Joseph A. Miller is an Associate Professor of Art at S.U.N.Y. Buffalo State, where he has taught drawing and painting since 1997. Miller’s work is in numerous public and private collections, and has been shown internationally in Finland, China, Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as across the United States, from Berkeley, California to Cambridge, Massachusetts. His work is represented by Art Dialogue Gallery in Buffalo, NY and West End Gallery in Corning, NY.
I focus primarily on the human figure depicted in environments that create a context for psychologically charged open ended narratives. Many of these narratives explore ideas about power and vulnerability, about enchantment and play. Children are often featured because children often play.
Quality of light is a common theme. In particular, the way in which atmospheric light and locale can suggest a sense of mystery and silence. These works are dark, humid and hopefully, at their best, memorable. For me, the most successful are those that evoke the feeling that an event is about to happen or has recently happened.
Images of figures or figures in landscapes, in groups or in isolation, share a common feeling of significance. Wholly absorbed within themselves or the dialogue shared between one another, they wait for the unfolding of their private story.
We are looking for the fun monster stories. Ones that make you smile even as the shiver of fear hits. While not every horror story has to feature a monster – we are looking for ones that do. We want the monsters to shine.
Also if you have a different Genre that highlights the Monster – Send it in. We will consider any story where the monster shines!
Requirements:
Story word count Minimum 3k – maximum 6k
Flash Fiction word count max: 1000
Art/Photography: up to five must be printable quality
Poetry/Haiku: up to 5 each per topic
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Submissions email to Faecorpspublishing@gmail.com with a subject of Nightmare Whiskers.
Submission is to be sent as either an attachment or Google Docs Link.
Due by:August 1st, 2024
Specific Theme Story/Flash Fiction/Poetry/Art/Haiku/Photography.
Currently, there are 9 story slots and 10 slots for art/poetry, etc. We may if we receive enough quality submissions decide to open up more volumes to accommodate more openings.
This is a paid anthology. You will if you get in receive a portion of the royalties…however you will be expected to assist in the marketing of the anthology.
Editing is provided. If your story/poetry is in draft form it is still acceptable, however, it must be readable. Gore is acceptable, however, do keep it reasonable, no one wants to read gore for gore’s sake. We do not accept erotica at this time. We are here to showcase good indie authors and are more than willing to help those just getting started.
We will accept stories that have been published before, as long as you retain publishing rights.
The Title was a suggestion from Tish MacWebber and we are grateful for her Creative contribution to this.