News
February 10, 2010
We are currently discussing a new deadline, and edits will be underway shortly. Authors will have approval files by the end of March.
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December 8, 2009
Advance praise for Dead Bells:
“With the current blitz of ‘The End of the World’ on every movie screen and TV documentary, DEAD BELLS hits like a cold bucket of water. Forget the reasons why it happens. All you need to know is you are the last one left standing. It doesn’t get much more disturbing than this collection.”
~ Gregory L Hall, author of At the End of Church Street, host of The Funky Werepig
"Brooding, moody and bleak, DEAD BELLS tells more than just what happens the day after the world ends. It tells the human story with chilling poignancy."
~ Scott A. Johnson, author of An American Haunting and Deadlands
"A powerfully imagined collage of death and survival. Editor Jodi Lee has compiled a collection of apocalyptic tales that toll with chilling clarity."
~ Rio Youers, author of Mama Fish and Old Man Scratch
"Dead Bells is an ominous collection of eerie what ifs. When humanity turns into hollowed out husks on New Year's Day, what is left besides death? For some survivors, what is left might be worse than dying. Dead Bells offers up haunting tales of isolation, fear, and loneliness. Beware what lurks in the snow, after humanity loses its place at the top of the food chain."
~ Louise Bohmer, author of The Black Act
November 10, 2009
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November 9, 2009
Final selections have been made, rejection and acceptance letters have gone out and edits have begun!
An official table of contents will be posted on the main page, along with cover art and other miscellany over the coming weeks.
October 15, 2009
We are now closed for submissions. Please keep your eye on the Progress page for more information as it becomes available.
July 21, 2009
We would like to announce Gina Ranalli (novella), Brandon Layng (novella) and Rich Ristow (poem) have accepted the invitation to the project, and we welcome them to the Dead Bells Anthology!
Gina Ranalli: Gina's work can be described as cinematic and fun. It’s got the entertaining quality of pulpy fiction, but it’s smarter, cleverer, and much much odder… just as good Bizarro should be. Her prose style is colorful, playful, and vibrant. Sometimes you feel as if you’re reading a graphic novel with her picturesque imagery. This is a good thing. Even those skeptical of weird fiction tend to describe her work as “good weird” because it’s too much fun. Her recent titles include Swarm of Flying Eyeballs, Sky Tongues and House of Fallen Trees.
Brandon Layng: A father and husband, Brandon Layng has endeavored to make his writing affect readers in a physical way. In other words, he isn't happy unless he makes you cry, shiver, laugh or puke. Several pieces of his work have been published in Darkened Horizons, Reverence of Runes, Tales of the Zombie War, N.V.F. Magazine, Cemetery Moon Magazine and the 2008 Gentlemen of Horror anthology.
Rich Ristow: Rich was born in Bittburg, Germany in 1974, and lived all over Europe and Bermuda up to age 18. He went to college at West Virginia University, in Morgantown, and lived in North Carolina for 5 years, where he completed a MFA in Poetry at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In 2007, he won the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s 2007 Rhysling Award for short poem, and was nominated for a Black Quill Award in 2008 in the small press category. His novella, Into the Cruel Sea was released by Skullvines Press. Rich edited an anthology of serial killing poems, Death in Common which is forthcoming from Daverana Enterprises. He currently resides in New Jersey with his wife, Jennifer.
Thank you folks, we look forward to working with you!