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The submission window for "Unspoken Water 3" will be opening on 1st January 2012, and it will be a music-based issue, inspired by the illustration "Monster Notes" by Denny Marshall.
"Unspoken Water 2" is on sale now, with a terrific Glasgow-inspired cover by Denny Marshall called "Gray Ghost in the Armadillo".
And the last piece of the jigsaw is some great artwork by Denny Marshall.
THE CONTENTS OF ISSUE TWO ARE:
"Little Dead Girl" by C. M. Saunders "A Breath of Air" by Rebekah Brown "Crossing" by Karen Ellery "Heartless" by Thomas Williams "Sea Monkeys" by Steve Lockley "The Crossroads" by Stephen Palmer "Valkenswaard" by Jan Edwards "The Magic Circle" by Sarah Doyle
ISSUE ONE ON SALE NOW See here for details, or click the "Buy Online" tab.
ON YOUR STARTERS ORDERS - GO!!!!! THE SUBMISSION WINDOW HAS RE-OPENED, GOOD LUCK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
ISSUE ONE - AND THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE: "Unspoken Water" will be out in July, with stories by: Joel Lane, Gary McMahon, Steve Rasnic Tem. Andrew Hook, and Jeffery Scott Sims and poems by: Lorraine Schein, Kristine Ong Muslim, F. J. Bergmann, and Marina Lee Sable and last, but not least, illustrations by: Denny Marshall and Josh Byer
CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS - REOPENS 1ST JULY 2011 An old Scottish custom, unspoken water was a charm against the Evil Eye and used for healing the sick. It was obtained by collecting running water from under a bridge that the living had crossed and the dead had been carried over. Whatever was used to collect the water should not touch the ground. It was then carried in silence at dawn or at twilight and brought to the house of the sick or bewitched person who was given three sips of "silvered water" from a wooden ladle which had a silver coin placed at the bottom. The rest of the water was sprinkled around the person or poured into a corner stone of the house or behind the fire-flag. If the stone split, then the illness or curse would be fatal, and they could not be cured or saved. Now, "Unspoken Water" is looking for poetry and short fiction of the strange, the weird, and the uncanny. We are a market for the supernatural, not fantasy or science fiction. The first few issues will be chapbook size with the intention to grow to perfect-bound copies. Publication will be twice yearly, and occasionally some issues might be devoted to a particular theme, for which submissions will be sought. Poetry or fiction should be submitted in RTF as an email attachment. A cover letter is not required, but make sure you put your name and address on everything you submit. Payment is £10 on publication plus one contributor's copy. Email submissions only. We are also looking for cover and internal artwork which should be line drawings submitted as JPEG's as an e-mail attachment. Payment is £10 on publication plus one copy. Send submissions to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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