’s one of the freshest and fastest growing publications to hit the Lovecraftian world since… well, since Weird Tales itself!

THE WILLOWS MAGAZINE; March 2008

Feature Author: Lawrence R. Dagstine

www.thewillowsmagazine.com

Subscribe or buy your copy today!

Also, other issues available:

From The Willows Magazine homepage:

Through the work of rising authors like G. D. Falksen, Lawrence Dagstine, and Paul Marlowe, we are also pioneering the genre of “steampunk horror,” in which elements of the golden age weird tale or Gothic romance are combined with an elegant 19th-Century proto-science-fiction aesthetic, such as that embodied by Welles, Verne, and the earliest pulp writers.

We love work set in Victorian times, in the European countryside, in a twisted fairyland, in the underbelly of an enchanted city, aboard a triphibian ambulator, or in the ruins of an undiscovered civilization.

If your favorite authors are those who initiated and maintained the unique movements of weird fiction and proto-SF, and those who continue these traditions today, The Willows is the place to read tales you will enjoy, and to submit your own work! We warmly welcome new writers, but we also print pieces from established authors.

www.thewillowsmagazine.com

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Aoife’s Kiss #24, March 2008… (appearances)

Posted on March 3, 2008

Appearances — and my name on front covers! My latest showcase showdown comes to a SF reprint of mine. Sam’s Dot Publishing presents the latest issue of: Aoife’s Kiss, No. #24; March 2008. And in full form, my speculative yarn about an astronaut crew encountering life and death up close, and the possibility of harnessing souls for rocket fuel in the near future in: A Soul to The Stars….! You won’t want to miss this issue and all it has to offer!

Aoife’s Kiss: A Magazine of Speculative Fiction

Issue #24; March 2008

Link 1: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/contents.htm

Featuring Fiction, Poetry, Art, Reviews, and MORE by: Josh English, Lee Clarke Zumpe, David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans, Michael A. Pignatella, Sheri Frosenke Harper, Matthew Keville, Howard Cincotta, P.E. Vogel, JA Howe, Kajsa Wiberg, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Paul Abbamondi, Ron Savage, Gordon A. Graves, John Bowker, Andrea Fakete, Dorine Ratulangie, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, L.A. Story Houry, Jennifer Jerome, Phillip A. Ellis, Linda Herring, Terrie Leigh Relf, Melissa Sihan Mutlu, Kyle Heger, L.N. Allen, Julie Shiel, William R. Ford Jr., Jennifer Crow, E.P. Fisher, Kathy Kubik, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, and featuring reviews of novels by Edward Cox. Books by David Lee Summers and Tyree Campbell. Biggest issue yet!

Link 2 (purchase here): http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/purchasecenter/magazines.htm

PREVIOUS ISSUES featuring Lawrence Dagstine

Aoife’s Kiss: A Magazine of Speculative Fiction

Issue #22; September 2007

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And in case you missed my recent blog entry about my being feature author in the month of March-April 2008 in a few print publications, and my plug for the upcoming issue of The Willows Magazine, just scroll down or, to make things easier, follow the link below:

https://lawrencedagstine.com/2008/03/02/the-willows-magazine-march-2008-2nd-acceptance/

The Willows Magazine, March 2008… (acceptance)

Posted on March 2, 2008

First, I’m pleased to announce that March 2008 into April 2008 will be Feature Author month for me, and not just from The Willows Magazine, but a couple of other publications over the stretch of a month-and-a-half, too. It’s also the month of my birthday, and when I’m sure to hit the big 300 (no, not age, folks — publications; a goal I set out to do almost twelve years ago). But those will be plugs and blog entries in itself.

THE WILLOWS MAGAZINE

www.thewillowsmagazine.com

Meanwhile, acceptance no. 298 comes as one of the headlining authors to The Willows Magazine for their March 2008 Issue, which might be a little late at the printers, but is due in the next week or two. I’ll put up another blog when the actual issue is released. In the meantime, be sure to check out two of their previous issues. They’re only $5.00 per copy, and filled with exciting pre-World War 2 weird tales and Victorian horror stories. I can be found, once again, as Feature Author in their November 2007 issue.

That Link Again: www.thewillowsmagazine.com

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Glutonlumps Chilling Tales, Issue #1.. (appearances)

Posted on December 29, 2007

What better way to celebrate the New Year than with a new appearance (and a plug!). What better way to give that plug than to tell you that not only is this new magazine put together by the very talented P.S. Gifford (www.psgifford.com), and that garden gnome horror writer Henrick Glutonlumps, but that it features over twelve great tales of dark fiction by some of today’s HOTTEST writers; and a few veterans, too.

Glutonlumps Chilling Tales Magazine #1

PREMIERE ISSUE!

(available January 2008)

Chilling Tales Homepage: http://www.freewebs.com/chillingtales/

Chilling Tales on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chillingtales

Queries or Ordering Info: princeofthegnomes_at_yahoo.com

Featuring new fiction by: Ron Savage, Eric Enck, Philip Roberts, Ken Goldman, Lawrence Dagstine, George McBride, Tala Bar, Paul Mannering, Tricia Helper, Jennifer Gifford, and Richard Pitaniello. Plus, a surprise bonus by P.S. Gifford himself.

Oh, Glutonlump’s Chilling Tales will have distribution, too. So far Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the U.S. will carry it. In the future, there might even be Spanish & Japanese versions of it. You’ll be able to get it at select Waldenbooks, comic book shops such as Rick’s Comic City (http://www.myspace.com/rickscomiccity), and DARK DELICACIES (L.A.’s Number One Horror Specialty Bookstore).

Dark Delicacies ordering info: http://www.darkdel.com/

Glutonlumps’ Chilling Tales Magazine is published two-three times per year, and will soon be available through more horror retailers than you could imagine. Order yours today!

Lawrence Dagstine, Archives 2007… (Merry X-Mas)

Posted on December 14, 2007

And with this post, I would like to wish everyone who visits here a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, Happy New Year. 2008 is just around the corner, and unless there’s some kind of miracle in the air, I highly doubt I’ll score another acceptance or appearance until early January. If it happens, eh, I’ll post it. Otherwise, it can wait till the confetti settles.

For your reading pleasure, I’ve added a story to the ‘Short Fiction Sample’ section. The name of it: ‘Our Family Awaits’. I’ve also added a new page called About Me. Eventually, a much shorter author bio will go there and replace what’s in Bibliography now. Then, bibliography will become a place for me to list publication dates and names of magazines & zines from May 1996 to the present. Yep, the old switcheroo and chronological listing!

The above is just a shortened recap of the last six months of this blog. Not a bad year. In the last 15 months, I’ve gotten 85 acceptances to paying, print, and online venues. People ask me why I do it. Why write short stories? I have a better question. Why not? All that matters in life is you do what you love. Happiness makes the world go round…

The New & Improved MySpace:

www.myspace.com/lawrencedagstine

HAPPY HOLIDAYS…

Other New Entries: “About Me & Short Fiction Sample”