The Ultimate Unknown #23, Summer 2001…

Posted on October 6, 2007

And now, direct from the DAGSTINE LAND archives… A Blast from the Past…!

Well, sort of. I have to start cataloging some of these older magazine appearances. Many of them have long since gone defunct (out of biz, basically), but it’s hard to believe that my name first started appearing in print years ago in small press magazines like this one. You may or may not recognize some of these zines of old but, who knows, you might recognize the names at least. The authors who graced the interiors or covers way back.

The Ultimate Unknown, Issue #23.. Summer 2001

SF Stories by: C. David Hay, Douglas M. Stokes PhD, Barbara A. Custer, Rhonda Jackson, Edward M. Turner, John Picinich, Rose Devi, Daniel S. Irwin, Erik Wilkins, Joanne Tolson, Travis Shephard, Josh Bingham, Terry Pieszchala, K.A. Williams, Kristy Mitchell, Joseph Veronmeau, Joseph Benjamin, Denny J. Corbin, David Combs (also the editor), DF Lewis, Lawrence Dagstine, J. Alan Erwine, and Susan L. Taylor. Cover art by Chris Friend, who I believe also did the cover for the most recent issue of ‘Werewolf Magazine (no. 7)’…

Trust me, I wish URL’s were still available for these classic zines. They don’t make them like they used to. My first small press print magazines, other than Pablo Lennis, were between 1999 and 2001. Every so often I’ll update the old with the new. I have a lot more to catalog and archive, so this will become a new feature to my blog.

Until my next blast from the past… 😉

Lawrence R. Dagstine

Pablo Lennis, October 2007… (appearances)

Posted on October 5, 2007

I’ve got a new story this month in the October 2007 issue of Pablo Lennis. Editor-in-chief John Thiel runs one of the oldest stapled-up science fiction & fantasy fanzines out there. He’s been putting it out since the 1980’s. Pablo Lennis was also the first place to ever publish me, with a SF tale back in spring 1996, called: “The Empty Planet.”

Lineup of scifi & fantasy writers, SF poets, and serialists include the usual suspects: Joanne Tolson, Albert Manachino, Chester Cuthbert, Joe Napolitano, Gary Every, Mel Waldeman, Steve Sneyd, Lawrence Dagstine, and more! Published monthly, John Thiel, alongside Elmwood Kraemer, also write the zine’s science fiction television, movie, and book reviews.

They accept SF, Fantasy and Poetry via SNAIL MAIL. Payment is one contributor copy and some decent small press exposure (circulation 100 to 150). Sample copies are only two dollars. Submission address below:

Pablo Lennis

30 N. 19th Street

Lafayette, Indiana 47904

You can also find me in their March 2007 issue. 😉

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits, Movies & Videos, Readings & Reviews”

Other New Entries: “Unplanned Parenthood 1, Unplanned Parenthood 2”

(entry edited for mistaken author name/particular issue…)

Sam’s Dot Publishing… (Aoife’s Kiss; 6th acceptance)

Posted on October 4, 2007

Hey, so I’ve just had my 6th Brand New short story acceptance to Aoife’s Kiss & Sam’s Dot Publishing for what will be one hell of a collection! We’re talking well over 40,000+ words of speculative fiction & horror. Some of my best works from 2007, too! These stories will be separate from all current and upcoming tales set to be featured in the “Aoife’s Kiss” magazine component. Any tales floating out there which don’t make the collection, by the way, will still be considered for publication in the magazine for 2009 and beyond.

Appearances for Aoife’s Kiss Magazine: September 2007, March 2008, June 2008, December 2008, and… The Short Story Collection.

Sam’s Dot Publishing: www.samsdotpublishing.com

Aoife’s Kiss: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/cover.htm

There may be illustrations, too, because I’ll be assigned an artist. Creative control, layout, and all that other fun stuff will be discussed. 40,000+ words worth of stories. So it’s sure to be fun. I’ll keep you updated again come November or December. 🙂

Lawrence R. Dagstine

Now THIS is why I write sci-fi… (science fact)

Posted on September 18, 2007

I snagged some of these artist-rendered pics of Extrasolar Planets from MSN, roughly 10 in all. Some of these places are only a few light years away, but they’re just awesome. 51 Pegasi, the exoplanet in the first pic was actually the title of my third written short story back in 1996. My third story ever. You can see how one would be inspired to write about this kind of stuff.

