Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Submissions Opening

Submissions will be opening up again at BEAT to a PULP beginning May 1st and will remain open for one month. Stories accepted during this time will fill our August and September 2011 schedule.

Tales that will grab my attention in a jiffy will be a female protagonist searching for buried treasure, a General Tom Thumb style character who is an amateur sleuth, western noir or 21st century cowboy, giants, a condemned wizard and sexy witches, science fiction, a Biblical related detective story, a boat trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, massive human-eating ticks, literary, a necromancer, a caveman cozy mystery.

And, of course, just well-written stories.
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18 comments:

  1. pattinase (abbott)April 12, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Wow, you gave me a lot of ideas.

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  2. Charles GramlichApril 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    I'm taking notes.

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  3. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Biblical detective?

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  4. David CranmerApril 13, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Actually, I gave myself a couple as well, Patti. :)

    Very good, Charles.

    Anonymous, I remember a Hoch story in EQMM a few years ago that centered around the Wise men that was quite creative. Of course, check the BTAP guidelines page when it comes to religion or politics.

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  5. Alyssa GoodnightApril 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    A caveman cozy? I don't even know what that means. :)

    But I'm so impressed that you know what you want!

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  6. Nik MortonApril 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Very prescient, David. My caveman detective story is going the rounds at present...

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  7. David CranmerApril 13, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Alyssa, I'm not sure what the heck that means either. But if someone can pull it off...

    Nik, I bet you have a top story for every genre or sub-genre imaginable.

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  8. Chudney ThomasApril 13, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Hmmm! I may have to alert a friend of mine.

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  9. Fred ZackelApril 13, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    All of that in a single story? Aw, man!!!

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  10. Fred ZackelApril 13, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Actually the Biblical detective for a realllllly noir tale is Job in the Book of Job. Now that's noir. Who wook my kids, my cows, my bulls? Who burned my house...? And so he investigates.

    As for his wife, "Curse God & Die" has to be a great kicker.

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  11. David CranmerApril 13, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Fred, Big chuckles here. Yes, I worded that poorly. A story with all those elements would be staggering. Ha.

    Job, without a doubt, was the ultimate noir.

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  12. Kieran SheaApril 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    May 1st, huh? Hmmmm...

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  13. David CranmerApril 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    I added giants just for you, Kieran.

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  14. Dan_LuftApril 14, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Dream cast for Job: Burt Lancaster as Job, Robert Mitchum as the devil and the voice of John Huston as God (again).

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  15. Steve WeddleApril 14, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    fantastic

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  16. David CranmerApril 14, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    Dan, Throw in Gene Tierney or Ava Gardner and we're smoking.

    Steve, Ya!

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  17. Clare2eApril 15, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    OKay- finally something in my wheelhouse!

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  18. David CranmerApril 16, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Send it in, Clare. Can't wait, amiga!

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