This and that and finishing up the Best Horror #3

I haven't posted since December 31st because I've been working on the Best Horror #3, which is due this week. I still have too much to read, re-read, skim. I've made some choices and have more to make. Once I do, I'll be posting the TOC here.

In the meantime, a mind-meld about books people are looking forward to in 2011 can be found here . As you can see, many are hoping to catch up with 2010 or older titles. For me this isn't an option. I've got to start reading for 2011 as soon as I finish up 2010.


I'm pleased to say that Terri and my anthology Teeth has sold to a few foreign publishers (can't say more until the deals are done) and that has sold to Mondadori in Italy.

Call for Submissions for The Best Horror of the Year volume Four (2011)

For those of you who just can't wait, here are the guidelines.

I am NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANYTHING FOR 2010.

Please read the below guidelines carefully. It should answer any of your questions. (I'll be very surprised if it doesn't and really grumpy if you query me about something clearly covered). Please pass them around although they should be appearing in various online market reports, news threads/venues, etc.


Call for Submissions

I am editing the anthology series Best Horror of the Year (Night Shade Books) and am currently reading for the fourth volume, which will include all material published in 2011.

I am looking for stories from all branches of horror: from the traditional-supernatural to the borderline, including high-tech sf horror, supernatural stories, psychological horror, dark thrillers, or anything else that might qualify. If in doubt, send it. This is a reprint anthology so I am only reading material published in or about to be published in 2011. Submission deadline for stories is November 30th 2011. Anything sent after this deadline will reach me too late. If a magazine, anthology, or collection you’re in or you publish is coming out in December, you can send me galleys or manuscripts so that I can judge the stories in time. No email submissions. I strongly suggest that authors check with their publishers that they are sending review copies to me as I don’t have time or energy to nag publishers to get me material. I request it once (maybe twice) and that’s it.

There will be a summation of "the year in horror" in the front of the volume. This will include novels, nonfiction, art books, and "odds and ends"-- material that doesn't fit elsewhere but that I feel might interest the horror reader. But I must be aware of this material in order to mention it. The deadline for receipt of material for this section is December 15th, 2011.
Ellen Datlow
Best Horror of the Year Volume Four
PMB 391
511 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011-8436

****I do not want to receive manuscripts from authors of stories from venues that it’s likely I already receive (like Interzone, Black Static, Crimewave, Cemetery Dance, Realms of Fantasy, Postscripts, Weird Tales, F&SF and the other digests, etc) or from anthologies and collections, unless I don't have or can’t get that anthology or collection. Please contact your publisher and ask him/her to send me the magazine or book.
For online publications, I prefer print submissions, so if your publisher doesn’t send them out please do so yourself.

Please do not send a SASE. If I choose a story you will be informed. If you want to confirm that I‘ve received something, enclose a self-addressed-stamped postcard and I will let you know the date it arrived. For stories that appear on the web, please send me (or have the publisher send me) print-outs of your story.
thanks
Ellen Datlow