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The Lady of Lost Lake
This story will appear in the debut issue of a new magazine called Dark Discoveries, due out in the first qurter of 2004. The magazine's web site is darkdiscoveries.com, but it's only just getting started now.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Congrats, Bev. Also, thanks for the website. I just asked them to send along guidelines.
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
The editor, James Beach, is very responsive -- he accepted my story in about a week. He originally planned issue 2 to be late in 2004 but response has been sufficiently positive that he may squeeze in a third issue on his way to becoming a quarterly.
Author: Jreitan47
That's awesome, Bev! James is a great guy (a fellow Oregonian, Stephen King collector AND a SKEMER) and he also asked me to write reviews for him as well as an author interview or two...my first one will be with Steve Gerlach (as soon as I get to reading RAGE). I look forward to reading your story!
Author: Bill Gauthier
It started on this very page...
Bev, I got those guidelines and submitted a story. I'm happy to announce “The Umbrella People” will be in the first issue of DARK DISCOVERIES...along with a certain Bev Vincent.
Thanks for the arrow pointing to DD!
Bill
Author: Rache4173
Way to go Bill!!
Networking (however unofficial it is) can be such a good thing!
Author: Ronin
Yes, well done to the both of you. I will have to get myself a copy.
Author: Bev Vincent
Excellent, Bill! Hearty congratulations. And Dark Discoveries pays on acceptance -- I got my check in the mail last Friday.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Thank you one and all.
A story of mine is posted at NAKED SNAKE ONLINE at http://www.nakedsnakepress.com. It's called “Old Nelly's Black Magic Closet.” I'm awaiting payment for this one...
Thanks again,
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
The cover of Dark Discoveries, containing this story as well as one by Bill Gauthier is now up.
Author: Bill Gauthier
I like the cover. And the line-up would make me want to read even if I wasn't in it. I can't wait to get it.
Bill
Author: Jreitan47
I received my copies today....DAMN! What a fine looking magazine! Everything from the layout, the ads, articles...it's perfect. I haven't sat down and read it yet (I'll get some of it read at work today) but I'm sure Bill's and Bev's stories are superb. The thing that blew me away about this magazine was that every page (not just the cover) was the glossy type of paper making it seem SOOO professional! I had no idea it was going to be a glossy magazine, I was expecting something like the design of Cemetery Dance.
I'm not saying this because James is a good friend of mine and because I write for him but PLEASE do yourself a favor and head on over to www.darkdiscoveries.com and buy yourself a copy of the first issue, a subscription or wait until Matt at Shocklines starts carrying it. You wont regret it and you just can't afford to miss this one.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Mine ain't here yet...boo hoo...I look forward to it.
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
Don't have mine yet, either.
Author: Jreitan47
Don't be discouraged.....I live 15 minutes away from James so of course it's going to get to me first.
Bev -- I read Lady of Lost Lake last night and have nothing but good things to say about it! I just loved it and at first it really reminded me of the group of friends in Dreamcatcher and then The Raft and just early Stephen King goodness all around.
Bill -- I'll read your story tonight!
Author: Bev Vincent
Thanks for the feedback, Jonathan. The first draft of that story is a few years old, but it's been through the revision wringer several times in recent years. It's probably the only one of my stories that I can put a finger on and say it has strong King influences.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Congrats, Bev. Also, thanks for the website. I just asked them to send along guidelines.
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
The editor, James Beach, is very responsive -- he accepted my story in about a week. He originally planned issue 2 to be late in 2004 but response has been sufficiently positive that he may squeeze in a third issue on his way to becoming a quarterly.
Author: Jreitan47
That's awesome, Bev! James is a great guy (a fellow Oregonian, Stephen King collector AND a SKEMER) and he also asked me to write reviews for him as well as an author interview or two...my first one will be with Steve Gerlach (as soon as I get to reading RAGE). I look forward to reading your story!
Author: Bill Gauthier
It started on this very page...
Bev, I got those guidelines and submitted a story. I'm happy to announce “The Umbrella People” will be in the first issue of DARK DISCOVERIES...along with a certain Bev Vincent.
Thanks for the arrow pointing to DD!
Bill
Author: Rache4173
Way to go Bill!!
Networking (however unofficial it is) can be such a good thing!
Author: Ronin
Yes, well done to the both of you. I will have to get myself a copy.
Author: Bev Vincent
Excellent, Bill! Hearty congratulations. And Dark Discoveries pays on acceptance -- I got my check in the mail last Friday.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Thank you one and all.
A story of mine is posted at NAKED SNAKE ONLINE at http://www.nakedsnakepress.com. It's called “Old Nelly's Black Magic Closet.” I'm awaiting payment for this one...
Thanks again,
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
The cover of Dark Discoveries, containing this story as well as one by Bill Gauthier is now up.
Author: Bill Gauthier
I like the cover. And the line-up would make me want to read even if I wasn't in it. I can't wait to get it.
