Insert Title Here to be launched at Swancon

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Marty Young

FableCroft Publishing‘s intriguingly titled new anthology, Insert Title Here, will be launched at Swancon this coming Easter.

Insert Title Here is an unthemed anthology with a swag of dark stories, including work by Joanne Anderton, Robert Hood, Marienne de Pierres, Dan Rabarts, Sara Larner, Matthew Morrison, Thoraiya Dyer and Daniel Simpson.

The launch is penciled in for 10am on Saturday the 4th of April, but keep an eye on the publisher’s or Swancon’s websites for confirmation closer to the event.

Swancon is Western Australia’s annual speculative fiction convention “that is invested in all kinds of media. You will find panels and discussion about games, film, literature, and graphic novels. If you are interested in science fiction or fantasy of almost any flavour, we will have something for you.”

Swancon 40 runs from 2-6 April, 2015, in Perth, and this year will be celebrating 40 years.

Cranky Ladies of History launches March 8

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Marty Young

FableCroft Publishing is pleased to announce that Cranky Ladies of History will be launched in Canberra on March the 8th, 2015.

The successful Pozible crowd-funding campaign for Cranky Ladies began on March 1 and ran until March 31, coinciding with Women’s History Month.

The anthology examines or celebrates real cranky* ladies from history, with stories from a diverse range of backgrounds, nationalities, and time periods. The anthology is around 125,000 words in total, with original cover art by Kathleen Jennings.

*The definition of “cranky” is rather broad, and stems somewhat more from a tendency to buck societal standards of the era than a true inherent crankiness.

Author	Provisional Title	Cranky Lady	A little detail…
Joyce Chng	“Charmed Life”	Leizu	Chinese empress who discovered silk
Amanda Pillar	“Neter Nefer”	Hatshepsut	Egyptian ruler
Barbara Robson	“Theodora”	Theodora, wife of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian the first	Wife of the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian the first
Lisa Hannett	“Hallgerðr Höskuldsdóttir / For So Great a Misdeed”		Icelandic woman
Garth Nix	“The Company of Women”	Lady Godiva	Anglo-Saxon noblewoman
Juliet Marillier	“Hallowed Ground”	Hildegard of Bingen	German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath
LM Myles	“Little Battles”	Eleanor of Aquitaine	French queen & mother of dynasty
Foz Meadows	“Bright Moon”	Khutulun	Central Asian warrior
Laura Lam	“The lioness and her prey”	Jeanne de Clisson	French pirate
Liz Barr	“Queenside”	Mary Tudor (Mary I of England)	Queen of England
Deborah Biancotti	“Look How Cold My Hands Are”	Countess Bathory	countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. She has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history
Dirk Flinthart	“The gift of freedom”	Grace O’Malley	Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan sometimes known as “The Sea Queen of Connacht”
Faith Mudge	“Glorious”	Elizabeth I	Queen of England
Havva Murat	“The Pasha, the girl and the dagger: The story of Nora of Kelmendi”	Nora of Kelmendi	Albanian warrior
Kirstyn McDermott	“Mary Mary”	Mary Wollstonecroft	English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights.
Thoraiya Dyer	“Vintana”	Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, also known as Ranavalona the Cruel	Queen of Madagascar
Stephanie Lai	“The dragon, the terror, the sea”	Cheng Shih	Chinese pirate
Jane Yolen	SACAGAWEA	SACAGAWEA	Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States
Kaaron Warren	“Another week in the future”	Miss CH Spence	Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragist.
Sylvia Kelso	“Due care and attention”	Lilian Cooper	British-born Australian doctor
Sandra McDonald	“Cora Crane and The Trouble with Me”	Cora Crane	American businesswoman, nightclub and bordello owner, writer and journalist.
Nisi Shawl	“A Beautiful Stream”	Colette	French novelist and performer
Liz Argall	“Oodgeroo is Not Yet Your Name”	Oodgeroo Noonuccal	Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator.

See FableCroft Publishing for more details.

Insert Title Here open to submissions

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Marty Young

Submissions are now open for the new unthemed speculative fiction anthology, Insert Title Here, from FableCroft Publishing.

Guidelines are as follows (taken from FableCroft’s website):

Stories should be between 2,000 and 12,000 words and contain speculative elements – science fiction, fantasy and horror and their sub-genres are all welcome, but we recommend researching FableCroft’s past projects for an idea of the sort of stories we publish. Generally, no erotica or splatterpunk is desirable. Please query the editor before sending stories outside those limits.

We are seeking original stories only, for first and exclusive world rights (for a period of twelve months, excluding any subsequent Year’s Best reprint request) – no reprint submissions please.

No simultaneous submissions please.

For multiple submissions, please query first.

Submissions open: December 1, 2013

Submissions close: February 28, 2014

Anticipated publication date: August 2014

Electronic submissions only. Please send story as an rtf or doc attachment to fablecroft [at] gmail [dot] com, with the subject line: SUBMISSION: Title of Story

Please be cautious to only submit final, proofread copy – ensure you have checked all your edits and removed all track changes in your document.

The editor will respond with a submission received email within 48 hours, but story selection may not occur until up to one month after the deadline. This anthology is open worldwide.

Payment will be AUD$75.00 and one contributor copy of the print book. Further royalties will apply for e-book revenue – information about royalties will be provided in contract negotiations with successful authors and is dependent on final book details.

Thanks to Jonathan Strahan for the title idea, from his Aurealis Awards acceptance speech in May this year.

Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Marty Young

FableCroft Publishing is pleased to announce that Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction is now available from all ebook retailers.

This ebook-only special anthology is the first of a series of yearly collections which will collect the previous year’s acclaimed Australian works. Containing only the most recognised speculative work of the year, Focus 2012 packs a big punch, for just $4.99USD.

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Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction features work by:

Joanne Anderton – “Sanaa’s Army”
Thoraiya Dyer – “The Wisdom of Ants”
Robert Hood – “Escena de un Asesinato”
Kathleen Jennings – illustrations and cover art
Margo Lanagan – “Significant Dust”
Martin Livings – “Birthday Suit”
Jason Nahrung – “The Mornington Ride”
Kaaron Warren – “Sky”