Horror Aficionados discussion

I would like to put together a horror anthology of all goodreads authors and publish it through Amazon. We can pick a theme. Anyone interested?

Definitely

Cool. Good. Any ideas on a theme? I don't want to just go ghosts, zombies, vampires, etc. Need something better.

Coming up with a theme that isn't used much would be good, some of the themes have been run into the ground.

Exactly. I want it to stand out, but just the same it has to be something that people will know and want to read. Any suggestions?

Are there any other details currently? Compensation? Plans for editing and cover art? How are final stories going to be chosen?

Suspense has a wide spectrum. One could write a suspense story around anything...

I figured once we had authors wanting to do it Shaun we could discuss and work out all the details together to make sure it I fair and everyone agrees. Before I went that far I wanted to see if people would be into the idea. I think it would be good way to showcase a variety of authors

Interested. I have several weird short stories.

Sci-fi horror, body horror, mythological horror, plant horror, noir horror, b horror, giant monsters, good old fashioned dark fantasy/sword and sorcery ala Karl Edward Wagner and Robert E Howard, plagues.

I will take any suggestions you have.

hmm...what about something cross genre, like horror set in fantasy - sword and sorcery horror or something like that. That could be interesting

What about "the turning"? horror stories of metamorphosis? could be how they turned into a vampire, or a zombie, or a werewolf, or a killer, or a hunter, or something far more imaginative. just an idea

Yes, that would be interesting.

There are quite a few zomb, vamp and were anthos and novels however, i know I've had a hell of a time getting mine piucked up. Sword and Sorcery might draw more inrest.

I like that because it can span different genres and leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

Well, that's the thing. It's not specific to those things. Different authors can take it different places. I know personally, I would try to take it somewhere that I don't think anyone else will. I like to do that. Then it will also give us a great deal of keywords when trying to sell it lol Of course, if you wanted to, you could make your story sword and sorcery. It could be how someone was turned into a goblin, or a mage, or anything.

I'd be up for contributing.

Turning Point: The Moment Everything Changed might be a good title.

Definitely. I'd be excited to contribute.

I'm interested in hearing more details.

I'm definitely interested. Also western horror could be an interesting topic as well.

I'd be willing to contribute, especially if western horror, but I'd be willing to write in any genre, it could be a good chance to write something that may be a little different.

I just finished my first novel and am looking to an agent/publication. Otherwise , I will publish it myself. I have had a few short stories and some poems published once upon a time as well. Does this make me an 'author'? Because if it does, I would love to contribute to this anthology.

I would enjoy writing something pertaining to the theme whatever it might be in the end. Before I go to sleep, I am going to ponder some ideas theme-wise; I will see if I might come up with any which are unique and inspiring. However, "Sword & Sorcery" is a lovely idea.

I'm diggin all tthe S&S love.

I practically learned to read on Conan comics, so I'm all about the S&S

What's not to love?

Still scarred by my dog eating my Conan comics....anyway, a horror magazine I was looking to contribute to just did a western horror themed issue. Did sound interesting, but Do you all not like the turning point idea? it has so much potential. Your story could be western or sword and sorcery. it can be totally different for each other. Star...you sound author enough for me :)

I dig the turning/changing theme.

If you decide to go with the western idea, I have a 6,000 word story I could contribute. Sounds like S&S may be the ticket though :)

I would also be careful about staying away from zombie and vampire stuff just because it's oversaturated. Go look on Amazon and see the books in those genres not doing well. Good marketing and a GREAT cover can get you a long way. And with multiple authors, marketing should be good. I'm just saying if most people want to do that or you do, just do it. The stories will be different just cause each author has their own perspective.

Well, I got a few authors from other threads too. Now we should discuss some details, like maximum word count?

I just threw the western horror idea out there cause Amanda had mentioned several sub horror genres. Perhaps people can decide what type of horror they wish to do and then Chisto can organize it from there.

Chisto's main idea was a turning point book, where we all write whatever we want to write with the point being that it's the character's point at which they turned into whatev ver it is they are. It could work for western, S n S, vamps, weres, killers etc.

I got an idea for something but i'm still chewing. Also, a kickstarter for the collection would probably be the best way to go.

Kickstarter or IndieGoGo would be an idea, yes.

That is definitely an idea. I was thinking of trying to hit up someone at this website and see if they would sponsor it. We could put the goodreads logo on the book and it would be all goodreads authors and advertising for them as well

I think you'd have to get the site's permission to use their name and logo for promotion.

I'd write a letter to GR to see if they would be interested in that.

Hi everyone, I'm interested too. Less keen on zombie and vampire stories being in the anthology, but if the stories are truly exceptional ...

Turning idea is cool, but maybe it could be more focused to make us think more and work harder in order to generate more unique stories.

Also, it would be good to ask more readers what they want to read, in addition to what we writers want to write. Perhaps we could get a poll going.

So, yeah, definitely interested. Will try to come up with some ideas.

Dean, the poll is a good idea. When I was in highschool I asked all my classmates to write down what scared them. Then I took the most reoccurring themes and worked them into a story together which had the desired effect.

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Dude, we're talking about putting together an anthology not promoting our own books.

Yeah. That's why I didn't respond. Anyhow...so do you think we should have a minimum or maximum word length? I think if we get a lot of contributors we don't want the book to be 1000 pages.

Definitely a maximum.

At JEA we go with 3-10,000 words. works out pretty well.

10,000 sounds fair. I'm not very good at writing much shorter than that.

10,000 words? can it be under that amount?

I would think the minimum could be pretty low? If you can write a good story that's really short, that's a bit impressive in itself.

I think 10 K is the max.

Yeah, 10 is max.