Satirica: Anthology of Satirical Speculative Fiction

Posted on December 28, 2007

SNEAK PREVIEWS: Coming 2008…

Almost 110,000 words in length; A collection featuring 24 or more stories…

SATIRICA: An Anthology of Satirical Speculative Fiction

Compiled & Edited by Dudgeon:

www.myspace.com/dudgeon369

Author line-up so far: Joshua Allen, R.J. Astruc, Jason K. Chapman, Gary Cuba, John Parke Davis, Dudgeon, Victor Giannini, Roger Haller, Bill Housley, Dan Kopcow, Lawrence Dagstine, Dan Marcus, Tomas L. Martin, Paul Mannering, Mike Philbin, Anden Sharp, and David Thorpe.

Edited to Add: Steven J. Dines & Kevin Spiess added to the growing list of authors.

More details to follow. Stay tuned…

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”

The Fifth Di, December 2007… (appearances)

Posted on December 3, 2007

Now appearing in the December 2007 edition of The Fifth Di…, final showings of my short alternate history tale, “Lewis Carroll and the Time Machine“. I found this Alice pic below cool, so I put it up instead of a regular banner. It represents one of my favorite authors I like to write about; one of my three favorite since I was an early teenager. The other two being Kurt Vonnegut and Isaac Asimov.

THE FIFTH DI… (December 2007)

“Lewis Carroll and the Time Machine”

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

Featuring Fiction and Poetry by: Lawrence Dagstine, Mark Allan Gunnells, John Bushore, Terrie Leigh Relf, Marge Simon, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, and Sarah Wagner. Edited by J. Alan Erwine. With opening tuppence by Tyree Campbell.

Sam’s Dot Publishing Main Page: www.samsdotpublishing.com

What is this I hear? You like Lewis Carroll-themed fiction? Then be on the lookout for two Sam’s Dot Publishing BEST SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH and YEAR anthologies with fiction by myself and a host of other Small Press regulars, available at the links below:

Wondrous Web Worlds Anthologies No. #3 and No. #5:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/wondrous.htm

Purchase from THE GENRE MALL:

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

Other New Entries: “Books & Anthos, Magazine Credits”

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Oh yeah, almost forgot… You’ve already seen the Halloween 2007 pictures (the kid’s first trick or treat). Here’s what Thanksgiving looked like with the in-laws. Well, the turkey at least. I’ll add them to the ‘Unplanned Parenthood‘ album when I’m done.

This year we had a 19-pounder. Nice looking bird, isn’t it?

And then the table set-up for the side dishes, of course.

Happy Holidays, Everyone…

Other New Entires: “Unplanned Parenthood 1”

Worlds of Wonder, April 2008… (acceptances)

Posted on December 1, 2007

My latest acceptance comes today to a webzine edited by Sharon Partington. It will be for their April 2008 online issue. It’s called, Worlds of Wonder. In the last year, they’ve featured such authors as Peter Tennant, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Tala Bar.

Worlds of Wonder (a.k.a. WoWzine)

Link: http://clik.to/wowzine

Their late fall edition for 2007 is still up with some wonderful authors and serials, which I highly recommend. Their submission guidelines can also be found there.

Hopefully, if I have some time in the next week I can sit down and post my Thanksgiving Day pictures, along with shots of the turkey and dinner set-up.

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits”

7th Dimension Magazine #2… (Horror-Watch)

Posted on November 30, 2007

At first I wasn’t sure about this new print publication which combines the best of four or five worlds for writers of speculative fiction and horror. I’ll admit, I was a little sketchy. So I had sent them a reprint. The magazine is called 7th Dimension Magazine, and they pay… Well, $7.00 for fiction. They had advertised a few times on Shocklines.

7th Dimension Magazine, Issue #2

Ordering Info: http://www.horror-watch.com/

Second Issue Fiction by: Ahmed Khan, Ken Goldman, Derek Muk, Karen L. Newman, and yours truly, Lawrence R. Dagstine.

So we know already that they’ve featured a few familiar Small Press names.

Now the other component, which consists of a marketplace, free advertising and plugs for professional authors and writers pretty much already out there or getting out there, publicity at no cost whatsoever, banner and book trades and interviews would be… HORROR WATCH!

Horror Watch Marketplace/Free Plugs for Authors:

Link: http://www.horror-watch.com/marketplace/index.html

Now I don’t know who Rufus is, mind you (see the second banner)… But any magazine or website that gives back to the horror genre or promotes it and its authors with free exposure deserves a plug from me and much respect. Good luck with it. 😉

Nova SF #20, Late 2007… (Now Available!)