51 Pegasi – (the first extrasolar star)

In a few centuries, mankind will be traveling to these places. Look at the wonder below. I live for this kind of fiction, I live for the magic. This is why I write science fiction… This is what motivates me to stay within this genre. Man’s domination of the stars!

Bellerphon – (51 Pegasi orbits this hot Jupiter-like star)

Epsilon Eridani – (only 10.5 light years away from Earth)

Planemos – (failed stars smaller than brown dwarfs)

SWEEPS-10 – (a zippy, fast orbiting planet with 10 hours in a year)

Upsilon Andromeda – (one half fire; the other half ice)

Primeval World – (supposedly the original and first Earthlike planet)

HD209458b – (a shrinking planet blown away by gales of stellar wind)

HD 189733b – (the first planet to have its own air “sniffed”)

Gliese 581 C – (smallest exoplanet ever yet 50% bigger than Earth)

There’s also the possibility that Gliese, five times more massive than us, has liquid water and life on it. Anyway, now you know why I write 50% Science Fiction. These images are Copyright NASA (JPL-Caltech), and you can find the original online article and learn more about each of them here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19588333/?GT1=10357&pg=1#Space_10ExtraSolarPlanets_070626

Oh, there might be a story in the works about that crazy quick orbiting world, SWEEPS-10, as we speak. So stay tuned… 😉

Lawrence R. Dagstine

Other New Entries: “Movies & Videos 2, Dagstine Land (box.net file sharing; Moby)”

Sam’s Dot Publishing (Aoife’s Kiss; 5th acceptance!)

Posted on September 16, 2007

It’s happened again, folks. And in a short period of time. I’ve just received my 5th Print Acceptance to Sam’s Dot Publishing’s Spec-Fic Magazine, Aoife’s Kiss. This month you can find me in their quarterly “September” Issue with a story called “PET“.

I have other news, too, the Aoife’s Kiss-Sam’s Dot Publishing Short Story Collection might contain my later stories (meant to appear in March 2008, June 2008, and December 08). Not the magazine component. This means that they’ll appear exclusively in the collection instead. For more info on Sam’s Dot Publishing, simply go here:

www.samsdotpublishing.com

For Aoife’s Kiss click here: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/cover.htm

For Aoife’s Kiss Submission Guidelines: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/AKGuidelines.htm

I can’t give out too many details quite yet, but I’ll keep everyone posted as to the status of the collection, future print or online issues of any Sam’s Dot Publishing productions I’m in, and more!

Lawrence R. Dagstine 😉

Sein Und Werden Vol. 2, No. 2… (Now Available!)

Posted on September 7, 2007

The Autumn 2007 Issue of Rachel Kendall’s UK-based magazine, SEIN UND WERDEN, is now available for purchase. Volume 2, Issue #2. Themed Issue…”Clowns & Ghosts”. My story would be a ghost story. There’s TWO VERSIONS to this magazine. One is an online version with tons of great authors, and the other is a special print version with tons of great authors as well.

I’m in the print version with, “The Nightmare of Bayhurst”.

Go here: http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/2_2/index.html

With fiction by: Peter Tennant, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Jeff Crouch, Emma Lee, Kenneth Mulvey, Dan Smith, Serena Spinello, Tim Horvath, S Musick, David Mclean, Steven Pirie, Rhonda Carrier, Mark Howard Jones, Alexis Child, Ken Klinger, Peter Schwartz, Brent Powers, Willie Smith, John Brewer, Rob Plath, Spyros Heniadis, Sean Kilpatrick, Bendi Barrett, Jason Hereux, and Phil Doran.

Artwork for Vol. 2, No. 2 by S Musick and John Brewer

I urge you to pick up a copy. These are some hot names in the UK’s short fiction market, and who can resist stories about clowns and ghosts? The art is fantastic! Get yours now or just click on the link below:

http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/print.html

Aoife’s Kiss #22… Sept. 2007 (Now Available!)

Posted on September 4, 2007

Issue #22 of Aoife’s Kiss is now available, September 07. This will be my first appearance out of four over the next 15 months… And guess who made the cover? 😉

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

I’ll also be coming to the March, June, and December 2008 print issues. This issue’s line-up is pretty impressive; plenty of fiction and poetry, too.

