Posted by
Icarus on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:19:08 PM
Besides the obvious Obama winning the 2008 Presidential election, if you can think of and write a good election related horror story you might want to jump in on this. Apex Book Company, "where science fiction and horror collide", is having a
Halloween short fiction contest.
If you happen to be a conservative who enjoys good horror and science fiction and fancy yourself a creator of either, then I would definitely encourage you to send them something. Here are the guidelines:
Your story must incorporate the theme of ELECTION HORROR.
Word count maximum is 1,000.
Your story must have first rights available.
Submit your story to halloween@apexdigest.com.
Submissions are open NOW.
Deadline is 11:59 PM, October 15th, EST.
A word of caution: Your story is going to be judged by this fella, Mr. Jay Lake:
I sure would like to be a fly on his wall were he to read an openly conservative election related horror story. I would most definitely like to read a good election related horror story by a conservative, I'm pretty certain that Mr. Lake would barely make it through the first paragraph before his head exploded and he sent the story through a shredder.
But don't think I'm judging a book by its cover (which would be very easy in this case). Take a gander at the
political posts Lake put up on his blog and tell me that this guy would be receptive to a story by a conservative.