The Dark Fiction Guild, Haiku Comics

The Dark Fiction Guild has parted ways with Ning and moved to its new home on Spruz.com. Former members who want to remain members must register with the new site, and those who wish to become new members can also register. Registration is free, and seems like it will remain that way for a while.

For fans of horror haiku who like a little twisted humor, check out Haiku Comics. The site is run by two brothers who draw gory, violent, and often funny comics and caption them with a 5-7-5 haiku. It's worth checking out.

And finally, to any fathers or soon-to-be fathers: Happy Father's Day!

The Dark Fiction Guild, two stories, one market

For those who haven't heard yet (or didn't guess from the title of this post) there is now a Dark Fiction Guild. Run by G.A. Buchholz and James Cheetham, it's set up like a social networking site for dark fiction writers. It just started this week, and there's already almost 200 members. Join now... membership is free for 2009.

I've come across two really good stories recently. The first one, you have to buy a copy of the magazine to read. Issue #1 of Necrography includes a short story by Steve Calvert, "The Deadline," which is one of the best short horror stories I've read in a long time. Very well-written and executed.

The other story you can read online, as it is currently up at Sorcerous Signals -- "There's Always a Catch" by Rhonda Parrish. A hilarious short fantasy story, a good way to un-stress in the middle of a long day.

And here's a new short horror market: Tweet the Meat is a Twitter-based horror publisher, looking for unpublished horror 140 characters or less. They only take submissions on the weekends, and pay $1.00 per acceptance.