Bill
Author: Jreitan47
I received my copies today....DAMN! What a fine looking magazine! Everything from the layout, the ads, articles...it's perfect. I haven't sat down and read it yet (I'll get some of it read at work today) but I'm sure Bill's and Bev's stories are superb. The thing that blew me away about this magazine was that every page (not just the cover) was the glossy type of paper making it seem SOOO professional! I had no idea it was going to be a glossy magazine, I was expecting something like the design of Cemetery Dance.
I'm not saying this because James is a good friend of mine and because I write for him but PLEASE do yourself a favor and head on over to www.darkdiscoveries.com and buy yourself a copy of the first issue, a subscription or wait until Matt at Shocklines starts carrying it. You wont regret it and you just can't afford to miss this one.
Author: Bill Gauthier
Mine ain't here yet...boo hoo...I look forward to it.
Bill
Author: Bev Vincent
Don't have mine yet, either.
Author: Jreitan47
Don't be discouraged.....I live 15 minutes away from James so of course it's going to get to me first.
Bev -- I read Lady of Lost Lake last night and have nothing but good things to say about it! I just loved it and at first it really reminded me of the group of friends in Dreamcatcher and then The Raft and just early Stephen King goodness all around.
Bill -- I'll read your story tonight!
Author: Bev Vincent
Thanks for the feedback, Jonathan. The first draft of that story is a few years old, but it's been through the revision wringer several times in recent years. It's probably the only one of my stories that I can put a finger on and say it has strong King influences.
Comments
Any thoughts of fleshing out the backstory of the Lady? ie why does she do what she does?
Congrats! Still waiting for my copy of TRTTDT - grumble, grumble...
Understood, mysterious she is. 8)
Unfortunately the fast response time went out the window as a huge amount of people began submitting over time but we still try to keep it to 2-3 months.
As I also announced in another post here, issue #3 is out now with a great interview with Bev Vincent by Jon Reitan. You can check out the website for more info on how to order.
- James
www.darkdiscoveries.com
The current TOC consists of Graham Masterton, Taylor Grant, John Paul Allen, G.N. Braun, Charles Day, John Palisano, Blaze McRob, Bev Vincent, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Curran and Joan De La Haye, with more to come.
There's an open contest for some of the slots in this anthology: http://www.crystallakepub.com/competition-page.php
The winner of Crystal Lake Publishing's Tales from the Lake horror writing competition - 2013 is... Jenn Loring!
1st place: Jenn Loring with The Fine Art of Wrecking
2nd place: J. J Daniel Stone with Alternative Muses
3rd place: William Ritchie with Las Maquinas
I’m pleased to announce that instead of publishing only the winner’s story in Tales From the Lake Vol.1, we’ll be publishing all three stories.
Honourable Mentions go to:
Picture Perfect by Eric Dimbleby
False Prophet by Joshua L. Hood
Healer by Sam Witt
Strange Presents by Richard Farren Barber
The final TOC for Tales From the Lake Vol.1 is now as follows:
Graham Masterton
Taylor Grant
G.N. Braun
John Palisano
Charles Day
John Paul Allen
Joan De La Haye
Bev Vincent
Tim Curran
Elizabeth Massie
Tim Waggoner
Blaze McRob (poetry)
Jenn Loring
J. Daniel Stone
William Ritchie
Thanks again to our amazing judges: Geoff Brown, Taylor Grant, Charles Day, John Paul Allen and John Palisano.
Jenn also wins:
Fifty US Dollars
Bragging rights
A bio page on the Crystal Lake Publishing website and lots of promotions/interviews
One hell of a career boost
The opportunity to submit your very own short story collection or novella for possible publication by us
A signed Limited Edition (collectors issue) copy of the very first Evil Jester Presents comic book
1st place certificate
J. Daniel Stone will also receive:
Thirty US Dollars
A signed copy of either a G.N. Braun or John Palisano novel
A 20 000 word edit by Joe Mynhardt
2nd place certificate
William Ritchie takes home:
Ten US Dollars
A 10 000 word edit by Joe Mynhardt
A signed copy of either a G.N. Braun or John Palisano novel (depending on the choice of the 2nd place winner)
3rd place certificate
O’Halloran’s by John Paul Allen
Junksick by G. N. Braun AUTHOR
Devil’s Night by Tim Curran
Game On by Charles Day
The Reunion by Joan De La Haye
Dead Pull by Taylor Grant
The Fine Art of Wrecking by Jennifer Loring (Jenn Loring) (winner of Tales From the Lake 2013)
Don’t Look at Me by Elizabeth Massie
Witch-Compass by Graham Masterton
Devil Dolls and Saint Patty's Night At The Crown (poems) by Blaze McRob
Perrollo’s Ladder by John Palisano
Las Maquinas by William Ritchey (3rd place in Tales From the Lake 2013)
Alternative Muses by J Daniel Stone (2nd place in Tales From the Lake 2013)
Lady of Lost Lake by Bev Vincent
Lover, Come Back to Me by Tim Waggoner
Foreword by Rocky Wood
Artwork by Ben Baldwin
Edited by Joe Mynhardt
Published by Crystal Lake Publishing - www.crystallakepub.com