- 04.30.2012
Heavy Reading: Fiddleblack #4
03/2012 ad art for "dense" submissions
In Fiddleblack #4, you may find there is no real thematic element shared among the entries. The styles of writing are diverse, and very different for this publication. There’s no strict antipastoralism, little mention of heartland and country. More self this time, really, and partly concept horror. A whole year into the publishing world, we’re expanding and looking toward a misson-meld of the ontological, speculative and literary, all the while keeping a number-one love for work that still looks deeply into place.
- 04.27.2012
A Concept Horror Dialogue
Our mission statement reveals our two core interests. Neither interest borrows directly from the other, but both straddle distinct literary and speculative fences. Respectively, antipastoralism and concept horror are Fiddleblack-born micro-genres and ideas that may be called other names elsewhere or branched differently into other buckets of literature, but here both are as we claim they’re defined.
Another diagram!
- 02.02.2012
What’s to Come
Hi, folks. It seems about time for a proper update. As you’ve probably noticed, there have been significant changes to the Fiddleblack website, mission and content since we launched. We hope to continue these changes and grow as required, adapting to the needs of our readers and writers. As such, we’ll be refacing once again. You won’t see these changes for a little while, but know they’re coming. This forthcoming redesign is coupled with a drastic redevelopment of the website itself, and arriving toward the end of the year is Fiddleblack’s very own store. Indeed, this is all tied to the message on the press page. As we expand into the small press arena, we hope to look and feel as such. And we think you’ll be pleased with what you see.
- 12.27.2011
Full Dark, No Stars
Totals of Internet-era mentions in Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars (Scribner, 2010):
- Google (includes Google Earth): 13
- YouTube: 2
- Bing (includes “to Bing,” sadly): 1
- Twitter (includes [strangely] Twitter, “to Twitter” and “to Tweet”): 3
- Apple (includes Apple, Inc., Mac, Macintosh and iMac): 4
- Skype: 1
- Website (includes web, website and home page): 8
- Internet: 9
Doesn’t consider “Under the Weather,” which was only included in the 2011 paperback.
- 10.10.2011
Interview with John McManus
Dan Wickett from Dzanc Books (editor of Visiting Hours from Press 53) recently lent us an old interview with Fiddleblack contributing editor John McManus. While the interview is a bit dated, it’s worth the read. Dan pulls a good everyman transparency from the questions about John as a fiction writer (rather than an award winner).
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