Flame Tree Fiction
Topics: Short Stories, horror, Horror Fiction, Call For Submissions
Welcoming Grace Chan
Flame Tree Press welcomes Australian author Grace Chan to the blog to talk about her award-winning short story “The Mark”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September in our celebrated Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.
Topics: Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness
Growing Up At 18 VS Growing Up At 18
Let me tell you about the day my son turned 18 in London and I realised I had successfully raised what my mother would diplomatically call ‘a coconut’ - brown on the outside, white on the inside, and completely alien to the concept that adulthood is a community project requiring minimum fifteen opinions from relatives you see twice a year.
Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, Birthday Celebration, 18th Birthday, First Generation Immigrant, lifeinlondon
Welcoming Cynthia Pelayo
Flame Tree Press welcomes Bram Stoker Award-winner Cynthia Pelayo to the blog to talk about her story “Self-Portrait”, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September in our celebrated Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.
Topics: Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, on the theme of Odysseus! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories.
**THIS SUBMISSIONS WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED**
Topics: Short Stories, Call For Submissions, Myths, Gods and Immortals
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, on the theme of The Valkyries! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories.
**THIS SUBMISSIONS WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED**
Topics: Short Stories, Call For Submissions, Myths, Gods and Immortals
Welcoming Stephen Volk
Flame Tree Press welcomes writer and screenwriter Stephen Volk to the blog to talk about his story "Sawn Wife", which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September in our celebrated Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology “defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets.” Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.
Topics: Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness
When The Husband Becomes The House Husband
Let me tell you about the day I realised I had become something that would make my grandmother perform emergency prayers for my soul: a wife whose husband stays home while she brings home the bacon (Roti in my case).
Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon, Immigrant couple, Migration
Welcoming Emily Ruth Verona
Flame Tree Press welcomes Bram Stoker Award-nominee Emily Ruth Verona to the blog to talk about her story Bangs, which appears alongside a stellar line-up in the groundbreaking anthology This Way Lies Madness, releasing in September from Flame Tree Press in our Beyond & Within series. In the introduction to the work, the book’s co-editors, Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray, say the anthology "defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets." Comprising 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors’ motivation for their work.
Topics: Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness
We’re pleased to announce the authors included in our upcoming anthology: Afrofuturism Short Stories! Earlier this year, we opened for submissions that explore the many angles and interpretations of Afrofuturism, a genre and an aesthetic that envisages all kinds of Black futures, alternative pasts and possibilities. Award-winning author of Everfair, Nisi Shawl, provides the foreword, alongside an insightful introduction by Associate Editor Dr. Sandra M. Grayson and invaluable editorial support from Sistah Sci-Fi founder Isis Asare. We’re delighted to have chosen the stories below for inclusion:
Topics: Gothic Fantasy, Short Stories, submissions, anthologies