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Fountain of Youth - The Down Side - Submissions will open Saturday, September 18. Please don't send submission before.
Send stories single spaced, indented paragraphs (set tab for 0.5) no space between paragraphs. No headers, no footers, no embedded text, no page numbers. Please put a short bio at the end of the story in the submission manuscript.
Word limit... no min. max 5,000 words. This is a non-paying anthology.
Send submissions with 'Fountain of Youth' in the subject line to author.chris@gmail.com. Please send a new email each time you submit to any anthology so that I won't lose any by gmail putting all emails together.
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« Reply #1 on Sept 16, 2010, 2:07pm » | |
The cover rocks, in a creepy but cool, Tim Burton way. Is this a paronormal or horror or general anthology Chris?
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« Reply #2 on Sept 16, 2010, 2:10pm » | |
Either of those. Whatever the writer can do for the down side of The Fountain of Youth...
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« Reply #3 on Sept 16, 2010, 3:15pm » | |
OMGosh, this cover totally rocks!
I must get writin'...
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« Reply #4 on Sept 16, 2010, 3:34pm » | |
Awesome cover, Jessy. I'm going to get started on this one soon as I finish my story for monk punk.
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« Reply #5 on Sept 16, 2010, 5:41pm » | |
Thanks! The artwork was REALLY fun to work with!
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« Reply #6 on Sept 17, 2010, 6:50am » | |
Ah, I think I have just the story for this one. I'll send it along later today!
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« Reply #7 on Sept 17, 2010, 9:17am » | |
Haha, don't do it... not open for submissions until tomorrow...
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« Reply #8 on Sept 17, 2010, 9:17am » | |
   I think I have something for the dark in the doorway. What is the min words you'll accept. Mine's about 616 words. Is that long enough?
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« Reply #9 on Sept 17, 2010, 11:32am » | |
Linz, in case he doesn't see this question... I checked the guidelines on his post and there is not min. word limit...
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« Reply #10 on Sept 17, 2010, 1:09pm » | |
This might sound like a really stupid question...but what is this anthology about? I know I probably sounds really stupid... 
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« Reply #11 on Sept 17, 2010, 2:15pm » | |
The fountain of youth... it's searched for, maybe found... something goes horribly wrong. It's about the fountain of youth. You have to use your imagination. Maybe someone found it, but our idea of what it does is wrong and it does something else besides make you young... maybe there is a horrible price you have to pay and you don't learn of it until you've (drank or bathed in it)...
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« Reply #12 on Sept 18, 2010, 12:35pm » | |
Okay, sent it in, good luck to everyone:)
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« Reply #13 on Sept 20, 2010, 8:24am » | |
I'm getting submissions for this anthology, but none of them are about the Fountain of Youth. Maybe this will help:
The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years, appearing in writings by Herodotus, the Alexander romance, and the stories of Prester John. Stories of a similar waters were also evidently prominent among the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean during the Age of Exploration, who spoke of the restorative powers of the water in the mythical land of Bimini.
The legend became particularly prominent in the 16th century, when it became attached to the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, first Governor of Puerto Rico. According to an apocryphal story that features a combination of New World and Eurasian elements, Ponce de León was searching for the Fountain of Youth when he traveled to what is now Florida in 1513. Since then, the fountain has been frequently associated with Florida.
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| | Re: Fountain of Youth - The Down Side
« Reply #14 on Sept 20, 2010, 9:14am » | |
Hi Chris, I am guilty lol.
Can we resubmit with another story directly related to the fountain? I Just tried to put a different spin on the eternal youth theme?
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