Fiction, Poetry, and Illustrations by: Laura Sanger Kelly, Sharon Maria Bidwell, David M. Fitzpatrick, H. Ann Dyess, Tyree Campbell, Skadi meic Beorg, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Domyelle Rhyse, John McDonnell, Beth Langford, Jonathan Moeller, Lawrence Barker, Christine L. Golden, Tim Scott, Kim McDougall, Rachel Swirsky, Neal Wilgus, Modena DeBrosse, Rich Magahiz, Caitlin M. Mattison, Tracie McBride, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Shelly Bryant, M. Frost: Temple, and Teresa Tunaley…

Available for order or subscription through THE GENRE MALL:

http://www.genremall.com/contents.htm

Other New Entries: Mad Ramblings, Magazine Credits 1, Unplanned Parenthood 1…

Surprising Stories #15… Sept. 2007 (appearances)

Posted on September 2, 2007

If you missed my Lewis Carroll time-traveling romp in the August Silverthought, you can catch it again this month, for September 2007, in the online Surprising Stories. Online Issue #15, and I’ve appeared here about a dozen times over the last few years.

Link: http://surprisingstories.dcwi.com/

Surprising Stories is a tri-annual and put together by John Thiel, who also happens to be the editor and publisher of one of today’s “longest-running” and “still-existing” black-and-white science fiction & fantasy FANZINES. Remember fanzines, folks? Well, the fanzine component of Surprising Stories is called PABLO LENNIS, and that’s where I made my start in 1996. I think it’s been around since the 1970’s or 1980’s, and on a monthly basis.

Anyway, this special edition of Surprising Stories has fiction & poetry by: Joanne Tolson, Herbert J. Baker, Gary Every, Mel Waldmen, Steve Sneyd, Lawrence Dagstine and more…

The Fifth Di… September 2007 Issue (appearances)

Posted on September 1, 2007

The September 2007 edition of The Fifth Di…(by Sam’s Dot Publishing) is up with a story I wrote some time ago. I think in 2000 to be exact. It’s an oldie, pulp SF to say the least. I hope you enjoy it.

Anyway, it’s called “The Butterfly Idealists”.

Link: http://samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/cover.htm

This edition has fiction & poetry by: Lawrence Dagstine, Robert E. Porter, John Bushore, Frederick Obermeyer, Richard Fay, Daniel C. Smith, Shome Dasgupte, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, P.A. Lamping, and M. Frost.

I’ll also be coming soon to the final issue of Sinister City (www.sinistercity.com), and you can find the finalized cover for Route 66 in Magazine Credits 1 (just scroll down to the bottom). The link for there: route66magazine@wordpress.com

Other New Entries: “Mad Ramblings, Magazine Credits 1, Unplanned Parenthood 1 & 2″

Aoife’s Kiss, December 2008… (4th print acceptance!)

Posted on August 26, 2007

Wow. Today would mark my 4th Print Acceptance into Aoife’s Kiss (published by Sam’s Dot Publishing), and when it comes to paying prints, four would be the record for a single magazine. December 2008 is a good ways off, of course, but there are only so many slots per quarterly issue in a magazine, and being able to fill or snag most of them (even if they’re small press, even if a few are reprints) is a nice feeling. But there’s more… So please bear with me. In the meantime, here are links below to learn more about Aoife’s Kiss:

(sample issue w. Robert Reed below)

For Aoife’s Kiss Guidelines: http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/AKGuidelines.htm

For Sam’s Dot Publishing Info: http://samsdotpublishing.com

Lawrence Dagstine’s Upcoming Appearances in Aoife’s Kiss: September 2007, March 2008, June 2008, and December 2008 (may go in collection, this one).

Ah, yes, the “more” part. Sam’s Dot Publishing is interested in doing a collection with me. A short story collection. Whether these are previous appearances, all new stories, horror or scifi, themed or unthemed, I don’t know yet. But there is talk of a short story collection. I think the latest accepted tale might actually go in there, too.

However, if so, I probably wouldn’t start it until 2008. My kid is less than a week old, and he needs me right now (also, for the fact, my nights have been sleepless!). Oh, and if you haven’t had a chance yet, please be sure to check out “Unplanned Parenthood” for a peek at the little guy. 😉

Yours Truly,

Lawrence R. Dagstine

Silverthought Press… (appearance)

Posted on August 20, 2007

My alternate history tale, “Lewis Carroll and the Time Machine”, is now up in the August 2007 edition (online update), of Silverthought: www.silverthought.com

That Link Again: www.silverthought.com

This is my 57th Acceptance to Silverthought Press over the years. They’re not just a site for good, entertaining speculative fiction, but headed up by professional editor Paul Evan Hughes, they are many other things as well. They’re a book press, offering the finest line-up of modern SF/transgressive titles. They have FREE CONTESTS where you can win a lot of cool stuff, such as free books from their library. They’re also a place for writers, and they have peer review and critiquing groups which help writers grow in their craft. Like I said, I’ve been there a few years myself.

