Missed a step in the dark last night and injured my left ankle. Don’t know if it’s sprained, twisted or what. Quite sore and painful to walk on. More than last night. My wife will be driving me to the ER soon.
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The Saturday Night Special: Tokyo (Japanese Trap and Bass Type Beat-Trapanese Hip Hop)
Now over at The Chamber…
All dark music videos can be found on the Dark Music playlist on The Chamber’s YouTube channel.
Later at your home for the evening…
The next morning…
The Saturday Night Special: Circle – Dark Clubbing/ Bass House/ Cyberpunk Megamix
Now appearing Saturdays…
All music videos are collected under the Dark Music playlist on The Chamber’s YouTube channel.
I am going to take this Saturday Night Special thing a little farther and push it a little closer to the clubbing experience by now offering, along with the music, videos on making cocktails. After all, what’s a night on the town without cocktails? The channels/bartenders will vary, but this is clubbing, going from one club to the next, one bartender to the next, each weekend new clubs, new bartenders. The bartending shows are ones I watch frequently and that I find entertaining. If I were barhopping still, these would be the bartenders I would visit most regularly and chat with at the beginning of happy hour when people are starting to arrive or at the end of the night, when everyone is staggering out, the staff is cleaning and straightening the tables, and the…
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Contents
“A Proper Ballerina” Dark Fiction by Janet Goldberg
“Piñata” Dark, Supernatural Flash Fiction by D.C. Marcus
Three Dark Poems by Callum McGee: “Black Oracles of Anfield Cemetery”, “Black Taxi”, and “Four Years of Hell”
“The Shade” Dark, Supernatural Fiction by Wess Mongo Jolley
Three Dark Poems by Joseph Farina: “fever planes”, “simulacrum”, and “what we leave behind”
“A Game of Horrors” Dark Fiction by Philip Laverty
“The Orange Tree” Fiction by Molly Osborne
Information on Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con
I have been invited to speak at the Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con at the Independence County Library, (267 East Main Street, Batesville) about my writing and about The Chamber Magazine on March 5. The exact time is yet to be determined. I will probably be there all day. The Comic Con lasts from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you happen to be in the area, please drop by. Tickets are available through Eventbrite at the link above.
Phil Slattery, Publisher, The Chamber Magazine
Now at The Chamber…
Contents
“Every DogHas His Day” Mystery by Julian Grant (Part 2 of 2)
“Safe” Dark Fiction by Janet Goldberg
“Steve Loved Her to Pieces” Dark Fiction by Robert Kostanczuk
“Acting Out” Dark Fiction by Brian R. Quinn
“The Lottery” Dark, Speculative Fiction by James Hanna
“Sister Tells Me” Dark Fiction by D.C. Marcus
Update on Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con
I have been invited to speak at the Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con at the Independence County Library, (267 East Main Street, Batesville) about my writing and about The Chamber Magazine on March 5. The exact time is yet to be determined. I will probably be there all day. The Comic Con lasts from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you happen to be in the area, please drop by. Tickets are available through Eventbrite at the link above.
Phil Slattery, Publisher, The Chamber Magazine
Update on Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con
I have been invited to speak at the Batesville, Arkansas Comic Con at the Independence County Library, (267 East Main Street, Batesville) about my writing and about The Chamber Magazine on March 5. The exact time is yet to be determined. I will probably be there all day. The Comic Con lasts from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you happen to be in the area, please drop by. Tickets are available through Eventbrite at the link above.
Phil Slattery, Publisher, The Chamber Magazine
Premiering February 19: The Saturday Night Special
Coming up at The Chamber!
The Chamber frequently experiments with new features to attract a larger readership. Often, the thinking behind a decision, for better or worse, is out of the box, which is the way I like it.
Like everyone else, I like music. My tastes are eclectic and I find something to like in almost any genre. Since founding The Chamber and switching to YouTube instead of regular TV, I have grown to like music of a dark nature. It makes for a good background when doing housework or reading excellent submissions or reading dry material at my day job or kicking back on a Saturday night with a few cocktails and maybe a pipeful or two of good tobacco (I live in a remote section of Arkansas and there is zero nightlife, even if I did go clubbing like I used to).
Knowing there are many others in the same situation as…
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Appearing in The Chamber February 18
Coming up at The Chamber!
New issues appear Fridays at 10:00 a.m. CDT/ 4:00 p.m. BST/ 8:30 p.m. IST/ 1:00 a.m. AEST (Saturdays).