Posted on November 21, 2007

The latest issue of NOVA Scifi, No. 20, is finally available. NOVA SF is easily one of the best hard, soft, or religious scifi magazines available today in the smaller presses. Like England’s Jupiter SF (www.jupitersf.co.uk), the stories won’t let you down. NOVA SF #20 is my third appearance within their pages. I am also, for the 3rd or 4th time this month, ‘Feature Author’. The artwork this month is dedicated to my story, “A Soul to the Stars.”

NOVA Science Fiction #20

http://www.novascifi.com

Featuring Fiction by: Lawrence Dagstine, Robert Anderson, Kevin Coyle, Steve Stanton, Scott Waclawik, and Don Kerr. Edited by Wesley Kawato. Cover art by Josh Grieve. He did a tremendous job; the cover art matches my story’s theme, dead-on! Much respect.

They’ve been around a few years. They only accept snail mail submissions. If you have a manuscript that’s Hard SF or Religious SF and well-written in nature, and you have some kind of science fiction resume to back up your experience, then I’d query them. They are listed in the Writer’s Market and indexed by Locus Online.

For Submissions or Queries: Nova Science Fiction, C/O Wesley Kawato, 17983 Paseo Del Sol, Chino Hills, CA 91709-3947

Here are some of my past issue covers.

http://www.novascifi.com

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits”

OG’s Speculative Fiction #9… (Now Available!)

Posted on November 16, 2007

I have a story up in the current edition of ‘The Opinion Guy’ (a.k.a. OG’s Speculative Fiction). The editor is Seth Crossman, and he runs a very nice quarterly SF publication. I highly recommend it. Past contributors have included such poets and authors as Kristine Ong Muslim, Karen Romanko, and Angeline Hawkes. And yes, I’m on the cover again.

OG’s Speculative Fiction #9

Link: www.theopinionguy.com

Featuring Fiction & Poetry by: Steven Mathes, David C. Tallerman, Lawrence R. Dagstine and Elizabeth Barette. Cover Art by Anselmo Alliegro.

The Opinion Guy promises not to disappoint. It usually runs between 24 and 30 pages, but they’re also available in a print format through LULU for promotional purposes at SF conventions around the country. So, if for the hell of it, you’d like to own a print copy, just go here: http://www.theopinionguy.com/page2.html

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits”

The Willows Magazine, Nov. 2007… (appearances)

Posted on November 14, 2007

I was just informed that THE WILLOWS MAGAZINE, Issue #3, November 2007 is now available. I’m one of the Feature Authors this month, along with many others. If you like Weird Tales, then The Willows will definitely be up your alley. I see I made front cover, too. Cool.

The Willows: November 2007

Order Here: www.thewillowsmagazine.com

With fiction by: Lawrence Dagstine, G.W. Thomas, Paul Marlowe, G.D.Falksen, and many others. Don’t miss out on this one. It’s only $5.00 per issue, and they sell out quick.

About the publication:

The Willows is an atmospheric horror and dark fantasy magazine with an emphasis on

the traditional weird tale, in the classic style of Blackwood, Dunsany, Hodgson, Machen, Lovecraft, etc.

Deleted Entries: “Mad Ramblings (no time; blog updated roughly 10 to 15 times per month)”.

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits, Unplanned Parenthood 1”

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

Posted on November 13, 2007

A couple of magazines from the U.S. and UK arrived today, so I’ll start with this one. Sein und Werden, Volume 2; Number 2, put out quarterly by the very talented Rachel Kendall and Spyros Heniadis. The Autumn 2007 Issue is a special themed issue. The theme is GHOSTS & CLOWNS. I’m sure readers will pretty much figure out the rest.

Sein Und Werden, Volume 2, No. 2…

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

It features stories by myself and such talented British short fiction authors as Steve Pirie, Kenneth Mulvey, Serena Spinello, Mark Howard Jones, Peter Tennant, and a slew of others. And yes, Peter Tennant is right, this one does look like the old Ace Doublebacks.

I’ve also added pics of my pets to the Unplanned Parenthood sections. My cat and fish.

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits, Unplanned Parenthood 1”

Escape Velocity, Issue #1… (Now Available!)

Posted on November 11, 2007

Escape Velocity Issue #1, Volume #1.

Ordering Info: http://www.adventurebooksofseattle.com/

Published by Adventure Books of Seattle. Only $8.99, 168 pages.

Featuring SF by: A.W. Gifford, Alex S. Weinle, Geoff Nelder, Yvonne Eve Walus, Barbara Krasnoff, Gideon Kane Cross, Michael Anderson, Vincent F.A. Golphin, Paul A. Freeman, Clyde Andrews, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Eddie French, Sheila Crosby, Gustavo Bondoni, TJ McIntyre, Jaine Fenn, Matthew Spence, Carmelo Rafala, and Magdalena Ball.

