New Work: Mourning Rites

[klward]

So yes: The Audient Void # 7 is now out and about, including work by Ashley Dioses, KA Opperman, Adam Bolivar, John Shirley and my own twisted self, among many others - the black and white artwork by Dan Sauer is worth the cover price alone. "Mourning Rites" is a charming little ballad, if I do say so myself, based upon my reflections on just how curious some death customs were in Victorian England. Especially those which applied to women.

If I should keep a lock of hair
wound tight within a cameo,
what should you think but I compare
all suitors to one lost below?
You would console me as I grieve,
not dreaming that I might believe
you culpable. Why should you care
what weird this token may bestow?


 

 

Comments

[ankh_hpl]

Big congrats, Kyla! That cover is drop-dead Gothic gorgeous, too.
So where are the guidelines for this magazine? I'd love to try something there.

[klward]

Thank you Ann!

The Audient Void works mostly off their Facebook page - They're a small outfit which I believe is run out of a bookshop. Their web page is devoted entirely to sales.

https://theaudientvoid.bigcartel.com/

They announce their submission periods on Facebook. Another one should be coming soon. I will make myself a note to let you know and give you the address.

[ankh_hpl]

Thanks, Kyla. If they're working off their Facebook page, though, I suspect they wouldn't want to deal with someone who is completely unconnected to Facebook! I'm not a user, so perhaps this isn't a market for me after all. But I do thank you for the information. it's a lovely-looking magazine.

[klward]

Nonetheless, *The Audient Void* has indeed opened and here are the details:

Poetry should be Weird or darkly fantastical with strong imagery. We pay $.35 a line with a $5 minimum, payable upon publication.

For short fiction our tastes are broad and we will consider anything with Weird, horrific or fantastical elements. We will consider any length work but will be much less likely to publish stories over 5,000 words. Our rate is $5 per thousand words, payable upon publication. First time publication only, no reprints please.

To submit please send your work as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file to theaudientvoidmag@gmail.com and be sure to include a header with your name and email address. We do not accept simultaneous submissions or reprints and ask that you wait for our response before submitting elsewhere. The submission deadline is June seventh.

[ankh_hpl]

Thanks for this! I'll have to check my files, but I might just have something to try with them.