“Dream Errors” Psychological Horror by Jay Charles
Jay Charles is a writer out of rural Pennsylvania. He won multiple awards for his undergraduate writing at Penn State University. Post-academic stories concern the speculative and the horror found in chilling regularity throughout history. His work has appeared in Kalliope, Liquid Imagination, and will be featured in the upcoming Medium Chill 7. Twitter: @JCharles000
“The Forgiveness” Psychological Horror by Jacob Austin
Mr. Austin states: “I am a writer and digital content strategist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. My short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Stray Branch, Bewildering Stories, and Black Petals. “
“Cruel” Dark, Legendary Fiction by Billy Stanton
Billy Stanton is a young working-class writer based in London, and originally from Portsmouth. His short story ‘Screwfix’ was recently published in the…
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New Policy
From now on, I am not deciding which submissions will be published after thee glasses of Cabernet. I have had no problems yet and I intend not to make any.
Rural Fiction Magazine is now Accepting Submissions
Slattery Publishing’s latest endeavor, Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM), is now accepting submissions. Detailed guidelines can be found on RFM’s Submissions Page.
Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM) is seeking mainstream and/or literary fiction and poetry that explores the beauty and drama of rural life on both an emotional and intellectual level. That said, RFM is willing to look at any other genre (horror, fantasy, noir, mystery, thriller, adventure, etc.) so long as it has a rural setting and addresses topics or themes of interest to people in rural areas. For that matter, although RFM expects the vast majority of submissions to be set in the US, but we are not adverse to seeing works set in rural areas of other nations. Remember, this is going out over the Internet. People all over the world will be able to read the stories published here, be they from Canada, England, Mexico, Tahiti, Japan, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, or wherever.
For the foreseeable future, RFM will be a monthly, online-only magazine publishing on the first of each month. The deadline for submissions is one week before the publication date. Anything received after that will be considered for the next issue.
“You Can’t Mix Science Fiction and Horror!” Um, Yes, You CAN!
Good article worth reading.
Guest columnist Richard H. Fay is back today, as he continues to give us his very personal view of genre fiction, which he has been a part of as a reader, writer and illustrator for decades. You can read his blog here, and we also recommend checking out his Zazzle Store.
One of the more ridiculous notions floating around in the science fiction writing world today is that you cannot mix genres, especially science fiction and horror. As it was once explained to me by an adherent of this notion, if something with the trappings of science fiction (like the movieAlien) elicits a sense of horror or dread, it is actually horror, not science fiction. What rot! Not only is this type of genre gatekeeping annoying as heck, it also neglects to acknowledge the reality of the situation.
This idea that one cannot mix science fiction…
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“Dramatic Short Story” A Film by Aleksandar Tomov
Cool short, dark film.
This is a touching, dramatic, and dark work that is well worth anyone’s time.
Alexandar Tomov Jr. is a Bulgarian freelance writer and film director who wants to expand his presence abroad. He is seeking film agents, directors, and people from the film industry from the West to evaluate his art, help with publicity, and distribute his movies abroad. He makes surreal and mystical cinema, expressing his ideas through symbolism. His films delve deep into the human subconscious, exploring hidden desires and feelings, solutions, and the strange ways by which they guide life. He also examines these themes in his short stories. He would also like to expand into advertising. He has unique and outstanding ideas on how to utilize promotion to result in increasing sales.
Appearing in The Chamber September 24
Here’s what’s happening at The Chamber today.
New issues appear Fridays at 10:00 a.m. CDT/ 4:00 p.m. BST/ 8:30 p.m. IST/ 1:00 a.m. AEST (Saturdays).
“Laci Peterson Addresses Her Son Conner in the Courtroom” Dark Poetry by Paul David Adkins
Paul David Adkins lives in Northern NY. He served in the US Army from 1991-2013. Recently, he earned a MA in Writing and The Oral Tradition from The Graduate Institute, Bethany, CT. He spends his days either counseling soldiers or teaching college students in a NY state correctional facility.
“Robert, Howard, and The Devil” Dark Supernatural Horror by Thomas White
Thomas White has a triple identity: speculative fiction writer, poet, and essayist. His poems, fiction, and essays have appeared in online and print literary journals and magazines in Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He is also a Wiley-Blackwell Journal author who has contributed essays to various nonliterary journals on topics ranging from atheism…
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Book Trailer: “Zombies from Space…and Vampires”
This is a really cool video. It is much more than just a book trailer.
Long story short, I came across this book trailer on YouTube and thought I would have to share it. It is a fun and intense trailer. I don’t know anything about the book, as you see here, or about the author (Angela B. Chrysler), but it looks like it might be a fun read. In any case, turn up the volume, buckle up, take a shot, and get ready. Let me know if you would like to see more films and trailers like this.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow … —
By Michael Mitchell The librarian takes Banquo’s order for a copy of Macbeth and goes out to the back room. Says he has started the process. “Try next week.” Next week Banquo follows up. He contemplates the back room, full of monkeys pounding away at typewriters, wall to wall. The librarian smiles and shakes his […]
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow … —
Phil Slattery, Writer, Publisher 