Edit: This entry originally appeared in Oct., but I didn’t have a lineup until now.

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Pablo Lennis #240, Nov. 2007… (appearances)

Posted on November 3, 2007

Acceptance/Appearance No. 281 comes today to Pablo Lennis #240, one of the oldest small press fanzines of science fiction, fantasy and horror out there. The November 2007 Issue. You can own a copy for just $2.00, they’re based in Indiana, with a tiny but decent circulation. And they’re published by Oort Cloud Publications, Vachume Press.

PABLO LENNIS #240, November 2007…

Snail Mail Submissions or Orders only:

PABLO LENNIS

30 N. 19th Street

Lafayette, Indiana 47904

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits, Unplanned Parenthood 1”

Sounds of the Night, February 2008… (acceptance)

Posted on November 2, 2007

I have a small correction to make to one of my late October blog entries. Acceptances 279 and 280 will go to the following Sam’s Dot Publishing PRINT publications next year. The editor just emailed me this evening. Both stories are reprints. The change would be for a publication called SOUNDS OF THE NIGHT (link to guidelines below):

LINK: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/soundsGL.htm

Sample cover:

Paying Acceptance No. 279: Sounds of the Night, February 2008…

Paying Acceptance No. 280: Beyond Centauri, July 2008…

Sounds of the Night is a science fiction & fantasy publication which features romantic, mild erotic, and sensual tales set on far-off worlds.

The story is called: “The Romance of Vegada.”

Other New Entries: “Magazine Credits, Unplanned Parenthood 1”

Beyond Centauri, July 2008… (2 print acceptances!)

Posted on October 27, 2007

Today brings in TWO print acceptances. No. 279 and 280 on the road to 300. Both tales were accepted by Sam’s Dot Publishing. The first one, a reprint entitled The Romance of Vegada, which will go into the February 2008 Print Issue of “Sounds of the Night”.

Next, we have a young adult speculative fiction story called I Want My Alien Back, which will go in the July 2008 issue of Beyond Centauri. The kids should enjoy the humorous end of that one. Below you will find a “Sample Cover” of what Beyond Centauri looks like:

Beyond Centauri: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/beyondguide.htm

Sam’s Dot Publishing Main Page: www.samsdotpublishing.com

Purchase back issues from Clarkesworld Books: http://www.clarkesworldbooks.com/BCMAG.html

Other New Entries: “Bibliography, Magazine Credits”

Otherworlds Anthology (SpecFicWorld; acceptance)

Posted on October 24, 2007

My latest acceptance this week comes to a PDF anthology due out around June 2008, and you can find them at Specficworld (www.specficworld.com). Otherworlds Anthology is looking for dark, tightly written science fiction, fantasy and horror. I don’t have a banner for them, but I do have one for Specficworld (where they happen to be located). Why not check them out? They’re still accepting submissions.

OTHERWORLDS ANTHOLOGY

Submission Guidelines: http://www.specficworld.com/publications/anthos/otherworlds.aspx

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

Listening to: “Duende (www.myspace.com/weareduende)“

Silverthought Press, October 2007… (appearances)

Posted on October 23, 2007

I have a sci-fi story appearing in the October 2007 update of Silverthought. ST is not just a fiction site and writer’s discussion forum, but also a book publisher. The story appearing in this month’s online edition is a reprint, entitled: “Plight on Amaros.”

Main Site: www.silverthought.com

Read the story here: http://www.silverthought.com/dagstine58.html

Featuring serialized fiction, short stories, and news by: Scott Lyerly, Georgepat, Andrew Capone, Rob Crandall, Lawrence R. Dagstine, Ken Dean, Dudgeon, Eric Ellert, P.S. Gifford, David S. Grant, Roger Haller, David LaBounty, Paul Mannering, Kimberly Raiser, Michael Simon, Becci Noblit Goodall and Mike Philbin.

Plight on Amaros was one of those tales that I really wanted to turn into something more epic. Something more meaningful and novella-length. In other news, I’ve had a few more acceptances. When I have time, I’ll give them their own plugs/blog entries. Things have been kind of hectic over here with planning a New Years move and getting ready for October 31st. Halloween, my second favorite holiday (next to Christmas). My family might go to the 2007 Pumpkin Festival in Central Park this Saturday. Lots of pumpkin-flavored goodies, and kids and babies dressed up in costumes. Should be fun. We’ve got the baby’s FIRST halloween costume set up, too. He’s going as Wonder Bread! lol. Anyway, I’ll be taking lots of pics — as well as seeing a few horror movies — so I’ll be sure to post them in the “Unplanned Parenthood” section.