Some of their most recent titles include: ‘A Dark and Deadly Valley’ (by Mike Heffernan), ‘The Trinity’ (by David LaBounty), and ‘Chaise’ (by Becci Noblit Goodall). I also appear in their IPPY Award-Nominated Antho, ‘Silverthought Ignition Anthology’ with two stories, entitled: “Zombie Mountain” and “Let’s Play God”. The award nominations there speak for itself, as do their fine line-up of writers.

In other news, my fiancee’s water broke a few hours ago at her parent’s house. I’m on my way to the hospital come daybreak, so this will be my last entry here for a good month.

Wish me luck, and hopefully if all is well you will get to see me and my son soon…

Until my next update…

Lawrence R. Dagstine 🙂

Escape Velocity – Fall 2007… (coming soon; teasers)

Posted on August 17, 2007

Coming late this Fall, from Adventure Books of Seattle, ESCAPE VELOCITY. Featuring some of today’s hottest and finest “growing” names in the field of science fiction. If this is the sneak preview for the cover (teaser art), I’ll shit on myself. This one’s going to have a decent circulation and line-up, too, and be available in bookstores, including Borders.

Coming Soon from Adventure Books of Seattle:

www.adventurebooksofseattle.com

(Other New Entries: Mad Ramblings, Magazine Credits 1)

The Fifth Di… (December 2007; acceptance)

Posted on August 12, 2007

And they keep coming…Another paying acceptance, small press and this time a reprint, to the December 2007 issue of Sam’s Dot Publishing’s Online Zine, “The Fifth Di…” J. Alan Erwine and Tyree Campbell put together some quality small press ezines and anthos such as Aoife’s Kiss, The Martian Wave, and of course, The Fifth Di…

www.samsdotpublishing.com

I’ll also be appearing in their September 2007 Issue with ‘The Butterfly idealists’, an older story. (I have about 15 to 20 stories coming out this Fall alone, then more straight through early 2009). In other news, my blog-turned website viewings have increased. It is usually never this high. Strange but “creepy”, seeing that this website is dedicated to my family, the love of prose, and the small press. Anyway, stay tuned to this blog for upcoming news on me, writing, science fiction, family, the enigma (lol), and more. 😉

Nova SF #20… (3rd appearance; coming soon)

Posted on August 9, 2007

This week’s plug goes out to NOVA SF. Editor Wesley Kawato puts out a stellar little print publication filled with stories of the “beyond” and bestowed with elements of religion. The combination of hard SF and the Bible make for an interesting mix. Both Jupiter SF and Nova SF are the longest running and best small press print pubs out there today for this particular genre, too. Sample issues below:

Link: www.novascifi.com

“NOVA Science Fiction Magazine is a hard copy science fiction magazine with stories about space travel, time travel, alternate history and more.”

Yep, that’s what their site says, and they pay ‘1/2 cent per word’ up to 10,000 words for your best hard SF/religious SF. I’ll be making my “THIRD” print appearance with them, Issue #20. Don’t know if I got the lead story or cover art yet. Between 2005 and 2006, I first appeared in Issue’s #15 and #18. Here are their covers:

Nova SF #15, 2005: “Noah from Mars” by Lawrence Dagstine

Nova SF #18, 2006: “Men are from Ganymede, Women are from Callisto”

Issue #20 is scheduled for mid-to-late Fall 2007. Wesley Kawato called me a small press veteran in Issue #18, so yeah, he deserves this plug. If you need submission guidelines, subscription rates or other info for this wonderful semi-annual, here’s that link again: www.novascifi.com

And last but not least, “Written Word Online Magazine #4″ (www.writtenwordmag.com) went live today. My byline got spelled wrong again. It should be Dagstine, not Digstine. Magazines tend to mistake me for the supermarket chain, D’agostino’s, too. 😦

Written Word Magazine #4… (August 2007)

Posted on August 5, 2007

The August 2007 Issue of Written Word Online Magazine (www.writtenwordmag.com) is coming out in a few more days. I’m in this month’s edition with a story about parenting an orphan robot girl. A deadly robot girl. “Planned Parenthood“. I haven’t decided yet if I’ll work on a longer version to this story down the road. With my whole inner ear out of wack right now (yeah, vertigo sucks), and my Internet time limited because of it, well, my writing’s been pretty much on the backburner.

That Link Again: www.writtenwordmag.com

Written Word has featured such authors as Gary Beck, Rick Novy, Eric S. Brown, Kristine Ong Muslim, Vera Searles, Karen L. Newman, and more. They’ve become pretty popular, switching to a monthly or bimonthly format.

The idea and inspiration for my story, Planned Parenthood, came about around December of last year, when I learned my fiancee was pregnant. And speaking of parenthood… Only two-to-three weeks to go… My son will be here! I am worried though, as the baby turned “breech” on us. There are risks involved. Preparing for the birth has taken up a lot of my time. I’ll have an “Unplanned Parenthood” column on the right-hand side down the road, and this new blog website of mine will also grow into my family homepage.

So stay tuned and watch some great things grow with it. 🙂

Sein Und Werden… (acceptance)

Posted on August 5, 2007

Just got an acceptance into Rachel Kendall’s magazine, Sein Und Werden. I’ll have a short story in either the print or online version(s); won’t know which one though until sometime before or after August 20th.

Link: http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/sein.html

Sein Und Werden is a UK-based publication. The magazine usually features fiction of a surrealistic, existential, literary bent. But the issue I’ll be in is a “themed” issue. Ghosts and Clowns. My story, of course, will be a ghost story.

Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #16 (appearance)

Posted on August 1, 2007

Here’s a magazine which I highly recommend, put out by Stephen Theaker. It’s from the UK. Print. Available through LULU. It’s called “Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction“. I appear in Issue #16 with a short SF piece, called, “Our Plight on Amaros”.

You can buy your copy here:

http://www.silveragebooks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/books/books.htm

Route 66… (acceptance, and plug!)

Posted on July 26, 2007

Just had a short (and I mean short) accepted to Route 66, a new upcoming magazine with a slightly new and innovative theme. Stories that can fit inside your pocket… Stories that are exactly 66 words in length… No more, no less. Talk about a written exercise. It took me about 2 hours to chop words for my accepted tale, entitled: “The Mortician’s Pride.”

Kimberly Raiser, talented and refreshing author-turned editor, is looking for submissions for the premiere issue, and I promised I’d give her a little plug. Route 66 will accept any genre and debut in Early 2008. Can you write a story in exactly 66 words?

Route 66 Details/Guidelines: www.route66magazine.wordpress.com

Route 66 Submissions: route66magazine@aol.com

Kinships #7 (Now Available; Final Issue)

Posted on July 16, 2007

I’m currently in the latest and final issue of Kinships Magazine. Issue #7. I headline the last issue with a much older religious SF story, called: “Men are from Ganymede, Women are from Callisto.” This is actually my THIRD credit with the story. It originally appeared in Silverthought (www.silverthought.com) first, then Nova SF #18 not too long after. So I now retire it within the pages of this cute little small press paying publication.

Link: http://anotherotherkin.tripod.com/angelicpress/Kinships/index.htm

I know, the magazine cover’s a little slanted. Anyway, this issue also features fiction and poetry by Jason Gaskell, Kristine Ong Muslim, Aurelio Rico Lopez, Lee Clark Zumpe, and many others. Hmm… I see they misspelled my name on their index homepage… 😦

Jupiter SF #17, Callirrhoe… (now available!)

Posted on July 12, 2007

These last few weeks have been BIG for me with the whole slew of acceptances and all. It is my pleasure to announce that I’m in Jupiter SF, Issue #17, Callirrhoe…now available…

Cover Art for Jupiter SF #17 by Jesse Speak; Edited by Ian Redman.

It’s truly a great cover, ain’t it?

Featuring my science fiction story, “A Soul to the Stars”. This story is dedicated to my unborn son (if you happen to read the climax to it, you’ll get an idea why). Ian Redman’s been putting this popular small press, hard sf publication together for over 4 years. This is also my fourth appearance in the publication’s history (see June 2007 archive). If you would like to order the magazine or learn more, go here: www.jupitersf.co.uk

Here are ALL covers for ALL issues featuring my stories (past and present):

That URL for Jupiter SF again: www.jupitersf.co.uk

With that said, yep, it’s been a great few weeks. Two appearances Tales of the Talisman, three appearances Aoife’s Kiss, appearances in The Martian Wave and The Fifth Di…, and stories of mine also coming soon to Written Word Online Magazine and Black Ink Horror. Oh yeah, be sure to check out the plug for Escape Velocity and Whispers of Wickedness as well. Simply scroll down, or check the June 2007 and July 2007 archives.

Until my next acceptance(s)… Yours Truly…