Lawrence R. Dagstine

7th Dimension Magazine… (acceptance)

Posted on October 18, 2007

I just had another acceptance, this time to a fairly new small press print zine. It will be for their second promotional issue. They pay $7.00 for science fiction and horror stories between 1,000 and 4,000 words in length, and usually up to 4 authors per issue. 7th Dimension is a quarterly.

7th Dimension Magazine:

http://www.newtonshair.com/7thdimension/

I think the cover above is just a promotional/demo version.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.newtonshair.com/7thdimension/submitstories.html

The Martian Wave… (another acceptance!)

Posted on October 17, 2007

Just recently had yet another acceptance to J. Alan Erwine’s online publication of Hard SF and poetry, THE MARTIAN WAVE. They pay $10.00 per accepted story, and this would either be my third or fourth acceptance to them ever. They accept traditional and soft SF forms, too, but you can probably make the sell if you have a well-written short involving the exploration of space and planets; after all, this is the theme of the publication.

Main Site: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/tmw/cover.htm

Submission Guidelines: http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/tmw/guidelines.htm

September to October have been two great months so far in the fiction debut and fiction acceptance department for me (basically, Autumn 2007). Also, I have a lot more stories due out in print and online magazines between now and the early half of next year. When I have some free time, I’ll compose a more comprehensive bibliography and publication history with dates, issues, magazine names and more, all leading up from Spring 1996 to the present!

So stay tuned. The story to Martian Wave won’t appear until sometime in 2008. Oh, and if you haven’t visited me on MySpace yet, perhaps now would be the right time… 😉

www.myspace.com/lawrencedagstine

It’s amazing how, in just a matter of two-three days, I’ve made a ton of writer friends and, much to my surprise, four of whom I have shared the same Table of Contents with.

Other New Entries: “Mad Ramblings (and a rather hostile one at that)”

Lost Worlds: Vol. 10, No. 1 – July 1999…

Posted on October 12, 2007

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

Today’s Blast from the Past (archived magazine title) features an almost decade old 8.5 x 11-sized publication, which I’m sure many writers from the 1990’s old school, or snail mail submitting generation of genre, will remember. Yep, I’m talking about the Writer’s Digest of scifi; ‘The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer’s Digest’ of markets…

Lost Worlds was around from 1989 all the way up to the new millennium. A tri-annual to semi-annual, if I’m not mistaken; semi-annual in its final days. I first appeared in one of their last issues with a post-apocalyptic soft SF yarn, called: “My Future is Your Waste.”

-Lost Worlds, Vol. 10, No. #1… July 1999-

The Writer’s and Artist’s Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum Magazine

Authors to this issue included: Jennifer James, Walter L. Dinteman, Ray Johnson, Lisa J. Roberts, Shawn Madison, Ray Burrell, Thomas Haesche, and Lawrence Dagstine. Cover Art is entitled “Autumn Patrol”, and it was created by R. Wayt Smith.

Also, remember when high-quality printed genre magazines cost about $3.95? Nowadays they run between $7.00 and $12.00, with $8.00 to 10.00 being the average cover price.

Anyway, until my next blast from the past… 😉

Lawrence R. Dagstine

The Willows Magazine… (acceptance)

Posted on October 9, 2007

Today brings in acceptance no. 270, batting in a decent lifetime average, to The Willows – Atmospheric Horror and Dark Fantasy Magazine. Think Weird Tales. Think Lovecraft, Poe, Blackwood, Machen, but pre-war. Think Anglo-American, Art Deco, Atmosphere to top it off. And you’ve got yourself a vibe going for The Willows Magazine…

Link: www.thewillowsmagazine.com

Editorial staff includes Ben Thomas and Skadi meic Beorh. I urge everyone to take a peek and try them out. They are a paying publication, published quarterly. The kind of stories you’d find someone reading in a turn of the century gentlemen’s lounge. Below is a sample issue, to give you an idea what they look like; I’ll be appearing in a future issue.

www.thewillowsmagazine.com

Other New Entries: “Bibliography, Magazine Credits”

OG’s Speculative Fiction (opinion guy; acceptance)

Posted on October 7, 2007

I just had an acceptance this evening to OG’s Speculative Fiction., a.k.a. The Opinion Guy! They’re a paying print-online publication, and award-winning writer Seth Crossman is the editor. Over the years they’ve featured such authors as: Lou Antonelli, Kristine Ong Muslim, Jason Earl, Karen Romanko, Brian Dolton, and Angeline Hawkes…

OG’s Speculative Fiction:

www.theopinionguy.com

For sample back issues, these are what they look like. I have no idea yet what issue I got into. It could be late this year or sometime next. But each print issue is between 24 and 30 pages long. And anywhere between 4 and 5 authors or poets per issue. Two authors most of the time. Must be hard to break into this market.